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US 8,597,924 B2Granted
γ-butyrobetaine hydroxylase originated from Neurospora crassa
AssigneeCj Cheiljedang Corporation
InventorsSung Oh Chung, Bheonk-Uk Lee, Whan-Koo Kang, Jae Yeong Ju, Eun Sung Koh, Sung-Sik Park, Young-Hoon Park
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Abstract
Disclosed is a polynucleotide encoding γ-butyrobetaine hydroxylate (γ-BBH) originating from Neurospora crassa. Also disclosed are a recombinant vector comprising the polynucleotide, a transformant transformed with the recombinant vector, γ-BBH encoded by the polynucleotide, and a method of preparing L-carnitine, which comprises hydroxylating γ-butyrobetaine using γ-BBH encoded by the polynucleotide.
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An isolated polynucleotide comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 encoding a γ-butyrobetaine hydroxylase.
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