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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:
Jan. 09, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 14, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435196 ; 530350 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a DNA fragment containing a nucleotide sequence that encodes an amino acid sequence of esterase, said esterase asymmetrically hydrolyzing carboxylic acid esters represented by the formula (I); ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 is alkyl, aralkyl or aryl, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are alkyl, and n is 1 or 2) an esterase encoded by the DNA fragment, a recombinant plasmid containing the DNA fragment, a microorganism transformed with the recombinant plasmid and methods of producing optically active carboxylic acids and their enantiomeric esters.