Patent · US Expired

Polynucleotides encoding tRNA methyl transferases from Streptococcus pneumoniae

US6165764A · kind A · utility

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26Claims

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Assignee

SmithKline Beecham Limited · US

Inventors

David John Holmes · West Chester, US
Karen Anne Ingraham · Auburn, US
Thomas B Mathie · Eagleville, US
Richard Lloyd Warren · Grantsville, US
Magdalena Zalacain · West Chester, US
Sanjoy Biswas · Paoli, US
James Raymond Brown · Berwyn, US
Chi Young So · Havertown, US
Alison Francis Chalker · Trappe, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 23, 1999
Grant date	Dec 26, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 23, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61K48/00
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention provides tRNA methyl transferase (trmD) polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding trmD polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are methods for utilizing trmD polypeptides to screen for antibacterial compounds.

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