公开(公告)号：CA2324973A1

公开(公告)日：1999-10-07

申请号：CA2324973

申请日：1999-03-31

Applicant: BASF AG

Inventor： VAN ZEIJL CORA ,  HAUER BERNHARD ,  VAN GORCOM ROBERT ,  DINGLER CHRISTOPH

IPC: C12N15/09 ,  C12N1/15 ,  C12N1/19 ,  C12N1/21 ,  C12N9/02 ,  C12N15/52 ,  C12N15/53 ,  C12P7/42 ,  C12R1/38 ,  C12R1/465 ,  C12R1/66

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing 2-(4-hydroxyphenoxy)-propion ic acid from 2-phenoxy propionic acid or the salts thereof by means of a micro- organism which is capable of converting 2-phenoxy propionic acid into 2-(4- hydroxyphenoxy)-propionic acid. The invention is characterized in that the micro-organism contains at least one of the genes contained in the sequences SEQ ID no. 1 or SEQ ID no. 4 or their functional equivalents. The invention also relates to isolated DNA sequences with the SEQ ID no. 1 or SEQ ID no. 4 and to a gene product containing these sequences. The invention further relates to a micro-organism containing the gene product and to the use of th e sequences and the gene product for producing 2-(4-hydroxyphenoxy)-propionic acid.