Patent ID: 9587260
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: C07K,C11D,C12N,C12P,C12Y,Y02P

Claim:
1. A method for hydroxylation in position 2 or 3 of either end of a substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched, alkane or saturated fatty acid having at least 3 carbons and having a hydrogen attached to the carbon in position 2 or 3, comprising contacting the alkane or saturated fatty acid with hydrogen peroxide and a polypeptide having peroxygenase activity and at least 95% sequence identity to the sequence of amino acid residues 1 to 249 of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the alkane or saturated fatty acid is optionally substituted with one or two substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, hydroxyl, carboxyl, amino, nitro, cyano, thiol, sulphonyl, formyl, acetyl, methoxy, ethoxy, phenyl, benzyl, xylyl, carbamoyl and sulfamoyl.