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Esterification of Secondary Alcohols and Multi-hydroxyl Compounds by Candida antarctica Lipase B and Subtilisin

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Enzyme-catalyzed esterification of secondary alcohols and multi-hydroxyl compounds is one of the most valuable reactions in organic synthesis. However, it is often difficult to achieve high reaction rates and high regio-selectivities with commonly used enzymes such as lipases and proteases. One of the reasons may include bulky substituents of the secondary alcohols and multi-hydroxyl compounds (e.g., carbohydrates and flavonoids). The stereospecificity pocket of lipases, which is considered as a pocket for the binding of medium substituent, might not accept a large substituent due to steric hindrance. Thereby, this review has focused on the discussion about literature survey and structural feature of the most commonly used lipase (i.e., Candida antarctica lipase B (CAL-B)) and serine-protease (i.e., subtilisin) for acylation of secondary alcohols and complex molecules.

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    Hee-Jeong Cha & Jin-Byung Park

  2. Institute of Molecular Microbiology and Biosystems Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 03760, Korea

    Jin-Byung Park

  3. Department of Chemistry, Center for NanoBio Applied Technology, Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul, 01133, Korea

    Seongsoon Park

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Cha, HJ., Park, JB. & Park, S. Esterification of Secondary Alcohols and Multi-hydroxyl Compounds by Candida antarctica Lipase B and Subtilisin. Biotechnol Bioproc E 24, 41–47 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12257-018-0379-1

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