A multidisciplinary approach toward the rapid and preparative-scale biocatalytic synthesis of chiral amino alcohols: a concise transketolase-/ω-transaminase-mediated …

MEB Smith, BH Chen, EG Hibbert… - … Process Research & …, 2010 - ACS Publications
MEB Smith, BH Chen, EG Hibbert, U Kaulmann, K Smithies, JL Galman, F Baganz, PA Dalby
Organic Process Research & Development, 2010ACS Publications
Chiral amino alcohols represent an important class of value-added biochemicals and
pharmaceutical intermediates. Chemical routes to such compounds are generally step
intensive, requiring environmentally unfriendly catalysts and solvents. This work describes a
multidisciplinary approach to the rapid establishment of biocatalytic routes to chiral
aminodiols taking the original synthesis of (2 S, 3 S)-2-aminopentane-1, 3-diol as a specific
example. An engineered variant of Escherichi coli transketolase (D469T) was used for the …
Chiral amino alcohols represent an important class of value-added biochemicals and pharmaceutical intermediates. Chemical routes to such compounds are generally step intensive, requiring environmentally unfriendly catalysts and solvents. This work describes a multidisciplinary approach to the rapid establishment of biocatalytic routes to chiral aminodiols taking the original synthesis of (2S,3S)-2-aminopentane-1,3-diol as a specific example. An engineered variant of Escherichi coli transketolase (D469T) was used for the initial asymmetric ynthesis of (3S)-1,3-dihydroxypentan-2-one from the achiral substrates propanal and hydroxypyruvate. A bioinformatics led strategy was then used to identify and clone an ω-transaminase from Chromobacterium violaceum (DSM30191) capable of converting the product of the transketolase-catalysed step to the required (2S,3S)-2-aminopentane-1,3-diol using isopropylamine as an inexpensive amine donor. Experiments to characterize, optimize and model the kinetics of each reaction step were performed at the 1 mL scale using previously established automated microwell processing techniques. The microwell results provided excellent predictions of the reaction kinetics when the bioconversions were subsequently scaled up to preparative scales in batch stirred-tank reactors. The microwell methods thus provide process chemists and engineers with a valuable tool for the rapid and early evaluation of potential synthetic strategies. Overall, this work describes a concise and efficient biocatalytic route to chiral amino alcohols and illustrates an integrated multidisciplinary approach to bioconversion process design and scale-up.
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