| abstract |
The present invention relates to polypeptides which exert biological activity of lipases and which have a selectivity contrary to the Kazlauskas rule, host cells containing nucleic acids which code for these polypeptides, the nucleic acids themselves and the vectors required for producing the host cells according to the invention. In a further aspect, the invention relates to a process for the preparation of enantiomerically enriched esters and alcohols, which is advantageously carried out in the presence of a racemization catalyst. |