Method for producing biotin

US6436681B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Hartwig Schröder · Nümbrecht, DE
• Bernhard Hauer · Neheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 11, 2000
• Grant date: Aug 20, 2002
• Expiry date: Jan 11, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12P17/186
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A gene construct comprising a biotin gene having the sequence SEQ ID No. 1 or SEQ ID No. 3, organisms which comprise this gene construct, the use of these sequences or of the gene construct for preparing biotin, and a process for preparing biotin are described.