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Efficient Synthesis of D-Phenylalanine from L-Phenylalanine via a Tri-Enzymatic Cascade Pathway
Lu, Cui,Zhang, Sheng,Song, Wei,Liu, Jia,Chen, Xiulai,Liu, Liming,Wu, Jing
, p. 3165 - 3173 (2021/06/09)
D-phenylalanine is an important intermediate in food and pharmaceutical industries. Here, to enable efficient D-phenylalanine biosynthesis from L-phenylalanine, a tri-enzymatic cascade was designed and reconstructed in vivo. The activity of Proteus vulgaris meso-diaminopimelate dehydrogenase (PvDAPDH) toward phenyl pyruvic acid was identified as the limiting step. To overcome, the tension in the phenyl pyruvic acid side-chain, PvDAPDH was engineered, generating PvDAPDHW121A/R181S/H227I, whose catalytic activity of 6.86 U mg?1 represented an 85-fold increase over PvDAPDH. Introduction of PvDAPDHW121A/R181S/H227I, P. mirabilis L-amino acid deaminase, and Bacillus megaterium glucose dehydrogenase in E. coli enabled the production of 57.8 g L?1 D-phenylalanine in 30 h, the highest titer to date using 60 g L?1 L-phenylalanine as starting substrate, which meant a 96.3 % conversion rate and >99 % enantioselectivity on a 3-L scale. The proposed tri-enzymatic cascade provides a novel potential bio-based approach for industrial production of D-phenylalanine from cheap amino acids.
The substrate spectrum of mandelate racemase: Minimum structural requirements for substrates and substrate model
Felfer, Ulfried,Goriup, Marian,Koegl, Marion F.,Wagner, Ulrike,Larissegger-Schnell, Barbara,Faber, Kurt,Kroutil, Wolfgang
, p. 951 - 961 (2007/10/03)
Mandelate racemase (EC 5.1.2.2) is one of the few biochemically well-characterized racemases. The remarkable stability of this cofactor-independent enzyme and its broad substrate tolerance make it an ideal candidate for the racemization of non-natural α-hydroxycarboxylic acids under physiological reaction conditions to be applied in deracemization protocols in connection with a kinetic resolution step. This review summarizes all aspects of mandelate racemase relevant for the application of this enzyme in preparative-scale biotransformations with special emphasis on its substrate tolerance. Collection and evaluation of substrate structure-activity data led to a set of general guidelines, which were used as basis for the construction of a general substrate model, which allows a quick estimation of the expected activity for a given substrate.
Efficient intramolecular asymmetric reductions of α-, β-, and γ-keto acids with diisopinocampheylborane1
Veeraraghavan Ramachandran,Brown, Herbert C.,Pitre, Sangeeta
, p. 17 - 18 (2007/10/03)
(equation presented) α-, β-, and γ-Keto acids are reduced with diisopinocampheylborane at room temperature to the corresponding hydroxy acids with predictable stereochemistry in very high ee. The γ-hydroxy acids produced were conveniently cyclized to the corresponding lactones. This provides a simple synthesis of 4-hexanolide, a component of the pheromone secreted by the female dermestid beetle Trogoderma glabrum.
