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Stereodivergent Protein Engineering of a Lipase to Access All Possible Stereoisomers of Chiral Esters with Two Stereocenters
Xu, Jian,Cen, Yixin,Singh, Warispreet,Fan, Jiajie,Wu, Lian,Lin, Xianfu,Zhou, Jiahai,Huang, Meilan,Reetz, Manfred T.,Wu, Qi
supporting information, p. 7934 - 7945 (2019/05/22)
Enzymatic stereodivergent synthesis to access all possible product stereoisomers bearing multiple stereocenters is relatively undeveloped, although enzymes are being increasingly used in both academic and industrial areas. When two stereocenters and thus four stereoisomeric products are involved, obtaining stereodivergent enzyme mutants for individually accessing all four stereoisomers would be ideal. Although significant success has been achieved in directed evolution of enzymes in general, stereodivergent engineering of one enzyme into four highly stereocomplementary variants for obtaining the full complement of stereoisomers bearing multiple stereocenters remains a challenge. Using Candida antarctica lipase B (CALB) as a model, we report the protein engineering of this enzyme into four highly stereocomplementary variants needed for obtaining all four stereoisomers in transesterification reactions between racemic acids and racemic alcohols in organic solvents. By generating and screening less than 25 variants of each isomer, we achieved >90% selectivity for all of the four possible stereoisomers in the model reaction. This difficult feat was accomplished by developing a strategy dubbed "focused rational iterative site-specific mutagenesis" (FRISM) at sites lining the enzyme's binding pocket. The accumulation of single mutations by iterative site-specific mutagenesis using a restricted set of rationally chosen amino acids allows the formation of ultrasmall mutant libraries requiring minimal screening for stereoselectivity. The crystal structure of all stereodivergent CALB variants, flanked by MD simulations, uncovered the source of selectivity.
Parallel kinetic resolution of racemic 1-phenylethanol using quasi-enantiomeric combinations of carboxylic acids mediated by N,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide and 3,5-lutidine
Shaye, Najla Al,Boa, Andrew N.,Coulbeck, Elliot,Eames, Jason
, p. 4661 - 4665 (2008/12/20)
The parallel kinetic resolution of racemic 1-phenylethanol using an equimolar combination of quasi-enantiomeric 2-arylpropionic and butanoic acids mediated by a N,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC)/3,5-lutidine coupling is discussed. The levels of diastereoselectivity were high leading to separable quasi-enantiomeric esters in good yield.
DETERMINING THE ABSOLUTE CONFIGURATION OF HINDERED SECONDARY ALCOHOLS - A MODIFIED HOREAU'S METHOD
Barnekow, David E.,Cardellina, John H.
, p. 3629 - 3632 (2007/10/02)
The kinetic resolution of racemic 2-phenylbutyryl chloride by hindered chiral secondary alcohols has been shown to be a viable approach to the determination of the absolute configuration of secondary alcohols through a study of ten chiral alcohols.
