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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2004
Applicants:
Masakazu Sugiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Kunihiko Watanabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Nao Funakoshi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yusuke Amino, Kawasaki, JP;
Shigeru Kawahara, Kawasaki, JP;
Tadashi Takemoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Masakazu Sugiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Kunihiko Watanabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Nao Funakoshi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yusuke Amino, Kawasaki, JP;
Shigeru Kawahara, Kawasaki, JP;
Tadashi Takemoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D 209/00 (2006.01); C12P 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for producing efficiently glutamic acid derivatives (including salts thereof) such as monatin by converting a substituted α-keto acid of formula (1) into a glutamic acid derivative of formula (2) in the presence of an enzyme catalyzing conversion of the same