Amidase from variovorax

US7070963B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Degussa AG · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Verseck · Hanau, DE
• Karlheinz Drauz · Alzenau, DE
• Andreas Bommarius · Frankfurt, DE
• Maria-Regina Kula · Jülich, DE
• Lutz Krieg · Emmelshausen, DE
• Heike Slusarczyk · Übach-Palenberg, DE
• Marion Ansorge-Schumacher · Roetgen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 4, 2002
• Grant date: Jul 4, 2006
• Expiry date: May 24, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12R2001/01
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to an amidase enzyme, nucleic acids encoding the amidase, as well as methods of employing the nucleic acids and/or amidase to produce, for example, enantiomericallyenriched compounds such as D-amino acids.