Patent · US Expired

Biocatalysts with amine acylase activity

US6235516A · kind A · utility

1Cited by

5References

8Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Novartis AG · CH

Inventors

Oreste Ghisalba · Reinach, CH
Matthias Kittelmann · Glückstadt, DE
Kurt Laumen · Wuppertal, DE
Paula Walser-Volken · Ziefen, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 12, 1998
Grant date	May 22, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 12, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S435/908
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention belongs to the field of biotechnology. It concerns a biocatalyst, i.e. a dead or living microorganism or a polypeptide, preferably in isolated form, which exhibits acylase enzymatic activity without lipase- or esterase-activity. The biocatalyst is capable of stereoselectively hydrolysing a racemic acylamide which has an aliphatic acyl residue and which is not a derivative of a natural amino acid.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.