Biocatalysis in Research and Development On the Road to New Bioprocesses

In the past, a small number of academic groups have greatly contributed to the discovery of synthetically very useful novel microbial biocatalysts, and also to the set-up of quite a number of industrial processes. The most prominent Japanese example is the Laboratory of 

D-Cysteine (3-Chloro-D alanine chloride-lyase (Ps. putida) 22 (88) 

Ethyl (7 )-4-chloro-3-hydroxyb utanoate Aldehyde reductase (from Sporobolomyces salmonicolor, overexpressed in E. Coli) 300 (100) 

D-Pantoyl lactone Carbonyl reductase (Candida parapsilosis) 350 (100) 

Co-enzyme A Multistep enzyme system (Brevibaclerium ammoniagenes) 115 (95) 

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