Patent ID: 7414119

Claim:
An isolated nucleic acid comprising (a) a nucleic acid sequence that hybridizes under stringent conditions to a nucleic acid having the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:5 wherein the nucleic acid encodes a polypeptide having deoxyriboaldolase activity, and wherein the stringent conditions comprise a wash step in 0.2×SSC at a temperature of 65° C. for 15 minutes; (b) a nucleic acid sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:6, or fragments thereof having deoxyriboaldolase activity; (c) the nucleic acid sequence of (a) or (b) encoding a polypeptide lacking a signal sequence; (d) the nucleic acid sequence of (a) or (b) further comprising a heterologous nucleic acid sequence or a heterobogous nucleic acid sequence encoding a heterologous peptide or polypeptide; (e) the nucleic acid sequence of (d), wherein the heterologous nucleic acid sequence comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding a heterologous signal sequence; (f) the nucleic acid sequence of (d) or (e), wherein the heterologous polypeptide or peptide is fused to the amino terminus, to the carboxyl terminus, or to both termini, of a catalytic domain; or (g) a nucleic acid sequence completely complementary to the nucleic acid sequence of (a) or (b).