Process for the preparation of cholesterol esterase

US4360596A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Boehringer Mannheim GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Beaucamp · Tutzing, DE
• Michael Nelboeck · Tutzing, DE
• Helmgard Gauhl · Tutzing, DE
• Hans Seidel · Tutzing, DE
• Wolfgang Gruber · Bischofswerda, DE
• Herwig Brunner · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 6, 1980
• Grant date: Nov 23, 1982
• Expiry date: Aug 6, 2000

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S435/874
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides a process for obtaining cholesterol esterase from micro-organisms of the genus Pseudomonas, wherein Pseudomonas sp. DSM 1280 or DSM 1281 is cultured in an appropriate culture medium in the presence of an inducer and the enzyme is obtained from the culture medium and/or from the cells.