Alcohol dehydrogenase and uses therefor

摘要

Alcohol dehydrogenase (I) from Pseudomonas fluorescens DSM 50106 having a 296 amino acid (aa) sequence (S1) fully defined in the specification, also its allelic and functional variants and functional fragments. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) alcohol dehydrogenase gene (II) from Pseudomonas fluorescens DSM 50106 having a 891 base pair (bp) sequence (S2) fully defined in the specification, also its allelic and functional variants with at least 50% homology, and their fragments; (2) vector containing (II); (3) expression system comprising a host cell and at least one vector; and (4) preparation of alcohols from ketones by reduction with (I).