Patent ID: 7553638
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: A23L,C12N,C12P,C12Y

Abstract:
1. An isolated Candida utilis which is transformed with a gene encoding γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase from Candida utilis and contains 1% by weight or more of γ-glutamylcysteine per dry cells in its logarithmic growth phase when cultured in a minimal medium, wherein said γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase is: (A) a protein which has the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 43; or (B) a protein variant having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 43 modified by substitution, deletion, insertion or addition of one to eight amino acids, and has γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase activity.