L-Methionine related 1-amino acids by acylase cleavage of their corresponding N-acetyl-DL-derivatives

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0957-4166(97)00400-X

Acylase I from Aspergillus oryzae is an even more useful enzyme than suggested so far. Besides standard amino acids such as L-Met, L-Val and L-Phe, a number of additional sulfur- and selenium-containing amino acids can be obtained at useful reaction rates and in very high enantiomeric purity by kinetic resolution of the respective N-acetyl-DL-amino acids.