Reduction of β-Keto Esters with a Reductase: Construction of Plural Stereocenters Remote from the Reaction Center
摘要:
The reduction of sec-alkyl 2-methyl-3-oxobutyrate with a keto ester reductase from bakers' yeast (YKER-I) is accompanied by simultaneous dynamic and static resolution of chiral centers affording the corresponding (2R,3S,1'R)-hydroxy esters preferentially Thus, the enzyme discriminates three chiral centers simultaneously in high stereoselectivity producing useful chiral building blocks. To study the effect of the alcohol moiety which is located at a remote position from the reaction center, upon the interaction between the enzyme and a substrate, steady-state kinetic parameters, K-m and k(cat), of YKER-I for each (1'R)- and (1'S)-substrate have been determined. The results reveal that the stereochemistry at the alcohol moiety affects K-m rather than k(cat). (C) 1999 Academic Press.
Reduction of β-Keto Esters with a Reductase: Construction of Plural Stereocenters Remote from the Reaction Center
摘要:
The reduction of sec-alkyl 2-methyl-3-oxobutyrate with a keto ester reductase from bakers' yeast (YKER-I) is accompanied by simultaneous dynamic and static resolution of chiral centers affording the corresponding (2R,3S,1'R)-hydroxy esters preferentially Thus, the enzyme discriminates three chiral centers simultaneously in high stereoselectivity producing useful chiral building blocks. To study the effect of the alcohol moiety which is located at a remote position from the reaction center, upon the interaction between the enzyme and a substrate, steady-state kinetic parameters, K-m and k(cat), of YKER-I for each (1'R)- and (1'S)-substrate have been determined. The results reveal that the stereochemistry at the alcohol moiety affects K-m rather than k(cat). (C) 1999 Academic Press.
A β-ketoesterreductasefrom baker's yeast catalyzes asymmetric reduction accompanied by simultaneous kinetic resolution of dynamic and dtatic optically active centers. The reduction of 1′-arylethyl 2-methyl-3-oxobutanoates mediated by this enzyme affords the corresponding (1′R)-1′-arylethyl(2R,3S)-3-hydroxy-2-methylbutanoates with excellent stereoselectivity.