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Asymmetric synthesis of chiral amines with ω‐transaminase
Author(s) -
Shin JongShik,
Kim ByungGee
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
biotechnology and bioengineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1097-0290
pISSN - 0006-3592
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0290(19991020)65:2<206::aid-bit11>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - acetophenone , ketone , chemistry , yield (engineering) , amine gas treating , enantiomeric excess , transaminase , alanine , amino acid , stereochemistry , substrate (aquarium) , organic chemistry , enantioselective synthesis , enzyme , catalysis , biochemistry , materials science , oceanography , geology , metallurgy
The asymmetric synthesis of chiral amines using prochiral ketones was carried out with (S)‐specific ω‐transaminase (ω‐TA) from Vibrio fluvialis JS17. This reaction is inhibited severely by both products, (S)‐amine and deaminated ketone. In addition, thermodynamic equilibrium strongly favored the reverse reaction. l ‐Alanine proved to be the best amino donor based on easy removal of the products. Optimal pH of the reactions with both whole cells and cell‐free extract was 7. Amino acceptor reactivities of ketone substrates and reaction profiles of the asymmetric synthesis showed that the initial rate as well as the reaction yield were lower when the resulting (S)‐amine from a prochiral ketone substrate was a more reactive amino donor. The yield could be increased dramatically by removing pyruvate, which is a more inhibitory product than (S)‐α‐methylbenzylamine [(S)‐α‐MBA] when acetophenone and l ‐alanine are used as an amino acceptor and donor, respectively. The removal of pyruvate was carried out by incorporating lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in cell‐free extract or by using whole cells. The whole cell reaction yielded a much better result. When 25 m M benzylacetone and 30 m M acetophenone were used as an amino acceptor with 300 m M l ‐alanine, 90.2% and 92.1% of the reaction yields after 1 day were obtained with whole cells, respectively. Enantiomeric excesses of both (S)‐α‐MBA and (S)‐1‐methyl‐3‐phenylpropylamine [(S)‐MPPA] were all above 99%. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 65: 206–211, 1999.