Title:
&gammad −GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE−PRODUCING YEAST
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2003/046155
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Foods containing &gammad −glutamylcysteine or cysteine are produced by culturing under appropriate conditions a yeast, which carries a mutant glutathione synthase having one or both of mutations of substituting the threonine residue at the 47−position by an isoleucine residue and substituting the glycine residue at the 387−position by an aspartate residue and produces &gammad −glutamylcysteine, adding the thus obtained culture, which has been optionally fractionated and&sol or heated, to food materials and then processing the materials into food products.
Inventors:
NISHIUCHI HIROAKI (JP)
SUGIMOTO REIKO (JP)
SUGIMOTO REIKO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2002/012201
Publication Date:
June 05, 2003
Filing Date:
November 21, 2002
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Assignee:
AJINOMOTO KK (JP)
NISHIUCHI HIROAKI (JP)
SUGIMOTO REIKO (JP)
NISHIUCHI HIROAKI (JP)
SUGIMOTO REIKO (JP)
International Classes:
A23L1/28; A21D2/24; A21D2/28; A21D8/04; A23L1/30; A23L1/305; A23L27/10; A23L27/21; C07H21/04; C12N1/16; C12N1/18; C12N9/00; C12N9/10; C12N15/09; C12N15/74; C12P13/04; C12P13/12; C12P21/06; C12R1/72; (IPC1-7): C12N1/16; A23L1/28; A23L1/221; A23L1/227; A21D13/00; C12P21/02; C12P13/12; C12G3/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2000030474A1 | 2000-06-02 | |||
| WO2001090310A1 | 2001-11-29 |
Foreign References:
| JPH0670752A | 1994-03-15 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1449913A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Toyama, Tsutomu (4-10 Higashi Nihonbashi 3-chom, Chuo-ku Tokyo, JP)
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