The present invention relates to a method of hydrolysing bicyclic monoterpenes with an α/β-hydrolase-fold esterase being a carboxyl esterase comprising or consisting of an amino acid sequence with at least 80% identity to SEQ ID No. 1 or SEQ ID No. 4 and comprising a catalytic motif of Ser-X-X-Lys (SEQ ID No. 2), wherein X is any amino acid residue, or a catalytic motif of Ser- (Z)n-Glu- (Z)m-His (SEQ ID No. 5), wherein (Z)nand (Z) are a chain of amino acids of a length of 20 to 200 amino acids.
The present invention relates to a method of hydrolysing bicyclic monoterpenes with an α/β-hydrolase-fold esterase being a carboxyl esterase comprising or consisting of an amino acid sequence with at least 80% identity to SEQ ID No. 1 or SEQ ID No. 4 and comprising a catalytic motif of Ser-X-X-Lys (SEQ ID No. 2), wherein X is any amino acid residue, or a catalytic motif of Ser- (Z)n-Glu- (Z)m-His (SEQ ID No. 5), wherein (Z)nand (Z) are a chain of amino acids of a length of 20 to 200 amino acids.