摘要:
Novel polypeptides capable of forming (S)-N-benzyl-3-pyrrolidinol, DNA encoding the same and a method of using the same. A polypeptide having the following physicochemical properties (1) to (5): (1) function: asymmetrically reducing N-benzyl-3-pyrrolidinone by using NADPH as a coenzyme to form (S)-N-benzyl-3-pyrodinol; (2) optimum functional pH: 4.5 to 5.5; (3) optimum functional temperature: 40 to 45°C; (4) molecular weight: about 29,000 in gel filtration analysis, about 35,000 in SDS polyacrylamide electrophoresis; and (5) inhibitor: being inhibited by divalent copper ion. A polypeptide having the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1, or a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1 by the substitution, insertion, deletion and/or addition of one or more amino acids and having an enzymatic activity of asymmetrically reducing N-benzyl-3-pyrrolidinone to form (S)-N-benzyl-3-pyrrolidinol.
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:
A process for microbiologically producing coenzyme Q10 at a high efficiency by using a gene of the synthesis of coenzyme Q10 side chain originating in a fungus belonging to the genus Saitoella. A DNA having the base sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1; a DNA having a base sequence derived from the base sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1 by deletion, addition, insertion and/or substitution of one or more bases and encoding a protein having a decaprenyl diphosphate synthase activity; and a DNA being hybridizable under stringent conditions with the DNA comprising the base sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1 and encoding a protein having a decaprenyl diphosphate synthase activity.
摘要:
A highly economical and efficient process for producing optically active homophenylalanine derivatives represented by general formula (IV); and intermediates therefor and a process for producing the same. The process comprises reacting a β-benzoylacrylic acid derivative represented by general formula (II) with a 1-arylethylamine derivative represented by general formula (III) and reducing the resultant η-oxo-homophenylalanine derivative represented by general formula (I).
摘要:
A process for producing optically active pyridineethanol derivatives at a high yield which comprises stereoselectively reducing acetylpyridine derivatives by treating with an enzyme or an enzyme source having an asymmetric reduction activity; the enzyme having the asymmetric reduction activity; a DNA encoding the enzyme; a recombinant vector containing the DNA; a transformant containing the recombinant vector; and a process for producing optically active pyridineethanol derivatives from optically inactive pyridineethanol derivatives with the use of the above-described enzyme or transformant.
摘要:
Novel, useful and optically active 2-aralkyl-3-sulfonyloxy-1-propanols and 2-aralkyl-3-sulfonyloxypropionic acids prepared from optically active 2-aralkyl-3-acyloxy-1-propanols as the starting compound; and optically active 2-aralkyl-3-thiopropionic acids as an important intermediate for enkephalinase inhibitors. They are commercially advantageous, optically active sulfonic esters.
摘要:
A process for preparing optically active N-benzyl-3-pyrrolidinol efficiently by reducing N-benzyl-3-pyrrolidinone stereoselectively through an enzymatic reaction. The process is one which comprises the step of treating N-benzyl-3-pyrrolidinone with cells of a microorganism, a culture thereof or a product of treatment thereof to form a reaction fluid and the step of recovering optically active N-benzyl-3-pyrrolidinol from the fluid, and wherein the microorganism is one belonging to the genus Depodascus, Debaryomyces, Cryptococcus, Pichia, Rhodosporidium, Trichosporon, Micrococcus, Komagataella, Ogataea or Zygosaccharomyces.
摘要:
A process for producing a 3-amino-1-nitro-4-phenyl-2-butanol derivative represented by general formula (1) and a 3-amino-2-hydroxy-4-phenyl-butyric acid derivative derived therefrom. In said formula, R and R represent each independently hydrogen or an amino-protecting group. The process can industrially provide an optically active amino alcohol derivative as an intermediate for synthesizing medicines such as an immunopotentiating carcinostatic bestatin in a high yield safely, readily and highly selectively.
摘要:
To efficiently produce an (R)-2-hydroxy-1-phenoxypropane derivative which is useful as a drug intermediate at a high optical purity, a phenoxyacetone derivative is R-selectively reduced by using a carbonyl reductase originating in candida, or an optionally processed culture medium of a microorganism capable of producing the above enzyme.
摘要:
A gene of decaprenyl diphosphate synthase, which is the key gene participating in the biosynthesis of coenzyme Q10 was isolated from a bacterium belonging to the family Rhizobiaceae. By transferring this gene into a microorganism such as Escherichia coli and expressing therein, coenzyme Q10 can be effectively produced.