Ajinomoto's Enzymatic Method of Peptide Production
Ajinomoto Co. Inc. announced a new enzymatic method to manufacture peptides that have very important physiological functions. The company expects future demands for peptides to expand “remarkably” by using this new manufacturing method.
There are currently many types of manufacturing processes. These conventional synthetic methods require complicated steps for protection and deprotection of a protecting group in the amino acid and produce a high level of impurities and existence of the racemic mixtures. Standard purification procedures are very expensive and become impossible to meet this expanded demand for peptides easily with conventional peptide synthesis methods.