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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 1986
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Louis L Wood, Rockville, MD (US);
Gary J Calton, Elkridge, MD (US);
Assignee:
Purification Engineering, Inc., Columbia, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435108 ; 435180 ; 435182 ;
Abstract
A process is disclosed for preparing phenylalanine which comprises contacting phenylpyruvic acid or phenylpyruvate with immobilized whole cells having transaminase activity in the presence of an amine donor. The cells are preferably immobilized with a polyazetidine polymer. Ruptured or permeabilized cells, with the enzyme in the free or immobilized state, may also be used. The preparation of phenylalanine from cinnamic acid using immobilized cells having phenylalanine ammonia lyase activity is also disclosed.