Thermodynamics and Kinetic Aspects Involved in the Enzymatic Resolution of (<i>R,S</i>)-3-Fluoroalanine in a Coupled System of Redox Reactions Catalyzed by Dehydrogenases
作者:Luciana P. B. Gonçalves、O. A. C. Antunes、Enrique G. Oestreicher
DOI:10.1021/op060027o
日期:2006.5.1
Two systems of redox enzymatic reactions were tested, looking forward to the preparation of (S)-3-fluoroalanine, a potent antibiotic, by kinetic resolution of rac-3-fluoroalanine. This starting material was the main substrate for the deaminative oxidation reaction catalyzed by L-alanine dehydrogenase (L-AlaDH) in the presence of NAD(+). One system was formed by coupling this reaction ( main reaction) to the reduction of 3-fluoropyruvate ( a cascade system) produced in the main reaction catalyzed by L-lactate dehydrogenase (L-LDH) in the presence of NADH, also formed in the main reaction. This system, that was able to achieve 92% of conversion, allows the accumulation of NH4+, one of the secondary products of the main reaction. The other coupled redox system involved the coupling to the L-AlaDH reaction to the aminative reduction reaction of alpha-ketoglutarate in the presence of NADH and NH4+ ( both side products of the main reaction) catalyzed by L-glutamate dehydrogenase (L-GluDH), that allows accumulation of 3-fluoropyruvate. With this system, the extent of the reaction in the coupled system was only 22%. This big difference in the efficiency of both systems was identified as being the result of a different potency of the products that accumulates in both systems, acting as inhibitors of L-AlaDH. It was demonstrated that 3-fluoropyruvate is a much stronger inhibitor of L-AlaDH than NH4+. This fact, and not thermodynamic considerations, explains the results obtained with both systems.