Metal substitution in thermolysin: catalytic properties of tungstate thermolysin in sulfoxidation with H2O2

…, F Rantwijk, RA Sheldon

Index: Bakker, Martin; Van Rantwijk, Fred; Sheldon, Roger A. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2002 , vol. 80, # 6 p. 622 - 625

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Abstract

The catalytic Zn2+ ion was extracted from thermolysin, which had been covalently bound to Eupergit C. The apo-enzyme incorporated the oxometallate anions MoO42, SeO42, and WO42 with partial restoration of the proteolytic activity. Tungstate thermolysin was moderately active in the sulfoxidation of thioanisole by hydrogen peroxide, whereas its activity towards phenylmercaptoacetophenone, which was designed to bind well in the ...