Patent ID: 6599729
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: C12N,C12P,C12Y

Abstract:
An isolated gene encoding a polypeptide having an &agr;-agarase activity, selected from the group consisting of:(1) a gene encoding a polypeptide containing an amino acid sequence consisting of 586 residues from residue 365 to residue 950 of SEQ ID NO:15; (2) a gene containing a nucleotide sequence consisting of 1758 nucleotides from nucleotide 1093 to nucleotide 2850 of SEQ ID NO:13; and (3) a gene that hybridizes to said gene of (2) in a solution containing 6Ã— SSC, 0.5% SDS, 5Ã— Denhart's and 100 mg/ml herring sperm DNA at 65Â° C.