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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2011
Kazuyoshi Yajima, Hyogo, JP;
Takahisa Kato, Hyogo, JP;
Akihisa Kanda, Osaka, JP;
Shiro Kitamura, Hyogo, JP;
Yasuyoshi Ueda, Hyogo, JP;
Kazuyoshi Yajima, Hyogo, JP;
Takahisa Kato, Hyogo, JP;
Akihisa Kanda, Osaka, JP;
Shiro Kitamura, Hyogo, JP;
Yasuyoshi Ueda, Hyogo, JP;
KANEKA CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for producing reduced coenzyme Qwhich comprises obtaining microbial cells containing reduced coenzyme Qat a ratio of not less than 70 mole % among the entire coenzymes Q, optionally disrupting the cells and recovering thus produced reduced coenzyme Q. The present invention also relates to a process for producing oxidized coenzyme Qwhich comprises either recovering oxidized coenzyme Qafter oxidizing the above-mentioned microbial cells or disrupted product thereof, or recovering reduced coenzyme Qfrom the above-mentioned microbial cells or disrupted product thereof to oxidize thus-obtained reduced coenzyme Qthereafter. According to the processes of the present invention, reduced coenzyme Qand oxidized coenzyme Qcan be produced simply on the industrial scale.