A Nitrile-Metabolising Enzyme and a Process for Producing an Acid using Same

Lee V. Coffey (Inventor), Catherine O'Reilly (Inventor), Claire Lennon (Inventor), Tracey Coady (Inventor), Erica Owens (Inventor), Panagiotis Manesiotis (Inventor), Karen Tambling (Inventor)

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Abstract

The present invention relates to an isolated nucleotide sequence and corresponding polypeptide derived from the ni- o trile-metabolising Pantoea strain deposited under NCIMB 41854. Said isolated polypeptide acts as a nitrilase and the invention exends to a process producing a carboxylic acid using said isolated polypeptide to
metabolise nitriles such as 3-hydroxyglutaronitrile, 3-hydroxybutyronitrile and 3- hydroxy-phenylpropionitrile to form corresponding carboxylic acids.
Original languageEnglish (Ireland)
Patent numberPCT/EP2012/063321
IPCC12N 9/78 (2006.01) ,C12P 7/40 (2006.01)
Priority date07/07/2011
Filing date06/07/2012
Publication statusPublished - 10 Jan 2013

Keywords

  • Nitrile
  • nucleotide sequence
  • Polypepide
  • NCIMB 41854

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