L-amino acid oxidase from Rhodococcus species

US6461841B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Degussa AG · DE

Inventors

• Birgit Geueke · Aachen, DE
• Werner Hummel · Titz, DE
• Andreas Bommarius · Frankfurt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 9, 2001
• Grant date: Oct 8, 2002
• Expiry date: Nov 9, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12P41/002
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

L-amino acid oxidases (L-AAO) from Rhodococcus species and nucleic acids, vectors and microorganisms expressing such L-AAOs. L-AAOs may be used to selectively transform the L-portion of a racemic mixture of an amino acid into keto acid, and thus purify the corresponding D-amino acid.