The invention relates to the technical field of bioengineering and
fine chemical engineering, in particular to
epoxide hydrolase, a
gene, a carrier,
engineering bacteria and application, and the
amino acid sequence of the
epoxide hydrolase is shown as SEQ ID NO.3. The
epoxide hydrolase disclosed by the invention has the advantages that the
epoxide hydrolase is Sphingopyis macrogoltabia EY-1, and the
structural formula of the
epoxide hydrolase is as shown in the specification. According to the invention, a recombinant
plasmid pET-28a-smh containing an optimized
gene and a
genetic engineering bacterium E.coli / smh are constructed, the
engineering bacterium is induced to over-express the recombinant
epoxide hydrolase SmEH, and the recombinant epoxide hydrolase SmEH has catalytic activity. According to the present invention, the E.coli / smh
whole cell is adopted to respectively catalyze the
hydrolysis reaction of the (R)-
styrene oxide (SO) and the (S)-
styrene oxide (SO) so as to obtain the (R)-
styrene oxide (SO) and the (S)-1, 2-phenyl glycol (1-Phenyl-1, 2-ethanediol, PED) with high optical purity, and the application of the E.coli / smh
whole cell to respectively catalyze the
hydrolysis reaction of the (R)-
styrene oxide (SO) and the (S)-1, 2-phenyl glycol (1-Phenyl-1, 2-ethanediol, PED) is provided;