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7612030 Enzymatic production of peracids using perhydrolytic enzymes  
A process is provided to produce a concentrated aqueous peracid solution in situ using at least one enzyme having perhydrolase activity in the presence of hydrogen peroxide (at a concentration of...
7591948 Process for production of a regioselective membrane  
A process for production of a microporous affinity membrane having regioselective affinity for compounds in blood or other biologically active fluids to be removed during purification of blood or...
7582456 Method for separating, extracting and purifying poly-β-hydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) directly from bacterial fermentation broth  
The invention discloses a method for directly separating and purifying polyhydroxyalkanoates in cells from fermentation liquid and it relates to the field of posttreatment technology of biological...
7576173 Single solvent polymer extraction methods  
The present invention provides methods for isolating a PHA. The method comprises combining the PHA, a first solvent and a second solvent to form a combination, the first solvent and the second...
7563758 Enzymatic production of peracids using Lactobacilli having perhydrolysis activity  
A method is provided for producing peroxycarboxylic acids from carboxylic acid esters. More specifically, carboxylic acid esters are reacted in situ with an inorganic peroxide such as hydrogen...
7563606 Method for producing non-amino organic acid  
Non-amino organic acids such as succinic acid, malic acid and fumaric acid are produced by reacting bacterial cells or treated bacterial cells of a coryneform bacterium with an organic raw material...
7550278 Process for producing biodiesel from renewable oil under lipase catalysis in an organic medium reaction system  
The present invention provides a new process for producing biodiesel from renewable oil under lipase catalysis in an organic medium reaction system. In this process, a short chain alcohol ROH is...
7537918 Process of producing polyunsaturated fatty acids with yeasts through the incorporation of olefinic or acetylenic substrates  
The invention relates to a process of producing polyunsaturated fatty acids through the incorporation of olefinic or acetylenic fatty acids with a chain length of 13-18 carbon atoms as substrates...
7531332 Method for producing a lower alkyl ester of α-L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine using Escherichia bacteria  
A method for producing an L-amino acid, such as L-phenylalanine and L-threonine, is provided using an Escherichia bacterium, wherein the L-amino acid productivity of said bacterium is enhanced by...
7531331 Butynol I esterase  
The invention relates to novel proteins from Pseudomonas glumae , having esterase activity, in particular butynol I esterase activity, to nucleic acid sequences coding therefor, to expression...
7528211 Method for controlled polymerization of o-carboxy anhydrides derived from α-hydroxy acids  
The invention concerns a method for preparing poly(-hydroxy acids), the polymerization reaction being performed in controlled manner in the presence of a catalytic system including a base, said...
7524659 Isogenic strain line of bacterium for producing polyhydroxyalkanoate in which polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase gene is disrupted and method for producing polyhydroxyalkanoate using the same  
A host-vector system which is equipped with a substrate supply system enzyme for polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase and which is suitable for evolutionary engineering modification of...
7517674 Process of hydrolyzing oil or fat using a packed layer of immobilized enzyme  
A process is disclosed for hydrolyzing an oil or fat by mixing and feeding an oil-phase substrate and a water-phase substrate to a packed layer with an immobilized enzyme packed therein. The oil or...
7517545 Reduced-calorie fats containing behenic acid and process of making thereof  
The invention relates to a reduced calorie fat and a process for the preparation of a reduced calorie fat, which includes esterification of edible oils with a source of behenic acid in the presence...
7514244 Lipid and food compositions containing docosahexaenoic acid and docosapentaenoic acid  
A process for preparing lipids which contain docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and/or docosapentaenoic acid (DPA) is disclosed. The process includes the steps of cultivating in a medium a microorganism...
7507561 Process for the production of polylactic acid (PLA) from renewable feedstocks  
The present invention relates to an efficient process for producing polylactic acid from fermentation of renewable agricultural feed-stocks not limited to molasses or cane bagasse employed as...
7504244 Process for constructing strain having compactin hydroxylation ability  
The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for microbial based production of pravastatin. The compositions of the invention include novel strains of microorganisms that are...
7501396 Methods for treating joint pain using poly-gamma-glutamic acid  
Methods for treating joint pain such as temporomandibular joint disorders, osteoarthritis of the knee, hip and other types of inflammatory joint diseases. The methods involve the use of...
7491522 Lipase-catalysed esterification of marine oil  
Marine oil compositions which contain EPA and DHA as free acids or hexyl esters are esterified with ethanol in the presence of a lipase catalyst under essentially organic solvent-free conditions...
7476521 Method for acyltransferase reaction using acyl coenzyme A  
The present invention relates to a method for acyltransferase reaction in which an acyl group of acyl coenzyme A is transferred to an acyl group receptor characterized in that the reaction is...
7459288 Method of producing retinyl esters  
A method of producing a retinyl ester compound comprising subjecting a composition comprising retinyl or a retinyl ester and a fat or oil of animal or vegetable origins to enzyme catalysed...
7456002 Mutant poly(3-hydroxyalkanoic acid) synthases  
Biodegradable polyester with desired physical properties. A mutant poly(3-hydroxyalkanoic acid) synthase comprising an amino acid sequence of (a) or (b) below. (a) A mutant amino acid sequence...
7455999 Transgenic systems for the manufacture of poly (3-hydroxy-butyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate)  
Methods for engineering transgenic organisms that synthesize polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) containing 3-hydroxyhexanoate as comonomer have been developed. These processes are based on genetically...
7435567 Method for degradation of nucleic acids and use thereof  
The present invention provides a method to efficiently degrade nucleic acids, which result in a viscosity increase of the solution thereof on the occasion of decomposition or solubilization of...
7435566 Method of purifying 3-hyroxyalkanoic acid copolymer  
The object of this invention is to provide a method for purifying PHA separated from PHA-containing microbial cells in high purity without incurring any serious decrease in molecular weight. The...
7429469 Enzyme gene participating in the synthesis of polyester and process for producing polyester using the same  
This invention relates to a method of producing polyesters resulting from homopolymerization or copolymerization of a 3-hydroxyalkanoic acid(s) and having biodegradability and good physical...
7425432 Polyhydroxy alkanoate copolymer including within molecule unit having vinyl group or carboxyl group in side chain, and producing method therefor  
The invention provides a PHA copolymer including at least a 3-hydroxy-ω-carboxyalkanoic acid represented by a formula (19) or (32) and simultaneously at least a unit represented by a formula (2)...
7419751 Titanylphthalocyanine crystal and method of producing the titanylphthalocyanine crystal, and electrophotographic photoreceptor, method, apparatus and process cartridge using the titanylphthalocyanine crystal  
A titanylphthalocyanine crystal having an X-ray diffraction spectrum having plural diffraction peaks and a primary particle diameter not greater than 0.2 μm, wherein a maximum diffraction peak is...
7416867 Enzymatic production of (meth)acrylic acid esters  
A method for the production of partially esterified (meth)acrylic acid esters of polyalcohols and the use thereof.
7416865 Process for the preparation of dihydroxy esters and derivatives thereof  
A process is provided for the preparation of a compound of formula (1) wherein R and R′ represent optionally substituted hydrocarbyl groups and X represents a hydrocarbyl linking group. The...
7413883 Enantioselective immobilized lipase  
Immobilization of Candida rugosa lipase on a carrier selected from the group consisting of macroporous adsorbent resin of the acrylic type, synthetic epoxy activated resin and...
7410783 Method for producing biodegradable polyester  
The present invention relates to a method to produce biodegradable polyester, which comprises the following steps: (a) mixing a carbon source, a nitrogen source and water into a reactive material...
7405063 Biooxidation capabilities of Candida sp  
A bioprocess for producing carboxylic acids, alcohols and aldehydes is provided by culturing Candida sp. in a fermentation medium containing various defined substrates.
7396667 Enzymatic depolymerization process of polylactic acid, and producing process of polylactic acid using depolymerization product  
A depolymerizing process of polylactic acid, wherein the polylactic acid is depolymerized in the presence of a hydrolase in an organic solvent or a supercritical fluid, thereby producing a...
7393668 Method of collecting highly pure polyhydroxyalkanoate from microbial cells  
The present invention has an object to provide a method for separating and purifying a PHA without causing a serious decrease of the molecular weight to obtain a highly pure PHA in a high yield,...
7378266 Process for the solvent-based extraction of polyhydroxyalkanoates from biomass  
Improved processes for extracting polyhydroxyalkanoate from a biomass containing the polyhydroxyalkanoate including the steps of: combining the biomass containing the polyhydroxyalkanoate with a...
7364884 Method for producing a hydroxylation catalyst and the use thereof  
A process for preparing a hydroxylation catalyst by i) embedding a cystochrome P450 monooxygenase in a sol-gel matrix, ii) embedding an enzymatic NADPH-regenerating system in a sol-gel...
7364879 Stable biodegradable, high water absorbable polyglutamic acid hydrogel by 3-dimensional cross-linking and its preparation method  
The present invention relates to a method for the production of a stable biodegradable, high water absorbable γ-polyglutamic acid (γ-PGA) hydrogel by directly cross-linking (A) a...
7361807 OAR polynucleotides, polypeptides and their use in PHA production in plants  
The invention relates to the genes encoding 3-oxoacyl-[acyl carrier protein(ACP)] reductase (OAR). Compositions and methods for producing polyhydroxyalkanoate in transformed plants and transformed...
7358070 Process for formation of pattern of polyhydroxyalkanoate  
A process for forming a fine pattern comprised of a polyhydroxyalkanoate on a substrate is provided. The process comprises steps of applying a polyhydroxyalkanoate-synthesizing enzyme and a...
7351786 Polyhydroxyalkanoate containing unit having cyclohexyl structure at side chain, production process therefor, and binder resin containing polyhydroxyalkanoate  
Disclosed are a polyhydroxyalkanoate, containing in a polymer molecule thereof a monomer unit represented by the following general formula (1): (wherein R1 represents a substituent to a...
7351559 Process for producing ethanol  
A process for producing ethanol including a combination of biochemical and synthetic conversions results in high yield ethanol production with concurrent production of high value coproducts. An...
7348166 Anti-tumor substances  
An anti-tumor substance may be produced from a tumor cell-derived material by Staphylococcus. The anti-tumor substance may include a chemical compound having the formula: Staphylococcus may...
7344868 Method for synthesizing ceramide-type compounds  
The invention relates to the fields of fatty substance chemistry, specifically of the ceramide-type compound synthesis. The invention resides substantially in the synthesis of ceramide-type...
7344420 Current sensor and mounting structure thereof  
A linking member formed of a conductive material is integrated with a current sensor. An end of the linking member is linked and fixed to a battery terminal connected with a battery post of a...
7332312 Carbonyl reductase, gene thereof and use of the same  
The present invention provides a novel polypeptide forming (R)-2-chloro-1-(3′-chlorophenyl)ethanol, a polynucleotide coding for said polypeptide, and use of the same. The present invention...
7326550 Yeast strains for the production of lactic acid  
Yeast strains transformed with at least one copy of a gene coding for lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) and further modified for the production of lactic acid with high yield and productivities, are...
7314740 Method of separating poly-3-hydroxyalkanoic acid  
The invention aims at providing a method of producing a poly-3-hydroxyalkanoic acid, which comprises carrying out a physical disruption treatment of a suspension of poly-3-hydroxyalkanoic...
7314739 Lipase variants  
The invention relates to a lipase variant which can be prepared by carrying out, on the amino acid sequence of a starting lipase selected from the lipase homologous family I.1 or I.2, at least one...
7279304 Methods for preparation of macrocyclic molecules and macrocyclic molecules prepared thereby  
The preparation of macrocyclic molecules from linear, synthetic thioester precursors is disclosed. An excised thioesterase domain isolated from either a polyketide synthases (PKS) or non-ribosomal...