Patent ID: 6953677

Claim:
A method for production of a β-aryl-substituted L-amino acid or β-indole-substituted L-amino acid, comprising: (a) fermenting an E. coli host cell that contains an isolated polynucleotide selected from the group consisting of: (i) a nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1; and (ii) a nucleotide sequence encoding the polypeptide as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2; (b) expressing an Arthrobacter aurescens ' L-N-carbamoylase from step (a); and (c) contacting the L-N carbamoylase of step (b) with N-carbamoyl or N-formyl amino acids to produce a β-aryl-substituted L-amino acid or β-indole-substituted L-amino-acid.