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Nucleosidase / Phosphorylase<br />

Erwinia carotovora<br />

4) Process parameters<br />

company: Yamasa Corporation, Japan<br />

5) Product application<br />

● Ribavirin is an antiviral drug.<br />

6) Literature<br />

EC 3.2.2.1/2.4.2.2<br />

● Shirae, H., Yokozeki, K., Uchiyama, M., Kubota, K. (1988) Enzymatic production of ribavirin<br />

from purine nucleosides by Brevibacterium acetylicum ATCC 954, Agric. Biol. Chem. 52, 1777–<br />

1784<br />

● Shirae, H., Yokozeki, K. (1991) Purification and properties of purine nucleoside phosphorylase<br />

from Brevibacterium acetylicum ATCC 954, Agric. Biol. Chem. 55, 493–499<br />

● Shirae, H., Yokozeki, K. (1991) Purifications and properties of orotidine phosphorolyzing<br />

enzyme and purine nucleoside phosphorylase from Erwinia carotovora AJ 2992, Agric. Biol.<br />

Chem. 55 (7), 1849–1857<br />

● Zaks, A., Dodds, D.R. (1997) Application of biocatalysis and biotransformations to the synthesis<br />

of pharmaceuticals, Drug Discovery Today 2, 513–531<br />

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