Method for the preparation of D-arginine and L-ornithine

US5591613A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Degussa AG · DE

Inventors

• Kyriakos Makryaleas · Radolfzell, DE
• Karlheinz Drauz · Alzenau, DE
• Andreas Bommarius · Frankfurt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 29, 1994
• Grant date: Jan 7, 1997
• Expiry date: Dec 29, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12P13/10
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

D-arginine and L-ornithine are prepared by means of the enzymatic conversion of DL-arginine in the presence of an L-arginase which selectively converts L-arginase to L-ornithine, permitting recovery of both D-arginine and L-ornithine.