Compositions and methods for making lipolytic enzymes

US5529917A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Gist-Brocades · NL

Inventors

• Peter Michael Andreoli · Kortrijk, BE
• Maria M. J. Cox · Delft, NL
• Farrokh Farin · Hazerswoude-Rijndijk, NL
• Suzanne Wohlfarth-Rippel · Dortmund, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 11, 1994
• Grant date: Jun 25, 1996
• Expiry date: Jan 11, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N9/20
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Novel microbial host strains are provided which are transformed by a vector molecule comprising a DNA fragment encoding a lipolytic enzyme and a marker for selection, capable of producing active lipase. Said DNA fragment is preferably derived from a Pseudomonas species.