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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2004
Brian Morgan, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark Burk, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael Levin, San Diego, CA (US);
Zuolin Zhu, San Diego, CA (US);
Jennifer Chaplin, San Diego, CA (US);
Karen Kustedjo, San Diego, CA (US);
Zilin Huang, Bellevue, WA (US);
William Greenberg, San Diego, CA (US);
Brian Morgan, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark Burk, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael Levin, San Diego, CA (US);
Zuolin Zhu, San Diego, CA (US);
Jennifer Chaplin, San Diego, CA (US);
Karen Kustedjo, San Diego, CA (US);
Zilin Huang, Bellevue, WA (US);
William Greenberg, San Diego, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
The invention provides synthetic chemical and chemoenzymatic methods of producing simvastatin and various intermediates. In one aspect, enzymes such as hydrolases, e.g., esterases, are used in the methods of the invention.