Patent ID: 7078204

Claim:
An isolated or purified DNA which encodes a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of (a) to (d): (a) a polypeptide which consists of SEQ ID NO:2, (b) a polypeptide which consists of a variant of SEQ ID NO:2, wherein only Ala at position 213 in SEQ ID NO:2 is replaced with another amino acid, and a variant of SEQ ID NO:2, wherein glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity, (c) a polypeptide which consists of SEQ ID NO:12, and (d) a polypeptide which consists of a variant of SEQ ID NO:12, wherein up to ten amino acids other than the amino acid residue at position 213 in SEQ ID NO:12 are deleted, substituted or added, and a variant of SEQ ID NO:12, has glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity.