US Patent Issued to Sumitomo Chemical, KATAOKA BIO LABORATORY on Nov. 3 for "Protein having peptidoglycan-degrading activity and DNA encoding protein, microorganism degrading preparation and method for degrading microorganism" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,135, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) and KATAOKA BIO LABORATORY Co. LTD. (Isehara, Japan).

"Protein having peptidoglycan-degrading activity and DNA encoding protein, microorganism degrading preparation and method for degrading microorganism" was invented by Tomokazu Mitsui (Osaka, Japan), Akiho Harima (Osaka, Japan) and Yusuke Onishi (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a protein derived from Tumebacillus sp. NITE BP-02779 and having peptidoglycan-degrading activity. Provided is a protein comprising the amino acid sequence at positions 1 to 164 of SEQ ID NO: 2 or the amino acid ...