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Facile Stereoselective Reduction of Prochiral Ketones by using an F₄₂₀ -dependent Alcohol Dehydrogenase.

ABSTRACT: Effective procedures for the synthesis of optically pure alcohols are highly valuable. A commonly employed method involves the biocatalytic reduction of prochiral ketones. This is typically achieved by using nicotinamide cofactor-dependent reductases. In this work, we demonstrate that a rather unexplored class of enzymes can also be used for this. We used an F₄₂₀ -dependent alcohol dehydrogenase (ADF) from Methanoculleus thermophilicus that was found to reduce various ketones to enantiopure alcohols. The respective (S) alcohols were obtained in excellent enantiopurity (>99?% ee). Furthermore, we discovered that the deazaflavoenzyme can be used as a self-sufficient system by merely using a sacrificial cosubstrate (isopropanol) and a catalytic amount of cofactor F₄₂₀ or the unnatural cofactor FOP to achieve full conversion. This study reveals that deazaflavoenzymes complement the biocatalytic toolbox for enantioselective ketone reductions.

SUBMITTER: Martin C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7820951 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Facile Stereoselective Reduction of Prochiral Ketones by using an F<sub>420</sub> -dependent Alcohol Dehydrogenase.

Martin Caterina C Tjallinks Gwen G Trajkovic Milos M Fraaije Marco W MW

Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology 20201023 1

Effective procedures for the synthesis of optically pure alcohols are highly valuable. A commonly employed method involves the biocatalytic reduction of prochiral ketones. This is typically achieved by using nicotinamide cofactor-dependent reductases. In this work, we demonstrate that a rather unexplored class of enzymes can also be used for this. We used an F<sub>420</sub> -dependent alcohol dehydrogenase (ADF) from Methanoculleus thermophilicus that was found to reduce various ketones to enant ...[more]

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