Production and use of pyruvate decarboxylase

US7189545B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Michael Breuer · Darmstadt, DE
• Bernhard Hauer · Neheim, DE
• Thomas Friedrich · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 16, 2002
• Grant date: Mar 13, 2007
• Expiry date: Apr 29, 2023

Classification

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

Abstract

A polypeptide with pyruvate decarboxylase activity, derived from the pyruvate decarboxylase from Zymomonas mobilis by substitution of an amino acid in position 553.