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62301

Lipase from Aspergillus niger

powder (fine), ~200 U/g

Synonym(s):

Lipase AP6

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CAS Number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352204
NACRES:
NA.54
EC Number:
232-619-9
EC Number:
MDL number:

Product Name

Lipase from Aspergillus niger, powder (fine), ~200 U/g

InChI key

QWZUIMCIEOCSJF-CHHCPSLASA-N

InChI

1S/C11H9N3O2.Na/c15-8-4-5-9(10(16)7-8)13-14-11-3-1-2-6-12-11;/h1-7,16H,(H,12,14);/q;+1/b13-9-;

biological source

Aspergillus niger

form

powder (fine)

specific activity

~200 U/g

mol wt

Mr ~45000

storage temp.

2-8°C

Quality Level

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Application

Lipases are used industrially for the resolution of chiral compounds and the transesterification production of biodiesel.
Lipases are used industrially for the resolution of chiral compounds and the transesterification production of biodiesel.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Lipases catalyze the hydrolysis of triacylglycerols into glycerol and free fatty acids.
Lipases catalyze the hydrolysis of triacylglycerols into glycerol and free fatty acids.

Other Notes

1 U corresponds to the amount of enzyme which hydrolyzes 1 μmol acetic acid per minute at pH 7.4 and 40 °C (triacetin, Cat. No. 90240 as substrate) 50 U as described above are equivalent to ~1 U using triolein, Cat. No. 62314 as substrate, at pH 8.0 and 40 °C
Selective acylation and deacylation of furanose and pyranose derivatives; Enantioselective hydrolysis of 2-methyl 3-acetoxy esters; Resolution of the diols of bicycloheptane and bicyclooctane by enzymic hydrolysis; Glyceride synthesis.

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Danger

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Hazard Classifications

Resp. Sens. 1

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)


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W.J. Hennen et al.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 53, 4939-4939 (1988)
K. Naemura et al.
Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 1, 2337-2337 (1992)
H. Akita et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 27, 5241-5241 (1986)
Alexandra Kotogán et al.
Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 11(12) (2022-06-25)
Hydrolysis of olive, rapeseed, linseed, almond, peanut, grape seed and menhaden oils was performed with commercial lipases of Aspergillus niger, Rhizopus oryzae, Rhizopus niveus, Rhizomucor miehei and Candida rugosa. In chromogenic plate tests, olive, rapeseed, peanut and linseed oils degraded
Samantha V Facchetti et al.
Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 10(12) (2020-12-03)
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