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| 7374926 | Enantioconvergent chemoenzymatic synthesis of ()-γ-amino-β-hydroxybutyric acid (()-GABOB) The present invention particularly relates to a chemoenzymatic process for the stereoselective preparation of both enantiomers of 3-hydroxy-4-trityloxy butanenitrile key intermediates for the preparation of (R)-GABOB by lipase mediated kinetic resolution of its race... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7314453 | Handheld diagnostic device with renewable biosensor A handheld diagnostic device having a test head and a handle is equipped with an open test channel having sensors and liquid reagent dispensing opening for the diagnostic testing of body fluids. The test channel can draw in fluid sample by capillary force and be clo... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7273755 | Compositions and methods for altering biosynthesis of taxanes and taxane-related compounds Isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences for phenylalanine aminomutase enzyme and methods for purifying this enzyme are provided. Methods for altering biosynthesis of compounds in plant cell cultures are also provided. In particular, methods for altering produ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7202064 | Polyhydroxyalkanoate biopolymer compositions Several novel PHA polymer compositions produced using biological systems include monomers such as 3-hydroxybutyrate, 3-hydroxypropionate, 2-hydroxybutyrate, 3-hydroxyvalerate, 4-hydroxybutyrate, 4-hydroxyvalerate and 5-hydroxyvalerate. These PHA compositions can rea... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7067304 | mutants and their use in preparing fermentation products having blood pressure lowering activity The invention relates to Monascus purpureus mutants, which are useful in the preparation of fermentation products having blood pressure lowering activity with a very low amount of citrinin. The invention also provides a process for preparing the fermen... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7037894 | Stabilized proteins Isolated polypeptides or polypeptide chains are modified by di-tyrosine cross-linking such that the retain at least one functional activity. In one embodiment, the isolated polypeptide or polypeptide chains comprise at least one di-tyrosine cross-link, wherein at le... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6926810 | Process for obtaining an organic acid from an organic acid ammonium salt, an organic acid amide, or an alkylamine organic acid complex Disclosed herein are methods for the recovery of an organic acid, such as a heat stable lactic acid, from a feed stream which contains at least one of an organic acid amide, an organic acid ammonium salt, or an alkylamine-organic acid complex. The feed stream is mix... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6878534 | Continuous fermentation process which is useful for the simultaneous optimal production of propionic acid and vitamin B12 The present invention relates to a fermentation process which is useful for the simultaneous production of propionic acid and vitamin B12, characterized in that it employs the culturing, on a suitable culture medium, of at least one microorganism suitable... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6773910 | Method of preparing (S)- or (R) -3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropionic acid Described are new micro-organisms and a new enzyme capable of using as sole source of nitrogen the propionic acid amide of formula (VI), in racemate form or as optically active isomers. Described also is a method of preparing (S)- or (R)-3,3,2-trifluoro-2-hydroxy-2-... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6759219 | Methods for the biosynthesis of polyesters Coexpression of a polyhydroxyalkanoic acid synthase and either a fatty acid: acyl-CoA transferase or an acyl-CoA synthetase in cells enables the biosynthesis of polyester materials. Plasmids, bacteria, materials, and methods for the preparation of polyesters are dis... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6600029 | Metabolic engineering of polyhydroxyalkanoate monomer synthases A novel pathway for the synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoate is provided. A method of synthesizing a recombinant polyhydroxyalkanoate monomer synthase is also provided. These recombinant polyhydroxyalknoate synthases are derived from multifunctional fatty ac... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6514743 | Polyester synthase and a gene coding for the same The present invention relates to a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or an amino acid sequence having one or more amino acids deleted, replaced or added. The polypeptide further comprises polyester synthase activity. The invent... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6495152 | Sulfur containing polyhydroxyalkanoate compositions and method of production A class of biopolymer including sulfur in the form of a thioester in the polymer backbone or a thioether in the polymer side chains has been developed. These are preferably produced by fermentation of bacteria with appropriate sulfur containing substrates... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6379717 | Young leaves of a grass plant Young leaves of a grass plant selected from the group consisting of barley, wheat, rye, oats, adlay, Italian ryegrass, and rice, having γ-aminobutyric acid, known as an antihypertensive substance, in which the amount of γ-aminobutyric acid is enriched o... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6323010 | Polyhydroxyalkanoate biopolymer compositions Several novel PHA polymer compositions produced using biological systems include monomers such as 3-hydroxybutyrate, 3-hydroxypropionate, 2-hydroxybutyrate, 3-hydroxyvalerate, 4-hydroxybutyrate, 4-hydroxyvalerate and 5-hydroxyvalerate. These PHA compositi... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6225438 | Medium chain length PHA copolymer and process for producing same This invention relates to polymer production and in particular to a novel copolymer and a process for microbiologically producing the same. More specifically this invention provides for a poly-3-hydroxyalkanoate (PHA) that includes medium length 3-hydroxy... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6156852 | Hydroxy-terminated polyhydroxyalkanoates Hydroxyterminated PHA is produced by cultivating a PHA-producing microorganism in the presence of an aliphatic diol or an aliphatic polyol. High molecular weight hydroxy-terminated PHA is obtainable by the disclosed process, and is useful in the productio... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6117658 | Methods of making polyhydroxyalkanoates comprising 4-hydroxybutyrate monomer units The PHA biosynthetic pathway is combined with a succinic semialdehyde metabolic pathway that metabolizes succinic semialdehyde via a 4-hydroxybutyryl-CoA intermediate in order to produce high levels of PHA comprising 4HB monomer units. This combination is... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5994478 | Hydroxy-terminated polyhydroxyalkanoates Hydroxyterminated PHA is produced by cultivating a PHA-producing microorganism in the presence of an aliphatic diol or an aliphatic polyol. High molecular weight hydroxy-terminated PHA is obtainable by the disclosed process, and is useful in the productio... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5968805 | Polyester synthase and a gene coding for the same The present invention relates to a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or a sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 where in, one or more amino acids are deleted, replaced or added, and the polypeptide having polyester synthase activity. A polye... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5874263 | Method and apparatus for producing organic acids A continuous process and apparatus for preparing organic acids and their salts from biomass. Biomass flows from a region of fresh biomass and high acid and acid salt concentration to a region of digested biomass and low acid and acid salt concentration in... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5856150 | Selective hydrolysis of saturated esters over unsaturated esters using enzymes Processes are disclosed for the selective hydrolysis of saturated esters, e.g., ethyl propionate, over unsaturated esters, e.g., ethyl acrylate, using enzymes, e.g., lipases. The processes are useful, for example, for removing undesired esters from monome... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5821299 | Solvent extraction of polyhydroxy-alkanoates from biomass facilitated by the use of marginal nonsolvent The present invention relates to a process for separating polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) from a biomass comprising the PHA, the process comprising: a) treating the biomass with a PHA solvent and a marginal nonsolvent for PHA; b) removing any insoluble biomass... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5811272 | Method for controlling molecular weight of polyhydroxyalkanoates A method has been developed for control of molecular weight and molecular weight dispersity during production of polyhydroxyalkanoates in genetically engineered organism by control of the level and time of expression of one or more PHA synthases in the or... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5780275 | Coupled process of saccharide fermentation and microbial esterification A process is provided for coupled microbial saccharide fermentation and esterification to produce an esterified fermentation product from a saccharide. A microorganism capable of fermenting a saccharide to produce a water-soluble organic acid, alcohol or ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5780276 | Recovery of carboxylic acid from organic solution that contains an amine and an extraction enhancer Recovery of carboxylic acid from an amine-based, water-immiscible organic extractant solution thereof that contains an enhancer, by extraction of the acid into an aqueous phase. A low molecular, at least partly water-miscible organic compound being a C | 07/14/1998 |
| 5766918 | Enantioselective amidases and uses thereof The present invention concerns polypeptides that possess an enantioselective amidase activity. It also concerns the genetic material required for the expression of these polypeptides as well as a microbiological procedure for their preparation. Finally, t... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5753474 | Continuous two stage, dual path anaerobic fermentation of butanol and other organic solvents using two different strains of bacteria The instant invention describes a process for the manufacture of butanol and like volatile organic compounds by fermenting carbohydrates, mainly polysaccharide, with micro-organisms which convert carbohydrates into mainly butyric acid and other acids. The... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5753495 | Process for the preparation of (L)-2-chloropropionic acid and its salts using lipase from pseudomonas A process for the preparation of (L)-2-chloropropionic acid and its alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or ammonium salts which comprises hydrolyzing isobutyl L-chloropropionate at a pH of from 4 to 8 in the presence of a lipase from Pseudomonas spec. DSM ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5667996 | Process for production of bacterial cells containing poly-3-hydroxy butyric acid Disclosed is a process for accumulating a poly-3-hydroxy butyric acid in bacterial cells by continuously fermenting a methanol-assimilating bacterium having a capability of producing a poly-3-hydroxy butyric acid, in a single fermentation vessel by using ... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5620877 | Method of fermenting sugars resulting from strong acid hydrolysis An economically viable method of fermenting a mixture of sugars resulting from the acid hydrolysis of material containing cellulose and hemicellulose allows for the simultaneous fermentation of both pentose and hexose sugars. The sugar solution is mixed w... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5610041 | Processes for producing polyhydroxybutyrate and related polyhydroxyalkanoates in the plastids of higher plants The present invention relates to a process for producing poly-D-(-)-3-hydroxybutyric acid (PHB) and related polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) in the plastids of plants. The production of PHB is accomplished by genetically transforming plants with modified genes... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5599700 | Process for the production of carboxylic acids from alcohols using saccharomyces A process for producing carboxylic acids, in particular furoic, 3-methylthio-propionic and 2-methyl-butyric acids, as well as other short-chained, linear and branched acids consisting of the oxidation, in essentially quantitative yields, of the correspond... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5587318 | Process for preparing(s)--methylarylacetic acids The invention relates to a process for preparing (S)--methylarylacetic acids from mixtures, such as racemic mixtures, of (R)- and (S)--methylarylacetic acid esters by enantiospecific hydrolysis using extracellular lipases of microbial origin... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5538876 | Stabilization of carboxyl esterase Carboxyl esterase is inactivated by several chemical compounds such as naproxen or diclofop. By substituting or modifying certain basic residues of the carboxyl esterase, this enzyme shows improved stability properties during application. In this way it i... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5518907 | Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of the Alcaligenes eutrophus H16 poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate biosynthetic pathway Genes coding for poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate were removed from Alcaligenes eutrophus H16 and cloned into Escherichia coli. Some of the clones produced PHB to 90% of the cell weight.... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5512456 | Method for the improved production and recovery of poly-ଲ-hydroxybutyrate from transformed Escherichia coli Poly-ଲ-hydroxybutyrate is produced by providing a culture of Escherichia coli bacterial host cells transformed by a DNA sequence coding for the biosynthetic pathway of poly-ଲ-hydroxybutyrate and a DNA sequence coding for the lysozyme gene; gro... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5502273 | Production of polyhydroxy alkanoate in plants A plant which produces polyhydroxyalkanoate polymer has a recombinant genome which contains one or more than one of the genes specifying enzymes critical to the polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthetic pathway which occurs in certain micro-organisms such as Alca... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5468627 | Process of preparing butyric acid or 2- or 3-methylbutyric acid by oxidizing the corresponding butanols with gluconobacter roseus IAM 1841 or IFO 3990 Disclosed is a process for the preparation of aliphatic carboxylic acids by microbial oxidation of alcohols with relatively long, optionally branched C chains by means of atmospheric oxygen, in which the bacteria species Gluconobacter roseus is used as th... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5380525 | Ruminal bacterium for preventing acute lactic acidosis This invention relates to a bacterial culture, NRRL B-18624, method for facilitating adaptation of ruminants from roughage or normal pasture diet to a higher energy diet, and a composition therefor comprising the bacterial culture.... | 01/10/1995 |
