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Enzymatic racemization of amines catalyzed by enantiocomplementary ω-Transaminases
Koszelewski, Dominik,Grischek, Barbara,Glueck, Silvia M.,Kroutil, Wolfgang,Faber, Kurt
experimental part, p. 378 - 383 (2011/03/21)
A strategy for the biocatalytic racemization of primary α-chiral amines was developed by employing a pair of stereocomplementary PLP-dependent ω-transaminases. The interconversion of amine enantiomers proceeded through reversible transamination by a prochiral ketone intermediate, either catalyzed by a pair of stereocomplementary ω-transaminases or by a single enzyme possessing low stereoselectivity. To tune the system, the type and concentration of a nonchiral amino acceptor proved to be crucial. Finally, racemization could be achieved by the cross-transamination of two different amines without a requirement for an external amino acceptor. Several synthetically and industrially important amines could be enzymatically racemized under mild reaction conditions. ω-Transaminases play ping-pong: A biocatalytic protocol for the 'clean' racemization of α-chiral prim-amines was developed by an equilibrium-controlled deamination/amination sequence catalyzed by a pair of (R)- and (S)-ω-transaminases (see scheme).
