PROCESS FOR PRODUCING TRANS-4-HYDROXY-L-PROLINE

摘要

Provided is an industrially applicable process for producing trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline, which is useful as a raw material for medicines or as an additive to foods. In the process, L-proline is converted into trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline in the presence of an enzyme source which is derived from a microorganism belonging to the genus Dactylosporangium, Amycolatopsis or Streptomyces and which catalyzes the hydroxylation of L-proline into trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline, a divalent iron ion and 2-ketoglutaric acid, in an aqueous medium, and the produced trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline is collected from the aqueous medium. Also provided is a novel transformant containing a gene, coding for L-proline-4-hydroxylase and having a reinforced L-proline biosynthesis activity. In addition, provided is a process for producing L-proline-4-hydroxylase using the transformant which contains the gene and has a reinforced proline biosynthesis activity.