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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideaki Yamada, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto-Shi, Kyoto-Fu, JP;
Toru Nagasawa, Kyoto, JP;
Tetsuji Nakamura, Yokohama, JP;
Assignees:
Other;
Nitto Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12P / ; C12P / ; C12R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435106 ; 435110 ; 435117 ; 435120 ; 435121 ; 435122 ; 435128 ; 435129 ; 435136 ; 435142 ; 435822 ;
Abstract
An improved biological conversion of a nitrile such as acrylonitrile or a cyanopyridine into the corresponding carboxylic acid such as acrylic acid or a nicotinic acid by the action upon the nitrile of a nitrilase enzyme, in which the improvement resides in the use as the source of the enzyme of a microorganism of Rhodococcus, such as Rh. rhodochrous J-1, FERM BP-1478, which is cultured in the presence of a lactam compound.