Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To determine the process stability of an enzyme for grasping the specific amount of the enzyme by adopting a temperature-time profile of a reaction to be tested in a continuously operating non-stationary derivative type reactor, etc., and obtaining characteristic parameters, etc., under a specific condition. SOLUTION: This method for determining the process stability of an enzyme is provided by adopting a temperature-time profile of a reaction to be tested in a continuously operating non-stationary derivative type reactor, circulating type reactor or agitating reactor and obtaining characteristic activation parameter and stability parameter preferably by (i) the calculation of the Arrhenius curve for the deactivation by using the experimental measurements of 8 starting parameters and initial values, (ii) the mathematical calculation of a special temperature-time profile as a standard value of a new experiment for adopting a reaction rate-time curve, (iii) the improvement of the parameter evaluation based on the new experimental data, and (iv) the calculation of optimal temperatures of parameters related to the process such as a total turnover number, a half life, etc.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for racemization of N-carbamoylamino acid more improved than a conventional technique by using N-acetylamino acid racemase. SOLUTION: N-Acetylamino acid racemase(AAR) derived from Amycolatopsis orientalis sp. lurida is used.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a new D-carbamoylase and the gene sequences which code for this from the organism Arthrobacter crystallopoietes DSM 20117. Plasmids, vectors, microorganisms, particular primers and specific possible uses of the enzymes according to the invention are also mentioned. The invention moreover describes a new process for the discovery of enzymes which can be employed in a process for the preparation of D-amino acids starting from 5'-substituted hydantoins.
Abstract:
The invention provides Poly-(α-L-aspartic acid) (= poly-L-α-Asp), Poly-(α-L-glutamic acid) and new copolymers of L-Asp and L-Glu with essentially α-linkages as well as salts of said polymers and copolymers. A method for producing said polyamino acids comprises employing an oligonucleotide construct encoding the sequence of the desired polymer, cloning the oligonucleotide into a plasmid, transformation of host cells with the plasmid and expression of the genetic information. Because of their good biological degradability the new poly-L-α-amino acids can be used as co-builders, sequestering agents and corrosion inhibitors.
Abstract:
The instant invention is directed to a rec-hydantoin-racemase from Arthrobacter aurescens DSM 3747. Furthermore, the gene encoding for the racemase and plasmids, vectors and microorganisms comprising this gene are to be protected. Use in a process for the production of amino carboxylic acids or derivatives thereof.
Abstract:
In catalytic reactions and reactions requiring synthesis-promoters, it is useful to be able to separate the promoter from the product formed and thus make it available for recycling. One possible way of achieving this separation is by immobilising the synthesis-promoter on special carriers. This, however, often reduces the contact area between the promoter and carrier and thus markedly reduces the reactivity of the promoter or alters its mode of action. The immobilisation process itself may also present problems in terms of working time spent and catalyst loss. If the product and promoter in a catalytic reaction are separated by filtration using a nanofiltration or reverse osmosis membrane, it is possible, even when the weight differences between promoter and product are relatively small and provided that the retension differences are sufficient and the associated recovery rate of the promoter therefore high, to dispense with separation based on immobilisation techniques. The process proposed can be used for separating reaction mixtures for catalytic reactions with the aim of efficiently producing organic synthesis products or optically active organic compounds.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel amidase suitable for an industrial means and for producing an enantio-rich compound from a racemic body. SOLUTION: Disclosed is a novel amidase derived from an organism, Variovorax paradoxus. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable the lowering of production cost by providing the use of molecular weight-enlarged, homogeneously soluble catalysts in a membrane reactor in a process for the asymmetric, continuous hydrogenation of C=C, C=N or C=0 double bonds, novel molecular weight-enlarged ligands, and asymmetric hydrogenation catalysts. SOLUTION: The ligands, catalysts, active centre, and their uses, comprises ligands such as polyacrylates, polystyrene, polysiloxanes or polyacrylates as molecular weight-enlarging agents, having an average molecular weight of 1,000 to 1,000, 000 g/mole, a metal or metal ion selected from Ru, Rh, Ir, Pd, Ni, Pt, and Co, and a representative example is N,N'-bis(2- diphenylphosphanylbenzyl) cyclohexyl-1,2-diamine as the asymmetric synthesis active center of the ligand, or the like.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ligand separable between a product and a catalyst relating to a membrane used and other ligands relating to the catalyst for the purpose of excluding problems that the catalyst is deactivated accompanying reaction progress. SOLUTION: In such case of a homogeneous soluble ligand having increased molecular weight for a hydrogenation catalyst having a homochiral active center, a specific linker may be inserted between the active center and a polymer skeleton, further the ligand is transferred into the catalyst and preferably may be used just like continuously or continuously in a membrane type reactor for an organic synthesis.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the subject new enzyme comprising an N-acetylamino acid racemase from Amycolatopsis orientalis subspecies lurida and useful for the production etc. of an optically active amino acid useful for the production, etc., of a chiral bioactive substance. SOLUTION: This new N-acetylamino acid racemase is derived from Amycolatopsis orientalis subspecies lurida and is useful for the production, etc. of an optically pure amino acid used for the production, etc. of an extra- intestinal ingestive and a chiral bioactive agent with small dependence on heavy metal ions. The N-acetylamino acid racemase is obtained by culturing an Actinomyces strain Amycolatopsis orientalis subspecies lurida, harvesting the cultured strain, then extracting a genomic DNA, carrying out a polymerase chain reaction(PCR) using a primer comprising a partial sequence, conducting the cloning, integrating the resultant gene into an expression vector, transforming a host cell and culturing the prepared tansformant.