621-24-9Relevant articles and documents
Asymmetric hydrolysis of styrene oxide by PvEH2, a novel Phaseolus vulgaris epoxide hydrolase with extremely high enantioselectivity and regioselectivity
Li, Chuang,Hu, Die,Zong, Xun-Cheng,Deng, Chao,Feng, Lei,Wu, Min-Chen,Li, Jian-Fang
, p. 57 - 61 (2017/09/08)
A novel EH from Phaseolus vulgaris, PvEH2, was discovered based on the computer-aided analysis, and its encoding gene was cloned and expressed in E. coli Rossetta (DE3). The substrate spectrum of recombinant (re) PvEH2 was assayed, among which the enantiomeric ratio of rePvEH2 towards racemic styrene oxide (rac-1a) was > 200, while its regioselectivity coefficients, αS and βR, towards (S)- and (R)-1a were 99.1 and 69.8%, respectively. The asymmetric hydrolysis of 20 mM rac-1a by rePvEH2-expressing whole cells was performed at 25 °C, retaining (R)-1a with > 99.5% ees and 49.4% yield and producing (R)-phenyl-1,2-ethanediol (1b) with 96.2% eep and 49.7% yield in 40 min.
An unusual (R)-selective epoxide hydrolase with high activity for facile preparation of enantiopure glycidyl ethers
Zhao, Jing,Chu, Yan-Yan,Li, Ai-Tao,Ju, Xin,Kong, Xu-Dong,Pan, Jiang,Tang, Yun,Xu, Jian-He
, p. 1510 - 1518 (2011/08/03)
A novel epoxide hydrolase (BMEH) with unusual (R)-enantioselectivity and very high activity was cloned from Bacillus megaterium ECU1001. Highest enantioselectivities (E>200) were achieved in the bioresolution of ortho-substituted phenyl glycidyl ethers and para-nitrostyrene oxide. Worthy of note is that the substrate structure remarkably affected the enantioselectivities of the enzyme, as a reversed (S)-enantiopreference was unexpectedly observed for the ortho-nitrophenyl glycidyl ether. As a proof-of-concept, five enantiopure epoxides (>99% ee) were obtained in high yields, and a gram-scale preparation of (S)-ortho-methylphenyl glycidyl ether was then successfully performed within a few hours, indicating that BMEH is an attractive biocatalyst for the efficient preparation of optically active epoxides. Copyright
Formation of Optically Active Aryloxyacetaldehyde Cyanohydrin Acetates with the Aid of a Microorganism
Ohta, Hiromichi,Miyamae, Yoshitaka,Tsuchihashi, Gen-ichi
, p. 215 - 222 (2007/10/02)
Microorganisms that hydrolyze the one enantiomer of dl-phenoxyacetaldehyde cyanohydrin acetate were screened, and Bacillus coagulans isolated from soil was found to be the best.This bacterium was applied to the asymmetric hydrolysis of other aryloxyacetaldehyde derivatives to give satisfactory results.The effect of adding dimethyl sulfoxide to the medium is also described.
