Process for producing L-phenylalanine
US4755466A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 1, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jul 5, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 1, 2005 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S435/913
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for producing L-phenylalanine, which comprises reacting cinnamic acid and an ammonia generator in an aqueous medium in the presence of an enzyme or enzymes from a microorganism belonging to the genus Geotrichum, Moniliella, Syncephalastrum, Endomyces, Aspergillus, Saccharomycopis, Eurotium, Glomerella, Pellicularia or Conatobotyrum, wherein the enzyme or enzymes are capable of producing L-phenylalanine from cinnamic acid and an ammonia generator, and collecting L-phenylalanine from the aqueous medium, is disclosed along with both new and old microorganisms that can be used in the practice of the invention.
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