Title:
GENE ENCODING 2,3-DIHYDROXYBENZOIC ACID DECARBOXYLASE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO1999009048
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
The enzyme 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid decarboxylase has industrial applications for the decarboxylation of ring mounted carboxyls, specifically the decarboxylation of 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid to catechol. This invention relates to the isolation of a nucleic acid sequence from Aspergillus niger that encodes an enzyme that decarboxylates 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid. This invention further discloses the nucleic acid sequence, the protein sequence, vectors comprising the nucleic acid sequence, cells transformed with the nucleic acid sequence, and methods for the production of 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid decarboxylase.
Inventors:
RAMAKRISHNAN SANTHA
Application Number:
PCT/US1998/017187
Publication Date:
June 17, 1999
Filing Date:
August 19, 1998
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Assignee:
UNIV NEBRASKA (US)
International Classes:
C12N9/88; C12P7/22; (IPC1-7): C07H21/04; C12N1/14; C12N1/20; C12N5/00; C12N9/88; C12N15/00; C12P7/22; C12P19/34
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