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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frances H. Arnold, Pasadena, CA (US);
Oliver May, Stuttgart, DE;
Karlheinz Drauz, Freigericht, DE;
Andreas Bommarius, Frankfurt/M, DE;
Assignee:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/86 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/86 ;
Abstract
Hydantoinase enzymes which are mutants of a previously isolated hydantoinase having the amino acid SEQ. ID. NO. 2. The mutants include amino acid substitutions at positions 95, 154, 180, 251 and/or 255 of the wild type hydantoinase (SEQ. ID. NO. 2). The mutant hydantoinases, like the parent hydantoinase, are used in the production of optically pure amino acids.