Patent ID: 7439036
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: C12P

Abstract:
1. A process for producing an optically active N-protected-octahydro-1H-indole-2-carboxylic acid of formula (2): wherein R reacting a mixture of enantiomers of N-protected-octahydro-1H-indole-2-carboxylate of formula (1): wherein R i) produced by a microorganism deposited with accession number FERM BP-6703, ii) comprising a polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, or iii) comprising a polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 modified by deletion, substitution or both of the amino acids selected from the group consisting of amino acid 160 of SEQ ID NO:1 and amino acid 189 of SEQ ID NO:1.