A method for the resolution of .alpha.-tertiary carboxylic acid esters by partial hydrolysis is disclosed. The partial hydrolysis is carried out by contacting the esters with an aqueous solution in the presence of a serine carboxypeptidase, and the hydrolysis product is separated from unreacted starting material to obtain the hydrolysis product or the unreacted starting material in enantiomerically enriched form. A novel ester hydrolase which is particularly useful in this method, and a nucleotide sequence encoding this enzyme, are also described.
本发明揭示了一种通过部分
水解来分离α-三级
羧酸酯的方法。通过在
丝氨酸羧肽酶存在下将酯与
水溶液接触来进行部分
水解,并将
水解产物与未反应的起始物质分离,以获得具有对映体富集形式的
水解产物或未反应的起始物质。本发明还描述了一种特别有用的酯
水解酶及其编码这种酶的核苷酸序列。