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Title:
BIOCATALYTIC PRODUCTION OF AMBROXAN
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/139719
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the biocatalytic production of ambroxan by means of a polypeptide having the activity of a homofarnesol-ambroxan cyclase and representing a novel class of enzymes.

Inventors:
BREUER MICHAEL (DE)
HOERSTER ANDREA (DE)
HAUER BERNHARD (DE)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2010/057696
Publication Date:
February 24, 2011
Filing Date:
June 02, 2010
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Assignee:
BASF SE (DE)
BREUER MICHAEL (DE)
HOERSTER ANDREA (DE)
HAUER BERNHARD (DE)
International Classes:
C12P17/04; C12N9/90
Foreign References:
JP2009060799A2009-03-26
Other References:
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DATABASE UniProt [online] 1 February 2005 (2005-02-01), "Squalene-hopene cyclase (Zymomonas mobilis)", XP002607434, Database accession no. Q5NM88
DATABASE UniProt [online] 12 June 2007 (2007-06-12), "Squalene-hopene cyclase (Bradyrhizobium sp.)", XP002607435, Database accession no. A5EBP6
DATABASE UniProt [online] 17 October 2006 (2006-10-17), "Squalene-hopene cyclase (Burkholderia ambifaria)", XP002607436, Database accession no. Q0B5S3
DATABASE UniProt [online] 17 October 2006 (2006-10-17), "Squalene-hopene synthase (Burkholderia ambifaria)", XP002607437, Database accession no. Q0B2H5
DATABASE UniProt [online] 2 September 2008 (2008-09-02), "Putative squalene-hopene cyclase (Bacillus anthracis)", XP002607438, Database accession no. B3IZ59
DATABASE UniProt [online] 14 November 2006 (2006-11-14), "Putative two-component system sensor kinase (Frankia alni)", XP002607439, Database accession no. Q05HK2
DATABASE UniProt [online] 13 October 2006 (2006-10-13), "Squalene-hopene cyclase (Rhodopseudomonas palustris)", XP002607440, Database accession no. Q07I43
DATABASE UniProt [online] 1 November 1999 (1999-11-01), "Putative squalene-hopene cyclase (Streptomyces coelicolor)", XP002607441, Database accession no. Q9X7V9
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
FITZNER, Uwe (Ratingen, DE)
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