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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshihiko Yasohara, Himeji, JP;
Noriyuki Kizaki, Takasago, JP;
Junzo Hasegawa, Akashi, JP;
Masaru Wada, Kyoto, JP;
Sakayu Shimizu, Kyoto, JP;
Michihiko Kataoka, Kyoto, JP;
Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Takatsuki, JP;
Hiroshi Kawabata, Kyoto, JP;
Keiko Kita, Tottori, JP;
Assignee:
Kaneka Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/62 ; C12N 1/553 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/62 ; C12N 1/553 ;
Abstract
An enzyme having carbonyl reduction activity of reducing a carbonyl compound asymmetrically to produce an optically active alcohol, a DNA coding the enzyme, a plasmid having the DNA, a transformant which is a cell transformed with the plasmid, and a production method of an optically active alcohol using the enzyme and/or the transformed cell are provided.