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Phosphotriesterase (PTE) from Flavobacterium sp. was utilized for transesterification of the organophosphate insecticide, Paraoxon, using 2-phenylethyl alcohol as a nucleophile and dimethly sulfoxide as an organic solvent forming the converted phosphotriester compound, diethyl 2-phenylethyl phosphate.
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Sode, K., Ohuchi, S., Nakamura, H. et al. A novel transesterification catalyzed by phosphotriesterase in an organic solvent. Biotechnol Lett 18, 923–926 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00154622
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