Methods for producing single diastereomers of isoleucine in high stereochemical purity are provided. D-isoleucine is produced by converting (R)-2-methylbutyraldehyde to a diastereomeric mixture of D-isoleucine hydantoin and L-allo-isoleucine hydantoin (5S-[(R)-1-methylpropyl]hydantoin) under conditions whereby no significant racemization of the chiral center in (R)-2-methylbutyraldehyde occurs, followed by contacting said diastereomeric hydantoin mixture with a D-hydantoinase to stereoselectively hydrolyze any D-isoleucine hydantoin in the mixture to the corresponding N-carbamoyl-D-isoleucine, preferably under conditions permitting the simultaneous epimerization of the chiral center at C-5 of the hydantoin. The simultaneous epimerization permits the reaction to be carried out to substantial completion so that the diastereomeric hydantoin mixture is converted to N-carbamoyl-D-isoleucine in high yield. The N-carbamoyl-D-isoleucine is then decarbamoylated to produce D-isoleucine. Similar procedures are used to produce single diastereomers of L-isoleucine, L-allo-isoleucine, and D-allo-isoleucine.
DNA encoding hydantoinase, DNA encoding N-carbamyl-L-amino acid hydrolase, recombinant DNA, transformed cell, method of producing protein, and method of producing optically active amino acid
申请人:AJINOMOTO CO. INC
公开号:US20030109013A1
公开(公告)日:2003-06-12
The present invention provides a method of producing optically active amino acids from 5-substituted hydantoin by isolating a hydantoinase gene and an N-carbamyl-L-amino acid hydrolase gene involved in an ability to convert 5-substituted hydantoin or N-carbamylamino acid into optically active amino acids from a microorganism of the genus Microbacterium having the above ability and by improving gene amplification and transcriptional and translational activities thereby preparing a recombinant wherein the amount of the desired enzymes produced is increased. The hydantoinase gene is, for example, a DNA encoding for a protein having a hydantoinase activity, which has the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1 in the Sequence. The N-carbamyl-L-amino acid hydrolase gene is, for example, a DNA encoding for a protein having an N-carbamyl-L-amino acid hydrolase activity, which has the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:3 in the Sequence.
本发明提供了一种从5-取代的海因中生产光学活性氨基酸的方法,其方法是从具有上述能力的微细菌属微生物中分离出一种参与将5-取代的海因或N-氨甲酰-L-氨基酸转化为光学活性氨基酸的能力的海因酶基因和N-氨甲酰-L-氨基酸水解酶基因,并通过改进基因扩增和转录及翻译活性从而制备出一种重组体,在该重组体中所产生的所需酶的量有所增加。例如, hydantoinase 基因是编码具有 hydantoinase 活性的蛋白质的 DNA,其核苷酸序列见序列 SEQ ID NO:1 所列。例如,N-氨基甲酰-L-氨基酸水解酶基因是编码具有 N-氨基甲酰-L-氨基酸水解酶活性的蛋白质的 DNA,其核苷酸序列见序列 SEQ ID NO:3。
DNA encoding hydantoinase, DNA encoding N-carbamyl-L-amino acid hydrolase, recombinant DNA, transformed cell, method of producing protein and method of producing optically active amino acid
申请人:Takenaka Yasuhiro
公开号:US20060240532A1
公开(公告)日:2006-10-26
The present invention provides a method of producing optically active amino acids from 5-substituted hydantoin by isolating a hydantoinase gene and an N-carbamyl-L-amino acid hydrolase gene involved in an ability to convert 5-substituted hydantoin or N-carbamylamino acid into optically active amino acids from a microorganism of the genus
Microbacterium
having the above ability and by improving gene amplification and transcriptional and translational activities thereby preparing a recombinant wherein the amount of the desired enzymes produced is increased. The hydantoinase gene is, for example, a DNA encoding for a protein having a hydantoinase activity, which has the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1 in the Sequence. The N-carbamyl-L-amino acid hydrolase gene is, for example, a DNA encoding for a protein having an N-carbamyl-L-amino acid hydrolase activity, which has the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:3 in the Sequence.