Potential of Y. lipolytica epoxide hydrolase for efficient production of enantiopure (R)-1,2-octanediol.

The recombinant Yleh from a tropical marine yeast Yarrowia lipolytica NCIM 3589 exhibited a high epoxide hydrolase activity of 9.34 ± 1.80 µmol min mg protein towards 1,2-epoxyoctane (EO), at pH 8.