research article 
Enantioselective Dehydrochlorination of delta-Hexachlorocyclohexane and delta-Pentachlorocyclohexene by LinA1 and LinA2 from Sphingobium indicum B90A
delta-Hexachlorocyclohexane (delta-HCH), one of the prevalent isomers of technical HCH, was enantioselectively dehydrochlorinated by the dehydrochlorinases LinA1 and LinA2 from Sphingobium indicum B90A to the very same delta-pentachlorocyclohexene enantiomer. Racemic delta-pentachlorocyclohexene, however, was transformed with opposite enantioselectivities by the two enzymes. A transformation pathway based on an anti-1,2-elimination, followed by a syn-1,4-elimination and a subsequent syn-1,2-elimination is postulated.
Type
 research article 
Web of Science ID
WOS:000324176900046
Author(s)
Geueke, Birgit
Miska, Milena E.
Poiger, Thomas
Rentsch, Daniel
Lal, Rup
Kohler, Hans-Peter E.
Date Issued
2013
Publisher
Published in
Volume
79
Issue
19
Start page
6180
End page
6183
Subjects
Editorial or Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
Written at
OTHER
EPFL units
Available on Infoscience
 November 4, 2013 
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