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US 8,772,012 B2Granted
Xylose isomerase and use thereof
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Riken
InventorsSatoshi Katahira, Kenro Tokuhiro, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Haruo Takahashi, Shigeharu Moriya, Moriya Ohkuma
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Abstract
It is an object of the disclosure of the present description to provide an eukaryotic cell having xylose utilization ability. The disclosure of the present description provides a novel eukaryotic cell having xylose utilization ability by transforming a yeast or other eukaryotic cell using DNA that codes a xylose isomerase from a termite protist.
Claims19
A nucleic acid selected from any of the following nucleic acids:
- a nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence having at least 85% sequence identity with any of the full-length cDNA sequences of SEQ ID NOS:
- 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and the full-length nucleotide sequences complementary thereto;
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- a cDNA coding for a polypeptide having xylose isomerase activity comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 85% sequence identity with any of the full-length amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS:
- 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14.
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