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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1994
Shigeaki Irino, Yamaguchi, JP;
Shin-ichiro Nakamura, Yamaguchi, JP;
Kiyotaka Oyama, Tokyo-prefecture, JP;
Peter J Quaedflieg, Geleen, NL;
Theodorus J Van Dooren, Roermond, NL;
Holland Sweetener Company V.o.F., Maastricht, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of N-benzyloxycarbonyl-.alpha.-L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester by enzymatic coupling of N-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-aspartic acid and L-phenylalanine methyl ester in an aqueous medium with formation of a precipitate, the coupling reaction being effected with (virtually) equimolar quantities of N-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-aspartic acid and L-phenylalanine methyl ester under the influence of a neutral protease at an initial pH of from 4.5 to 6.0 and in the presence of from 3 to 25%, calculated as per cent by weight based on the total reaction mixture, of an alkali metal salt, alkaline earth metal salt or ammonium salt.