PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SULFUR-CONTAINING a-AMINO ACID COMPOUND

摘要

The present invention provides a novel process for producing a sulfur-containing a-amino acid compounds such as methionine. A process for producing a sulfur-containing a-amino acid compound (Compound 2) comprising a step of reacting a specific sulfur-containing amino alcohol compound (Compound 1) with the following transformants and others: (a) both a transformant in which has been introduced into a microorganism cell a gene of an enzyme capable of converting the Compound 1 into a corresponding sulfur-containing a-amino aldehyde compound (Compound 3) (Capability A) and a transformant in which has been introduced into a microorganism cell a gene of an enzyme capable of converting the Compound 3 into a corresponding Compound 2, (b) a transformant in which has been introduced into a microorganism cell both a gene of an enzyme which has Capability A and a gene of an enzyme which has Capability B, or (c) a transformant in which has been introduced into a microorganism cell a gene of an enzyme which has both Capability A and Capability B.