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Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Identification of an Esterase Isolated Using Metagenomic Technology which Displays an Unusual Substrate Scope and its Characterisation as an Enantioselective Biocatalyst

Evaluation of an esterase annotated as 26D isolated from a marine metagenomic library is described. Esterase 26D was found to have a unique substrate scope, including synthetic transformations which could not be readily effected in a synthetically useful manner using commercially available enzymes. Esterase 26D was more selective towards substrates which had larger, more sterically demanding substituents (i. e. iso-propyl or tert-butyl groups) on the β-carbon, which is in contrast to previously tested commercially available enzymes which displayed a preference for substrates with sterically less demanding substituents (e.g. methyl group) at the β-carbon. (Figure presented.).

Enhanced activity and modified substrate-favoritism of Burkholderia cepacia lipase by the treatment with a pyridinium alkyl-PEG sulfate ionic liquid

Three types of pyridinium salts, i.e., 1-ethylpyridin-1-ium cetyl-PEG10 sulfate (PYET), 1-butylpyridin-1-ium cetyl-PEG10 sulfate (PYBU), and 1-(3-methoxypropyl)pyridin-1-ium cetyl-PEG10 sulfate (PYMP), have been prepared and evaluated for their activation property of Burkholderia cepacia lipase by comparison to the control IL-coated enzymes, 1-butyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium cetyl-PEG10 sulfate-coated lipase PS (IL1-PS). Among the tested pyridinium salt-coated lipases, the PYET-coated lipase PS (PYET-PS) exhibited the best results; the transesterification of 1-(pyridin-2-yl)ethanol, 1-(pyridin-3-yl)ethanol, 1-(pyridin-4-yl)ethanol, or 4-phenylbut-3-en-2-ol proceeded faster than those of the IL1-PS-catalyzed reaction while maintaining an excellent enantioselectivity (E > 200). This improved efficiency was found to be dependent on the increased Kcat value.

Pickering Emulsion-Derived Liquid-Solid Hybrid Catalyst for Bridging Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis

We describe a novel method to prepare a liquid-solid hybrid catalyst via interfacial growth of a porous silica crust around Pickering emulsion droplets, which allowed us to overcome the current limitations of both homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts. The inner micron-scaled liquid (for example, ionic liquids) pool of the resultant catalyst can host free homogeneous molecular catalysts or enzymes to create a true homogeneous catalysis environment. The porous silica crust of the hybrid catalyst has excellent stability, which makes it amenable to packing directly in fixed-bed reactors for continuous flow catalysis. As a proof of concept, the enzymatic kinetic resolution of racemic alcohols, CrIII(salen) complex-catalyzed asymmetric ring opening of epoxides and Pd-catalyzed Tsuji-Trost allylic substitution reactions were used to verify the generality and versatility of our strategy for bridging homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. The hybrid catalyst-based continuous flow system exhibited a 1.6a16-fold enhancement in activity relative to homogeneous counterparts even over 1500 h, and the afforded enantioselectivities were completely equal to those obtained in the homogeneous counterpart systems. Interestingly, the catalytic efficiency can be tuned through rational engineering of the porous crust and the dimensions of the liquid pool, resulting in features of an innovatively designed catalyst. This contribution provides a new method to design efficient catalysts that can bridge the conceptual and technical gaps between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis.

Remarkably improved stability and enhanced activity of a: Burkholderia cepacia lipase by coating with a triazolium alkyl-PEG sulfate ionic liquid

Three types of triazolium cetyl-PEG10 sulfate ionic liquid were synthesized and their activation of Burkholderia cepacia lipase was investigated; both the reaction rate and enantioselectivity depended on the cationic part of the coating ILs and 1-butyl-3-methyl-1,2,3-triazolium cetyl-PEG10 sulfate (Tz1)-coated lipase PS, which is especially suitable for the transesterification of 1-(pyridin-2-yl)ethanol, 1-(pyridin-3-yl)ethanol, and 1-(pyridin-4-yl)ethanol, among 12 types of tested secondary alcohol. The most important result was obtained when these enzymes were stored in an IL ([N221MEM][Tf2N]) solvent: Tz1-PS showed an amazing stability and it exhibited an excellent activity after 2 years when the enzyme was stored in [N221MEM][Tf2N].

Synthetically useful variants of industrial lipases from: Burkholderia cepacia and Pseudomonas fluorescens

Industrial enzymes lipase PS (LPS) and lipase AK (LAK), which originate from Burkholderia cepacia and Pseudomonas fluorescens, respectively, are synthetically useful biocatalysts. To strengthen their catalytic performances, we introduced two mutations into hot spots of the active sites (residues 287 and 290). The LPS-L287F/I290A double mutant showed high catalytic activity and enantioselectivity for poor substrates for which the wild-type enzyme showed very low activity. The LAK-V287F/I290A double mutant was also an excellent biocatalyst with expanded substrate scope, which was comparable to the LPS-L287F/I290A double mutant. Thermodynamic parameters were determined to address the origin of the high enantioselectivity of the double mutant. The ΔΔH? term, but not the ΔΔS? term, was predominant, which suggests that the enantioselectivity is driven by a differential energy associated with intermolecular interactions around Phe287 and Ala290. A remarkable solvent effect was observed, giving a bell-shaped profile between the E values and the log&P or ? values of solvents with the highest E value in i-Pr2O. This suggests that an organic solvent with appropriate hydrophobicity and polarity provides the double mutant with some flexibility that is essential for excellent catalytic performance.

Chemoenzymatic synthesis of rasagiline mesylate using lipases

A straightforward chemoenzymatic synthesis of rasagiline mesylate has been developed. The key steps for the introduction of chirality involved kinetic enzymatic resolution with lipases via acetylation of racindanol and an inversion configuration Mitsunobu reaction of the produced (S)-indanol. Immobilized lipase from Thermomyces lanuginosus proved to be a robust biocatalyst in the kinetic resolution, leading to (S)-indanol with high selectivity (e.e. > 99%, E > 200) in just 15 min, at 35°C, in hexane, being reused for ten-times without significant loss of the activity and selectivity.

CAL-B-Catalyzed Enantioselective Deacetylation of Some Benzylic Acetate Derivatives Via Alcoholysis in Non-aqueous Media

Enantioselective deacetylation of a set of benzylic acetates via alcoholysis catalyzed by Lipase B from Candida antarctica (CAL-B), under mild conditions is described. A systematic study allows to determine the appropriate combination nucleophile/organic solvent and also to explain the influence of these parameters on the enzymatic catalytic reaction. In all cases, (R)-alcohols are obtained with high ee (up to >99 %) at conversion 36 % 500. The enzymatic reactivity is influenced by the hydrophobicity of solvent and the structure/nature of the nucleophile. Furthermore, CAL-B allows enantio-complementary between transesterifications in non-aqueous media: alcoholysis and acetylation.

Kinetic resolution of secondary alcohols with Burkholderia cepacia lipase immobilized on a biodegradable ternary blend polymer matrix as a highly efficient and heterogeneous recyclable biocatalyst

The present work reports a highly efficient and biocatalytic heterogeneous protocol for kinetic resolution (KR) of racemic secondary alcohols with vinyl acetate as an acyl donor, using the biocatalyst Burkholderia cepacia lipase (BCL) immobilized on a biodegradable ternary blend support through polylactic acid (PLA)/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/chitosan (CHI); (PLA/PVA/CHI-BCL). The KR reaction with various substituted aromatic, heterocyclic racemic secondary alcohols gave enantiomerically pure alcohol and its enantioenriched acetate derivatives with high conversion (45-50%) and excellent enantiomeric excess (up to 99% ee) at optimized reaction conditions. The reaction works under mild conditions using simple and inexpensive starting materials such as racemic alcohols, vinyl acetate, and immobilized biocatalyst. The given protocol provides excellent recyclability with good yield and enantiomeric excess values up to the studied range of five cycles. The resultant products were characterized with the help of different analytical techniques such as 1H and 13C-NMR, chiral HPLC column, polarimeter, IR and GC-MS.

A green route to enantioenriched (S)-arylalkyl carbinols by deracemization via combined lipase alkaline-hydrolysis/Mitsunobu esterification

Herein we report results of the chemoenzymatic deracemization of a range of secondary benzylic acetates 1a-9a via a sequence of hydrolysis with CAL-B lipase in non-conventional media, combined with esterification of the recovered alcohol according to the Mitsunobu protocol following an enzymatic kinetic resolution (KR). The KR of racemic acetates 1a-9a via an enzymatic hydrolysis, with CAL-B lipase and Na2CO3, in non-aqueous media was optimized and gave high selectivities (E ? 200) at good conversions (C >49%) for all of the substrates studied. This method competes well with the traditional one performed in a phosphate buffer solution. The deracemization using Mitsunobu inversion gave the (S)-acetates in moderate to excellent enantiomeric excess 75% ee 99%, in acceptable isolated yields 70% yield 89%, and with some variations according to the acetate structure.

Separation of enantiopure m-substituted 1-phenylethanols in high space-time yield using Bacillus subtilis esterase

A recombinant Bacillus subtilis esterase (BsE) expressed in E. coli was found to exhibit excellent enantioselectivity (E was always greater than 100) towards m-substituted 1-phenylethanol acetates in the enantioselective hydrolysis reaction. An explanation for the high enantioselectivity observed towards these substrates was provided by molecular modeling. Moreover, the BsE also showed strong tolerance towards a high concentration of m-substituted 1-phenylethanol acetates (up to 1 M). Based on these excellent catalytic properties of BsE, a kind of m-substituted 1-phenylethanols, (R)-1-(3-chlorophenyl)ethanol, was efficiently synthesized in space-time yield of 920 g per L per day and 97% ee, indicating that the BsE was considered as a potentially ideal and promising biocatalyst for large-scale production of optically active m-substituted 1-phenylethanols. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2013.