tRNA methyltransferase from Streptococcus pneumoniae

US6245542A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• SmithKline Beecham Limited · US

Inventors

• Sanjoy Biswas · Paoli, US
• Alexander Bryant · Chester Springs, US
• James Raymond Brown · Berwyn, US
• Alison Francis Chalker · Trappe, US
• David John Holmes · West Chester, US
• Karen Anne Ingraham · Auburn, US
• Chi Young So · Havertown, US
• Stephanie Van Horn · King of Prussia, US
• Richard Lloyd Warren · Grantsville, US
• Magdalena Zalacain · West Chester, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 1999
• Grant date: Jun 12, 2001
• Expiry date: May 6, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61K38/00
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention provides yfjO polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding yfjO polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are methods for utilizing yfjO polypeptides to screen for antibacterial compounds.