Enzymatic processes
AssigneeNational Research Development Corporation
InventorsIrving J. Higgins, Hugh A. O. Hill
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Abstract
There are provided processes for carrying out enzymatic reactions, especially processes for the oxidative or reductive transformation of organic compounds catalyzed by enzymes, in which the enzymes require a continuing supply of reducing equivalents to regenerate reduced enzyme species in enzymatically active form, and in which the reducing equivalents are derived electrochemically, including electrochemically from molecular hydrogen, the reducing equivalents preferably being passed directly to the enzyme from the cathode of an electrochemical system.
Claims13
A process for carrying out an enzymatic reaction, which comprises:
- continuously supplying reducing equivalents to regenerate a reduce enzyme species in enzymatically active form, said reducing equivalents being derived electrochemically and passed directly to said enzyme from the cathode of an electrochemical system and taken-up and utilized by an electron receptor component of said enzyme.
A process for the oxidative or reductive transformation of an organic compound, comprising:
- said transformation being catalyzed by an enzyme and the enzyme requiring a continuing supply of reducing equivalents to regenerate a reduced enzyme species in enzymatically active form, said reducing equivalents being derived electrochemically and passed directly to the enzyme from the cathode of an electrochemical system and taken-up and utilized by an electron receptor component of the enzyme.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.