- Engineering the large pocket of an (S)-selective transaminase for asymmetric synthesis of (S)-1-amino-1-phenylpropane
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Amine transaminases offer an environmentally benign chiral amine asymmetric synthesis route. However, their catalytic efficiency towards bulky chiral amine asymmetric synthesis is limited by the natural geometric structure of the small pocket, representing a great challenge for industrial applications. Here, we rationally engineered the large binding pocket of an (S)-selective ?-transaminase BPTA fromParaburkholderia phymatumto relieve the inherent restriction caused by the small pocket and efficiently transform the prochiral aryl alkyl ketone 1-propiophenone with a small substituent larger than the methyl group. Based on combined molecular docking and dynamic simulation analyses, we identified a non-classical substrate conformation, located in the active site with steric hindrance and undesired interactions, to be responsible for the low catalytic efficiency. By relieving the steric barrier with W82A, we improved the specific activity by 14-times compared to WT. A p-p stacking interaction was then introduced by M78F and I284F to strengthen the binding affinity with a large binding pocket to balance the undesired interactions generated by F44. T440Q further enhanced the substrate affinity by providing a more hydrophobic and flexible environment close to the active site entry. Finally, we constructed a quadruple variant M78F/W82A/I284F/T440Q to generate the most productive substrate conformation. The 1-propiophenone catalytic efficiency of the mutant was enhanced by more than 470-times in terms ofkcat/KM, and the conversion increased from 1.3 to 94.4% compared with that of WT, without any stereoselectivity loss (ee > 99.9%). Meanwhile, the obtained mutant also showed significant activity improvements towards various aryl alkyl ketones with a small substituent larger than the methyl group ranging between 104- and 230-fold, demonstrating great potential for the efficient synthesis of enantiopure aryl alkyl amines with steric hindrance in the small binding pocket.
- Liu, He,Wang, Hualei,Wei, Dongzhi,Xie, Youyu,Xu, Feng,Xu, Xiangyang,Yang, Lin
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p. 2461 - 2470
(2021/04/22)
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- n-Butylamine as an alternative amine donor for the stereoselective biocatalytic transamination of ketones
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Formal reductive amination has been a main focus of biocatalysis research in recent times. Among the enzymes able to perform this transformation, pyridoxal-5′-phosphate-dependent transaminases have shown the greatest promise in terms of extensive substrate scope and industrial application. Despite concerted research efforts in this area, there exist relatively few options regarding efficient amino donor co-substrates capable of allowing high conversion and atom efficiency with stable enzyme systems. Herein we describe the implementation of the recently described spuC gene, coding for a putrescine transaminase, exploiting its unusual amine donor tolerance to allow use of inexpensive and readily-available n-butylamine as an alternative to traditional methods. Via the integration of SpuC homologues with tandem co-product removal and cofactor regeneration enzymes, high conversion could be achieved with just 1.5 equivalents of the amine with products displaying excellent enantiopurity.
- Slabu, Iustina,Galman, James L.,Iglesias, Cesar,Weise, Nicholas J.,Lloyd, Richard C.,Turner, Nicholas J.
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- Biocatalytic transamination with near-stoichiometric inexpensive amine donors mediated by bifunctional mono- and di-amine transaminases
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The discovery and characterisation of enzymes with both monoamine and diamine transaminase activity is reported, allowing conversion of a wide range of target ketone substrates with just a small excess of amine donor. The diamine co-substrates (putrescine, cadaverine or spermidine) are bio-derived and the enzyme system results in very little waste, making it a greener strategy for the production of valuable amine fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals.
- Galman, James L.,Slabu, Iustina,Weise, Nicholas J.,Iglesias, Cesar,Parmeggiani, Fabio,Lloyd, Richard C.,Turner, Nicholas J.
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p. 361 - 366
(2017/08/14)
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- Vicinal Diamines as Smart Cosubstrates in the Transaminase-Catalyzed Asymmetric Amination of Ketones
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Transaminases (TAs) have recently been established as catalysts for the asymmetric, reductive amination of prochiral ketones. Depending on the ketone substrate and the amine donor (the cosubstrate), equilibrium constants may limit high conversions; thus, methods to overcome this limitation are required. Removal of the co-product from the reaction equilibrium through spontaneous, intramolecular reactions has provided a successful solution to this problem; therefore, these amine donors have been named “smart cosubstrates”. Here, we present a comparison of various bifunctional amine donors including vicinal diamines as potential structural cosubstrate motifs. Upon TA-catalyzed deamination of 1,2-diamines, spontaneous dimerization of the resulting α-aminoketones and oxidation gave heteroaromatic pyrazines.
- Payer, Stefan E.,Schrittwieser, Joerg H.,Kroutil, Wolfgang
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p. 2553 - 2559
(2017/05/12)
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- A general protein purification and immobilization method on controlled porosity glass: Biocatalytic applications
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A general combined purification and immobilization method to facilitate biocatalytic process development is presented. The support material, EziG, is based on controlled porosity glass (CPG) or polymer-coated versions thereof (HybCPG) and binds protein affinity tags. Biocatalytic reactions in aqueous and organic media with seven enzymes of biocatalytic interest are shown. This journal is the Partner Organisations 2014.
- Engelmark Cassimjee,Kadow,Wikmark,Svedendahl Humble,Rothstein,Rothstein,B?ckvall
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p. 9134 - 9137
(2014/08/05)
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- Investigation of one-enzyme systems in the ω-transaminase-catalyzed synthesis of chiral amines
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ω-Transaminase (TA) catalyzed asymmetric syntheses of amines were carried out in the one enzyme systems with wild-type enzymes (S)-TA from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, (S)-TA from Paracoccus denitrificans and (R)-TA from Aspergillus terreus. The scope of amine donors and aromatic carbonyl substrates was thoroughly explored. Among the range of potential amino donors, 2-propylamine, 2-butylamine and 1-phenylethylamine were found as promising candidates, which gave superior conversions in the amination reactions compared to other donors. Various prochiral aromatic ketones were accepted as substrates by the investigated enzymes. In most cases, good to excellent conversions (up to 98%) to the amine products with excellent e.e.-values (>99.9% for (S) or (R)) were obtained by the action of a single enzyme and an appropriate amino donor. (S)-TA from Paracoccus denitrificans was found to accept bulky ketones, e.g. 1-indanone, α- and β-tetralone or 2-acetonaphthone, in the asymmetric amination. In some cases the enantiomeric excesses in the amination reactions were dependent on the amino donor. More-over, the influence of the pH, temperature and cosolvents on the outcome of reactions was additionally investigated.
- Fesko, Kateryna,Steiner, Kerstin,Breinbauer, Rolf,Schwab, Helmut,Schuermann, Martin,Strohmeier, Gernot A.
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p. 103 - 110
(2013/10/22)
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- Amination of ketones by employing two new (S)-selective ω-transaminases and the his-tagged ω-TA from Vibrio fluvialis
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Two recently identified (S)-selective ω-transaminases (ω-TAs) that originate from Paracoccus denitrificans (Strep-PD-ωTA, cloned with an N-terminal Strep-tag II) and Pseudomonas fluorescens (PF-ωTA) were employed for the asymmetric amination of selected prochiral ketones. The substrates tested were transformed into optically pure amines (>99 % ee) with high conversion (up to >99 %). The ω-TAs led to higher conversion in the absence of dimethyl sulfoxide as a cosolvent than in its presence (15 %, v/v). Additionally, it was shown that a His-tagged recombinant transaminase from Vibrio fluvialis (His-VF-ωTA, cloned with an N-terminal His 6-tag) showed for a single substrate, ethyl acetoacetate, significantly higher stereoselectivity for the amination compared to the corresponding commercial enzyme preparation (>99 vs. 50 %). The (S)-selective ω-transaminases (ω-TAs) from Paracoccus denitrificans and Pseudomonas fluorescens transformed various ketones into optically pure amines (>99 % ee). These enzymes extend the substrate spectrum of highly (S)-stereoselective ω-TAs. Copyright
- Mutti, Francesco G.,Fuchs, Christine S.,Pressnitz, Desiree,Turrini, Nikolaus G.,Sattler, Johann H.,Lerchner, Alexandra,Skerra, Arne,Kroutil, Wolfgang
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experimental part
p. 1003 - 1007
(2012/04/04)
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- Asymmetric bio-amination of ketones in organic solvents
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ω-Transaminases, employed as a lyophilised crude cell-free extract, were successfully employed in organic solvent for the asymmetric amination of ketones without the need for immobilisation. Best activity was found for methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) at a water activity of 0.6. The ω-transaminases (9 different enzymes) accepted efficiently 2-propylamine as amine donor when used in the solvent, which is not the case when they are used in aqueous solution. The bio-amination in organic solvent showed several advantages such as higher reaction rates (up to 17-fold), general acceptance of 2-propylamine as amine donor, simple work-up procedure (i.e., no basification and extraction required), easy recycling of the catalyst and lack of substrate inhibition. The biocatalysts maintained their excellent stereoselectivity in MTBE allowing the preparation of optically pure amines (ee >99%) with up to >99% conversion.
- Mutti, Francesco G.,Kroutil, Wolfgang
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p. 3409 - 3413
(2013/02/25)
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- Stereoselectivity of four (R)-selective transaminases for the asymmetric amination of ketones
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Four (R)-ω-transaminases originating from Hyphomonas neptunium (HN-ωTA), Aspergillus terreus (AT-ωTA) and Arthrobacter sp. (ArR-ωTA), as well as an evolved transaminase (ArRmut11-ωTA) were successfully employed for the amination of prochiral ketones leading to optically pure (R)-amines. The first three transaminases displayed perfect stereoselectivity for the amination of all substrates tested (ee >99%). Furthermore, the transaminase AT-ωTA led in most cases to better conversion than ArR-ωTA and HN-ωTA using D-alanine as amine donor. α-Tetralone, which was the only substrate not accepted by HN-ωTA, ArR-ωTA, and AT-ωTA, was successfully transformed with perfect enantioselectivity (ee >99%) into the corresponding optically pure amine employing the variant ArRmut11-ωTA. Copyright
- Mutti, Francesco G.,Fuchs, Christine S.,Pressnitz, Desiree,Sattler, Johann H.,Kroutil, Wolfgang
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experimental part
p. 3227 - 3233
(2012/01/03)
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- Asymmetric synthesis of optically pure pharmacologically relevant amines employing ω-transaminases
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Various ω-transaminases were tested for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure amines from the corresponding ketones employing D- or L-alanine as amino donor and lactate dehydrogenase to remove the side-product pyruvate to shift the unfavourable reaction equilibrium to the product side. Both enantiomers, (R)- and (S)-amines, could be prepared with up to 99% ee and >99% conversions within 24 h at 50 mM substrate concentration. The activity and stereoselectivity of the amination reaction depended on the ω-transaminase and substrate employed; furthermore the co-solvent significantly influenced both the stereoselectivity and activity of the transaminases. Best results were obtained by employing ATA-117 to obtain the (R)-enantiomer and ATA-113 or ATA-103 to access the (S)-enantiomer with 15% v v-1 DMSO.
- Koszelewski, Dominik,Lavandera, Ivan,Clay, Dorina,Rozzell, David,Kroutil, Wolfgang
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p. 2761 - 2766
(2009/10/06)
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- Formal asymmetric biocatalytic reductive amination
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All for one: A combination of three biocatalysts (ω-transaminase, alanine dehydrogenase, and an enzyme such as formate dehydrogenase for cofactor recycling) catalyze a cascade to achieve the asymmetric transformation of a ketone into a primary α-chiral unprotected amine through a formal stereoselective reductive amination (see scheme). Only ammonia and the reducing agent (formate) are consumed during this reaction. (Chemical Equation Presented).
- Koszelewski, Dominik,Lavandera, Ivan,Clay, Dorina,Guebitz, Georg M.,Rozzell, David,Kroutil, Wolfgang
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supporting information; experimental part
p. 9337 - 9340
(2009/05/15)
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