β, β-carotene 15, 15′-monooxygenases, nucleic acid sequences coding therefor and their use

US6897051B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DSM IP ASSETS B.V. · NL

Inventors

• Heinrich Bachmann · Bad Liebenzell, DE
• Roland Brugger · Lörrach, DE
• Arno Martin Friedlein · Bad Krozingen, DE
• Gabriele Wirtz · Wuppertal, DE
• Wolf-Dietrich Woggon · Binningen, CH
• Adrian Wyss · Sankt Moritz, CH
• Markus Wyss · Liestal, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 15, 2002
• Grant date: May 24, 2005
• Expiry date: Jan 15, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N9/0069
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Nucleic acid sequences coding for a protein having β,β-carotene 15,15′-monooxygenase activity and their uses in diagnostics, the synthesis of vitamin A and methods for the introduction of the β,β-carotene 15,15′-monooxygenase cDNA into host cells are disclosed.