Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a substitutional method for modifying poly(meth)acrylates.SOLUTION: The method for transesterifying or esterifying side chains in polymers comprises the following steps (a) and (b): (a) a process for producing copolymer which is obtained by polymerizing (aa) at least one (meth)acrylates of general formula (I) [chemical formula 1] as component A, and (ab) at least one monomer of general formula (II) [chemical formula 2] as component B, and (b) a process for transesterifying or esterifying the carboxyl group containing the radical Rwith an alcohol in the presence of an enzyme catalyzing the transesterification or esterification.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide novel proteins exhibiting esterase activity and mutants thereof, nucleic acid sequences coding therefor, expression cassettes, vectors and recombinant microorganisms.SOLUTION: There are disclosed a method for producing the proteins obtained by starting from Pseudomonas glumae (Burkholderia plantarii) LU 2023 and the use of the proteins for the enzymatic, in particular, enantioselective ester hydrolysis or interesterification of organic esters.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an enzymatic or nonenzymatic method for producing 3-methylamino-1-(thien-2-yl)propan-1-ol represented by formula (I), and further, to provide an enzyme for conducting the method, a nucleic acid sequence encoding the enzyme, an expression cassette including the nucleic acid sequence, a vector and a recombinant host organism. SOLUTION: The method comprises the following processes: (a) thiophene is reacted with a halogenated β-halopropionyl or halogenated acryloyl in the presence of a Lewis acid; wherein, either simultaneously or after the reaction but prior to isolating a reaction product, a hydrogen halide is passed through the reaction product to obtain a 3-halo-1-(thien-2-yl)propan-1-one; and (b) the propanone obtained in the step (a) is reduced, and subsequently, the reduced product is reacted with methylamine without isolating the reaction product as appropriate. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
A process for the enzymatic reduction of an enoate (1) wherein the C=C bond of the enoate (1) is stereoselectively hydrogenated in the presence of an enoate-reductase and an oxidizable co-substrate (2) in a system which is free of NAD(P)H, a. formula (1); b. in which c. A is a ketone radical (-CRO), an aldehyde radical (-CHO), a carboxyl radical (-COOR), with R = H or optionally substituted C1-C6-alkyl radical, d. R1, R2 and R3 are independently of one another H, -O-C1-C6-alkyl, -O-W with W = a hydroxyl protecting group, C1-C6-alkyl, which can be substituted, C2-C6-alkenyl, carboxyl, or an optionally substituted carbo- or heterocyclic, aromatic or nonaromatic radical, or one of R1, R2 and R3 is a -OH radical, or R1 is linked to R3 so as to become part of a 4-8-membered cycle, or R1 is linked to R so as to become part of a 4-8-membered cycle, with the proviso that R1, R2 and R3 may not be identical.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for the production of a polyamine involving the use of enzymes; in particular to a process performed in aqueous environment; to the polyamines produced by said method; as well as the use of said polyamines for manufacturing paper, for immobilizing enzymes, or for preparing pharmaceutical or cosmetical compositions. The invention also relates to a novel method for in situ regeneration of cofactors NAD(P)+.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a multi-stage process for producing substituted, optically active alcohols, comprising an enzyme-catalyzed synthesis step, in particular a synthesis step which is catalyzed by an alcohol dehydrogenase. The inventive method is particularly suitable for producing phenylephrine, i.e. 3-[(1R)-1-hydroxy-2-methylamino-ethyl]-phenol.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for the enzymatic decarboxylation of malonic acid (propanedioic acid) derivatives catalyzed by enzymes structurally and/or functionally related to arylmalonate decarboxylase (AMDase) as isolated from microorganisms of the genus Bordetella. The present invention also relates to novel enzymes with a decarboxylase activity, useful for performing the claimed method, mutants thereof, corresponding coding sequences and expression systems, methods of preparing said novel enzymes, and screening methods for obtaining further suitable enzymes also having said decarboxylase activity.
Abstract:
The invention relates to novel types of mutants with cyclase-activity and to the use thereof in a method for the biocatalytic cyclisation of terpenes, such as, in particular, for producing isopulegol by the cyclisation of citronellal; to a method for producing menthol and methods for the biocatalytic conversion of other compounds with terpene type structural motifs.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the biocatalytic production of ambroxan by means of a polypeptide having the activity of a homofarnesol-ambroxan cyclase and representing a novel class of enzymes.
Abstract:
Method for producing (meth)acrylic acid esters (U) containing urethane groups by reacting an alcohol (A) containing urethane groups with a (meth)acrylic acid ester of a saturated alcohol (G) in the presence of at least one polymerization inhibitor (P) having an enzyme (E) as a catalyst in a reactor, wherein a) the released saturated alcohol and the optionally used entrainer form an azeotrope with the excess corresponding (meth)acrylic acid ester (G), the azeotrope is separated by distillation at reduced pressure, and b) at least one partial flow from the sump of the reactor is recirculated via the head of the distillation column.