Dehalogenates both (S)- and (R)-2-haloalkanoic acids to the corresponding (R)- and (S)-hydroxyalkanoic acids, respectively, with inversion of configuration at C-2. The enzyme from Pseudomonas sp. 113 acts on 2-haloalkanoic acids whose carbon chain lengths are five or less. [See also EC 3.8.1.2 (S)-2-haloacid dehalogenase, EC 3.8.1.9 (R)-2-haloacid dehalogenase and EC 3.8.1.11 2-haloacid dehalogenase (configuration-retaining)]
Liu JQ, Kurihara T, Hasan AK, Nardi-Dei V, Koshikawa H, Esaki N, Soda K.
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Purification and characterization of thermostable and nonthermostable 2-haloacid dehalogenases with different stereospecificities from Pseudomonas sp. strain YL.
Stereospecificity of 2-monochloropropionate dehalogenation by the two dehalogenases of Pseudomonas putida PP3: evidence for two different dehalogenation mechanisms.