Synonyms: Lipase AP6
MDL Number: MFCD00131509
Storage: 2-8C
Application: Lipases are used industrially for the resolution of chiral compounds and the transesterification production of biodiesel.
Biochem Physiol Actions: Lipases catalyze the hydrolysis of triacylglycerols into glycerol and free fatty acids.
Other Notes: Selective acylation and deacylation of furanose and pyranose derivatives; Enantioselective hydrolysis of 2-methyl 3-acetoxy esters; Resolution of the diols of bicycloheptane and bicyclooctane by enzymic hydrolysis; Glyceride synthesis