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Method for preparing para-hydroxystyrene by biocatalytic decarboxylation of para-hydroxycinnamic acid in a biphasic reaction medium

Patent 7378261 Issued on May 27, 2008. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject April 14, 2024. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

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Ferulic acid decarboxylase
Patent #: 5955137
Issued on: 09/21/1999
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Application

No. 10824581 filed on 04/14/2004

US Classes:

435/156, Aromatic435/232, Lyase (4. )435/69.1, Recombinant DNA technique included in method of making a protein or polypeptide435/410, PLANT CELL OR CELL LINE, PER SE (E.G., TRANSGENIC, MUTANT, ETC.); COMPOSITION THEREOF; PROCESS OF PROPAGATING, MAINTAINING, OR PRESERVING PLANT CELL OR CELL LINE; PROCESS OF ISOLATING OR SEPARATING A PLANT CELL OR CELL LINE; PROCESS OF REGENERATING PLANT CELLS INTO TISSUE, PLANT PART, OR PLANT, PER SE, WHERE NO GENOTYPIC CHANGE OCCURS; MEDIUM THEREFORE435/320.1, VECTOR, PER SE (E.G., PLASMID, HYBRID PLASMID, COSMID, VIRAL VECTOR, BACTERIOPHAGE VECTOR, ETC.) BACTERIOPHAGE VECTOR, ETC.)435/252.32, Brevibacterium or corynebacterium435/252.33, Escherichia (e.g., E. coli, etc.)435/252.34, Pseudomonas435/252.35, Streptomyces435/252.3, Transformants (e.g., recombinant DNA or vector or foreign or exogenous gene containing, fused bacteria, etc.)435/325, ANIMAL CELL, PER SE (E.G., CELL LINES, ETC.); COMPOSITION THEREOF; PROCESS OF PROPAGATING, MAINTAINING OR PRESERVING AN ANIMAL CELL OR COMPOSITION THEREOF; PROCESS OF ISOLATING OR SEPARATING AN ANIMAL CELL OR COMPOSITION THEREOF; PROCESS OF PREPARING A COMPOSITION CONTAINING AN ANIMAL CELL; CULTURE MEDIA THEREFORE435/174CARRIER-BOUND OR IMMOBILIZED ENZYME OR MICROBIAL CELL; CARRIER-BOUND OR IMMOBILIZED CELL; PREPARATION THEREOF

Examiners

Primary: Ramierz, Delia M.

Foreign Patent References

  • 11187870 JP 07/01/1999

International Classes

C12P 7/22
C12N 9/88
C12N 5/10
C12N 1/21
C12N 15/00
C12N 11/00
C12P 21/06

Abstract

A biocatalytic method for preparing para-hydroxystyrene from para-hydroxycinnamic acid is described. The method uses an enzyme source having para-hydroxycinnamic acid decarboxylase activity to catalyze the decarboxylation of para-hydroxycinnamic acid in a biphasic reaction medium to produce para-hydroxystyrene, which is extracted into the organic phase of the biphasic reaction medium. The method results in a high yield of para-hydroxystyrene due to the decreased exposure of the enzyme source to the inhibitory product. The product is readily recovered from the extractant, or may be chemically derivatized directly in the extractant before recovery.

Other References

  • Lee et al., Decarboxylation of ferulic acid to 4-vinylguaiacol by Bacillus pumilus in aqueous-organic solvent two-phase systems, Enzyme Microb. Technol. 23: pp. 261-266, 1998.
  • Bruce et al., Solvent Selection Strategies for Extractive Biocatalysis, Biotechnol. Prog. 7: 116-124, 1991.
  • U.S. Appl. No. 60/462,827.
  • Cavin et al., Applied and Environmental Microbiology 64(4):1466-1471, 1998.
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