Production of glucose dehydrogenase and use of the resultant enzyme in the enzymatic synthesis of L-carnitine
AssigneeInstitut Francais du Petrole
InventorsJean-Paul Vandecasteele, Daniel Ballerini, Jeanine Lemal, Yann Le Penru
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Abstract
A process for producing glucose dehydrogenase consists of cultivating a mutant strain (ATCC 39 118) of Bacillus megaterium in a culture medium and recovering the resultant glucose dehydrogenase. The latter can be used in the enzymatic production of L-carnitine consisting of subjecting 3-dehydrocarnitine to the simultaneous action of carnitine dehydrogenase, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and glucose and glucose dehydrogenase.
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In a process for producing glucose dehydrogenase, comprising cultivating a Bacillus strain in a culture medium and extracting the resultant enzyme, the improvement which comprises employing as said Bacillus strain, Bacillus megaterium ATCC 39118.
A culture consisting essentially of Bacillus megaterium ATCC 39118.
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