Plant enzymes for bioconversion
- Publication number:
WO03025193
- Description:
The invention relates to the field of bioconversion, using plant enzymes for the production of flavor, fragrance, pharmaceutical or bio-control agents from less valuable substrates. More specifically it relates to a process for production of terpenoid compounds by the use of plant enzymes. The regio- and stereoselective introduction of an oxygen group into an unactivated organic compound is still a largely unresolved challenge to organic chemistry (Faber, 2000). We have shown that enzymes of Asteraceae species are capable of converting with high regio- and stereospecificity for example sesquiterpene olefins to commercially interesting products.
- Inventors:
Bouwmeester, Hendrik Jan (NL); Kraker, Jan Willem de (DE); Schurink, Marloes (NL); Bino, Raoul John (NL); Groot, Aede de (NL).
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