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  • Fang, F.; Ji, A.; Meng, Z.
    Biosynthesis of chiral methyl ketone cyanohydrins catalyzed by oxynitrilase in Chaenomeles speciosa seed meal (2008), React. Kinet. Catal. Lett., 93, 233-239.
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Organic Solvent Stability

EC Number Organic Solvent Comment Organism
4.1.2.10 additional information effect of different organic solvents on the hydrocyanation of acetophenone tested Chaenomeles speciosa

Organism

EC Number Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
4.1.2.10 Chaenomeles speciosa
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Source Tissue

EC Number Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
4.1.2.10 seed
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 Chaenomeles speciosa
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Substrates and Products (Substrate)

EC Number Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
4.1.2.10 2-heptanone + HCN needs long reaction time (26 h), providing low enantiomeric exess (14%), which supports the fact that methyl ketones of long aliphatic chain are poor substrates Chaenomeles speciosa (R)-2-heptanone cyanohydrin
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4.1.2.10 HCN + acetophenone
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 Chaenomeles speciosa 2-hydroxyphenylpropionitrile
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4.1.2.10 additional information biocatalyst to synthesize a series of chiral methyl ketone cyanohydrins with satisfactory conversion and conspicuous enantiomeric excess. 2',6'-dimethylacetophenone, a compound with steric hindrance on the phenyl group is unsuitable as substrate Chaenomeles speciosa ?
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4.1.2.10 propiophenone + HCN with 24% conversion and 46% enantiomeric exess Chaenomeles speciosa (S)-1-phenylacetone cyanohydrin
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Synonyms

EC Number Synonyms Comment Organism
4.1.2.10 Oxynitrilase
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 Chaenomeles speciosa

Temperature Optimum [°C]

EC Number Temperature Optimum [°C] Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
4.1.2.10 4
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 effect of buffer pH on the hydrocyanation of acetophenone Chaenomeles speciosa