NEW ALCOHOL OXIDASE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING GLYCOLALDEHYDE BY USING THE SAME

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an oxidase or a microorganism, acting on ethylene glycol but substantially not acting on glycolaldehyde, and to provide a method for efficiently producing glycolaldehyde by using low cost ethylene glycol.;SOLUTION: The oxidase acting on ethylene glycol in the presence of oxygen to produce glycolaldehyde and hydrogen peroxide is provided, wherein, as substrate specificity, the oxidase exhibits activity on methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, 1-butanol, 1-pentanol, 2-methoxyethanol, 2-methyl-2-butanol and ethylene glycol but substantially does not exhibit activity on 1,2-propanediol, 1,3-propanediol and glycerol.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT