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Enzymic method for the enantioselective reduction of keto compounds

US8361765B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

IEP GMBH · US

Inventors

Antje Gupta · Wiesbaden, DE
Klaus Breese · Bodenwerder, DE
Gert Bange · Heidelberg, DE
Peter Neubauer · Oulu, FI

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 19, 2007
Grant date	Jan 29, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 29, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12R2001/19
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to an enzymatic method for the enantioselective reduction of organic keto compounds to the corresponding chiral hydroxy compounds, an alcohol dehydrogenase from Lactobacillus minor and a method for the enantioselective production of (S)-hydroxy compounds from a racemate.

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