Microorganism, lactamase enzyme obtained therefrom, and their use
US6090616A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 3, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 3, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12P41/006
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A lactamase enzyme having good stability, capable of hydrolysing an enatiomer of the bicyclic lactam, 2-azabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-en-3-one, to give (-) lactam and (+) amino acid, has been found in a strain of Comamonas acidivorans. The enzyme has been isolated and cloned, and its structure identified.
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