Abstract: Delivery proteins are provided for transferring a protein, antibody or foreign substance into a cell without impairing the function or structure thereof. Further, methods of transferring a foreign substance into a cell at a high efficiency by using the delivery protein or an envelope virus or inactivated envelope virus in combination with said delivery protein are provided. The inventors discovered that a protein containing a polypeptide having an affinity for a constituent of the envelope virus contributes to the efficient enclosure of the foreign substance in the envelope. Moreover, the inventors discovered that use of the delivery protein enables foreign substances to be included in an envelope virus or inactivated envelope virus and therefore makes it possible to efficiently transfer the substances into cells without damaging the physiological function thereof.

Abstract: Delivery proteins are provided for transferring a protein, antibody or foreign substance into a cell without impairing the function or structure thereof. Further, methods of transferring a foreign substance into a cell at a high efficiency by using the delivery protein or an envelope virus or inactivated envelope virus in combination with said delivery protein are provided. The inventors discovered that a protein containing a polypeptide having an affinity for a constituent of the envelope virus contributes to the efficient enclosure of the foreign substance in the envelope. Moreover, the inventors discovered that use of the delivery protein enables foreign substances to be included in an envelope virus or inactivated envelope virus and therefore makes it possible to efficiently transfer the substances into cells without damaging the physiological function thereof.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a microbial mutant capable of producing S-adenosylmethionine (hereinafter referred to as SAM) in a large amount with no change in growth characteristics and a method of efficiently producing SAM by incubating the microbial mutant. The method of producing S-adenosylmethionine comprises incubating a microorganism having a loss or a reduction in the function of an enzyme relating to synthesis of phosphatidylcholine and recovering S-adenosylmethionine accumulated in the culture.

Abstract: Proteins are provided for transferring a protein, an antibody or another foreign substance into a cell without impairing the function or structure thereof; and methods of transferring a foreign substance into a cell in a time and quantity controllable manner at a high efficiency by using the above-described delivery protein or an envelope virus or inactivated envelope virus in combination with said delivery protein. As the results of intensive studies on a method of enclosing a foreign substance in the envelope of an envelope virus, it is found out that a protein containing a polypeptide having an affinity for a constituent of the envelope virus contributes to the efficient enclosure of the foreign substance in the envelope.