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Fan XY, Yu Y, Yao Y, Li WD, Tao FY, Wang N. Applications of Ene-Reductases in the Synthesis of Flavors and Fragrances. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2024; 72:18305-18320. [PMID: 38966982 PMCID: PMC11342376 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.4c02897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2024] [Revised: 06/26/2024] [Accepted: 06/28/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024]
Abstract
Flavors and fragrances (F&F) are interesting organic compounds in chemistry. These compounds are widely used in the food, cosmetic, and medical industries. Enzymatic synthesis exhibits several advantages over natural extraction and chemical preparation, including a high yield, stable quality, mildness, and environmental friendliness. To date, many oxidoreductases and hydrolases have been used to biosynthesize F&F. Ene-reductases (ERs) are a class of biocatalysts that can catalyze the asymmetric reduction of α,β-unsaturated compounds and offer superior specificity and selectivity; therefore, ERs have been increasingly considered an ideal alternative to their chemical counterparts. This review summarizes the research progress on the use of ERs in F&F synthesis over the past 20 years, including the achievements of various scholars, the differences and similarities among the findings, and the discussions of future research trends related to ERs. We hope this review can inspire researchers to promote the development of biotechnology in the F&F industry.
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- Xin-Yue Fan
- Key
Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education,
College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, People’s
Republic of China
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- Key
Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education,
College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, People’s
Republic of China
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- Key
Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education,
College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, People’s
Republic of China
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- Harmful
Components and Tar Reduction in Cigarette Key Laboratory of Sichuan
Province, China Tobacco Sichuan Industrial
Company, Limited, Chengdu, Sichuan 610066, People’s Republic of China
- Sichuan
Sanlian New Material Company, Limited, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, People’s Republic
of China
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- Harmful
Components and Tar Reduction in Cigarette Key Laboratory of Sichuan
Province, China Tobacco Sichuan Industrial
Company, Limited, Chengdu, Sichuan 610066, People’s Republic of China
- Sichuan
Sanlian New Material Company, Limited, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, People’s Republic
of China
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- Key
Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education,
College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, People’s
Republic of China
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Liang C, Duan X, Gao H, Shahab M, Zheng G. Chemoenzymatic synthesis of (1R,3R)-3-hydroxycyclopentanemethanol: An intermediate of carbocyclic-ddA. J Biosci Bioeng 2024; 138:111-117. [PMID: 38824112 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2024.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2024] [Revised: 04/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/03/2024]
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The synthesis of carbocyclic-ddA, a potent antiviral agent against hepatitis B, relies significantly on (1R,3R)-3-hydroxycyclopentanemethanol as a key intermediate. To effectively produce this intermediate, our study employed a chemoenzymatic approach. The selection of appropriate biocatalysts was based on substrate similarity, leading us to adopt the CrS enoate reductase derived from Thermus scotoductus SA-01. Additionally, we developed an enzymatic system for NADH regeneration, utilising formate dehydrogenase from Candida boidinii. This system facilitated the efficient catalysis of (S)-4-(hydroxymethyl)cyclopent-2-enone, resulting in the formation of (3R)-3-(hydroxymethyl) cyclopentanone. Furthermore, we successfully cloned, expressed, purified, and characterized the CrS enzyme in Escherichia coli. Optimal reaction conditions were determined, revealing that the highest activity occurred at 45 °C and pH 8.0. By employing 5 mM (S)-4-(hydroxymethyl)cyclopent-2-enone, 0.05 mM FMN, 0.2 mM NADH, 10 μM CrS, 40 μM formic acid dehydrogenase, and 40 mM sodium formate, complete conversion was achieved within 45 min at 35 °C and pH 7.0. Subsequently, (1R,3R)-3-hydroxycyclopentanemethanol was obtained through a simple three-step chemical conversion process. This study not only presents an effective method for synthesizing the crucial intermediate but also highlights the importance of biocatalysts and enzymatic systems in chemoenzymatic synthesis approaches.
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- Chaoqun Liang
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resources Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China; Bontac Bio-Engineering (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resources Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resources Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resources Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resources Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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Cancellieri MC, Nobbio C, Gatti FG, Brenna E, Parmeggiani F. Applications of biocatalytic CC bond reductions in the synthesis of flavours and fragrances. J Biotechnol 2024; 390:13-27. [PMID: 38761886 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2024.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Revised: 05/09/2024] [Accepted: 05/10/2024] [Indexed: 05/20/2024]
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Industrial biotechnology and biocatalysis can provide very effective synthetic tools to increase the sustainability of the production of fine chemicals, especially flavour and fragrance (F&F) ingredients, the market demand of which has been constantly increasing in the last years. One of the most important transformations in F&F chemistry is the reduction of CC bonds, typically carried out with metal-catalysed hydrogenations or hydride-based reagents. Its biocatalytic counterpart is a competitive alternative, showcasing a range of advantages such as excellent chemo-, regio- and stereoselectivity, ease of implementation, mild reaction conditions and modest environmental impact. In the present review, the application of biocatalysed alkene reductions (from microbial fermentations with wild-type strains to engineered isolated ene-reductase enzymes) to synthetic processes useful for the F&F industry will be described, highlighting not only the exquisite stereoselectivity achieved, but also the overall improvement when chirality is not involved. Multi-enzymatic cascades involving CC bioreductions are also examined, which allow much greater chemical complexity to be built in one-pot biocatalytic systems.
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- Maria C Cancellieri
- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy.
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Zhang J, Li Y, Gao H, Zhang H, Zhang X, Rao Z, Xu M. N-terminal truncation (N-) and directional proton transfer in an old yellow enzyme enables tunable efficient producing (R)- or (S)-citronellal. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 262:130129. [PMID: 38354939 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.130129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2023] [Revised: 02/07/2024] [Accepted: 02/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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(R)-Citronellal is a valuable molecule as the precursor for the industrial synthesis of (-)-menthol, one of the worldwide best-selling compounds in the flavors and fragrances field. However, its biocatalytic production, even from the optically pure substrate (E)-citral, is inherently limited by the activity of Old Yellow Enzyme (OYE). Herein, we rationally designed a different approach to increase the activity of OYE in biocatalytic production. The activity of OYE from Corynebacterium glutamicum (CgOYE) is increased, as well as superior thermal stability and pH tolerance via truncating the different lengths of regions at N-terminal of CgOYE. Next, we converted the truncation mutant N31-CgOYE, a protein involved in proton transfer for the asymmetric hydrogenation of CC bonds, into highly (R)- and (S)-stereoselective enzymes using only three mutations. The mixture of racemic (E/Z)-citral is reduced into the (R)-citronellal with ee and conversion up to 99 % by the mutant of CgOYE, overcoming the problem of the reduction for the mixtures of (E/Z)-citral in biocatalytic reaction. The present work provides a general and effective strategy for improving the activity of OYE, in which the partially conserved histidine residues provide "tunable gating" for the enantioselectivity for both the (R)- and (S)-isomerases.
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- Jie Zhang
- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Applied Microorganisms and Metabolic Engineering, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Applied Microorganisms and Metabolic Engineering, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Applied Microorganisms and Metabolic Engineering, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Applied Microorganisms and Metabolic Engineering, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Applied Microorganisms and Metabolic Engineering, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Applied Microorganisms and Metabolic Engineering, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Applied Microorganisms and Metabolic Engineering, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China..
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Wu S, Wang Q, Ma X, Qiu L, Yan H. Modulation of the catalytic performance of OYE3 by engineering key residues at the entrance of the catalytic pocket. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2023; 70:1720-1730. [PMID: 37073879 DOI: 10.1002/bab.2468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2022] [Revised: 03/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/20/2023]
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The amino acid residues at the entrance of the catalytic pocket may impose steric hindrance on the substrate to enter the active center of the enzyme. Based on the analysis of the three-dimensional structure of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae old yellow enzyme 3 (OYE3), four bulky residues were chosen and mutated to small amino acids. The results showed that mutation of the W116 residue had interesting impacts on the catalytic performance. All four variants became inactive for the reduction of (R)-carvone and (S)-carvone, but inverted the stereoselectivity for the reduction of (E/Z)-citral. The mutation of the F250 residue had a more positive effect on the activity and stereoselectivity. Two variants, F250A and F250S, showed excellent diastereoselectivity and activity for the reduction of (R)-carvone (de > 99%, c > 99%) and increased diastereoselectivity and activity for the reduction of (S)-carvone (de > 96%, c > 80%). One variant of the P295 residue, P295G, displayed excellent diastereoselectivity and activity only for the reduction of (R)-carvone (de > 99%, c > 99%). Mutation of the Y375 residue had a negative impact on the activity of the enzyme. These findings provide some solutions for rational enzyme engineering of OYE3.
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- Shijin Wu
- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Pharmaceutical University, Ningbo, China
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Clements HD, Flynn AR, Nicholls BT, Grosheva D, Lefave SJ, Merriman MT, Hyster TK, Sigman MS. Using Data Science for Mechanistic Insights and Selectivity Predictions in a Non-Natural Biocatalytic Reaction. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:17656-17664. [PMID: 37530568 PMCID: PMC10602048 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/03/2023]
Abstract
The study of non-natural biocatalytic transformations relies heavily on empirical methods, such as directed evolution, for identifying improved variants. Although exceptionally effective, this approach provides limited insight into the molecular mechanisms behind the transformations and necessitates multiple protein engineering campaigns for new reactants. To address this limitation, we disclose a strategy to explore the biocatalytic reaction space and garner insight into the molecular mechanisms driving enzymatic transformations. Specifically, we explored the selectivity of an "ene"-reductase, GluER-T36A, to create a data-driven toolset that explores reaction space and rationalizes the observed and predicted selectivities of substrate/mutant combinations. The resultant statistical models related structural features of the enzyme and substrate to selectivity and were used to effectively predict selectivity in reactions with out-of-sample substrates and mutants. Our approach provided a deeper understanding of enantioinduction by GluER-T36A and holds the potential to enhance the virtual screening of enzyme mutants.
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- Hanna D Clements
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, 122 Baker Laboratory, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, 122 Baker Laboratory, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, 122 Baker Laboratory, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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Yamasaki K. Old yellow enzyme of a novel fungi‐specific class. FEBS J 2022; 289:5527-5530. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.16526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Kazuhiko Yamasaki
- Biomedical Research Institute National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Tsukuba Japan
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Wu S, Wang B, Yan H. Semi-rational protein engineering of a novel ene-reductase from Galdieria sulphuraria for asymmetric reduction of (R)-carvone and ketoisophorone. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2022; 70:697-706. [PMID: 35906824 DOI: 10.1002/bab.2391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Asymmetric reduction of (R)-carvone and ketoisophorone by an engineered ene-reductase from Galdieria sulphuraria (GsOYE) combined with glucose dehydrogenase for NADPH regeneration were studied. A semi-rational protein engineering was used to enhance the activity and selectivity of GsOYE. Upon the sequence alignment and molecular docking results, two amino acid residues at positions 66 and 270 were selected as saturation mutation sites. Finally, a single substitution variant of GsOYE-N270A with complete conversion (100%) and diastereoselectivity (dep >99%) for reduction of (R)-carvone and a double substitution variant GsOYE-Y66P/N270H with improved stereoselectivity for reduction of ketoisophorone were obtained. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Shijin Wu
- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China.,School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Chongqing Industry Polytechnic College, Chongqing, China
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Ding Y, Perez-Ortiz G, Peate J, Barry SM. Redesigning Enzymes for Biocatalysis: Exploiting Structural Understanding for Improved Selectivity. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:908285. [PMID: 35936784 PMCID: PMC9355150 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.908285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The discovery of new enzymes, alongside the push to make chemical processes more sustainable, has resulted in increased industrial interest in the use of biocatalytic processes to produce high-value and chiral precursor chemicals. Huge strides in protein engineering methodology and in silico tools have facilitated significant progress in the discovery and production of enzymes for biocatalytic processes. However, there are significant gaps in our knowledge of the relationship between enzyme structure and function. This has demonstrated the need for improved computational methods to model mechanisms and understand structure dynamics. Here, we explore efforts to rationally modify enzymes toward changing aspects of their catalyzed chemistry. We highlight examples of enzymes where links between enzyme function and structure have been made, thus enabling rational changes to the enzyme structure to give predictable chemical outcomes. We look at future directions the field could take and the technologies that will enable it.
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Parmeggiani F, Brenna E, Colombo D, Gatti FG, Tentori F, Tessaro D. "A Study in Yellow": Investigations in the Stereoselectivity of Ene-Reductases. Chembiochem 2021; 23:e202100445. [PMID: 34586700 PMCID: PMC9292831 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202100445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Revised: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Ene‐reductases from the Old Yellow Enzyme (OYE) superfamily are a well‐known and efficient biocatalytic alternative for the asymmetric reduction of C=C bonds. Considering the broad variety of substituents that can be tolerated, and the excellent stereoselectivities achieved, it is apparent why these enzymes are so appealing for preparative and industrial applications. Different classes of C=C bonds activated by at least one electron‐withdrawing group have been shown to be accepted by these versatile biocatalysts in the last decades, affording a vast range of chiral intermediates employed in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, flavours, fragrances and fine chemicals. In order to access both enantiomers of reduced products, stereodivergent pairs of OYEs are desirable, but their natural occurrence is limited. The detailed knowledge of the stereochemical course of the reaction can uncover alternative strategies to orient the selectivity via mutagenesis, evolution, and substrate engineering. An overview of the ongoing studies on OYE‐mediated bioreductions will be provided, with particular focus on stereochemical investigations by deuterium labelling.
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- Fabio Parmeggiani
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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Engineering of Yeast Old Yellow Enzyme OYE3 Enables Its Capability Discriminating of ( E)-Citral and ( Z)-Citral. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26165040. [PMID: 34443627 PMCID: PMC8399149 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26165040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Revised: 08/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The importance of yeast old yellow enzymes is increasingly recognized for direct asymmetric reduction of (E/Z)-citral to (R)-citronellal. As one of the most performing old yellow enzymes, the enzyme OYE3 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C exhibited complementary enantioselectivity for the reduction of (E)-citral and (Z)-citral, resulting in lower e.e. value of (R)-citronellal in the reduction of (E/Z)-citral. To develop a novel approach for the direct synthesis of enantio-pure (R)-citronellal from the reduction of (E/Z)-citral, the enzyme OYE3 was firstly modified by semi-rational design to improve its (R)-enantioselectivity. The OYE3 variants W116A and S296F showed strict (R)-enantioselectivity in the reduction of (E)-citral, and significantly reversed the (S)-enantioselectivity in the reduction of (Z)-citral. Next, the double substitution of OYE3 led to the unique variant S296F/W116G, which exhibited strict (R)-enantioselectivity in the reduction of (E)-citral and (E/Z)-citral, but was not active on (Z)-citral. Relying on its capability discriminating (E)-citral and (Z)-citral, a new cascade reaction catalyzed by the OYE3 variant S296F/W116G and glucose dehydrogenase was developed, providing the enantio-pure (R)-citronellal and the retained (Z)-citral after complete reduction of (E)-citral.
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Liu G, Li S, Shi Q, Li H, Guo J, Ouyang J, Jia X, Zhang L, You S, Qin B. Engineering of Saccharomyces pastorianus old yellow enzyme 1 for the synthesis of pharmacologically active (S)-profen derivatives. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2021.111568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Hollmann F, Opperman DJ, Paul CE. Biocatalytic Reduction Reactions from a Chemist's Perspective. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:5644-5665. [PMID: 32330347 PMCID: PMC7983917 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202001876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Reductions play a key role in organic synthesis, producing chiral products with new functionalities. Enzymes can catalyse such reactions with exquisite stereo-, regio- and chemoselectivity, leading the way to alternative shorter classical synthetic routes towards not only high-added-value compounds but also bulk chemicals. In this review we describe the synthetic state-of-the-art and potential of enzymes that catalyse reductions, ranging from carbonyl, enone and aromatic reductions to reductive aminations.
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- Frank Hollmann
- Department of BiotechnologyDelft University of TechnologyVan der Maasweg 92629 HZDelftThe Netherlands
- Department of BiotechnologyUniversity of the Free State205 Nelson Mandela DriveBloemfontein9300South Africa
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- Department of BiotechnologyUniversity of the Free State205 Nelson Mandela DriveBloemfontein9300South Africa
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- Department of BiotechnologyDelft University of TechnologyVan der Maasweg 92629 HZDelftThe Netherlands
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A robust and stereocomplementary panel of ene-reductase variants for gram-scale asymmetric hydrogenation. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2021.111404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Hollmann F, Opperman DJ, Paul CE. Biokatalytische Reduktionen aus der Sicht eines Chemikers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202001876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Frank Hollmann
- Department of Biotechnology Delft University of Technology Van der Maasweg 9 2629 HZ Delft Niederlande
- Department of Biotechnology University of the Free State 205 Nelson Mandela Drive Bloemfontein 9300 Südafrika
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- Department of Biotechnology University of the Free State 205 Nelson Mandela Drive Bloemfontein 9300 Südafrika
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- Department of Biotechnology Delft University of Technology Van der Maasweg 9 2629 HZ Delft Niederlande
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Old yellow enzymes: structures and structure-guided engineering for stereocomplementary bioreduction. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 104:8155-8170. [PMID: 32830294 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-10845-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Revised: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Since the first discovery of old yellow enzyme 1 (OYE1) from Saccharomyces pastorianus in 1932, biocatalytic asymmetric reduction of activated alkenes by OYEs has become a valuable reaction in organic synthesis. To access stereocomplementary C=C-bond bioreduction, the mining of novel OYEs and especially the protein engineering of existing OYEs have been performed, which successfully achieved the stereocomplementary reduction in several cases and further raise the potential of applications. In this review, we analyzed the structures, active sites, and substrate recognition of OYEs, which are the bases for their substrate specificity and stereospecificity. Sequence similarity network of OYEs superfamily was also constructed to investigate the scope of characterized OYEs. The structure-guided engineering to switch the stereoselectivity of OYEs and thus access stereocomplementary bioreduction over the last decade (2009-2020) was then reviewed and discussed, which might give new insights into the mining and engineering of related biocatalysts. KEY POINTS: • The sequence similarity network of OYEs superfamily was constructed and annotated. • The structures and active sites of OYEs from different classes were compared. • "Left/right" binding mode was used to explain the stereopreferences of OYEs. • Structure-guided engineering of OYEs to switch their stereoselectivity was reviewed.
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Tseliou V, Knaus T, Masman MF, Corrado ML, Mutti FG. Generation of amine dehydrogenases with increased catalytic performance and substrate scope from ε-deaminating L-Lysine dehydrogenase. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3717. [PMID: 31420547 PMCID: PMC6697735 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11509-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Amine dehydrogenases (AmDHs) catalyse the conversion of ketones into enantiomerically pure amines at the sole expense of ammonia and hydride source. Guided by structural information from computational models, we create AmDHs that can convert pharmaceutically relevant aromatic ketones with conversions up to quantitative and perfect chemical and optical purities. These AmDHs are created from an unconventional enzyme scaffold that apparently does not operate any asymmetric transformation in its natural reaction. Additionally, the best variant (LE-AmDH-v1) displays a unique substrate-dependent switch of enantioselectivity, affording S- or R-configured amine products with up to >99.9% enantiomeric excess. These findings are explained by in silico studies. LE-AmDH-v1 is highly thermostable (Tm of 69 °C), retains almost entirely its catalytic activity upon incubation up to 50 °C for several days, and operates preferentially at 50 °C and pH 9.0. This study also demonstrates that product inhibition can be a critical factor in AmDH-catalysed reductive amination.
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- Vasilis Tseliou
- Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, HIMS-Biocat, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, HIMS-Biocat, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, HIMS-Biocat, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, HIMS-Biocat, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, HIMS-Biocat, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Colombo D, Brenna E, Gatti FG, Ghezzi MC, Monti D, Parmeggiani F, Tentori F. Chemoselective Biohydrogenation of Alkenes in the Presence of Alkynes for the Homologation of 2‐Alkynals/3‐Alkyn‐2‐ones into 4‐Alkynals/Alkynols. Adv Synth Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201900177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Danilo Colombo
- Dipartimento di ChimicaMateriali ed Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta” Politecnico di Milano Via Mancinelli, 7 20131 Milano Italy
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- Dipartimento di ChimicaMateriali ed Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta” Politecnico di Milano Via Mancinelli, 7 20131 Milano Italy
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- Dipartimento di ChimicaMateriali ed Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta” Politecnico di Milano Via Mancinelli, 7 20131 Milano Italy
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- Dipartimento di ChimicaMateriali ed Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta” Politecnico di Milano Via Mancinelli, 7 20131 Milano Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica del Riconoscimento Molecolare, C.N.R. Via Mario Bianco, 9 20131 Milano Italy
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- Dipartimento di ChimicaMateriali ed Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta” Politecnico di Milano Via Mancinelli, 7 20131 Milano Italy
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- Dipartimento di ChimicaMateriali ed Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta” Politecnico di Milano Via Mancinelli, 7 20131 Milano Italy
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Crotti M, Parmeggiani F, Ferrandi EE, Gatti FG, Sacchetti A, Riva S, Brenna E, Monti D. Stereoselectivity Switch in the Reduction of α-Alkyl-β-Arylenones by Structure-Guided Designed Variants of the Ene Reductase OYE1. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2019; 7:89. [PMID: 31080798 PMCID: PMC6497740 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2019.00089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Ene reductases from the Old Yellow Enzyme (OYE) family are industrially interesting enzymes for the biocatalytic asymmetric reduction of alkenes. To access both enantiomers of the target reduced products, stereocomplementary pairs of OYE enzymes are necessary, but their natural occurrence is quite limited. A library of wild type ene reductases from different sources was screened in the stereoselective reduction of a set of representative α-alkyl-β-arylenones to investigate the naturally available biodiversity. As far as the bioreduction of the ethyl ketone derivatives concerns, the results confirmed the distinctiveness of the OYE3 enzyme in affording the reduced product in the (S) configuration, while all the other tested ene reductases from the Old Yellow Enzymes family showed the same stereoselectivity toward the formation of corresponding (R) enantiomer. A possible determinant role of the "hot spot" residue in position 296 for the stereoselectivity control of these reactions was confirmed by the replacement of Phe296 of OYE1 with Ser as found in OYE3. Further investigations showed that the same stereoselectivity switch in OYE1 could be achieved also by the replacement of Trp116 with Ala and Val, these experimental results being rationalized by structural and docking studies. Moreover, an additive effect on the stereoselectivity of OYE1 was observed when coupling the selected mutations in position 296 and 116, thus providing two extremely enantioselective variants of OYE1 (W116A-F296S, W116V-F296S) showing the opposite stereoselectivity of the wild type enzyme. Lastly, the effects of the mutations on the bioreduction of carvone enantiomers were investigated as well.
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- Michele Crotti
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica del Riconoscimento Molecolare, C.N.R., Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica del Riconoscimento Molecolare, C.N.R., Milan, Italy
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Ying X, Yu S, Huang M, Wei R, Meng S, Cheng F, Yu M, Ying M, Zhao M, Wang Z. Engineering the Enantioselectivity of Yeast Old Yellow Enzyme OYE2y in Asymmetric Reduction of ( E/ Z)-Citral to ( R)-Citronellal. Molecules 2019; 24:E1057. [PMID: 30889828 PMCID: PMC6470962 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24061057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2019] [Revised: 03/13/2019] [Accepted: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The members of the Old Yellow Enzyme (OYE) family are capable of catalyzing the asymmetric reduction of (E/Z)-citral to (R)-citronellal-a key intermediate in the synthesis of L-menthol. The applications of OYE-mediated biotransformation are usually hampered by its insufficient enantioselectivity and low activity. Here, the (R)-enantioselectivity of Old Yellow Enzyme from Saccharomyces cerevisiae CICC1060 (OYE2y) was enhanced through protein engineering. The single mutations of OYE2y revealed that the sites R330 and P76 could act as the enantioselectivity switch of OYE2y. Site-saturation mutagenesis was conducted to generate all possible replacements for the sites R330 and P76, yielding 17 and five variants with improved (R)-enantioselectivity in the (E/Z)-citral reduction, respectively. Among them, the variants R330H and P76C partly reversed the neral derived enantioselectivity from 32.66% e.e. (S) to 71.92% e.e. (R) and 37.50% e.e. (R), respectively. The docking analysis of OYE2y and its variants revealed that the substitutions R330H and P76C enabled neral to bind with a flipped orientation in the active site and thus reverse the enantioselectivity. Remarkably, the double substitutions of R330H/P76M, P76G/R330H, or P76S/R330H further improved (R)-enantioselectivity to >99% e.e. in the reduction of (E)-citral or (E/Z)-citral. The results demonstrated that it was feasible to alter the enantioselectivity of OYEs through engineering key residue distant from active sites, e.g., R330 in OYE2y.
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- Xiangxian Ying
- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech Univeristy, Hangzhou 310018, China.
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- Grain and Oil Products Quality Inspection Center of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310012, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China.
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Issa IS, Toogood HS, Johannissen LO, Raftery J, Scrutton NS, Gardiner JM. C3 and C6 Modification-Specific OYE Biotransformations of Synthetic Carvones and Sequential BVMO Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Chiral Caprolactones. Chemistry 2019; 25:2983-2988. [PMID: 30468546 PMCID: PMC6468273 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201805219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2018] [Revised: 11/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The scope for biocatalytic modification of non-native carvone derivatives for speciality intermediates has hitherto been limited. Additionally, caprolactones are important feedstocks with diverse applications in the polymer industry and new non-native terpenone-derived biocatalytic caprolactone syntheses are thus of potential value for industrial biocatalytic materials applications. Biocatalytic reduction of synthetic analogues of R-(-)-carvone with additional substituents at C3 or C6, or both C3 and C6, using three types of OYEs (OYE2, PETNR and OYE3) shows significant impact of both regio-substitution and the substrate diastereomer. Bioreduction of (-)-carvone derivatives substituted with a Me and/or OH group at C6 is highly dependent on the diastereomer of the substrate. Derivatives bearing C6 substituents larger than methyl moieties are not substrates. Computer docking studies of PETNR with both (6S)-Me and (6R)-Me substituted (-)-carvone provides a model consistent with the outcomes of bioconversion. The products of bioreduction were efficiently biotransformed by the Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase (BVase) CHMO_Phi1 to afford novel trisubstituted lactones with complete regioselectivity to provide a new biocatalytic entry to these chiral caprolactones. This provides both new non-native polymerization feedstock chemicals, but also with enhanced efficiency and selectivity over native (+)-dihydrocarvone Baeyer-Villigerase expansion. Optimum enzymatic reactions were scaled up to 60-100 mg, demonstrating the utility for preparative biocatalytic synthesis of both new synthetic scaffold-modified dihydrocarvones and efficient biocatalytic entry to new chiral caprolactones, which are potential single-isomer chiral polymer feedstocks.
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- Issa S. Issa
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and the School of ChemistryThe University of Manchester131 Princess StreetManchesterM1 7DNUK
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- BBSRC/EPSRC Manchester Synthetic Biology Research Centre, for Fine and Specialty Chemicals (SYNBIOCHEM), Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and the School of ChemistryThe University of Manchester131 Princess StreetManchesterM1 7DNUK
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- BBSRC/EPSRC Manchester Synthetic Biology Research Centre, for Fine and Specialty Chemicals (SYNBIOCHEM), Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and the School of ChemistryThe University of Manchester131 Princess StreetManchesterM1 7DNUK
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and the School of ChemistryThe University of Manchester131 Princess StreetManchesterM1 7DNUK
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- BBSRC/EPSRC Manchester Synthetic Biology Research Centre, for Fine and Specialty Chemicals (SYNBIOCHEM), Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and the School of ChemistryThe University of Manchester131 Princess StreetManchesterM1 7DNUK
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and the School of ChemistryThe University of Manchester131 Princess StreetManchesterM1 7DNUK
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Guo J, Zhang R, Ouyang J, Zhang F, Qin F, Liu G, Zhang W, Li H, Ji X, Jia X, Qin B, You S. Stereodivergent Synthesis of Carveol and Dihydrocarveol through Ketoreductases/Ene‐Reductases Catalyzed Asymmetric Reduction. ChemCatChem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201801391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Jiyang Guo
- School of Life Sciences and Biopharmaceutical SciencesShenyang Pharmaceutical University 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 P.R. China
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- Wuya College of InnovationShenyang Pharmaceutical University 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 P.R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical EngineeringShenyang Pharmaceutical University 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 P.R. China
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- School of Life Sciences and Biopharmaceutical SciencesShenyang Pharmaceutical University 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 P.R. China
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- School of Life Sciences and Biopharmaceutical SciencesShenyang Pharmaceutical University 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 P.R. China
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- Wuya College of InnovationShenyang Pharmaceutical University 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 P.R. China
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- School of Life Sciences and Biopharmaceutical SciencesShenyang Pharmaceutical University 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 P.R. China
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- School of Life Sciences and Biopharmaceutical SciencesShenyang Pharmaceutical University 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 P.R. China
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- Wuya College of InnovationShenyang Pharmaceutical University 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 P.R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical EngineeringShenyang Pharmaceutical University 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 P.R. China
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- Wuya College of InnovationShenyang Pharmaceutical University 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 P.R. China
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- School of Life Sciences and Biopharmaceutical SciencesShenyang Pharmaceutical University 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 P.R. China
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Scholtissek A, Gädke E, Paul CE, Westphal AH, van Berkel WJH, Tischler D. Catalytic Performance of a Class III Old Yellow Enzyme and Its Cysteine Variants. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2410. [PMID: 30369915 PMCID: PMC6194350 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2018] [Accepted: 09/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Class III old yellow enzymes (OYEs) contain a conserved cysteine in their active sites. To address the role of this cysteine in OYE-mediated asymmetric synthesis, we have studied the biocatalytic properties of OYERo2a from Rhodococcus opacus 1CP (WT) as well as its engineered variants C25A, C25S and C25G. OYERo2a in its redox resting state (oxidized form) is irreversibly inactivated by N-methylmaleimide. As anticipated, inactivation does not occur with the Cys variants. Steady-state kinetics with this maleimide substrate revealed that C25S and C25G doubled the turnover frequency (k cat) while showing increased K M values compared to WT, and that C25A performed more similar to WT. Applying the substrate 2-cyclohexen-1-one, the Cys variants were less active and less efficient than WT. OYERo2a and its Cys variants showed different activities with NADPH, the natural reductant. The variants did bind NADPH less well but k cat was significantly increased. The most efficient variant was C25G. Replacement of NADPH with the cost-effective synthetic cofactor 1-benzyl-1,4-dihydronicotinamide (BNAH) drastically changed the catalytic behavior. Again C25G was most active and showed a similar efficiency as WT. Biocatalysis experiments showed that OYERo2a, C25S, and C25G converted N-phenyl-2-methylmaleimide equally well (81-84%) with an enantiomeric excess (ee) of more than 99% for the R-product. With cyclic ketones, the highest conversion (89%) and ee (>99%) was observed for the reaction of WT with R-carvone. A remarkable poor conversion of cyclic ketones occurred with C25G. In summary, we established that the generation of a cysteine-free enzyme and cofactor optimization allows the development of more robust class III OYEs.
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- Anika Scholtissek
- Environmental Microbiology Group, Interdisciplinary Ecological Center, Institute of Biosciences, Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany
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- Environmental Microbiology Group, Interdisciplinary Ecological Center, Institute of Biosciences, Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany
- Microbial Biotechnology, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Microbial Biotechnology, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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Complex molecules, clever solutions – Enzymatic approaches towards natural product and active agent syntheses. Bioorg Med Chem 2018; 26:1285-1303. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.06.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2017] [Revised: 05/29/2017] [Accepted: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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In silico and in vitro studies of the reduction of unsaturated α,β bonds of trans-2-hexenedioic acid and 6-amino-trans-2-hexenoic acid - Important steps towards biobased production of adipic acid. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0193503. [PMID: 29474495 PMCID: PMC5825115 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2017] [Accepted: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The biobased production of adipic acid, a precursor in the production of nylon, is of great interest in order to replace the current petrochemical production route. Glucose-rich lignocellulosic raw materials have high potential to replace the petrochemical raw material. A number of metabolic pathways have been proposed for the microbial conversion of glucose to adipic acid, but achieved yields and titers remain to be improved before industrial applications are feasible. One proposed pathway starts with lysine, an essential metabolite industrially produced from glucose by microorganisms. However, the drawback of this pathway is that several reactions are involved where there is no known efficient enzyme. By changing the order of the enzymatic reactions, we were able to identify an alternative pathway with one unknown enzyme less compared to the original pathway. One of the reactions lacking known enzymes is the reduction of the unsaturated α,β bond of 6-amino-trans-2-hexenoic acid and trans-2-hexenedioic acid. To identify the necessary enzymes, we selected N-ethylmaleimide reductase from Escherichia coli and Old Yellow Enzyme 1 from Saccharomyces pastorianus. Despite successful in silico docking studies, where both target substrates could fit in the enzyme pockets, and hydrogen bonds with catalytic residues of both enzymes were predicted, no in vitro activity was observed. We hypothesize that the lack of activity is due to a difference in electron withdrawing potential between the naturally reduced aldehyde and the carboxylate groups of our target substrates. Suggestions for protein engineering to induce the reactions are discussed, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of the two metabolic pathways from lysine. We have highlighted bottlenecks associated with the lysine pathways, and proposed ways of addressing them.
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Powell, III RW, Buteler MP, Lenka S, Crotti M, Santangelo S, Burg MJ, Bruner S, Brenna E, Roitberg AE, Stewart JD. Investigating Saccharomyces cerevisiae alkene reductase OYE 3 by substrate profiling, X-ray crystallography and computational methods. Catal Sci Technol 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cy00440d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae OYE 3 and OYE 1 share 80% sequence identity, but sometimes differ in stereoselectivities.
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- Department of Chemistry
- 126 Sisler Hall
- University of Florida
- Gainesville
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- 126 Sisler Hall
- University of Florida
- Gainesville
- USA
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- Dipartimento di Chimica
- Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta” Politecnico di Milano
- Milano
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica
- Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta” Politecnico di Milano
- Milano
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry
- 126 Sisler Hall
- University of Florida
- Gainesville
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- 126 Sisler Hall
- University of Florida
- Gainesville
- USA
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- Dipartimento di Chimica
- Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta” Politecnico di Milano
- Milano
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry
- 126 Sisler Hall
- University of Florida
- Gainesville
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- 126 Sisler Hall
- University of Florida
- Gainesville
- USA
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de Paula BR, Zampieri DS, Nasário FD, Rodrigues JAR, Moran PJ. Regioselectivity Control of Enone Reduction Mediated by Aqueous Baker's Yeast with Addition of Ionic Liquid [bmim(PF 6 )]. BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2017.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Brenna E, Crotti M, Gatti FG, Monti D, Parmeggiani F, Pugliese A. One-Pot Multi-Enzymatic Synthesis of the Four Stereoisomers of 4-Methylheptan-3-ol. Molecules 2017; 22:molecules22101591. [PMID: 28937625 PMCID: PMC6151462 DOI: 10.3390/molecules22101591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Revised: 09/12/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The use of pheromones in the integrated pest management of insects is currently considered a sustainable and environmentally benign alternative to hazardous insecticides. 4-Methylheptan-3-ol is an interesting example of an insect pheromone, because its stereoisomers are active towards different species. All four possible stereoisomers of this compound were prepared from 4-methylhept-4-en-3-one by a one-pot procedure in which the two stereogenic centres were created during two sequential reductions catalysed by an ene-reductase (ER) and an alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), respectively.
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- Elisabetta Brenna
- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali, Ingegneria Chimica, Via Mancinelli 7, I-20131 Milano, Italy.
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali, Ingegneria Chimica, Via Mancinelli 7, I-20131 Milano, Italy.
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali, Ingegneria Chimica, Via Mancinelli 7, I-20131 Milano, Italy.
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- Istituto di Chimica del Riconoscimento Molecolare-CNR, Via M. Bianco 9, I-20131 Milano, Italy.
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali, Ingegneria Chimica, Via Mancinelli 7, I-20131 Milano, Italy.
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali, Ingegneria Chimica, Via Mancinelli 7, I-20131 Milano, Italy.
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Old Yellow Enzyme-Catalysed Asymmetric Hydrogenation: Linking Family Roots with Improved Catalysis. Catalysts 2017. [DOI: 10.3390/catal7050130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Nett N, Duewel S, Richter AA, Hoebenreich S. Revealing Additional Stereocomplementary Pairs of Old Yellow Enzymes by Rational Transfer of Engineered Residues. Chembiochem 2017; 18:685-691. [PMID: 28107586 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201600688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Every year numerous protein engineering and directed evolution studies are published, increasing the knowledge that could be used by protein engineers. Here we test a protein engineering strategy that allows quick access to improved biocatalysts with very little screening effort. Conceptually it is assumed that engineered residues previously identified by rational and random methods induce similar improvements when transferred to family members. In an application to ene-reductases from the Old Yellow Enzyme (OYE) family, the newly created variants were tested with three compounds, revealing more stereocomplementary OYE pairs with potent turnover frequencies (up to 660 h-1 ) and excellent stereoselectivities (up to >99 %). Although systematic prediction of absolute enantioselectivity of OYE variants remains a challenge, "scaffold sampling" was confirmed as a promising addition to protein engineers' collection of strategies.
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- Nathalie Nett
- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032, Marburg, Germany
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Paula BRS, Zampieri D, Rodrigues JAR, Moran PJS. Bioreduction of α-Acetoxymethyl Enones: Proposal for an SN2′ Mechanism Catalyzed by Enereductase. Adv Synth Catal 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201600601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Bruno R. S. Paula
- Institute of Chemistry; University of Campinas; 13084-971 Campinas-SP Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry; University of Campinas; 13084-971 Campinas-SP Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry; University of Campinas; 13084-971 Campinas-SP Brazil
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Sun Z, Lonsdale R, Wu L, Li G, Li A, Wang J, Zhou J, Reetz MT. Structure-Guided Triple-Code Saturation Mutagenesis: Efficient Tuning of the Stereoselectivity of an Epoxide Hydrolase. ACS Catal 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b02751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Zhoutong Sun
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Fachbereich Chemie der Philipps-Universität, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Fachbereich Chemie der Philipps-Universität, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Fachbereich Chemie der Philipps-Universität, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Fachbereich Chemie der Philipps-Universität, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Fachbereich Chemie der Philipps-Universität, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Fachbereich Chemie der Philipps-Universität, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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Brenna E, Crotti M, Gatti FG, Monti D, Parmeggiani F, Powell RW, Santangelo S, Stewart JD. Opposite Enantioselectivity in the Bioreduction of (Z
)-β-Aryl-β-cyanoacrylates Mediated by the Tryptophan 116 Mutants of Old Yellow Enzyme 1: Synthetic Approach to (R
)- and (S
)-β-Aryl-γ-lactams. Adv Synth Catal 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201500206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Applications of protein engineering to members of the old yellow enzyme family. Biotechnol Adv 2015; 33:624-31. [PMID: 25940546 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2015.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Revised: 04/24/2015] [Accepted: 04/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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In the 20 years since Massey's initial report in 1995, interest in using alkene reductases to prepare chiral intermediates for synthesis has grown rapidly. While native alkene reductases often show very high stereoselectivities toward favorable substrates, these enzymes have somewhat size-restricted active sites that limit their substrate ranges to small alkenes. In addition, most alkene reductases have the same stereoselectivities, which makes it difficult to access the "other" product enantiomers. Protein engineering strategies have been used to address both of these issues and good progress has been made in several cases. This review summarizes published examples through late 2014 and focuses on studies of six enzymes: Saccharomyces pastorianus OYE 1, tomato OPR1, Zymomonas mobilis NCR, Enterobacter cloacae PB2 PETN reductase, Bacillus subtilis YqjM and Pichia stipitis OYE 2.6.
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Rüthlein E, Classen T, Dobnikar L, Schölzel M, Pietruszka J. Finding the Selectivity Switch - A Rational Approach towards Stereocomplementary Variants of the Ene Reductase YqjM. Adv Synth Catal 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201500149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Daugherty AB, Horton JR, Cheng X, Lutz S. STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF CIRCULAR PERMUTATION ON THE ACTIVE SITE OF OLD YELLOW ENZYME. ACS Catal 2015; 5:892-899. [PMID: 25692074 PMCID: PMC4327928 DOI: 10.1021/cs501702k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Circular
permutation of the NADPH-dependent oxidoreductase
Old Yellow Enzyme from Saccharomyces pastorianus (OYE1) can significantly enhance the enzyme’s catalytic performance.
Termini relocation into four regions of the protein (sectors I–IV)
near the active site has proven effective in altering enzyme function.
To better understand the structural consequences and rationalize the
observed functional gains in these OYE1 variants, we selected representatives
from sectors I–III for further characterization by biophysical
methods and X-ray crystallography. These investigations not only show
trends in enzyme stability and quaternary structure as a function
of termini location but also provide a possible explanation for the
catalytic gains in our top-performing OYE variant (new N-terminus
at residue 303; sector III). Crystallographic analysis indicates that
termini relocation into sector III affects the loop β6 region
(amino acid positions: 290–310) of OYE1, which forms a lid
over the active site. Peptide backbone cleavage greatly enhances local
flexibility, effectively converting the loop into a tether and consequently
increasing the environmental exposure of the active site. Interestingly,
such an active site remodeling does not negatively impact the enzyme’s
activity and stereoselectivity; neither does it perturb the conformation
of other key active site residues with the exception of Y375. These
observations were confirmed in truncation experiments, deleting all
residues of the loop β6 region in our OYE variant. Intrigued
by the finding that circular permutation leaves most of the key catalytic
residues unchanged, we also tested OYE permutants for possible additive
or synergistic effects of amino acid substitutions. Distinct functional
changes in these OYE variants were detected upon mutations at W116,
known in native OYE1 to cause inversion of diastereoselectivity for
(S)-carvone reduction. Our findings demonstrate the
contribution of loop β6 toward determining the stereoselectivity
of OYE1, an important insight for future OYE engineering efforts.
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- Ashley B. Daugherty
- Department
of Chemistry, Emory University, 1515 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30322. United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry, Emory University, 1510 Clifton Rd., Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry, Emory University, 1510 Clifton Rd., Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Emory University, 1515 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30322. United States
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Patterson-Orazem A, Sullivan B, Stewart JD. Pichia stipitis OYE 2.6 variants with improved catalytic efficiencies from site-saturation mutagenesis libraries. Bioorg Med Chem 2014; 22:5628-32. [PMID: 25087048 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2014.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2014] [Revised: 06/23/2014] [Accepted: 07/01/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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An earlier directed evolution project using alkene reductase OYE 2.6 from Pichia stipitis yielded 13 active site variants with improved properties toward three homologous Baylis-Hillman adducts. Here, we probed the generality of these improvements by testing the wild-type and all 13 variants against a panel of 16 structurally-diverse electron-deficient alkenes. Several substrates were sterically demanding, and as hoped, creating additional active site volume yielded better conversions for these alkenes. The most impressive improvement was found for 2-butylidenecyclohexanone. The wild-type provided less than 20% conversion after 24h; a triple mutant afforded more than 60% conversion in the same time period. Moreover, even wild-type OYE 2.6 can reduce cyclohexenones with very bulky 4-substituents efficiently.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, 126 Sisler Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, 126 Sisler Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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Walton AZ, Sullivan B, Patterson-Orazem AC, Stewart JD. Residues Controlling Facial Selectivity in an Alkene Reductase and Semirational Alterations to Create Stereocomplementary Variants. ACS Catal 2014; 4:2307-2318. [PMID: 25068071 PMCID: PMC4105185 DOI: 10.1021/cs500429k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2014] [Revised: 05/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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A systematic
saturation mutagenesis campaign was carried out on
an alkene reductase from Pichia stipitis (OYE 2.6) to develop variants with reversed stereoselectivities.
Wild-type OYE 2.6 reduces three representative Baylis–Hillman
adducts to the corresponding S products with almost
complete stereoselectivities and good catalytic efficiencies. We created
and screened 13 first-generation, site-saturation mutagenesis libraries,
targeting residues found near the bound substrate. One variant (Tyr78Trp)
showed high R selectivity
toward one of the three substrates, but no change (cyclohexenone derivative)
and no catalytic activity (acrylate derivative) for the other two.
Subsequent rounds of mutagenesis retained the Tyr78Trp mutation and
explored other residues that impacted stereoselectivity when altered
in a wild-type background. These efforts yielded double and triple
mutants that possessed inverted stereoselectivities for two of the
three substrates (conversions >99% and at least 91% ee (R)). To understand the reasons underlying the stereochemical
changes,
we solved crystal structures of two key mutants: Tyr78Trp and Tyr78Trp/Ile113Cys,
the latter with substrate partially occupying the active site. By
combining these experimental data with modeling studies, we have proposed
a rationale that explains the impacts of the most useful mutations.
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- Adam Z. Walton
- Department of Chemistry, 126 Sisler Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 United States
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- Department of Chemistry, 126 Sisler Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 United States
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- Department of Chemistry, 126 Sisler Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 United States
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- Department of Chemistry, 126 Sisler Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 United States
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