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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2010
Applicants:
Tadashi Araki, Chosei-gun, JP;
Masayuki Furuya, Arao, JP;
Hidetoshi Hayashi, Omuta, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 11/00 (2006.01); C12P 7/40 (2006.01); C12N 9/80 (2006.01); C12N 9/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides is a method for producing 3-mercaptopropionic acid from 3-mercaptopropionamide or a salt thereof with the use of an amidase. The method enables the production of 3-mercaptopropionic acid on an industrial scale through an enzymatic reaction.