A recombinant Bacillus subtilis esterase (BsE) expressed in E. coli was found to exhibit excellent enantioselectivity (E was always greater than 100) towards m-substituted 1-phenylethanol acetates in the enantioselective hydrolysis reaction. An explanation for the high enantioselectivity observed towards these substrates was provided by molecular modeling. Moreover, the BsE also showed strong tolerance towards a high concentration of m-substituted 1-phenylethanol acetates (up to 1 M). Based on these excellent catalytic properties of BsE, a kind of m-substituted 1-phenylethanols, (R)-1-(3-chlorophenyl)ethanol, was efficiently synthesized in space-time yield of 920 g per L per day and 97% ee, indicating that the BsE was considered as a potentially ideal and promising biocatalyst for large-scale production of optically active m-substituted 1-phenylethanols.
研究发现,在大肠杆菌中表达的
重组枯草芽孢杆菌酯酶(BsE)在对映选择性
水解反应中对 m-取代的 1-苯基
乙醇乙酸酯表现出极好的对映选择性(E 始终大于 100)。分子模型为观察到的对这些底物的高对映选择性提供了解释。此外,BsE 还对高浓度的间取代 1-苯基
乙醇乙酸酯(高达 1 M)表现出很强的耐受性。基于 BsE 的这些优异催化特性,一种间代 1-苯基
乙醇--
(R)-1-(3-氯苯基)乙醇被高效合成,时空产率为 920 克/升/天,ee 为 97%,这表明 BsE 被认为是大规模生产具有光学活性的间代 1-苯基
乙醇的一种潜在的理想和有前途的
生物催化剂。