Abstract: It is intended to provide koji mold-origin phospholipase A2 and a DNA encoding it. Namely, phospholipase A2 comprising the following protein (a) or (b): (a) a protein having an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2; and (b) a protein having an amino acid sequence derived from an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2 by a partial modification and serving as phospholipase A2.

Abstract: It is intended to provide koji mold-origin phospholipase A2 and a DNA encoding it. Namely, phospholipase A2 comprising the following protein (a) or (b): (a) a protein having an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2; and (b) a protein having an amino acid sequence derived from an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2 by a partial modification and serving as phospholipase A2.

Abstract: Lysyl oxidase derived from filamentous fungi and a DNA encoding thereof are provided. Lysyl oxidase including a protein described in of the following (a) or (b): (a) a protein having an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2; or (b) a protein having an amino acid sequence obtained by modifying a part of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, and functioning as lysyl oxidase.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to isolate a gene encoding novel exo-, or endo-?-1,3-glucanase, to obtain a microorganism having an enhanced expression of said gene and to degrade ?-1,3-glucan to its low molecular weight form by means of said enzymes. The present invention relates to a gene or DNA encoding novel enzymes having ?-1,3-glucanase activity (exo-, or endo-?-1,3-glucanase), a recombinant expression vector comprising them, a microorganism having the recombinant expression vector, the novel enzymes having ?-1,3-glucanase activity, and a method for the production of said enzymes.

Abstract: A completely novel glutaminase is provided: (a) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2, or (b) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2 by deletion, substitution or addition of one or more amino acids, and possessing glutaminase activity. This protein is a novel glutaminase possessing excellent thermostability and the like.

Abstract: It is intended to provide koji mold-origin phospholipase A2 and a DNA encoding it. Namely, phospholipase A2 comprising the following protein (a) or (b): (a) a protein having an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2; and (b) a protein having an amino acid sequence derived from an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2 by a partial modification and serving as phospholipase A2.

Abstract: The present invention provides DNA encoding novel pyroglutamyl peptidase derived from Aspergillus oryzae, pyroglutamyl peptidase which is produced by using the DNA, and a method for producing a protein lysate with a good flavor at a high hydrolysis rate.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to isolate a gene encoding novel exo-, or endo-?-1,3-glucanase, to obtain a microorganism having an enhanced expression of said gene and to degrade ?-1,3-glucan to its low molecular weight form by means of said enzymes. The present invention relates to a gene or DNA encoding novel enzymes having ?-1,3-glucanase activity (exo-, or endo-?-1,3-glucanase), a recombinant expression vector comprising them, a microorganism having the recombinant expression vector, the novel enzymes having ?-1,3-glucanase activity, and a method for the production of said enzymes.

Abstract: Lysyl oxidase derived from filamentous fungi and a DNA encoding thereof are provided. Lysyl oxidase including a protein described in of the following (a) or (b): (a) a protein having an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2; or (b) a protein having an amino acid sequence obtained by modifying a part of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, and functioning as lysyl oxidase.

Abstract: A completely novel glutaminase is provided: (a) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2, or (b) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2 by deletion, substitution or addition of one or more amino acids, and possessing glutaminase activity. This protein is a novel glutaminase possessing excellent thermostability and the like.

Abstract: A card-shaped optical data link device is utilized for transmitting and receiving data in optical communications using an existing card slot of a computer, electronic devices etc. The card-shaped optical data link device of the present invention comprises an electric connector, electric signal processor electrically connected to the electric connector, an optical transmission module, an optical reception module electrically connected to the electric signal processor, an optical connector for supporting the optical transmission module and the optical reception module, a frame for supporting the electric connector and the optical connector at a position opposing to the electric connector, and a pair of panels for sandwiching the frame and constituting an envelope with the frame. The electric connector, the electric signal processor, the optical transmission module, the optical reception module and the optical connector are located within the envelope.

Abstract: A connector which can be assembled easily with high accuracy and prevents the increase of the cost of each part includes a distinctively shaped lens constituting an optical system between independent optical devices. The lens is a lens that a support portion is integrally molded with an optically functioning portion as a sleeve for fixing a ferrule put on an end of an optical fiber at a predetermined position to insert the end of the optical fiber. The support portion protrudes along an optical axis of the optically functioning portion.

Abstract: A semiconductor element module of the invention comprises a sleeve, a stem, a semiconductor light-emitting or light-receiving element, and a converging lens. In the sleeve, a fitting portion in which a ferrule for positioning an optical fiber is to be fitted is formed from its one open end toward the interior, an element housing portion coaxial with the fitting portion is formed from the other open end toward the interior, and a lens holding portion is formed to connect the fitting portion and the element housing portion. The stem is fixed to the sleeve at the other open end. The semiconductor light-emitting or light-receiving element is fixed on a surface of the stem on the element housing portion side. The converging lens is housed in the element housing portion and fixed to the sleeve, and optically couples an end face of the optical fiber to the light-emitting end face of the semiconductor light-emitting element or the light-receiving end face of the semiconductor light-receiving element.

Abstract: In order to provide an elements aligning/coupling apparatus which can more efficiently align and couple an optical element with a coupling part by providing a reliable close contact of them, an elements aligning/coupling apparatus according to the present invention in which a coupling part is brought into close contact with an optical element held by an element holder, in which the element holder is resiliently supported by a holder by means of resilient members radially extending from the outer circumference of the element holder. Even in such a situation where those elements are coupled in a state of poor parallelism between their coupling end faces, when those elements are made to press contact with each other, the optical element is tilted against the coupling end face of the coupling part. Accordingly, the resultant coupled component has no gap between the coupling end faces of them.

Abstract: A business monitoring system and method having a supervisory work station and a staff work station as well, having a judgment condition storage function having stored therein a condition described for selecting and extracting contents of a business process transaction, having a judgment function for extracting a transaction having contents to be processed on the basis of the condition, and having a transaction-to-mail converting function for converting the transaction to a mail form according to the judgment result before sending it as electronic mail. The system and method allow a supervisor to register his problem concerned in the judgment condition storage function in a computer language suitable for end users or delete or change the already registered problem. The transaction-to-mail converting function allows the electronic mail converted to mail form to be sent to and stored in a mail box for the supervisory work station.

Abstract: An enterprise information system in which personal work stations, personal data bases which are held in the work stations, a processor only for use in a division, and intradivision data and interdivision data which are held in the processor are provided. An informal communication path directly connects the work stations in an enterprise among the divisions and an intradivision formal communication path mutually connects the work station in the division to the processor to hold the intradivision data base or the interdivision data base corresponding to the division or both of them. An interdivision formal communication path mutually connects the processors to hold the interdivision data bases. The intradivision data base can only be accessed by the intradivision formal communication path of the division.