Short and efficient syntheses of (−) -isocitric acid lactone and (−) -homoisocitric acid. Conversion of alkynylsilanes into the corresponding carboxylic acids
We describe a simple synthesis of natural isocitric and homoisocitric acids from a common intermediate 2. A new method of conversion from a silylated triple bond to the carboxylic acid of the same chain length has been formulated.
as a coenzyme. Substrate specificity of two homoisocitrate dehydrogenases derived from Deinococcus radiodurans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae was analyzed using a series of synthetic substrate analogs, which indicated a relatively broad substrate specificity of these enzymes. Based on the substrate specificity, 3-hydroxyalkylidene- and 3-carboxyalkylidenemalate derivatives were designed as a specific
Biological Synthesis of Difunctional Alkanes from Carbohydrate Feedstocks
申请人:Baynes Brian M.
公开号:US20110171696A1
公开(公告)日:2011-07-14
Aspects of the invention relate to methods for the production of difunctional alkanes in host cells. In particular, aspects of the invention describe components of genes associated with the difunctional alkane production from carbohydrate feedstocks in host cells. More specifically, aspects of the invention describe metabolic pathways for the production of adipic acid, aminocaproic acid, caprolactam, and hexamethylenediamine via 2-ketopimelic acid.
BIOLOGICAL SYNTHESIS OF DIFUNCTIONAL ALKANES FROM CARBOHYDRATE FEEDSTOCKS
申请人:Baynes Brian M.
公开号:US20120164702A1
公开(公告)日:2012-06-28
Aspects of the invention relate to methods for the production of difunctional alkanes in host cells. In particular, aspects of the invention describe components of genes associated with the difunctional alkane production from carbohydrate feedstocks in host cells. More specifically, aspects of the invention describe metabolic pathways for the production of adipic acid, aminocaproic acid, caprolactam, and hexamethylenediamine via 2-ketopimelic acid.
Substrate Specificity Determinants of the Methanogen Homoaconitase Enzyme: Structure and Function of the Small Subunit<sup>,</sup>
作者:Jeyaraman Jeyakanthan、Randy M. Drevland、Dasara Raju Gayathri、Devadasan Velmurugan、Akeo Shinkai、Seiki Kuramitsu、Shigeyuki Yokoyama、David E. Graham
DOI:10.1021/bi901766z
日期:2010.3.30
The aconitase family of hydro-lyase enzymes includes three classes of proteins that catalyze the isomerization of alpha-hydroxy acids to beta-hydroxy acids. Besides aconitase, isopropylmalate isomerase (IPMI) proteins specifically catalyze the isomerization of alpha,beta-dicarboxylates with hydrophobic gamma-chain groups, and homoaconitase (HACN) proteins catalyze the isomerization of tricarboxylates with variable chain length gamma-carboxylate groups. These enzymes' stereospecific hydro-lyase activities make them attractive catalysts to produce diastereomers from unsaturated precursors. However, sequence similarity and convergent evolution among these proteins lead to widespread misannotation and uncertainty about gene function. To Find the substrate specificity determinants of homologous IPMI and HACN proteins from Methanocaldococcus jannaschii, the small-subunit HACN protein (MJ1271) was crystallized for X-ray diffraction. The Structural model showed characteristic residues in a flexible loop region between alpha 2 and alpha 3 that distinguish HACN from IPMI and aconitase proteins. Site-directed mutagenesis of MJ1271 produced loop-region variant proteins that were reconstituted with wild-type MJ1003 large-subunit protein. The heteromers formed promiscuous hydro-lyases with reduced activity but broader substrate specificity. Both R26K and R26V variants formed relatively efficient IPMI enzymes, while the T27A variant had uniformly lower specificity constants for both IPMI and HACN substrates. The R26V T27Y variant resembles the MJ1277 IPMI small subunit in its flexible loop sequence but demonstrated the broad substrate specificity of the R26V variant. These mutations may reverse the evolution of HACN activity from an ancestral IPMI gene, demonstrating the evolutionary potential for promiscuity in hydro-lyase enzymes. Understanding these specificity determinants enables the functional reannotation of paralogous HACN and IPMI genes in numerous genome sequences. These structural and kinetic results will help to engineer new stereospecific hydro-lyase enzymes for chemoenzymatic syntheses.