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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Kaneka Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Masutoshi Nojiri, Takasago, JP;
Hiroyuki Kanamaru, Takasago, JP;
Akiko Nishi, Takasago, JP;
Shigeru Kawano, Takasago, JP;
Yoshihiko Yasohara, Takasago, JP;
KANEKA CORPORATION, Osaka-Shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a means for producing an optically active tropic acid that is a compound useful as a synthetic raw material or an intermediate for pharmaceutical products and the like. The present invention provides a novel polypeptide having activity to (R)-selectively hydrolyze a racemic tropic acid amide, DNA encoding the polypeptide, a vector containing the DNA, a transformant prepared by transformation with the vector, and a method for producing an optically active carboxylic acid amide and an optically active carboxylic acid using them.