Patent 7754466 was granted and assigned to AJINOMOTO CO., INC. on July, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention provides a method of producing a dipeptide from starting materials that are available at low costs through a route industrially advantageous and simple. Dipeptides are produced from amino acid esters and amino acids by using a culture of a microbe having an ability to produce a dipeptide from an amino acid ester and an amino acid, microbial cells separated from the culture, or treated microbial cell product.