Patent ID: 8043836
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: C12N,C12P,C12R

Abstract:
1. A method for producing an amino acid compound of formula (III), said method comprising: contacting a microorganism with a hydroxyimino acid represented by formula (I): wherein R 1 represents a substituent selected from: an optionally substituted C2 to C6 alkyl group, an optionally substituted C6 to C14 aryl group, an optionally substituted C6 to C10 cycloalkyl group, an optionally substituted C7 to C19 aralkyl group, an optionally substituted C2 to C10 alkoxyalkyl group, an optionally substituted group which is identical with any one of the foregoing groups except for containing a heteroatom in the carbon skeleton thereof, and a substituent R wherein R R n is 0 or 1, to produce said amino acid compound represented by formula (III): wherein R wherein said microorganism is capable of catalyzing a conversion of said hydroxyimino acid represented by formula (I) to said amino acid compound represented by formula (III), and wherein said microorganism is one or more members selected from the group consisting of