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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1996
Tomoko Kojima, Tsukuba, JP;
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Tsukuba, JP;
Naoki Kawada, Tsukuba, JP;
Akinobu Matsuyama, Arai, JP;
Daicel Chemical Industries Ltd., Sakai, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a novel secondary alcohol dehydrogenase useful for the synthesis of optically active alcohol and DNA encoding said enzyme. A microorganism belonging to genus Candida was found to produce a novel secondary alcohol dehydrogenase with a high stereochemical specificity. Using said enzyme, optically active alcohols were prepared, and by cloning of DNA encoding said enzyme, the base sequence of said DNA was determined. By providing a novel secondary alcohol dehydrogenase with a high stereochemical specificity and the gene encoding said enzyme, an efficient production of optically active alcohols became possible.