Enhancing the Activity of an Alcohol Dehydrogenase by Using "Aromatic Residue Scanning" at Potential Plasticity Sites.
Chemistry
; 29(25): e202203530, 2023 May 02.
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ABSTRACT
An alcohol dehydrogenase LkADH was successfully engineered to exhibit improved activity and substrate tolerance for the production of (S)-2-chloro-1-(3,4-difluorophenyl)ethanol, an important precursor of ticagrelor. Five potential hotspots were identified for enzyme mutagenesis by using natural residue abundance as an indicator to evaluate their potential plasticity. A semi-rational strategy named "aromatic residue scanning" was applied to randomly mutate these five sites simultaneously by using tyrosine, tryptophan, and phenylalanine as "exploratory residues" to introduce steric hindrance or potential π-π interactions. The best variant Lk-S96Y/L199W identified with 17.2-fold improvement in catalytic efficiency could completely reduce up to 600â
g/L (3.1â
M) 2-chloro-1-(3,4-difluorophenyl)ethenone in 12â
h with >99.5 % ee, giving the highest space-time yield ever reported. This study, therefore, offers a strategy for mutating alcohol dehydrogenase to reduce aromatic substrates and provides an efficient variant for the efficient synthesis of (S)-2-chloro-1-(3,4-difluorophenyl)ethanol.
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Alcohol Deshidrogenasa
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Chemistry
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QUIMICA
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2023
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ALEMANHA
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DEUSTCHLAND
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GERMANY