Enantioselectivity and diastereoselectivity in the transesterification of secondary alcohols mediated by feruloyl esterase from Humicola insolens

Examination of the α and β selectivity of Ferrulic acid esterase (FAE) towards secondary alcohols which contain two stereocenters, at the α and β carbons, reveals that the factor governing the order in the R configuration of the stereogenic center which bears the alcoholic group.