PROCESS FOR PRODUCING COENZYME Q 10

摘要

The present invention provides a process for producing coenzyme Q10 efficiently in microorganisms by utilizing a coenzyme Q10 side chain synthesis gene from a fungal species belonging to the genus Bulleromyces. The present invention relates to a DNA comprising a base sequence shown under SEQ ID NO:1, a DNA having a base sequence derived from the base sequence shown under SEQ ID NO:1 by deletion, addition, insertion and/or substitution of one or several bases and encoding a protein having decaprenyl diphosphate synthase activity, or a DNA capable of hybridizing with a DNA comprising the base sequence shown under SEQ ID NO:1 under a stringent condition and encoding a protein having decaprenyl diphosphate synthase activity.