Uma Mahesh VNM, Chadha A. Imine reduction by an Ornithine cyclodeaminase/μ-crystallin homolog purified from
Candida parapsilosis ATCC 7330.
ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021;
31:e00664. [PMID:
34557391 PMCID:
PMC8446579 DOI:
10.1016/j.btre.2021.e00664]
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Abstract
Novel imine reductase from yeast Candida parapsilosis purified and characterized.
CpIM1 belongs to unexplored Ornithine cyclodeaminase/Mu crystallin protein family
CpIM1 catalyzed stereospecific alkylamination of α-ketoacids/ketoesters.
CpIM1 also reduced cyclic and aryl imines.
First report on enzymatic alkylamination of α-ketoesters and reduction of arylimines.
We report a stereospecific imine reductase from Candida parapsilosis ATCC 7330 (CpIM1), a versatile biocatalyst and a rich source of highly stereospecific oxidoreductases. The recombinant gene was overexpressed in Escherichia coli and the protein CpIM1 was purified to homogeneity. This protein belongs to the Ornithine cyclodeaminase/ μ-crystallin (OCD-Mu) family of proteins which has only a few characterized members. CpIM1 catalyzed the alkylamination of α-keto acids/esters producing exclusively (S)-N-alkyl amino acids/esters e.g. N-methyl-l-alanine with > 90% conversion and > 99% enantiomeric excess (ee). The enzyme showed the highest activity for the alkylamination of pyruvate and methylamine leading to N-methyl-l-alanine with an apparent KM of 15.04 ± 2.8 mM and Vmax of 13.75 ± 1.07 μmol/min/mg. CpIM1 also catalyzed (i) the reduction of imines e.g. 2-methyl-1-pyrroline to (S)-2-methylpyrrolidine with ∼30% conversion and 75% ee and (ii) the dehydrogenation of cyclic amino acids e.g. l-Proline (as monitered by reduction of cofactor NADP+ spectrophotometrically).
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