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Unifying Scheme for the Biosynthesis of Acyl-Branched Sugars: Extended Substrate Scope of Thiamine-Dependent Enzymes.


ABSTRACT: Thiamine diphosphate (ThDP) dependent enzymes are useful catalysts for asymmetric C-C bond formation through benzoin-type condensation reactions that result in α-hydroxy ketones. A wide range of aldehydes and ketones can be used as acceptor substrates; however, the donor substrate range is mostly limited to achiral α-keto acids and simple aldehydes. By using a unifying retro-biosynthetic approach towards acyl-branched sugars, we identified a subclass of (myco)bacterial ThDP-dependent enzymes with a greatly extended donor substrate range, namely functionalized chiral α-keto acids with a chain length from C4 to C8 . Highly enantioenriched acyloin products were obtained in good to high yields and several reactions were performed on a preparative scale. The newly introduced functionalized α-keto acids, accessible by known aldolase-catalyzed transformations, substantially broaden the donor substrate range of ThDP-dependent enzymes, thus enabling a more general use of these already valuable catalysts.

SUBMITTER: Steitz JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9306805 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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