Patents Examined by Mike Mellor
  • .gamma.-glutamylcysteine transferase
    Patent number: 5116749
    Abstract: The enzyme .gamma.-glutamylcysteine transferase is disclosed. .gamma.-Glutamylcysteine transferase catalyzes the transfer of .gamma.-glutamylcysteine or .gamma.-glutamycysteine S-derivates and is produced by extracting plant material from the families of Apocynaceae, Asciepladaceae, Berberidaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Caryophyllacea, Dioscoreaceae, Fumariaceae, Graminaceae, Iridaceae, Leguminosae, Menispermaceae, Papveraceae, Ranunculaceae, Rosaceae, Rubiaceae, Solanaceae or Violaceae, or tissue of algea (Phycophyta) or fungi (Mycophyta).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1992
    Assignee: Consortium fur Elektrochemische Industrie GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Grill, Susanne Loffler, Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker, Meinhard H. Zenk