摘要:
Relating to an enzyme capable of efficiently converting a ketone compound to an optically active amino compound by transamination, and a process for preparing an optically active amino compound using the enzyme. An (S)-α-phenethylamine : pyruvate transaminase, which acts on (S)-α-phenethylamine and a ketone compound, thereby catalyzing transamination for forming acetophenone and an amino compound corresponding to the ketone compound; a process for preparing an optically active amino compound using the transaminase; and a method for culturing a microorganism for producing the above transaminase, comprising adding to a medium one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of propylamine, 1-butylamine, 2-butylamine, 2-pentylamine, isopropylamine and isobutylamine as an inducer for the enzyme when a microorganism for producing (S)-α-phenethylamine : pyruvate transaminase is cultured.
摘要:
The present invention has an object of providing a novel enzyme protein that allows production of an optically active β-hydroxyamino acid. The present invention attains the above object by providing a monooxygenase including two kinds of hetero (different) subunits.
摘要:
The present invention provides, by modifying a wild-type glutathione synthetase, a modified glutathione synthetase which has a more stably retained activity, particularly a higher thermal stability, and/or a transformant capable of producing the modified glutathione synthetase. A polypeptide in accordance with the present invention is a polypeptide which (a) is capable of carrying out a reaction of binding glycine to γ-glutamyl dipeptide and (b) has a higher thermal stability and/or a higher storage stability as compared with glutathione synthetase consisting of an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 shown in the Sequence Listing.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide a means for producing an optically active tropic acid that is a compound useful as a synthetic raw material or an intermediate for pharmaceutical products and the like. The present invention provides a novel polypeptide having activity to (R)-selectively hydrolyze a racemic tropic acid amide, DNA encoding the polypeptide, a vector containing the DNA, a transformant prepared by transformation with the vector, and a method for producing an optically active carboxylic acid amide and an optically active carboxylic acid using them.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a novel amino acid dehydrogenase, DNA encoding the enzyme, and a transformant having the DNA introduced therein. The present invention also relates to a process for producing an L-amino acid, 2-oxo acid or D-amino acid, which includes allowing the amino acid dehydrogenase or a microorganism or transformant capable of producing the enzyme to act on a substrate compound. The amino acid dehydrogenase has good reactivity even with an amino acid or a 2-oxo acid each having a bulky side chain such as an aromatic-ring-containing group, which acids are poorly reactive with conventional amino acid dehydrogenases. The amino acid dehydrogenase enables the inexpensive and highly efficient production of a useful optically active amino acid.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method for producing an optically-active amine compound. The method is characterized by using a transaminase (A), an α-keto acid reductase (B), and an enzyme (C), each having specific properties, in an identical reaction system to convert a ketone compound into a corresponding optically-active amine compound in which a carbon atom with an amino group bonded thereto serves as an asymmetric point. The present invention also relates to a recombinant vector for use in the method. The present invention makes it possible to efficiently produce an optically-active amine compound.
摘要:
An enzyme having the activity of asymmetrically reducing a carbonyl compound to an optically active alcohol, a DNA which encodes the enzyme, a plasmid having the DNA, cells transformed by the plasmid, and a process for producing optically active alcohols with the enzyme and/or the transformed cells.
摘要:
An enzyme modifying method for converting the coenzyme-dependency of an oxidoreductase is developed. Using this method, a novel carbonyl reductase mutant capable of utilizing NADH as a coenzyme is provided. It is also intended to provide a process for enzymatically producing an optically active (S)-4-halo-3-hydroxybutyric ester by utilizing the carbonyl reductase mutant. A method for modifying an enzyme itself so as to convert the coenzyme-dependency of a carbonyl reductase which asymmetrically reduces a carbonyl compound to produce an optically active alcohol, a carbonyl reductase having such coenzyme dependency as has been converted from NADPH to NADH which is obtained by the above method, a DNA encoding this enzyme mutant, a plasmid carrying this DNA, a transformant obtained by the transformation with this plasmid, and a process for producing an optically active alcohol by using this enzyme mutant and/or this transformant.