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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2012
Markus Pötter, Shanghai, CN;
Thomas Haas, Muenster, DE;
Jan Christoph Pfeffer, Hanau, DE;
Arne Skerra, Freising, DE;
Wolfgang Kroutil, Graz, AT;
Alexandra Lerchner, Neufahrn bei Freising, DE;
Johann H. Sattler, Bad Aussee, AT;
Steffen Schaffer, Herten, DE;
Katharina Christin Tauber, Wolfsberg, AT;
Markus Pötter, Shanghai, CN;
Thomas Haas, Muenster, DE;
Jan Christoph Pfeffer, Hanau, DE;
Arne Skerra, Freising, DE;
Wolfgang Kroutil, Graz, AT;
Alexandra Lerchner, Neufahrn bei Freising, DE;
Johann H. Sattler, Bad Aussee, AT;
Steffen Schaffer, Herten, DE;
Katharina Christin Tauber, Wolfsberg, AT;
Evonik Degussa GmbH, Essen, DE;
Abstract
A method including the steps a) providing a primary alcohol of the formula HO—(CH)—R, where Ris —OH, —SH, —NHor —COOR; x is at least 3; and Ris H, alkyl or aryl, b) oxidizing the primary alcohol by contacting it with an NAD(P)-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase, and c) contacting the oxidation product of step a) with a transaminase, where the NAD(P)-alcohol dehydrogenase and/or the transaminase is a recombinant or isolated enzyme. A whole cell catalyst for carrying out the method. The use of such a whole cell catalyst for oxidizing a primary alcohol.