AMMONIA TRANSPORTER GENE AND USE THEREOF

World Intellectual Property Organization Patent

APP PUB NO WO-2007097097-A1
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PCTJP2006324631

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The present invention relates to ammonia transporter genes and use thereof. The invention relates in particular to a brewer's yeast which shows enhanced ammonia assimilation, alcoholic beverages produced using such yeast, and a method of producing such alcoholic beverages. More specifically, the invention relates to the MEP1 gene which codes for the ammonia transporter Mep1 in brewer's yeast, particularly to a yeast which can control the ammonia assimilation ability by controlling the level of expression of the nonScMEP1 gene or ScMEP1 gene characteristic to beer yeast and to a method of producing alcoholic beverages using such yeast.

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SUNTORY LTDJPOSAKA JAPAN OSAKA

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KODAMA YUKIKO TAKATSUKI-SHI OSAKA 569
NAKAO YOSHIHIRO KYOTO-SHI KYOTO 612-8501
SHIMONAGA TOMOKO SHIMAMOTO-CHO MISHIMA-GUN OSAKA 6188503

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