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US 8,455,222 B2Granted
Biliverdin from a non-animal source
AssigneeUtah State University
InventorsJon Y Takemoto, Dong Chen
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Abstract
Methods for producing biliverdin in a microorganism, methods for producing biliverdin from a non-animal source, cells for producing biliverdin and methods for producing cells for producing biliverdin are disclosed.
Claims11
A method of producing biliverdin from a non-animal source, comprising:
- (a) culturing a non-animal cell in a growth medium, the cell comprising a recombinant heme oxygenase and a recombinant heme biosynthetic enzyme;
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- (b) isolating the biliverdin made in step (a).
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