Patent ID: 7256010

Claim:
An isolated polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: a) a polypeptide which is encoded by a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence which is at least 95% identical to a nucleic acid comprising the nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NO:14 or SEQ ID NO:16, wherein the polypeptide has aminotransferase activity; b) a polypeptide comprising a variant of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:15, wherein the variant is encoded by a nucleic acid molecule which hybridizes to a nucleic acid molecule comprising SEQ ID NO:14 or SEQ ID NO:16, or the complement thereof under conditions of 0.5 M sodium phosphate, 7% SDS at 65° C., followed by one or more washes at 0.2×SSC, 1% SDS at 65° C., wherein the variant has aminotransferase activity; c) a polypeptide comprising a fragment of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:15, wherein the fragment comprises at least 200 contiguous amino acids of SEQ ID NO:15, wherein the fragment has aminotransferase activity; and d) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO:15, wherein the polypeptide has aminotransferase activity.