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Improving the enantioselectivity of halohydrin dehalogenase for the synthesis of (R)-benzyl glycidyl ether via biocatalytic azidolysis. 2021

Feng Xue, and Changfan Li, and Qing Xu, and He Huang
School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, NO 1, Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, People's Republic of China.

Halohydrin dehalogenases (HHDHs) are valuable biocatalysts for the synthesis of enantiopure benzyl glycidyl ether (BGE) and its derivatives, which are important synthetic intermediates for anti-cancer and anti-obesity drugs. However, all the reported HHDHs exhibit low enantioselectivity. In this study, we screened site-saturation mutagenesis libraries of AbHHDH at positions R89, A136, V137, P178, N179, F180, I181, Y186 and F187 for mutants with enhanced enantioselectivity toward BGE. The four improved variant R89V, R89Y, R89K and V137I were identified, and the double mutant R89Y/V137I showed 2.9-fold higher enantioselectivity than the wild type. The regions of HHDH containing the identified mutations were analyzed by homology modeling to explain the changes of enantioselectivity. Kinetic resolution of 20 to 100 mM BGE using whole cells of Escherichia coli expressing the mutant R89Y/V137I resulted in (R)-BGE yields of 42 to 32.5%, with ee >99%. This study improves our understanding of the enantioselectivity of HHDHs and contributes improved biocatalysts for the kinetic resolution of BGE.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D008958 Models, Molecular Models used experimentally or theoretically to study molecular shape, electronic properties, or interactions; includes analogous molecules, computer-generated graphics, and mechanical structures. Molecular Models,Model, Molecular,Molecular Model
D011487 Protein Conformation The characteristic 3-dimensional shape of a protein, including the secondary, supersecondary (motifs), tertiary (domains) and quaternary structure of the peptide chain. PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY describes the conformation assumed by multimeric proteins (aggregates of more than one polypeptide chain). Conformation, Protein,Conformations, Protein,Protein Conformations
D011994 Recombinant Proteins Proteins prepared by recombinant DNA technology. Biosynthetic Protein,Biosynthetic Proteins,DNA Recombinant Proteins,Recombinant Protein,Proteins, Biosynthetic,Proteins, Recombinant DNA,DNA Proteins, Recombinant,Protein, Biosynthetic,Protein, Recombinant,Proteins, DNA Recombinant,Proteins, Recombinant,Recombinant DNA Proteins,Recombinant Proteins, DNA
D004852 Epoxy Compounds Organic compounds that include a cyclic ether with three ring atoms in their structure. They are commonly used as precursors for POLYMERS such as EPOXY RESINS. Epoxide,Epoxides,Epoxy Compound,Oxiranes,Compound, Epoxy,Compounds, Epoxy
D006867 Hydrolases Any member of the class of enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of the substrate and the addition of water to the resulting molecules, e.g., ESTERASES, glycosidases (GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES), lipases, NUCLEOTIDASES, peptidases (PEPTIDE HYDROLASES), and phosphatases (PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES). EC 3. Hydrolase
D001386 Azides Organic or inorganic compounds that contain the -N3 group. Azide
D001426 Bacterial Proteins Proteins found in any species of bacterium. Bacterial Gene Products,Bacterial Gene Proteins,Gene Products, Bacterial,Bacterial Gene Product,Bacterial Gene Protein,Bacterial Protein,Gene Product, Bacterial,Gene Protein, Bacterial,Gene Proteins, Bacterial,Protein, Bacterial,Proteins, Bacterial
D013237 Stereoisomerism The phenomenon whereby compounds whose molecules have the same number and kind of atoms and the same atomic arrangement, but differ in their spatial relationships. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed) Molecular Stereochemistry,Stereoisomers,Stereochemistry, Molecular,Stereoisomer
D013379 Substrate Specificity A characteristic feature of enzyme activity in relation to the kind of substrate on which the enzyme or catalytic molecule reacts. Specificities, Substrate,Specificity, Substrate,Substrate Specificities

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