Enzymatic enantioselective ester hydrolysis by carboxylesterase NP

JWH Smeets, APG Kieboom

Index: Smeets, J. W. H.; Kieboom, A. P. G. Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas, 1992 , vol. 111, # 11 p. 490 - 495

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Abstract

Abstract The enzymatic hydrolysis of a series of carboxylic esters by carboxylesterase NP has been investigated in order to determine the scope and limitations of this enzyme. 2- Substituted propionates were hydrolyzed with high enantioselectivity when an aromatic moiety was part of the 2-substituent. Enantioselective hydrolysis could be accomplished with several 2-arylpropionates, 2-(aryloxy) propionates and N-arylalanine esters. The ...