A recently published paper by Pawar and Yadav in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research entitled “Enantioselective Enzymatic Hydrolysis ofrac-Mandelonitrile to R-Mandelamide by Nitrile Hydratase Immobilized onPoly(vinyl alcohol)/Chitosan–Glutaraldehyde Support” describes the improvement in performance the nitrile hydratase from Rhodococcus rhodocrous ATCC BAA-870 exhibits when immobilized on PVA/chitosan. The reaction being tested is the DKR of rac-mandelonitrile.
