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Single-Point Mutant Inverts the Stereoselectivity of a Carbonyl Reductase toward β-Ketoesters with Enhanced Activity
Li, Aipeng,Wang, Ting,Tian, Qing,Yang, Xiaohong,Yin, Dongming,Qin, Yong,Zhang, Lianbing
, p. 6283 - 6294 (2021/03/16)
Enzyme stereoselectivity control is still a major challenge. To gain insight into the molecular basis of enzyme stereo-recognition and expand the source of antiPrelog carbonyl reductase toward β-ketoesters, rational enzyme design aiming at stereoselectivity inversion was performed. The designed variant Q139G switched the enzyme stereoselectivity toward β-ketoesters from Prelog to antiPrelog, providing corresponding alcohols in high enantiomeric purity (89.1–99.1 % ee). More importantly, the well-known trade-off between stereoselectivity and activity was not found. Q139G exhibited higher catalytic activity than the wildtype enzyme, the enhancement of the catalytic efficiency (kcat/Km) varied from 1.1- to 27.1-fold. Interestingly, the mutant Q139G did not lead to reversed stereoselectivity toward aromatic ketones. Analysis of enzyme–substrate complexes showed that the structural flexibility of β-ketoesters and a newly formed cave together facilitated the formation of the antiPrelog-preferred conformation. In contrast, the relatively large and rigid structure of the aromatic ketones prevents them from forming the antiPrelog-preferred conformation.
Enantio-differentiating hydrogenation of alkyl 3-oxobutanoates over tartaric acid-modified Ni catalyst: Enthalpy-entropy compensation effect as a tool for elucidating mechanistic features
Osawa, Tsutomu,Wakasugi, Masahiro,Kizawa, Tomoko,Borovkov, Victor,Inoue, Yoshihisa
, p. 131 - 136 (2018/04/30)
The enantio-differentiating hydrogenations of a series of alkyl 3-oxobutanoates were carried out at the temperatures ranging from 333 to 393 K over the (R,R)-tartaric acid-modified Ni catalyst prepared from commercially available Ni powder to achieve high enantiomeric excesses of 91-94%. It was demonstrated that the enantio-selectivity was not a simple function of the reaction temperature, being enhanced in the low temperature region to reach a maximum at 363–373 K and then decreased at higher temperatures. Nevertheless, all the differential enthalpies and entropies of activation calculated from the enantiomer ratios in the low and high temperature regions compensated with each other, indicating the same enantio-differentiation mechanism over the entire temperature range. A plausible enantio-differentiation mechanism explaining the effects of hydrogenation temperature on the enantio-selectivity is proposed.
Biocatalytic synthesis of new copolymers from 3-hydroxybutyric acid and a carbohydrate lactone
Kakasi-Zsurka, Sandor,Todea, Anamaria,But, Andrada,Paul, Cristina,Boeriu, Carmen G.,Davidescu, Corneliu,Nagy, Lajos,Kuki, Akos,Keki, Sandor,Peter, Francisc
experimental part, p. 22 - 28 (2012/02/03)
Lipase-catalyzed reaction of 3-hydroxybutyric acid with d-glucono-δ-lactone at 5:1 molar ratio and 80°C yielded a mixture of moderate molecular weight linear and cyclic oligomers. The most efficient biocatalyst, Candida antarctica B lipase (Novozyme 435), allowed the synthesis of new oligomeric compounds with ring-opened gluconolactone units included in the oligomeric chain, without previous derivatization of the sugar, or activation of the acid monomer. The reaction medium nature had an important influence on the product composition. Although the main copolymer amount was synthesized in tert-butanol/dimethylsulfoxide medium, the highest polymerization degrees, up to 9 for the copolymer, and 10 for the 3-hydroxybutyric acid homopolymer co-product, were achieved in solventless conditions.
