Romas J. Kazlauskas

A rule to predict which enantiomer of a secondary alcohol reacts faster in reactions catalyzed by cholesterol esterase, lipase from Pseudomonas cepacia, and lipase from Candida rugosa

Romas J. Kazlauskas, Alexandra N. E. Weissfloch, Aviva T. Rappaport et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1991 · 945 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +11

Catalytic Promiscuity in Biocatalysis: Using Old Enzymes to Form New Bonds and Follow New Pathways

Uwe T. Bornscheuer, Romas J. Kazlauskas · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2004 · 595 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +17

Improved Preparation and Use of Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids in Lipase-Catalyzed Enantio- and Regioselective Acylations

Seongsoon Park, Romas J. Kazlauskas · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 2001 · 560 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry +13

Hydrolase-catalyzed biotransformations in deep eutectic solvents

Johnathan T. Gorke, Friedrich Srienc, Romas J. Kazlauskas · Chemical Communications · 2008 · 525 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +17

How the Same Core Catalytic Machinery Catalyzes 17 Different Reactions: the Serine-Histidine-Aspartate Catalytic Triad of α/β-Hydrolase Fold Enzymes

Alissa Rauwerdink, Romas J. Kazlauskas · ACS Catalysis · 2015 · 341 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +17