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:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing an optically concentrated amino acid from the racemate mixture of the amino acid protected with a urethane or carbamoyl protecting group. SOLUTION: This method for producing the enantiomer-concentrated amino acid is characterized by reacting a compound of formula (I) (X is O or NH; R is CH3 , CH3 CH2 , tert-butyl, or benzyl, provided that R may be H, when X is NH; R is the α-group of a natural or synthetic amino acid) with an enzyme exhibiting an N-acetylamino acid racemase activity (AAR) in the presence of an enzyme exhibiting an amino acid acylase activity or then with the enzyme exhibiting an amino acid acylase activity.
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 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.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a polynucleotide cluster of Rhodococcus, containing nucleotide sequences coding for polypeptides having the activity of a nitrile hydratase, an auxiliary protein P15K activating said enzyme, and a cobalt transporter. The invention also relates to micro-organisms transformed by said cluster, in which the nucleotide sequences coding for said proteins are reinforced, and to the use of the transformed micro-organisms for producing amides from nitriles.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to polypeptides exhibiting nitrile hydratase activity and the respective encoding nucleic acids from Rhodococcus erythropolis. Furthermore, micoorganisms, plasmids and vectors comprising the polypetides are also embraced by this invention.
Abstract:
The invention describes a process for the preparation of acetone starting from acetyl-coenzyme A comprising the process steps A. enzymatic conversion of acetyl-CoA to give acetoacetyl-CoA; B. enzymatic conversion of acetoacetyl-CoA into acetoacetate and CoA; and C. decarboxylation of acetoacetate to give acetone and CO2, which process is characterized in that, in process step B, the coenzyme A is not transferred to an acceptor molecule. Moreover, surprisingly, process step B is catalyzed by enzymes from the classes acyl-CoA thioesterase, acyl-CoA synthetase or acyl-CoA thiokinase.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a Rhodococcus polynucleotide cluster which contains nucleotide sequences which encode polypeptides having the activity of a nitrile hydratase, of an auxiliary protein P15K which activates this enzyme and of a cobalt transporter, to transformed microorganisms in which the nucleotide sequences encoding these proteins are present in increased quantity, and to the use of the transformed microorganisms for preparing amides from nitriles.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a nucleic acid sequence which encodes a protein having the activity of a nitrile hydratase, wherein the nucleic acid sequence comprises (a) the first nucleic acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 49, 51, 41, 39, 43, 37, 55, 47 or 53, and a second nucleic acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 71, 73, 65, 63, 67, 77, 69, and 75 ; (b) the first nucleic acid sequence encoding a first amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 50, 52, 42, 40, 44, 38, 56, 48 or 54, and a second nucleic acid sequence encoding a second amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 72, 74, 66, 64, 68, 78, 70, and 76; or (c) a nucleic acid sequence, which is at least 70% identical to the nucleic acid sequence of (a) or (b).