A novel transesterification catalyzed by phosphotriesterase in an organic solvent

✍ Scribed by Koji Sode; Shokichi Ohuchi; Hiroyuki Nakamura; Mitsuaki Narita

• Book ID: 104645895
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 185 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0141-5492
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00154622

✦ Synopsis

Phosphotriesterase (PTE) from Flavobacterium sp. was utilized for transesterificalion of the organophosphate insecticide, Paraoxon, using 2-phenylethyl alcohol as a nucleophile and dimethly sulfoxide as ml organic solvent fonning the converted phosphotriester compound, diethyl 2-phenylethyl phosphate.