Transglutaminase from oomycetes
US7094586B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 7, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC14C11/00
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention relates to transglutaminases and transglutaminase preparations obtained from lower fungi belonging to the class Oomycetes and unprecedented high-level expression is achievable by growing these coenocytium forming organisms, especially the strains Pythium sp., Pythium irregulare, Pythium dissotocum, Pythium periilum (or P. periplocum), Pythium torulosum, Pythium ultimum, Pythium aphanidermatum, Phytophthora cactorum, Phytophthora palmivora, Phytophthora porri, Phytophthora infestans, Phytophthora megasperma, Phytophthora cinnamomi and Phytophthora cryptogea; and a recombinant transglutaminase has been cloned and expressed, the enzyme and enzyme preparations being useful for cross-linking proteins, e.g. in flour, baked products, meat products, fish products, cosmetics, cheese, milk products, gelled food products and leather finishing, or as a glutaminase, e.g. in bread and other baked glutein-containing food products.
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