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Title: Method of making L-dopa from L-tyrosine

Patent ·
OSTI ID:871977

The invention is a method of making a L-dopa from L-tyrosine in the presence of an enzyme catalyst and oxygen. By starting with L-tyrosine, no variant of the L-dopa is produced and the L-dopa is stable in the presence of the enzyme catalyst. In other words, the reaction favors the L-dopa and is not reversible.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA); Washington State University Research Foundation (Pullman, WA)
Patent Number(s):
US 5837504
OSTI ID:
871977
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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