METHOD FOR PRODUCING CHIRAL CARBOXYLIC ACIDS FROM NITRILES WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A NITRILASE OR MICROORGANISMS WHICH CONTAIN A GENE FOR THE NITRILASE

摘要

The invention relates to nucleic acid sequences which code for a polypeptide with nitrilase activity, to nucleic acid constructs containing the nucleic acid sequences, and to vectors containing the nucleic acid sequences or the nucleic acid constructs. The invention also relates to amino acid sequences which are coded by the nucleic acid sequences, and to microorganisms containing the nucleic acid sequences, the nucleic acid constructs or vectors containing the nucleic acid sequences or the nucleic acid constructs. In addition, the invention relates to a method for producing chiral carboxylic acids from the racemic nitriles.