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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1999
Applicants:
Toyohisa Kurita, Otsu, JP;
Hiroyuki Izu, Kusatsu, JP;
Mutsumi Sano, Otsu, JP;
Ikunoshin Kato, Uji, JP;
Inventors:
Toyohisa Kurita, Otsu, JP;
Hiroyuki Izu, Kusatsu, JP;
Mutsumi Sano, Otsu, JP;
Ikunoshin Kato, Uji, JP;
Assignee:
Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for producing lysosphingolipids by using an enzyme capable of specifically hydrolyzing the acid amide bond between a sphingoid and a fatty acid in a sphingolipid, characterized in that the enzyme reaction is carried out in a two-phase system liquid reaction mixture containing at least an organic solvent forming an aqueous phase and a separation phase in the presence of, if desired, a surfactant.