Patent ID: 7982094
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: C12N

Abstract:
1. An isolated polynucleotide as defined in any one of (a) through (d) below: (a) an isolated polynucleotide comprising a polynucleotide consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; (b) an isolated polynucleotide comprising a polynucleotide encoding a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; (c) an isolated polynucleotide consisting of a nucleotide sequence having at least 95% identity to SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the polynucleotide encodes a protein having the activity of transferring a methyl group to a lignan; and, (d) an isolated polynucleotide comprising a polynucleotide encoding a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence that has been modified by substitution, deletion, insertion, and/or addition of one to six amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 2 and having an activity of transferring a methyl group to a lignan.