| Literature DB >> 16349472 |
T Nakamura1, T Nagasawa, F Yu, I Watanabe, H Yamada.
Abstract
Enzymes II(a) and II(b), which catalyze the conversion of epichlorohydrin (ECH) to 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol (MCP), were purified from Corynebacterium sp. strain N-1074, which catalyzes the formation of (R)-MCP from prochiral 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol via ECH. The specific activity of enzyme II(a) for the formation of MCP from ECH was about 6.4-fold higher than that of enzyme II(b). Both enzymes catalyzed the conversion of 1,2-epoxides to the corresponding diol, although they differed in several enzymatic properties.Entities:
Year: 1994 PMID: 16349472 PMCID: PMC202036 DOI: 10.1128/aem.60.12.4630-4633.1994
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792