Nitrile hydratases from metagenome libraries

US7872100B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• B.R.A.I.N. Biotechnology Research and Information Network AG · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Verseck · Hanau, DE
• Klaus Liebeton · Zwingenberg, DE
• Jürgen Eck · Bensheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 10, 2005
• Grant date: Jan 18, 2011
• Expiry date: Feb 1, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Y402/01084
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention is concerned with the preparation of novel nitrile hydratases. These latter are preferably obtained from nonculturable organisms by means of a PCR-based screening, in metagenome DNA libraries, using special degenerate primers.