Semirational Design of Fluoroacetate Dehalogenase RPA1163 for Kinetic Resolution of α-Fluorocarboxylic Acids on a Gram Scale
作者:Hongxia Zhang、Shaixiao Tian、Yue Yue、Min Li、Wei Tong、Guangyu Xu、Bo Chen、Ming Ma、Yanwei Li、Jian-bo Wang
DOI:10.1021/acscatal.9b04804
日期:2020.3.6
performance in the reactions of these substrates, while in silico calculations shed light on the origin of these improvements. Finally, 10 α-fluorocarboxylic acids and 10 α-hydroxycarboxylic acids were prepared on a gram scale via kinetic resolution enabled by WT, W185T, or W185N. This work expands the biocatalytic toolbox and allows a deep insight into the fluoroacetate dehalogenase catalyzed C–F cleavage
在此,通过外消旋α-氟代羧酸的动力学拆分,探索了氟乙酸盐脱卤酶RPA1163的合成用途,用于生产对映体纯的(R)-α-氟代羧酸和(R)-α-羟基代羧酸。尽管野生型(WT)RPA1163显示出高的热稳定性和相当宽的底物范围,但仍然存在许多有趣但接受程度不高或中等的底物。为了解决该问题并发展规模化生产,采用了计算机模拟和半理性诱变。残基W185被设计用于丙氨酸,丝氨酸,苏氨酸或天冬酰胺。两种最佳的突变体W185N和W185T在这些底物的反应中表现出显着改善的性能,而在计算机上计算结果揭示了这些改进的起源。最后,通过WT,W185T或W185N实现的动力学拆分,以克为单位制备了10种α-氟代羧酸和10种α-羟基羧酸。这项工作扩展了生物催化工具箱,并允许深入了解氟乙酸盐脱卤酶催化的CF裂解机理。