Patent ID: 7083963

Claim:
An isolated fructosyl transferase (FFT), encoded by a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: (a) a nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; (b) a nucleic acid sequence comprising the coding region of SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 3; (c) a nucleic acid sequence that hybridizes to a complementary strand of the nucleic acid sequence of (a) or (b) under conditions of hybridization in 50% formamide, 5×SSC, 5×Denhardt's solution, 40 mM sodium phosphate pH 6.8; 0.5% (w/v) BSA, 1% (w/v) SDS and 0.1 mg/ml herring sperm DNA at 42° C. and washing in 0.5×SSC/0.5% SDS at 60° C.; and (d) a nucleic acid comprising a fragment of the nucleotide sequence of (a), (b) or (c), said fragment being of a length sufficient to encode a FFT.