ENANTIOMERIC SELECTIVITY OF A LIPASE FROM PENICILLIUM-SIMPLICISSIMUM IN THE ESTERIFICATION OF MENTHOL IN MICROEMULSIONS

Authors
STAMATIS H XENAKIS A KOLISIS FN
Citation
H. Stamatis et al., ENANTIOMERIC SELECTIVITY OF A LIPASE FROM PENICILLIUM-SIMPLICISSIMUM IN THE ESTERIFICATION OF MENTHOL IN MICROEMULSIONS, Biotechnology letters, 15(5), 1993, pp. 471-476
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Biotechnology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01415492
Volume
15
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
471 - 476
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-5492(1993)15:5<471:ESOALF>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Lipase from Penicillium simplicissimum catalyzes the stereospecific es terification of menthol with fatty acids. The studies on the specifici ty of this new lipase were carried out using (+), (-) and racemic ment hol with water soluble enzyme entrapped in microemulsion systems stabi lized with sodium(bis-2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate (AOT) as surfactant, in isooctane. Microemulsions appear to be an effective and fast syste m for racemic resolution of alcohols.