Abstract: D-amino acid oxidase (DAO) in purified, partially purified or crude form is immobilized on a porous bead-shaped support that is a copolymer of vinyl acetate and/or vinyl alcohol and a crosslinking agent. A preferred crosslinking agent is N,N'-divinylethyleneurea. The amount of crosslinking agent is 1 to 60% by weight of the copolymer, and acyloxy groups of vinyl acetate may be present on the support as such or may have been hydrolyzed to hydroxyl groups. The support preferably has a mean particle size of 20 to 800 .mu.m and a mean pore diameter of 2 to 10,000 nm. The D-amino acid oxidase is preferably obtained from Trigonopsis variabilis and purified by ion exchange chromatography. The D-amino acid oxidase may be covalently bonded to a spacer such as epichlorohydrin or its homolog that is bound to the support. Catalase may also be immobilized.

Abstract: L-2-Amino-4-methylphosphinobutyric acid can be prepared by a racemate resolution in the presence of D-aminoacid and L-aminoacid transaminases by reaction with .alpha.-keto acids and amino-group donors. In particular, transaminases from Bacillus licheniformis and from Escherichia coli are used.

Abstract: The present invention relates to hirudin derivatives which are formed from hirudin or the physiologically acceptable salt thereof and a carrier, to a process for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof as thrombin inhibitor.

Abstract: An esterase with a molecular weight of 55,200 .+-.300 Da is suitable for the chemoselective conversion of a compound of the formula II into a compound of the formula I.

Abstract: New insulin derivatives, a process for their preparation and use, and a pharmaceutical formulation containing them are disclosed. The derivatives contain the basic amino acid arginine at the amino-terminal position of the insulin A-chain, and various amino acid substitutions at the carboxyl terminus of the insulin B-chain. The compounds are suitable for the treatment of diabetes mellitus, have a delayed profile of action and are very well tolerated.

Abstract: A process for the continuous conversion of cephalosporin derivatives into glutaryl-7-aminocephalosporanic acid derivativesA process for the continuous conversion of cephalosporin derivatives into the corresponding glutaryl-7-aminocephalosporanic acid derivatives in the presence of a catalyst containing D-amino-acid oxidase is described. The product yield can be increased, where appropriate, by addition of hydrogen peroxide.

Abstract: A new transaminase has been isolated from E. coli DH-1 (ATCC 33849). It is possible to use the transaminase with great efficiency to prepare L-phosphinothricin and gamma-aminobutyric acid from appropriate precursors by transferring an amino group from glutamate.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a purified transaminase having a molecular weight of 20,000 to 250,000 daltons, an isoelectric point at a pH between 3.0 and 8.0, a pH optimum in a range from 5.0 to 10.0 and a substrate specificity for the transamination of (3-carboxy-3-oxo-propyl)-methyl-phosphinic acid or the esters thereof.The production of the enzyme comprises cultivating E. coli ATCC 33849, disrupting the cultivated E. coli ATCC 33849, obtaining a supernatant therefrom containing the enzyme and isolating the transaminase by heating the supernatant at a temperature and for a time sufficient to denature proteins other than the transaminase and than finally removing the denatured proteins from the supernatant.

Abstract: It is possible with the aid of a .gamma.-glutamyltranspeptidase, which can be prepared by fermentation, to hydrolyze adipinyl- or glutaryl-monoamino compounds, in particular .alpha.-keto-adipinyl- or glutaryl-7-aminocephalosporanic acid.

Abstract: Crosslinked polymers which are produced from monomers containing epoxide groups, crosslinking monomers and, where appropriate, other monoethylenically unsaturated monomers are composed of principally spherical porous particles and are very suitable as carrier materials for the immobilization of biologically active substances.

Abstract: Yeasts of the genus cryptococcus, preferably of the species C. Laurentii, form, in the presence of aminoacids, an L-aminoacid oxidase which stereospecifically converts L-aminoacids and their derivatives into the corresponding .alpha.-ketoacids. The immobilized cells are advantageously used for this conversion, which can also be used to resolve racemates.

Abstract: Crosslinked polymers which are produced from monomers containing glycerol carbonate groups, crosslinking monomers and, where appropriate, other monoethylenically unsaturated monomers are composed of principally spherical porous particles and are very suitable as carrier materials for the immobilization of biologically active substances.

Abstract: A D-aminoacid transaminase which converts CPC with .DELTA.-keto acids into .DELTA.-ketoadipinyl-7-ACA can be isolated from Bacillus Licheniformis ATCC 9945. This transamination can be applied to other D-amino acids and can also be used for the preparation of D-amino acids from .DELTA.-keto acids. The enzyme is also suitable for resolving racemates of D,L-amino acids and for detection of .DELTA.-keto acids alongside L-amino acids.

Abstract: The invention relates to bead polymers based on monomers of the formula ##STR1## in which X is hydrogen or methyl, R denotes an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and Y denotes OH or NH.sub.2, which have been prepared using a special dispersion stabilizer. They are particularly distinguished by high porosity and are very suitable as carrier materials for biologically active substances.

Abstract: The invention relates to bead polymers based on vinylene carbonate which are distinguished, in particular, by high porosity and which are well suited as carrier materials for biologically active substances.The preparation of these bead polymers is carried out, according to the invention, in the presence of certain dispersion stabilizers.

Abstract: A process for the enzymatic preparation of L-2-amino-4-methylphosphinobutyric acid by enzymatic cleavage of the corresponding N-arylacetyl derivatives using penicillin-G-acylase.

Abstract: Stabilized carrier-bound protein is prepared by reacting a protein in aqueous solution with a mercapto group free, water insoluble carrier which contains binding groups which are reactive with the said protein and reacting the resultant protein-containing mercapto group-free carrier with hydrogen sulfide or with a compound having a molecular weight of less than 5000, and which contains at least two mercapto groups, or at least one mercapto group and at least one hydroxy- group or primary or secondary amino group.