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Process for producing S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine

US4605625A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 27, 1985
Grant dateAug 12, 1986
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Expiry dateFeb 27, 2005

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S435/94
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine is produced by contacting adenosine with D-homocysteine in an aqueous medium in the presence of cells or treated cells of a microorganism of the genus Pseudomonas having the ability to racemize D-homocysteine to DL-homocysteine and in the presence of S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase, to synthesize S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine, and thereafter collecting it.

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