| Amano Enzyme Inc. Patent applications |
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| 20120121760 | METHOD FOR IMPROVEMENT OF FOODS UTILIZING BETA-AMYLASE - A novel β-amylase having excellent practical applicability is found, and an object is to provide a practical use of the β-amylase. Provided is a method for improving a food, which is characterized in that a β-amylase derived from | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120100253 | MALTOTRIOSYL TRANSFERASE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND USE THEREOF - The object is to provide a novel glycosyltransferase and the use thereof, the glycosyltransferase catalyzes transglucosylation of maltotriose units under conditions which can be employed for the processing of foods or the like. Provided is a maltotriosyl transferase which acts on polysaccharides and oligosaccharides having α-1,4 glucoside bonds, and has activity for transferring maltotriose units to saccharides, the maltotriosyl transferase acting on maltotetraose as substrate to give a ratio between the maltoheptaose production rate and maltotriose production rate of 9:1 to 10:0 at any substrate concentration ranging from 0.67 to 70% (w/v). | 04-26-2012 |
| 20110236529 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MODIFIED MILK - Provided is a method whereby a dairy product having a rich and creamy texture can be obtained by reducing or removing a reaction inhibitor of a protein deamidating enzyme contained in a raw material milk having low heat history to thereby more efficiently and more effectively treat the raw material milk having low heat history with a protein deamidating enzyme. A raw material milk having low heat history is treated with a protein deamidating enzyme after or simultaneously with a treatment, such as an addition of a calcium chelating agent, for reducing a protein deamidating enzyme inhibitor. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110195155 | TANNASE, GENE ENCODING SAME, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - Disclosed is a thermostable tannase derived from a microorganism. Specifically disclosed is a thermostable tannase derived from | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110165605 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING MUTANT ENZYME, METHOD FOR PREPARING MUTANT ENZYME, AND MUTANT ENZYME - An object is to provide a novel method of improving an enzyme capable of deamidating a protein. A mutant enzyme is designed by the following steps: (1) specifying one or more amino acids selected from the following group, namely, consisting of an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 35, an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 38, an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 39, an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 40, an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 41, an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 42, an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 43, an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 45, an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 46, an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 49, an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 79, an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 80, an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 81, an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 82, an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 83, an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 84, an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 103, an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 104, an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 105, an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 106, an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 117, an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 142, an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 143, an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 146, an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 166, and an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 185 in an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, in a protein deamidase (an enzyme to be mutated); and (2) constructing an amino acid sequence having substitution of the amino acid(s) specified in the step (1) by another amino acid(s) or having deletion of the amino acid(s) specified in the step (1) using the amino acid sequence for an enzyme to be mutated as a base sequence. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110151055 | PROCESSED FOOD AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a processed food obtained by using a starch-containing raw material such as wheat flour as a starting material, which has an excellent color, gloss and texture and shows regulated degradation with the lapse of time after cooking, and a method of producing the same. In producing a processed food by using a starch-containing raw material as a starting material, a deamidated milk raw material obtained by treating a milk material with a protein deamidase is employed as a starting material. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110150855 | Enzyme Composition and Use Thereof - Disclosed is a means effective for the treatment or prevention of inflammatory bowel disease. Specifically disclosed is an enzyme composition for the treatment or prevention of inflammatory bowel disease, which utilizes an enzyme capable of producing an oligosaccharide in vivo. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110064847 | METHOD OF DENATURING PROTEIN WITH ENZYMES - A method of denaturing a protein by treating the protein with a protein glutaminase and a transglutaminase, a food containing a protein having been denatured with these enzymes, and an enzyme preparation for denaturing a protein which contains these enzymes. A protein is denatured by adding protein glutaminase and transglutaminase to the protein substantially at the same timing, or adding protein glutaminase to the protein before the transglutaminase acts on the protein, or controlling the quantitative ratio of protein glutaminase to transglutaminase, by which a protein is treated, to a definite level. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110059491 | BETA-AMYLASE, GENE CODING THEREFOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - To provide novel β-amylase derived from a microorganism and a gene thereof. β-amylase derived from | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110020938 | RECOMBINANT EXPRESSION PLASMID VECTOR AND RECOMBINANT STRAIN TO BE USED IN PRODUCING OXALATE DECARBOXYLASE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING RECOMBINANT OXALATE DECARBOXYLASE - An object is to provide a means of highly producing an oxalate decarboxylase originating in a microorganism. A recombinant expression plasmid vector, which contains an α-amylase promoter belonging to the genus | 01-27-2011 |
| 20100311133 | ELECTRODE, ENZYME SENSOR USING THE ELECTRODE, FUEL BATTERY, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DECOMPOSING POLYOL - An electrode that can generate reduced coenzymes from a desired substrate in multiple stages is provided. An electrode includes a 2-hydroxycarboxylic acid synthase, a 2-oxo acid synthase, and a 2-oxo acid carboxylyase. The electrode includes a 2-oxo acid carboxylyase, which is a decarboxylase, in addition to a 2-hydroxycarboxylic acid synthase and a 2-oxo acid synthase, which are oxidoreductases; therefore, oxidation products having carboxyl groups, reactions of which do not proceed with oxidoreductases, can be decarboxylated and modified into substances with which oxidoreductases can act. Thus, oxidation reactions and decarboxylation reactions can repeatedly proceed with respect to desired substrates, and large quantities of reduced coenzymes can be generated thereby. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100297726 | STABILIZED TRANSGLUTAMINASE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - Disclosed is a transglutaminase having excellent stability. Also disclosed is a process for producing the transglutaminase. Specifically disclosed is a stabilized transglutaminase, which has such a structure in which a pro-sequence peptide of transglutaminase is bound to a mature transglutaminase. Also specifically disclosed is a process for producing stabilized transglutaminase, which includes the steps of: culturing a microorganism capable of producing transglutaminase under the conditions where transglutaminase can be produced; and separating and collecting matured transglutaminase having a pro-sequence peptide bound thereto from a culture medium. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100221810 | NOVEL DIGLYCOSIDASE AND GENE ENCODING THE SAME - A novel diglycosidase produced by a microorganism belonging to the genus | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100062109 | ENZYMATIC METHODS OF FLAVOR MODIFICATION - Described are enzymatic methods of making food products and modifying food flavor using, for example, a lipase and a lactase, and related enzyme compositions and food products. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20090304859 | Compositions for improving the flavor of alcoholic beverage made from grape - It is intended to provide novel compositions usable in improving the flavor of an alcoholic beverage made from grapes typified by wine. Namely, a composition usable in improving the flavor of an alcoholic beverage made from grapes which contains the culture of a strain belonging to a genus | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090280553 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING MUTATED ENZYME, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND MUTATED ENZYME - It is intended to provide a novel method for improving an enzyme hydrolyzing an a-1,6-glycosidic linkage. A mutated enzyme is designed by specifying one or more amino acids selected from the group shown below in an amino acid sequence of an enzyme (an enzyme to be mutated) that hydrolyzes an a-1,6-glycosidic linkage, that is, the group consisting of an amino acid corresponding to an amino acid at the 292 position, an amino acid corresponding to an amino acid at the 371 position, an amino acid corresponding to an amino acid at the 406 position, an amino acid corresponding to an amino acid at the 407 position, an amino acid corresponding to an amino acid at the 437 position, an amino acid corresponding to an amino acid at the 465 position, an amino acid corresponding to an amino acid at the 475 position, an amino acid corresponding to an amino acid at the 476 position; an amino acid corresponding to an amino acid at the 525 position, an amino acid corresponding to an amino acid at the 526 position, an amino acid corresponding to an amino acid at the 580 position and an amino acid corresponding to an amino acid at the 582 position of the amino acid represented by in SEQ ID NO: 2 (step (1)) and constructing an amino acid sequence in which the amino acid(s) specified in the step (1) is/are substituted with another amino acid or deleted based on the amino acid sequence of the enzyme to be mutated (step (2)). | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090175996 | Antioxidant material, anti-deterioration agent and food or beverage - An antioxidant material of the present invention contains flavonoid aglycon and vitamin C. The flavonoid aglycon is eriodictyol and/or diosmetin obtained by treatment of a raw material containing flavonoid glycoside derived from lemons, limes, or sudachis to form the aglycones thereof. It is preferred that this antioxidant material be produced through a step of mixing the flavonoid aglycon and the vitamin C after the treatment to form the aglycones. The treatment to form the aglycones is glycosidase treatment using a β-glycosidase derived from a microorganism of the genus | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090123598 | Process for Production of Beer or Beer-Like Beverage - Disclosed is a process for producing a beer or beer-like beverage having mellowness, a special flavor and a good taste. The beer or beer-like beverage can be produced by allowing a protein deamidase to act on at least a part of a raw material during the production process. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090081763 | Novel protein-deamidating enzyme, microorganism producing the same, gene encoding the same, production process therefor, and use thereof - A method for the production of an enzyme, which comprises culturing in a medium a strain that belongs to a bacterium classified into Cytophagales or Actinomycetes, or a new bacterium | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090075337 | Novel protein-deamidating enzyme, microorganism producing the same, gene encoding the same, production process therefor, and use thereof - A method for the production of an enzyme, which comprises culturing in a medium a strain that belongs to a bacterium classified into | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090061500 | Novel protein-deamidating enzyme, microorganism producing the same, gene encoding the same, production process therefor, and use thereof - A method for the production of an enzyme, which comprises culturing in a medium a strain that belongs to a bacterium classified into Cytophagales or Actinomycetes, or a new bacterium | 03-05-2009 |
| 20080248524 | AMP Deaminase Originating Streptomyces And Utilization Thereof - It is intended to provide a thermostable AMP deaminase originating in a microorganism. Namely, an AMP deaminase having the following characteristics. (1) Catalyzing the reaction: 5′-adenylic acid+H | 10-09-2008 |
