	US 7,517,679 B2
	Recombinant watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) hydroperoxide lyase and uses thereof
David Hildebrand, Lexington, Ky. (US); and Hirotada Fukushige, Lexington, Ky. (US)
Assigned to University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, Ky. (US)
Filed on Oct. 02, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/540,693.
Prior Publication US 2007/0083946 A1, Apr. 12, 2007
Int. Cl. C12N 1/21 (2006.01); C12N 9/88 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12P 7/24 (2006.01); C12N 15/70 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 435—252.33 [435/232; 435/252.3; 435/320.1; 536/23.2]

4 Claims

1. An isolated nucleic acid sequence comprising a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of

(a) the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:2;

(b) the nucleotide sequence which is the complement of (a);

(c) a nucleotide having at least 90% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO:2, wherein said nucleotide sequence encodes a polypeptide having hydroperoxide lyase (HL) activity.