Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide desoxyribonuclease with increased thermolability compared to bovine pancreatic desoxyribonuclease I, and to provide a method with a high cost-efficiency, for producing the desoxyribonuclease by non-animal host organisms. SOLUTION: The bovine pancreatic desoxyribonuclease I variant has a specific amino acid residue of the bovine pancreatic desoxyribonuclease I substituted with a different amino acid, and has activity of the desoxyribonuclease I. The method for producing the same uses a base sequence encoding the variant. A Pichia pastoris strain encodes a preprotein comprising the variant and a signal peptide, and contains a Pichia pastoris AOX1 promoter or a specific base sequence connected to the promoter element, wherein the base sequence encoding the preprotein contains a chromosome obtained by carrying out fusion of the base sequence of the bovine pancreatic desoxyribonuclease I. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a substitutional supply source for bovine pancreatic deoxyribonulcease I, having a high cost effect. SOLUTION: A method for producing a bovine pancreatic protein includes (a) a process for providing a vector containing a nucleotide sequence which encodes a preprotein comprising the bovine pancreatic protein and a signal peptide, (b) another process for transforming a methylotrophic yeast strain by the vector, (c) a third process for culturing the transformed methylotrophic yeast strain in a growth medium containing nutrients and methanol, wherein the methylotrophic yeast strain expresses the bovine pancreatic protein and secretes the protein in the growth medium, and (d) the other process for purifying the bovine pancreatic protein from the growth medium, so that the bovine pancreatic protein purified in the process (d) has a deoxyribonulcease specific activity of at least 6,000 units per mg of the purified protein. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved medium for culturing Clostridium histolyticum and culture supernatants for biotechnologically producing collagenase enzymes. SOLUTION: The culture media contain water, fish gelatin and peptones derived from a non-mammalian source. The media preferably contain peptones derived from plants as a non-mammalian source. The media also may contain two or more different peptones. Disclosed are sterilized compositions comprising the media, a culture supernatant containing the collagenase of Clostridium histolyticum, a method for producing the culture supernatant, and a method for producing the collagenase. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase having uniform state with sufficient enzymatic activity. SOLUTION: The transferase is a truncated TdT derivative wherein at most 161 amino acids at the N-terminal are truncated and exhibiting enzymatic activity in a solution containing Co 2+ ion corresponding to 20-30 times the enzymatic activity of natural terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT). COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for purifying Clostridium histolyticum collagenase type I and type II proteins from a complex mixture. SOLUTION: The method for purifying Clostridium histolyticum collagenase includes carrying out the purification by performing precipitation with ammonium sulfate, hydrophobic interaction chromatography, cation exchange chromatography, and anion chromatography. Conditions are provided which lead to a stabilized partially purified preparation and the precipitation step. The preparations provide exceptionally pure and intact collagenase type I and type II proteins which are enzymatically active. The blends of the two isolated proteins are provided. The use of the purified collagenase proteins or blends thereof for treating a tissue sample in vitro are also provided. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sufficient amount of a recombinant active heterodimer- AMV-RT. SOLUTION: An active heterodimer-AMV-RT is produced in a prokaryotic host cell by (i) cloning one or more DNA sequences encoding the α-chain and/or the β-chain of AMV-RT to an expression plasmid, (ii) transforming the expressed plasmid to a prokaryotic cell, (iii) inducing a soluble expression of heterodimer-AMV-RT and (iv) isolating the recombinant heterodimer-AMV- RT from the cell.
Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed to the use of certain glycosyltransferase variants having N-terminal truncation deletions. Contrary to previous findings certain truncations were found to exhibit sialidase enzymatic activity, particularly a variant of human sialyltransferase (hST6Gal-I) with a truncation deletion involving the first 89 N-terminal amino acids of the respective wild-type polypeptide. A fundamental finding documented in the present disclosure is that there exists a variant of this enzyme which is capable of catalyzing transfer of a glycosyl moiety as well as hydrolysis thereof. Thus, disclosed is a specific exemplary variant of mammalian glycosyltransferase, nucleic acids encoding the same, methods and means for recombinantly producing the variant of mammalian glycosyltransferase and use thereof, particularly for sialylating in a quantitatively controlled manner terminal acceptor groups of glycan moieties being part of glycoproteins such as immunoglobulins.
Abstract:
The present invention provides improved media for the cultivation of Clostridium histolyticum and culture supernatants for the biotechnological production of collagenase enzymes. The nutrient media according to the invention comprise one or more peptones from a non-mammalian source, preferablyplant-derived peptones. The media can additionally comprise fish gelatin. The invention provides media, culture supernatants comprising Clostridium histolyticum collagenase, and methods to produce said collagenase.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for purifying Clostridium histolyticum collagenase type I and type II proteins from a complex mixture by subsequently performing a precipitation with ammonium sulfate, hydrophobic interaction chromatography, cation exchange chromatography, and anion chromatography. Conditions are provided which lead to a stabilized partially purified preparation even after the precipitation step. The method of the invention leads to a quick and efficient removal of other proteolytic activities. The preparations according to the invention provide exceptionally pure and intact collagenase type I and type II proteins which are enzymatically active. The invention also provides blends of the two isolated proteins. The invention further provides the use of the purified collagenase proteins or blends thereof for treating a tissue sample in vitro.
Abstract:
The heterologous expression of the reverse transcriptase from the Avian Myeloblastosis Virus (AMV-RT) in prokaryotic cells and in particular Escherichia coli (E. coli) is described in the present invention. The invention also includes certain measures to simplify the purification of the heterodimeric AMV-RT.