NOVEL SECONDARY ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE, PROCESS FOR PREPARING SAID ENZYME, AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING ALCOHOLS AND KETONES USING SAID ENZYME

摘要

Secondary alcohol dehydrogenase having broad specificity to substrates and high stereoselectivity is provided. By reducing ketones using the enzyme, alcohols, particularly, optically active alcohols are efficiently produced. Ketones are also efficiently produced by oxidizing alcohols using the enzyme.