NOVEL ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE, GENE FOR THE ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE, VECTOR, TRANSFORMANT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF OPTICALLY ACTIVE ALCOHOL BY USING THEM

• Main Authors: YASOHARA, YOSHIHIKO, NISHIYAMA, TOZO, ISHIGE, TAKERU, KAWANO, SHIGERU, IGUCHI, KEITA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; Japanese
• Published: 05.06.2008
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGYGENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION; SPIRITS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; VINEGAR; WINE

Disclosed are: a novel alcohol dehydrogenase; a gene for the alcohol dehydrogenase; a vector carrying the gene; a transformant transformed with the vector; and a method for producing an optically active alcohol by using the alcohol dehydrogenase, the gene, the vector or the transformant. Specifically disclosed are: a novel polypeptide isolated from Candida maltosa; DNA encoding the polypeptide; and a transformant capable of producing the polypeptide. Also specifically disclosed is a method for producing an optically active alcohol by reducing a carbonyl compound by using the polypeptide or the transformant. L'invention concerne : un nouvel alcool déshydrogénase ; un gène pour l'alcool déshydrogénase ; un vecteur portant le gène ; un transformant transformé à l'aide du vecteur ; et un procédé destiné à produire un alcool optiquement actif à l'aide de l'alcool déshydrogénase, du gène, du vecteur ou du transformant. L'invention concerne de manière spécifique : un nouveau polypeptide isolé à partir de Candida maltosa ; un ADN codant le polypeptide ; et un transformant susceptible de produire le polypeptide. L'invention concerne également de manière spécifique un procédé destiné à produire un alcool optiquement actif en réduisant un composé carbonylé à l'aide du polypeptide ou du transformant.