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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:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
May. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ian G. Fotheringham, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Assignee:
NSC Technologies, Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 1/304 ; C12N 1/12 ; C12N 1/500 ; C12N 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 1/304 ; C12N 1/12 ; C12N 1/500 ; C12N 1/00 ;
Abstract
A process for making natural and unnatural amino acids which comprises reacting a first amino acid, a keto acid and a transaminase enzyme under conditions appropriate to produce a second amino acid and pyruvate; reacting the pyruvate with acetolactate synthase under conditions appropriate to produce a compound that does not react with the transaminase enzyme and separating the second amino acid.