Stereoselective hydrolysis of chiral carboxylic acid esters using esterase from ophiostoma or ceratocystis
US5912164A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 9, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 9, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S435/911
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An organism of the genus Ophiostoma or Ceratocystis, or a material having enzymatic activity derived therefrom, is used as a stereo-specific agent, in a biotransformation reaction, for the production of an enantiomeric acid or alcohol from a mixture of enantiomers of an ester thereof.
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