NOVEL AMIDASE, GENE FOR THE SAME, VECTOR, TRANSFORMANT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF OPTICALLY ACTIVE CARBOXYLIC ACID AMIDE AND OPTICALLY ACTIVE CARBOXYLIC ACID BY USING ANY ONE OF THOSE ITEMS

摘要

The present invention has its object to provide a novel polypeptide having amidase activity to selectively hydrolyze S-enantiomer in racemic nipecotamide, a DNA encoding the polypeptide, a vector containing the DNA, a transformant transformed with the vector, and a method for producing an optically active carboxylic acid amide and an optically active carboxylic acid in which a racemic carboxylic acid amide is hydrolyzed with the polypeptide or the transformant.