A ge
ne from
Bacillus pumilus expressed u
nder its
native promoter was clo
ned i
n Escherichia coli. Recombi
na
nt
B. pumilus esterase (BPE) affects the ki
netic resolutio
n of racemic mixtures such as u
nsubstituted a
nd substituted 1-(phe
nyl)etha
nols (
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nylpropa
noate (
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trans-4-fluorophe
nyl-3-hydroxymethyl-
N-methylpiperidi
ne (
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nd ethyl 2-hydroxy-4-phe
nylbutyrate (
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not, vert, similar" border=0> 7). The e
nzyme is composed of a 34-ami
no acid sig
nal peptide a
nd a 181-ami
no acid mature protei
n correspo
ndi
ng to a molecular weight of
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nd pI
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not, vert, similar" border=0> 9.4. 3-D the structural model of the e
nzyme built by homology modelli
ng usi
ng the atomic coordi
nates from the crystal structure of
B. subtilis lipase (LipA) showed a compact mi
nimal α/β hydrolase fold.