| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a new gene which codes for a protein which has a specific amino acid sequence, and has functions of oxidizing NADH and reducing FMN, and can be used for producing an enzyme capable of efficiently releasing sulfur from thiophene-related compounds in fossil fuels, and so on. SOLUTION: This is a new gene which codes for an oxidation-reduction enzyme which has an amino acid sequence shown by the formula, or an amino acid sequence obtained by deleting, substituting, adding, or inserting one or more amino acid (s) from, in, to, or into the amino acid sequence, has functions of oxidizing NADH and reducing FMN, and is useful, for example, for producing an oxidation-reduction enzyme capable of efficiently releasing sulfur from thiophene-related compounds contained in fossil fuels such as petroleum. This gene is obtained by carrying out PCR using a DNA prepared from Paenibacillus sp. strain A11-2 (FERM P-15752) as a template and its partial sequences as primers. |
