Arginase batch and enzymatic production of ornithine

摘要

2.1. Arginase mixtures, e.g. for the preparation of L-ornithine from L-arginine, have the disadvantage that only a small fraction of the enzyme can be recovered after the reaction has taken place, and thus, together with the high costs of the enzyme, industrial production of L-ornithine in this way is uneconomic. The invention is intended to provide an enzyme-stabilised arginase mixture so that L-ornithine can be prepared with considerably lower numbers of enzyme used. 2.2. The stabilisation of the arginase mixture is achieved by adding a reducing agent which should be present in at least 10 times the molar amount relative to arginase. 2.3. Enzymatic preparation of L-ornithine from L-arginine and arginase kits therefor.