- Kinetic Resolution of Aromatic β-Amino Acids Using a Combination of Phenylalanine Ammonia Lyase and Aminomutase Biocatalysts
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An enzymatic strategy for the preparation of (R)-β-arylalanines employing phenylalanine aminomutase and ammonia lyase (PAM and PAL) enzymes has been demonstrated. Candidate PAMs with the desired (S)-selectivity from Streptomyces maritimus (EncP) and Bacillus sp. (PabH) were identified via sequence analysis using a well-studied template sequence. The newly discovered PabH could be linked to the first ever proposed biosynthesis of pyloricidin-like secondary metabolites and was shown to display better β-lyase activity in many cases. In spite of this, a method combining the higher conversion of EncP with a strict α-lyase from Anabaena variabilis (AvPAL) was found to be more amenable, allowing kinetic resolution of five racemic substrates and a preparative-scale reaction with >98% (R) enantiomeric excess. This work represents an improved and enantiocomplementary method to existing biocatalytic strategies, allowing simple product separation and modular telescopic combination with a preceding chemical step using an achiral aldehyde as starting material. (Figure presented.).
- Weise, Nicholas J.,Ahmed, Syed T.,Parmeggiani, Fabio,Turner, Nicholas J.
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p. 1570 - 1576
(2017/05/05)
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- Influence of the aromatic moiety in α- And β-arylalanines on their biotransformation with phenylalanine 2,3-aminomutase from: Pantoea agglomerans
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In this study enantiomer selective isomerization of various racemic α- and β-arylalanines catalysed by phenylalanine 2,3-aminomutase from Pantoea agglomerans (PaPAM) was investigated. Both α- and β-arylalanines were accepted as substrates when the aryl moiety was relatively small, like phenyl, 2-, 3-, 4-fluorophenyl or thiophen-2-yl. While 2-substituted α-phenylalanines bearing bulky electron withdrawing substituents did not react, the corresponding substituted β-aryl analogues were converted rapidly. Conversion of 3- and 4-substituted α-arylalanines happened smoothly, while conversion of the corresponding β-arylalanines was poor or non-existent. In the range of pH 7-9 there was no significant influence on the conversion of racemic α- or β-(thiophen-2-yl)alanines, whereas increasing the concentration of ammonia (ammonium carbonate from 50 to 1000 mM) inhibited the isomerization progressively and decreased the amount of the by-product (i.e. (E)-3-(thiophen-2-yl)acrylic acid was detected). In all cases, the high ee values of the products indicated excellent enantiomer selectivity and stereospecificity of the isomerization except for (S)-2-nitro-α-phenylalanine (ee 92%) from the β-isomer. Substituent effects were rationalized by computational modelling revealing that one of the main factors controlling biocatalytic activity was the energy difference between the covalent regioisomeric enzyme-substrate complexes.
- Varga, Andrea,Bánóczi, Gergely,Nagy, Botond,Bencze, László Csaba,To?a, Monica Ioana,Gellért, ákos,Irimie, Florin Dan,Rétey, János,Poppe, László,Paizs, Csaba
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p. 56412 - 56420
(2016/07/06)
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- Phenylalanine aminomutase-catalyzed addition of ammonia to substituted cinnamic acids: A route to enantiopure α- and β-amino acids
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(Chemical Equation Presented) An approach is described for the synthesis of aromatic α- and β-amino acids that uses phenylalanine aminomutase to catalyze a highly enantioselective addition of ammonia to substituted cinnamic acids. The reaction has a broad scope and yields substituted α- and β-phenylalanines with excellent enantiomeric excess. The regioselectivity of the conversion is determined by substituents present at the aromatic ring. A box model for the enzyme active site is proposed, derived from the influence of the hydrophobicity of substituents on the enzyme affinity toward various substrates.
- Szymanski, Wiktor,Wu, Bian,Weiner, Barbara,De Wildeman, Stefaan,Feringa, Ben L.,Janssen, Dick B.
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supporting information; experimental part
p. 9152 - 9157
(2010/03/01)
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- A new route to enantiopure β-aryl-substituted β-amino acids and 4-aryl-substituted β-lactams through lipase-catalyzed enantioselective ring cleavage of β-lactams
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A simple and efficient direct enzymatic method was developed for the synthesis of 4-aryl-substituted β-lactams and the corresponding β-amino acid enantiomers through the CAL-B (lipase B from Candida antarctica)-catalyzed enantioselective (E > 200) ring cleavage of the corresponding racemic β-lactams with 1 equiv. of H2O in i-Pr2O at 60°C. The product (R)-β-amino acids (ee ≥ 98%, yields ≥ 42%) and unreacted (S)-β-lactams (ee ≥ 95%, yields ≥ 41%) could be easily separated. The ring opening of enantiomeric β-lactams with 18% HCl afforded the corresponding enantiopure β-amino acid hydrochlorides (ee ≥ 99%).
- Forro, Eniko,Paal, Tihamer,Tasnadi, Gabor,Fueloep, Ferenc
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p. 917 - 923
(2007/10/03)
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