Patents Examined by Fan Weihua
  • Protein having glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme activity and gene encoding the same
    Patent number: 9499828
    Abstract: Disclosed is the provision of a DNA for a glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme in a plant belonging to the family Solanaceae such as potatoes. Also disclosed is a protein having the enzymatic activity of a glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme of a plant belonging to the family Solanaceae such as potatoes and a method for producing and examining a novel organism using a gene encoding this protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoyuki Umemoto, Katsunori Sasaki