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Rhodococcus nitrile hydratase

US7491521B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH · DE

Inventors

Steffen Osswald · Rodenbach, DE
Stefan Verseck · Hanau, DE
Uta Deiting · Frankfurt, DE
Christoph Weckbecker · Gelnhausen, DE
Klaus Huthmacher · Gelnhausen, DE
Michael Binder · Steinhagen, DE
Maria-Regina Kula · Jülich, DE
Konrad Odendahl

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 20, 2007
Grant date	Feb 17, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 20, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12P13/02
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a Rhodococcus polynucleotide cluster which contains nucleotide sequences which encode polypeptides having the activity of a nitrile hydratase, of an auxiliary protein P15K which activates this enzyme and of a cobalt transporter, to transformed microorganisms in which the nucleotide sequences encoding these proteins are present in increased quantity, and to the use of the transformed microorganisms for preparing amides from nitriles.

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