Patent · US Expired

Alcohol dehydrogenases with increased solvent and temperature stability

US7569375B2 · kind B2 · utility

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2Claims

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Assignee

Codexis, Inc. · US

Inventors

Wolfgang Stampfer · Lurnfeld, AT
Birgit Kosjek · Westfield, US
Wolfgang Kroutil · Graz, AT
Kurt Faber
Jürgen Eck · Bensheim, DE
Frank Niehaus · Heppenheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 18, 2003
Grant date	Aug 4, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 24, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12P41/002
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to biocatalysts showing alcohol dehydrogenase activity obtainable from Rhodococcus ruber, their preparation, their use in the oxidation of secondary alcohols and/or the reduction of ketones, as well as nucleic acids coding for these alcohol dehydrogenases and microorganisms transformed with nucleic acids coding for these biocatalysts and their use for producing the biocatalyst or oxidizing secondary alcohols and/or reducing ketones.

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