Asymmetric β‐Methylation of
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‐α‐Amino Acids by a Self‐Contained Enzyme Cascade
作者:Cangsong Liao、Florian P. Seebeck
DOI:10.1002/anie.201916025
日期:2020.4.27
AbstractThis report describes a modular enzyme‐catalyzed cascade reaction that transforms l‐ or d‐α‐amino acids to β‐methyl‐α‐amino acids. In this process an α‐amino acid transaminase, an α‐keto acid methyltransferase, and a halide methyltransferase cooperate in two orthogonal reaction cycles that mediate product formation and regeneration of the cofactor pyridoxal‐5′‐phosphate and the co‐substrate S‐adenosylmethionine. The only stoichiometric reagents consumed in this process are the unprotected l‐ or d‐α‐amino acid and methyl iodide.
New Method for the Separation of Diastereomeric Mixtures of β-Methylnorleucine and β-Methylleucine
作者:Kazuo Okubo、Yoshiharu Izumi
DOI:10.1246/bcsj.43.1541
日期:1970.5
β-Methylnorleucine and β-methylleucine were synthesized, separated into diastereomers and optically resolved. The configurational assignments of these isomers and the determinations of the optically active isomers were achieved by means of NMR spectroscopy and the enzymatic method respectively.