Asymmetric bioreduction of a β-ketoester to (R)-β-hydroxyester by the fungus Mortierella alpina MF 5534

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 176-179

  Chartrain, Michel ^a   Armstrong, Joseph ^a   Katz, Lorraine ^a   Keller, Jennifer ^a   Mathre, David ^a   Greasham, Randolph ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

bioconversion; bioreduction; fermentation; process development

Indexed keywords

1 TERT BUTOXYCARBONYL 4 HYDROXY BETA OXO 2 PYRROLIDINEPROPANOIC ACID TERT BUTYL ESTER; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; FRUCTOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCEROL; LENAPENEM; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIASTEREOISOMER; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REDUCTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; YEAST CELL;

EID: 0028981929     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0922-338X(95)93215-6     Document Type: Article

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