Process for maintaining or improving the activity of nitrile hydratase and for the production of amides from nitriles

摘要

Process for maintaining or improving the activity of a nitrile hydratase by contacting cells containing a nitrile hydratase, or material obtained by cell treatment, with an oxidizing agent in conditions in which the cells do not grow. An independent claim is also included for the production of an amide from a nitrile.