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Toni M. Kutchan0
Meinhart H. Zenk0
Torsten Grothe0
Date of Patent
August 3, 2010
0Patent Application Number
121212800
Date Filed
May 15, 2008
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This invention provides a salutaridinol 7-O-acetyltransferase protein, a salutaridinol 7-O-acetyltransferase gene, and a sequence which is complementary thereto. This invention further provides a method for the production of thebaine comprising the steps of (i) contacting in vitro a protein having salutaridinol 7-O-acetyltransferase activity with salutaridinol and acetyl coenzyme A at pH 8 to 9, and (ii) recovering the thebaine thus produced.
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