The present invention relates to mutants of D-N-α-carbamylase wherein at least one of the cysteines in position 243, 250 and 279 of the amino acid sequence of the wild type enzyme is substituted with a different residue selected from natural amino acids; a recombinant plasmid comprising a nucleotidic sequence which encodes for at least one of the mutants of D-N-α-carbamylase, host microorganisms transformed with said plasmid and a process for the preparation of these mutants by the culture of said microorganisms.
The mutants of D-N-α-carbamylase have a higher enzymatic stability than that of the wild type enzyme and are particularly useful in the preparation of D-α-amino acids providing an improvement in the production yields.
                            本发明涉及D-N-α-
氨基甲酰酶的突变体,其中野生型酶的
氨基酸序列的243、250和279位的半胱
氨酸中至少有一个被选自天然
氨基酸的不同残基取代;
重组质粒,其包含编码至少一种D-N-α-
氨基甲酰酶突变体的核苷酸序列;用所述质粒转化的宿主微
生物;以及通过培养所述微
生物制备这些突变体的工艺。
与野生型酶相比,D-N-α-
氨基甲酰酶的突变体具有更高的酶稳定性,尤其适用于制备 D-
α-氨基酸,可提高产量。