US 7,553,640 B2
Saponin-decomposing enzyme, gene thereof and large-scale production system for producing soyasapogenol B
Manabu Watanabe, Odawara (Japan); Naoki Mido, Odawara (Japan); Takayoshi Tamura, Odawara (Japan); Naomi Sumida, Odawara (Japan); and Takashi Yaguchi, Odawara (Japan)
Assigned to Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/10,055.
Application 12/010055 is a division of application No. 11/504646, filed on Aug. 16, 2006, granted, now 7,335,498.
Application 11/504646 is a division of application No. 11/320412, filed on Dec. 29, 2005, granted, now 7,144,718.
Application 11/320412 is a division of application No. 10/479787, granted, now 7,022,508, previously published as PCT/JP02/005615, filed on Jun. 06, 2002.
Claims priority of application No. 2001-171604 (JP), filed on Jun. 06, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2008/0187972 A1, Aug. 07, 2008
Int. Cl. C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12N 9/24 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 435—69.1  [435/200; 435/254.11; 435/252.1] 3 Claims
 
1. An isolated protein selected from the group consisting of:
(a) a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; and
(b) a protein that has at least 95% homology to the protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and having saponin-decomposing activity.