Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 227, Japan
Abstract:
The substrate selectivity of the hydrolysis reaction by imidazole-appended dimethyl-β-cyclodextrin (2) was studied using different kinds of p-nitrophenyl esters of amino acids. The tendency for the hydrolysis reaction of the amino acid ester by 2 reflected a difference in Km rather than in kcat. 2 had the ability to undergo a stereo-selective hydrolysis reaction.