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Dehydrogenases, the derivatives thereof, and method for the production of optically active alkanols

US8455223B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BASF SE

Inventors

Michael Breuer · Darmstadt, DE
Thomas Friedrich · Darmstadt, DE
Maria Kesseler · Mannheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 14, 2006
Grant date	Jun 4, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 29, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12P17/00
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to proteins having an enzymatic activity of reducing substituted alkanones such as 3-methylamino-1-(2-thienyl)-propan-1-one. The invention furthermore relates to nucleic acids coding for said proteins, nucleic acid constructs, vectors, genetically modified microorganisms and to methods for preparing optically active substituted alkanols, such as, for example, (S)-3-methylamino-1-(2-thienyl)-(S)-propanol.

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