Patent ID: 6846660
Filing Date: 2005-01-25
Classification: C12N,C12P

Abstract:
1. A process for producing an aldehyde dehydrogenase wherein the dehydrogenase has a molecular weight of 150,000±6,000 Da and comprises two homologous subunits or has a molecular weight of 230,000±9,000 Da and comprises three homologous subunits, each subunit having a molecular weight of about 75,000±3,000 Da; has L-sorbosone, D-glucosone, D-glucose, D-galactose, D-mannose, L-gulose, D-xylose, D-ribose, and D-arabinose dehydrogenase activity; utilizes as cofactors pyrroloquinoline quinone and heme c; has an optimum pH from 7.0 to 8.5; and is inhibited by Co which process comprises cultivating cells of a