GENE CODING KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS QUINONE OXIDE REDUCTASE AND PROTEIN EXPRESSED THEREFROM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a quinone oxide reductase useful for the reduction reaction of a quinone compound and the synthesis of an intermediate for a biologically active compound.;SOLUTION: The invention provides a gene encoding a quinone oxide reductase derived from Kluyveromyces marxianus and a protein expressed by the gene. Concretely, the invention provides a quinone oxide reductase derived from Kluyveromyces marxianus and having a specific amino acid sequence and a gene encoding the reductase.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO