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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1999
Marion Ress-löschke, Dossenheim, DE;
Thomas Friedrich, Darmstadt, DE;
Bernhard Hauer, Fussgönheim, DE;
Ralf Mattes, Stuttgart, DE;
Dirk Engels, Walddorfhäslach, DE;
Marion Ress-Löschke, Dossenheim, DE;
Thomas Friedrich, Darmstadt, DE;
Bernhard Hauer, Fussgönheim, DE;
Ralf Mattes, Stuttgart, DE;
Dirk Engels, Walddorfhäslach, DE;
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to nucleic acid sequences which code for a polypeptide having nitrilase activity, to nucleic acid constructs comprising the nucleic acid sequences, and to vectors comprising the nucleic acid sequences or the nucleic acid constructs. The invention further relates to amino acid sequences which are encoded by the nucleic acid sequences, and to microorganisms comprising the nucleic acid sequences, the nucleic acid constructs or vectors comprising the nucleic acid sequences or the nucleic acid constructs. The invention additionally relates to a process for preparing chiral carboxylic acids from the racemic nitriles.