The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel
enzyme having carboxyl group-generating activity. The present invention relates to an
enzyme agent for generating a carboxyl group, the
enzyme agent comprising a polypeptide represented by any one of (1) to (3) described below. (1) A polypeptide comprising an
amino acid sequence represented by any one of SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, and 11; (2) a polypeptide obtained by substituting, adding, inserting and / or deleting one or more
amino acid residues in the
amino acid sequence represented by any one of SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11 and having carboxyl group-generating activity; and (3) a polypeptide having a carboxyl group-generating activity and having a
sequence homology of 90% or more with the amino acid sequence represented by any one of SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, and 11.