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Gröger H, Horino S, Kanomata K, Akai S. Strategies to Design Chemocatalytic Racemization of Tertiary Alcohols: State of the Art & Utilization for Dynamic Kinetic Resolution. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202304028. [PMID: 38580616 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202304028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
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The synthesis of enantiomerically pure tertiary alcohols is an important issue in organic synthesis of a range of pharmaceuticals including molecules such as the anti-HIV drug Efavirenz. A conceptually elegant approach to such enantiomers is the dynamic kinetic resolution of racemic tertiary alcohols, which, however, requires efficient racemization strategies. The racemization of tertiary alcohols is particularly challenging due to various side reactions that can occur because of their high tendency for elimination reactions. In the last few years, several complementary catalytic concepts for racemization of tertiary alcohols have been developed, characterized by efficient racemization and suppression of unwanted side-reactions. Besides resins bearing sulfonic acid moieties and a combination of boronic acid and oxalic acid as heterogeneous and homogeneous Brønsted-acids, respectively, immobilized oxovanadium and piperidine turned out to be useful catalysts. The latter two catalysts, which have already been applied to different types of substrates, also have proven good compatibility with lipase, thus leading to the first two examples of chemoenzymatic dynamic kinetic resolution of tertiary alcohols. In this review, the difficulties in racemizing tertiary alcohols are specifically described, and the recently developed complementary concepts to overcome these hurdles are summarized.
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- Harald Gröger
- Chair of Industrial Organic Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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Kim HT, Hee Ryu M, Jung YJ, Lim S, Song HM, Park J, Hwang SY, Lee H, Yeon YJ, Sung BH, Bornscheuer UT, Park SJ, Joo JC, Oh DX. Chemo-Biological Upcycling of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) to Multifunctional Coating Materials. CHEMSUSCHEM 2021; 14:4251-4259. [PMID: 34339110 PMCID: PMC8519047 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202100909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
Abstract
Chemo-biological upcycling of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) developed in this study includes the following key steps: chemo-enzymatic PET depolymerization, biotransformation of terephthalic acid (TPA) into catechol, and its application as a coating agent. Monomeric units were first produced through PET glycolysis into bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate (BHET), mono(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate (MHET), and PET oligomers, and enzymatic hydrolysis of these glycolyzed products using Bacillus subtilis esterase (Bs2Est). Bs2Est efficiently hydrolyzed glycolyzed products into TPA as a key enzyme for chemo-enzymatic depolymerization. Furthermore, catechol solution produced from TPA via a whole-cell biotransformation (Escherichia coli) could be directly used for functional coating on various substrates after simple cell removal from the culture medium without further purification and water-evaporation. This work demonstrates a proof-of-concept of a PET upcycling strategy via a combination of chemo-biological conversion of PET waste into multifunctional coating materials.
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- Hee Taek Kim
- Department of Food Science and TechnologyChungnam National UniversityDaejeon34134 (Republic ofKorea
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- Research Center for Bio-based ChemicalsKorea Research Institute of Chemical TechnologyDaejeon34114 & Ulsan 44429 (Republic ofKorea
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- Research Center for Bio-based ChemicalsKorea Research Institute of Chemical TechnologyDaejeon34114 & Ulsan 44429 (Republic ofKorea
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- Research Center for Bio-based ChemicalsKorea Research Institute of Chemical TechnologyDaejeon34114 & Ulsan 44429 (Republic ofKorea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials ScienceGraduate Program in System Health Science & EngineeringEwha Womans UniversitySeoul03760 (Republic ofKorea
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- Research Center for Bio-based ChemicalsKorea Research Institute of Chemical TechnologyDaejeon34114 & Ulsan 44429 (Republic ofKorea
- Advanced Materials and Chemical EngineeringUniversity of Science and Technology (UST)Daejeon34113 (Republic ofKorea
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- Research Center for Bio-based ChemicalsKorea Research Institute of Chemical TechnologyDaejeon34114 & Ulsan 44429 (Republic ofKorea
- Advanced Materials and Chemical EngineeringUniversity of Science and Technology (UST)Daejeon34113 (Republic ofKorea
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- Department of Biochemical EngineeringGangneung-Wonju National UniversityGangneung-siGangwon-do25457 (Republic ofKorea
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- Department of Biochemical EngineeringGangneung-Wonju National UniversityGangneung-siGangwon-do25457 (Republic ofKorea
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- Synthetic Biology and Bioengineering Research CenterKorea Research Institute of Bioscience and BiotechnologyDaejeon34141 (Republic ofKorea
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- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme CatalysisInstitute of BiochemistryUniversity of Greifswald17487GreifswaldGermany
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials ScienceGraduate Program in System Health Science & EngineeringEwha Womans UniversitySeoul03760 (Republic ofKorea
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- Research Center for Bio-based ChemicalsKorea Research Institute of Chemical TechnologyDaejeon34114 & Ulsan 44429 (Republic ofKorea
- Department of BiotechnologyThe Catholic University of KoreaBucheon-siGyeonggi-do14662 (Republic ofKorea
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- Research Center for Bio-based ChemicalsKorea Research Institute of Chemical TechnologyDaejeon34114 & Ulsan 44429 (Republic ofKorea
- Advanced Materials and Chemical EngineeringUniversity of Science and Technology (UST)Daejeon34113 (Republic ofKorea
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Jones K, Snodgrass HM, Belsare K, Dickinson BC, Lewis JC. Phage-Assisted Continuous Evolution and Selection of Enzymes for Chemical Synthesis. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2021; 7:1581-1590. [PMID: 34584960 PMCID: PMC8461764 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c00811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Ligand-dependent biosensors are valuable tools for coupling the intracellular concentrations of small molecules to easily detectable readouts such as absorbance, fluorescence, or cell growth. While ligand-dependent biosensors are widely used for monitoring the production of small molecules in engineered cells and for controlling or optimizing biosynthetic pathways, their application to directed evolution for biocatalysts remains underexplored. As a consequence, emerging continuous evolution technologies are rarely applied to biocatalyst evolution. Here, we develop a panel of ligand-dependent biosensors that can detect a range of small molecules. We demonstrate that these biosensors can link enzymatic activity to the production of an essential phage protein to enable biocatalyst-dependent phage-assisted continuous evolution (PACE) and phage-assisted continuous selection (PACS). By combining these phage-based evolution and library selection technologies, we demonstrate that we can evolve enzyme variants with improved and expanded catalytic properties. Finally, we show that the genetic diversity resulting from a highly mutated PACS library is enriched for active enzyme variants with altered substrate scope. These results lay the foundation for using phage-based continuous evolution and selection technologies to engineer biocatalysts with novel substrate scope and reactivity.
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- Krysten
A. Jones
- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47401, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
- E-mail:
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47401, United States
- E-mail:
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Tjallinks G, Martin C, Fraaije MW. Enantioselective oxidation of secondary alcohols by the flavoprotein alcohol oxidase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Arch Biochem Biophys 2021; 704:108888. [PMID: 33910055 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2021.108888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Revised: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The enantioselective oxidation of secondary alcohols represents a valuable approach for the synthesis of optically pure compounds. Flavoprotein oxidases can catalyse such selective transformations by merely using oxygen as electron acceptor. While many flavoprotein oxidases preferably act on primary alcohols, the FAD-containing alcohol oxidase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium was found to be able to perform kinetic resolutions of several secondary alcohols. By selective oxidation of the (S)-alcohols, the (R)-alcohols were obtained in high enantiopurity. In silico docking studies were carried out in order to substantiate the observed (S)-selectivity. Several hydrophobic and aromatic residues in the substrate binding site create a cavity in which the substrates can comfortably undergo van der Waals and pi-stacking interactions. Consequently, oxidation of the secondary alcohols is restricted to one of the two enantiomers. This study has uncovered the ability of an FAD-containing alcohol oxidase, that is known for oxidizing small primary alcohols, to perform enantioselective oxidations of various secondary alcohols.
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- Gwen Tjallinks
- Molecular Enzymology Group, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Molecular Enzymology Group, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Molecular Enzymology Group, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, Groningen, the Netherlands.
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Yoshimura Y, Nagashima I, Yokoe T, Kishimoto T, Shimizu H, Chiba Y. A new strategy for the chemoenzymatic synthesis of glycopeptides by De-O-acetylation with an esterase and glycosylations with glycosyltransferases. Carbohydr Res 2020; 492:108023. [PMID: 32388217 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2020.108023] [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: 02/28/2020] [Revised: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 04/26/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Glycopeptides are fragments of glycoproteins and are important in evaluating the biological roles of carbohydrates in glycoproteins. Fmoc solid-phase peptide synthesis using acetyl-protected glycosylated amino acids is a common strategy for the preparation of glycopeptides, but this approach normally requires chemical de-O-acetylation with a base that β-eliminates sugar residues and epimerizes the peptide backbone. Here we demonstrate a facile new chemoenzymatic synthetic strategy for glycopeptides, using an esterase for the de-O-acetylation of sugar residues and glycosyltransferases for successive sugar elongations at neutral pH.
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- Yayoi Yoshimura
- Japan Bioindustry Association, 2-26-9 Hatchobori, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0032, Japan; Biotechnology Research Institute for Drug Discovery, Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8565, Japan.
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8566, Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8566, Japan
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- Japan Bioindustry Association, 2-26-9 Hatchobori, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0032, Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8566, Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Institute for Drug Discovery, Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8565, Japan.
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Löfgren J, Görbe T, Oschmann M, Svedendahl Humble M, Bäckvall J. Transesterification of a Tertiary Alcohol by Engineered
Candida antarctica
Lipase A. Chembiochem 2019; 20:1438-1443. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Johanna Löfgren
- Department of Organic ChemistryArrhenius Laboratory Stockholm University 106 91 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Organic ChemistryArrhenius Laboratory Stockholm University 106 91 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Organic ChemistryArrhenius Laboratory Stockholm University 106 91 Stockholm Sweden
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- KTH Royal Institute of TechnologySchool of Engineering Sciences in ChemistryBiotechnology and Health (CBH)Department of Industrial Biotechnology AlbaNova University Center 106 91 Stockholm Sweden
- Pharem Biotech ABBiovation Park Forskargatan 20 J 151 36 Södertälje Sweden
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- Department of Organic ChemistryArrhenius Laboratory Stockholm University 106 91 Stockholm Sweden
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Noby N, Saeed H, Embaby AM, Pavlidis IV, Hussein A. Cloning, expression and characterization of cold active esterase (EstN7) from Bacillus cohnii strain N1: A novel member of family IV. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 120:1247-1255. [PMID: 30063933 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.07.169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Revised: 07/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Esterases and lipases from extremophiles have attracted great attention due to their unique characteristics and wide applications. In the present study, an open reading frame (ORF) encoding a novel cold active esterase (EstN7) from Bacillus cohnii strain N1 was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The full-length esterase gene encoding a protein of 320 amino acids with estimated molecular weight of 37.0 kDa. Amino acid sequence analysis revealed that the EstN7 belongs to family IV lipases with a characteristic penta-peptide motif (GXSXG), the catalytic triad Ser, Asp, His and the conserved HGGG motif of the family IV. The recombinant enzyme was purified to apparent homogeneity using nickel-affinity chromatography with a purification fold of 5 and recovery 94.5%. The specific activity of the purified enzyme was 336.89 U/mg. The recombinant EstN7 showed optimal activity at 5 °C moreover, EstN7 displayed full robust stability in the presence of wide range of organic solvents. The purified enzyme had Km and Vmax of 45 ± 0.019 μM and 1113 μmol min-1 mg-1, respectively on p-NP-acetate. These promising characteristics of the recombinant EstN7 would underpin its possible usage with high potential in the synthesis of fragile compounds in pharmaceutical industries.
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- Nehad Noby
- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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Görbe T, Lihammar R, Bäckvall JE. Heterogeneous Acid-Catalyzed Racemization of Tertiary Alcohols. Chemistry 2017; 24:77-80. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201704691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Tamás Görbe
- Department of Organic Chemistry; Arrhenius Laboratory; Stockholm University; 106 91 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Organic Chemistry; Arrhenius Laboratory; Stockholm University; 106 91 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Organic Chemistry; Arrhenius Laboratory; Stockholm University; 106 91 Stockholm Sweden
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- Devrim Özdemirhan
- Department of Chemistry, Abant İzzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey
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- Marcel Bauch
- Department of Chemistry; University of Potsdam; Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25 14476 Potsdam Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis; University of Greifswald; Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4 17487 Greifswald Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis; University of Greifswald; Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4 17487 Greifswald Germany
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Potsdam; Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25 14476 Potsdam Germany
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Gaber Y, Ismail M, Bisagni S, Takwa M, Hatti-Kaul R. Rational mutagenesis of pig liver esterase (PLE-1) to resolve racemic clopidogrel. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2015.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Fillat A, Romea P, Pastor FJ, Urpí F, Diaz P. Kinetic resolution of esters from secondary and tertiary benzylic propargylic alcohols by an improved esterase-variant from Bacillus sp. BP-7. Catal Today 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2014.12.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Romano D, Bonomi F, de Mattos MC, de Sousa Fonseca T, de Oliveira MDCF, Molinari F. Esterases as stereoselective biocatalysts. Biotechnol Adv 2015; 33:547-65. [PMID: 25677731 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2015.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2014] [Revised: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 01/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Non-lypolitic esterases are carboxylester hydrolases with preference for the hydrolysis of water-soluble esters bearing short-chain acyl residues. The potential of esterases as enantioselective biocatalysts has enlarged in the last few years due to the progresses achieved in different areas, such as screening methodologies, overproduction of recombinant esterases, structural information useful for understanding the rational behind enantioselectivity, and efficient methods in protein engineering. Contributions of these complementary know-hows to the development of new robust enantioselective esterases are critically discussed in this review.
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- Diego Romano
- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DEFENS), University of Milan, Via Mangiagalli 25, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DEFENS), University of Milan, Via Mangiagalli 25, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Federal University of Ceará, Campus do Pici, Postal Box 6044, 60455-970 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Federal University of Ceará, Campus do Pici, Postal Box 6044, 60455-970 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DEFENS), University of Milan, Via Mangiagalli 25, 20133 Milan, Italy
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Liu JY, Bian HP, Tang Y, Bai YP, Xu JH. Double substituted variant of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens esterase with enhanced enantioselectivity and high activity towards 1-(3′,4′-methylenedioxyphenyl)ethyl acetate. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 99:1701-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5992-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2014] [Revised: 07/10/2014] [Accepted: 07/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Stepwise and combinatorial optimization of enantioselectivity for the asymmetric hydrolysis of 1-(3’,4’-methylenedioxyphenyl)ethyl acetate under use of a cold-adapted Bacillus amyloliquefaciens esterase. BIOTECHNOL BIOPROC E 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s12257-013-0559-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Tanyeli C, Özdemirhan D. Chemoenzymatic route to various spirocyclic compounds based on enantiomerically enriched tertiary allylic, homoallylic, and homopropargylic alcohols. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2014.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Fillat A, Romea P, Urpí F, Pastor FIJ, Diaz P. Improving enantioselectivity towards tertiary alcohols using mutants of Bacillus sp. BP-7 esterase EstBP7 holding a rare GGG(X)-oxyanion hole. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 98:4479-90. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5458-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Revised: 11/29/2013] [Accepted: 12/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Zhang ZJ, Pan J, Ma BD, Xu JH. Efficient Biocatalytic Synthesis of Chiral Chemicals. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2014; 155:55-106. [DOI: 10.1007/10_2014_291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Special Rhodococcus sp. CR-53 esterase Est4 contains a GGG(A)X-oxyanion hole conferring activity for the kinetic resolution of tertiary alcohols. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 97:8559-68. [PMID: 23334513 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4676-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2012] [Revised: 12/18/2012] [Accepted: 12/21/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Rhodococci are highly adaptable bacteria, capable to degrade or transform a large number of organic compounds, including recalcitrant or toxic products. However, little information is available on the lipases of the genus Rhodococcus, except for LipR, the first lipase isolated and described from strain Rhodococcus CR-53. Taking into consideration the interest raised by the enzymes produced by actinomycetes, a search for new putative lipases was performed in strain Rhodococcus CR-53. We describe here the isolation, cloning, and characterization of intracellular esterase Est4, a mesophilic enzyme showing preference for short-chain-length acyl groups, without interfacial activation. Est4 displays moderate thermal and pH stability and low tolerance to most tested ions, being inhibited by detergents like sodium dodecyl sulfate and Triton X-100®. Nevertheless, the enzyme shows good long-term stability when stored at 4-20 °C and neutral pH. Amino acid sequence analysis of Est4 revealed a protein of 313 amino acids without a signal peptide, bearing most of the conserved blocks that define bacterial lipase family IV, thus being assigned to this family. Detection of a GGG(A)X oxyanion hole in the enzyme motivated the evaluation of Est4 ability to convert tertiary alcohol esters. The newly discovered esterase Est4 from Rhodococcus CR-53 successfully hydrolyzed the tertiary alcohol esters linalyl acetate, terpinyl acetate, and 1,1,1-trifluoro-2-phenylbut-3-yn-2-yl acetate.
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Bassegoda A, Cesarini S, Diaz P. Lipase improvement: goals and strategies. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2012; 2:e201209005. [PMID: 24688646 PMCID: PMC3962121 DOI: 10.5936/csbj.201209005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2012] [Revised: 09/20/2012] [Accepted: 09/23/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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- Arnau Bassegoda
- Department of Microbiology, University of Barcelona. Av. Diagonal 643, 08028-Barcelona. Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Barcelona. Av. Diagonal 643, 08028-Barcelona. Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Barcelona. Av. Diagonal 643, 08028-Barcelona. Spain
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Oh KH, Nguyen GS, Kim EY, Kourist R, Bornscheuer U, Oh TK, Yoon JH. Characterization of a novel esterase isolated from intertidal flat metagenome and its tertiary alcohols synthesis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2012.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Lipase-catalyzed remote kinetic resolution of citalopram intermediate by asymmetric alcoholysis and thermodynamic analysis. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2012; 35:1043-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s00449-012-0690-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2011] [Accepted: 01/18/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Behrens GA, Hummel A, Padhi SK, Schätzle S, Bornscheuer UT. Discovery and Protein Engineering of Biocatalysts for Organic Synthesis. Adv Synth Catal 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201100446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Rehdorf J, Behrens GA, Nguyen GS, Kourist R, Bornscheuer UT. Pseudomonas putida esterase contains a GGG(A)X-motif confering activity for the kinetic resolution of tertiary alcohols. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 93:1119-26. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3464-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2011] [Revised: 06/27/2011] [Accepted: 06/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Kourist R, Bornscheuer UT. Biocatalytic synthesis of optically active tertiary alcohols. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 91:505-17. [PMID: 21691783 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3418-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2011] [Revised: 05/25/2011] [Accepted: 05/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The enzymatic preparation of optically pure tertiary alcohols under sustainable conditions has received much attention. The conventional chemical synthesis of these valuable building blocks is still hampered by the use of harmful reagents such as heavy metal catalysts. Successful examples in biocatalysis used esterases, lipases, epoxide hydrolases, halohydrin dehalogenases, thiamine diphosphate-dependent enzymes, terpene cyclases, -acetylases, and -dehydratases. This mini-review provides an overview on recent developments in the discovery of new enzymes, their functional improvement by protein engineering, the design of chemoenzymatic routes leading to tertiary alcohols, and the discovery of entirely new biotransformations.
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- Robert Kourist
- Institute of Chemistry of Biogenic Resources, Technische Universität München, Schulgasse 16, 94315 Straubing, Germany
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Strohmeier GA, Pichler H, May O, Gruber-Khadjawi M. Application of Designed Enzymes in Organic Synthesis. Chem Rev 2011; 111:4141-64. [DOI: 10.1021/cr100386u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Gernot A. Strohmeier
- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology, Petersgasse 14, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology, Petersgasse 14, A-8010 Graz, Austria
- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 14, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- DSM—Innovative Synthesis BV, Geleen, P.O. Box 18, 6160 MD Geleen, The Netherlands
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Zhang GW, Meng W, Ma H, Nie J, Zhang WQ, Ma JA. Catalytic Enantioselective Alkynylation of Trifluoromethyl Ketones: Pronounced Metal Fluoride Effects and Implications of Zinc-to-Titanium Transmetallation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011; 50:3538-42. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201007341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Zhang GW, Meng W, Ma H, Nie J, Zhang WQ, Ma JA. Catalytic Enantioselective Alkynylation of Trifluoromethyl Ketones: Pronounced Metal Fluoride Effects and Implications of Zinc-to-Titanium Transmetallation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201007341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Cassimjee KE, Kourist R, Lindberg D, Wittrup Larsen M, Thanh NH, Widersten M, Bornscheuer UT, Berglund P. One-step enzyme extraction and immobilization for biocatalysis applications. Biotechnol J 2011; 6:463-9. [DOI: 10.1002/biot.201000357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2010] [Revised: 12/27/2010] [Accepted: 01/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Reetz MT. Gerichtete Evolution stereoselektiver Enzyme: Eine ergiebige Katalysator‐Quelle für asymmetrische Reaktionen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201000826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Manfred T. Reetz
- Max‐Planck‐Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser‐Wilhelm‐Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr (Deutschland), Fax: (+49) 208‐306‐2985 http://www.mpi‐muelheim.mpg.de/mpikofo_home.html
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Gall M, Kourist R, Schmidt M, Bornscheuer UT. The role of the GGGX motif in determining the activity and enantioselectivity of pig liver esterase towards tertiary alcohols. BIOCATAL BIOTRANSFOR 2010. [DOI: 10.3109/10242421003753803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Schmidt M, Böttcher D, Bornscheuer UT. Directed Evolution of Industrial Biocatalysts. Ind Biotechnol (New Rochelle N Y) 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/9783527630233.ch4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Nguyen GS, Kourist R, Paravidino M, Hummel A, Rehdorf J, Orru RVA, Hanefeld U, Bornscheuer UT. An Enzymatic Toolbox for the Kinetic Resolution of 2-(Pyridin-x-yl)but-3-yn-2-ols and Tertiary Cyanohydrins. European J Org Chem 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201000193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Protein engineering of microbial enzymes. Curr Opin Microbiol 2010; 13:274-82. [PMID: 20171138 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2010.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2010] [Revised: 01/14/2010] [Accepted: 01/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Protein engineering has emerged as an important tool to overcome the limitations of natural enzymes as biocatalysts. Recent advances have mainly focused on applying directed evolution to enzymes, especially important for organic synthesis, such as monooxygenases, ketoreductases, lipases or aldolases in order to improve their activity, enantioselectivity, and stability. The combination of directed evolution and rational protein design using computational tools is becoming increasingly important in order to explore enzyme sequence-space and to create improved or novel enzymes. These developments should allow to further expand the application of microbial enzymes in industry.
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Kourist R, Brundiek H, Bornscheuer UT. Protein engineering and discovery of lipases. EUR J LIPID SCI TECH 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/ejlt.200900143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Schipper D, Rousseaux S, Fagnou K. Kinetic Resolution of Quaternary and Tertiary β-Hydroxy Esters. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2009; 48:8343-7. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.200902373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Schipper D, Rousseaux S, Fagnou K. Kinetic Resolution of Quaternary and Tertiary β-Hydroxy Esters. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200902373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Wang SZ, Wu JP, Xu G, Yang LR. Kinetic modelling of lipase-catalyzed remote resolution of citalopram intermediate in solvent-free system. Biochem Eng J 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2009.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Kourist R, Nguyen GS, Strübing D, Böttcher D, Liebeton K, Naumer C, Eck J, Bornscheuer UT. Hydrolase-catalyzed stereoselective preparation of protected α,α-dialkyl-α-hydroxycarboxylic acids. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2008.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kourist R, Domínguez de María P, Bornscheuer UT. Enzymatic Synthesis of Optically Active Tertiary Alcohols: Expanding the Biocatalysis Toolbox. Chembiochem 2008; 9:491-8. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200700688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Bartsch S, Kourist R, Bornscheuer U. Complete Inversion of Enantioselectivity towards Acetylated Tertiary Alcohols by a Double Mutant of aBacillus Subtilis Esterase. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2008; 47:1508-11. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.200704606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Vollständige Umkehrung der Enantioselektivität gegen acetylierte tertiäre Alkohole durch eine Doppelmutation in einer Esterase ausBacillus subtilis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200704606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Karatas B, Rendler S, Fröhlich R, Oestreich M. Kinetic resolution of donor-functionalised tertiary alcohols by Cu–H-catalysed stereoselective silylation using a strained silicon-stereogenic silane. Org Biomol Chem 2008; 6:1435-40. [DOI: 10.1039/b802186d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Kourist R, Hari Krishna S, Patel JS, Bartnek F, Hitchman TS, Weiner DP, Bornscheuer UT. Identification of a metagenome-derived esterase with high enantioselectivity in the kinetic resolution of arylaliphatic tertiary alcohols. Org Biomol Chem 2007; 5:3310-3. [PMID: 17912383 DOI: 10.1039/b709965g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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35 metagenome-derived esterases bearing a GGG(A)X motif were screened for activity and enantioselectivity in the hydrolysis of a range of tertiary alcohol acetates. Most of the active esterases showed little or no enantioselectivity in the hydrolysis of the terpinyl acetate, linalyl acetate and 3-methylpent-1-yn-3-yl acetate. However, one esterase showed excellent enantioselectivity (E > 100) in the kinetic resolution of 1,1,1-trifluoro-2-phenylbut-3-yn-2-yl acetate as confirmed by a preparative scale reaction.
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- Robert Kourist
- Institute of Biochemistry, Dept. of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Greifswald University, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
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Kourist R, Bartsch S, Bornscheuer U. Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Arylaliphatic Tertiary Alcohols using Mutants of an Esterase fromBacillus subtilis. Adv Synth Catal 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200600641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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