Patent ID: 8911982
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: A61K,C12N,C12P

Abstract:
1. An isolated or purified sophorolipid-producing cell transformed with a nucleic acid encoding: (a) the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 8; or (b) a polypeptide which catalyzes the conversion of UDP-glucose and 17-hydroxy-Z-9-octadecenoic acid into 17-(β-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-Z-9-octadecenoic acid, wherein said polypeptide comprises a variant of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8 which is identical to SEQ ID NO: 8 except that at least one residue up to 5% of the amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO: 8 have been modified by deletion, substitution, and/or insertion;