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Discovery and Redesign of a Family VIII Carboxylesterase with High (S)-Selectivity toward Chiral sec-Alcohols
Park, Areum,Park, Seongsoon
, p. 2397 - 2402 (2022/02/17)
Highly enantioselective lipase has been widely utilized in the preparation of versatile enantiopure chiral sec-alcohols through kinetic or dynamic kinetic resolution. Lipase is intrinsically (R)-selective, and it is difficult to obtain (S)-selective lipase. Recent crystal structures of a family VIII carboxylesterase have revealed that the spatial array of its catalytic triad is the mirror image of that of lipase but with a catalytic triad that is distinct from lipase. We, therefore, hypothesized that the family VIII carboxylesterase may exhibit (S)-enantioselectivity toward sec-alcohols similar to (S)-selective serine protease, whose catalytic triad is also spatially arrayed as its mirror image. In this study, a homologous enzyme (carboxylesterase from Proteobacteria bacterium SG_bin9, PBE) of a known family VIII carboxylesterase (pdb code: 4IVK) was prepared, which showed not only moderate (S)-selectivity toward sec-alcohols such as 3-butyn-2-ol and 1-phenylethyl alcohol but also (R)-selectivity toward particular sec-alcohols among the substrates explored. Furthermore, the (S)-selectivity of PBE has been significantly improved by rational redesign based on molecular modeling. Molecular modeling identified a binding pocket composed of Ser381, Ala383, and Arg408 for the methyl substituent of (R)-1-phenylethyl acetate and suggested that larger residues may increase the enantioselectivity by interfering with the binding of the slow-reacting enantiomer. As predicted, substituting Ser381with larger residues (Phe, Tyr, and Trp) significantly improved the (S)-selectivity of PBE toward all sec-alcohols explored, even the substrates toward which the wild-type PBE exhibits (R)-selectivity. For instance, the enantioselectivity toward 3-butyn-2-ol and 1-phenylethyl alcohol was improved from E = 5.5 and 36.1 to E = 2001 and 882, respectively, by single mutagenesis (S381F).
Half-sandwich rhodium complex with ortho-position carborane benzoxazole structure as well as preparation method and application of half-sandwich rhodium complex
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Paragraph 0057-0062, (2021/03/24)
The invention relates to a half-sandwich rhodium complex with an ortho-position carborane benzoxazole structure as well as a preparation method and application of the half-sandwich rhodium complex. The structural formula of the rhodium complex is shown in the specification. The preparation method comprises the following steps: firstly, adding an n-BuLi solution into an ortho-position carborane solution, and then reacting for 30-60 minutes at room temperature; adding bromo-benzoxazole, and carrying out a reaction for 6-8 h at a room temperature; and adding [Cp * RhCl2] 2, reacting at room temperature for 3-5 hours, and carrying out post-treatment to obtain the rhodium complex. The rhodium complex can be used as a catalyst to catalyze the asymmetric reduction reaction of aliphatic chiral alcohol compounds synthesized from aliphatic ketones. Compared with the prior art, the rhodium complex disclosed by the invention has the advantages of simple preparation method, stable physicochemical properties, high catalytic activity for asymmetric reduction reaction of aliphatic ketone, mild reaction conditions and the like.
Facile Stereoselective Reduction of Prochiral Ketones by using an F420-dependent Alcohol Dehydrogenase
Martin, Caterina,Tjallinks, Gwen,Trajkovic, Milos,Fraaije, Marco W.
, p. 156 - 159 (2020/10/26)
Effective procedures for the synthesis of optically pure alcohols are highly valuable. A commonly employed method involves the biocatalytic reduction of prochiral ketones. This is typically achieved by using nicotinamide cofactor-dependent reductases. In this work, we demonstrate that a rather unexplored class of enzymes can also be used for this. We used an F420-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase (ADF) from Methanoculleus thermophilicus that was found to reduce various ketones to enantiopure alcohols. The respective (S) alcohols were obtained in excellent enantiopurity (>99 % ee). Furthermore, we discovered that the deazaflavoenzyme can be used as a self-sufficient system by merely using a sacrificial cosubstrate (isopropanol) and a catalytic amount of cofactor F420 or the unnatural cofactor FOP to achieve full conversion. This study reveals that deazaflavoenzymes complement the biocatalytic toolbox for enantioselective ketone reductions.
