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SUBMITTER: Asako H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC546806 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Asako Hiroyuki H Wakita Ryuhei R Matsumura Kenji K Shimizu Masatoshi M Sakai Jun J Itoh Nobuya N
Applied and environmental microbiology 20050201 2
Penicillium citrinum was found to catalyze the reduction of methyl 4-bromo-3-oxobutyrate to methyl (S)-4-bromo-3-hydroxybutyrate [(S)-BHBM] with high optical purity. From the strain, a cDNA clone encoding a novel NADPH-dependent alkyl 4-halo-3-oxobutyrate reductase (KER) was isolated. Escherichia coli cells overexpressing KER produced (S)-BHBM in the presence of an NADPH-regeneration system. ...[more]