NAD(P)-Independent glycerol dehydrogenase, a process for the preparation thereof and the use thereof for the determination of glycerol and triglycerides
US4576913A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 23, 1984 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 23, 2004 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S435/823
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention provides a new NAD(P)-independent glycerol dehydrogenase and a process for obtaining it, wherein a micro-organism of the species Pseudomonas, Serratia, Klebsiella, Erwinia, Aspergillus, Penicillium, Rhizopus, Acetobacter or Gluconobacter which is capable of forming this enzyme is cultured in a nutrient medium and the enzyme isolated from the culture broth. The present invention also provides processes for the determination of glycerol and of triglycerides which make use of this new enzyme.
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