Chemical modification of lipases with various hydrophobic groups improves their enantioselectivity in hydrolytic reactions

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-87

  Ueji, Shin ichi ^a   Ueda, Ai ^a   Tanaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Watanabe, Keiichi ^a   Okamoto, Takashi ^a   Ebara, Yasuhito ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical modification; Enantioselectivity; Far ultraviolet circular dichroism; Hydrolysis; Lipase

Indexed keywords

PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ALCALIGENES; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CANDIDA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALCALIGENES; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CANDIDA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPASE; PROPIONATES; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STEREOISOMERISM;

ALCALIGENES; ALCALIGENES SP.; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CANDIDA; CANDIDA RUGOSA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0037265881     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021761508338     Document Type: Article

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