Directed evolution of the dioxygenase complex for the synthesis of furanone flavor compounds
作者:Lisa M. Newman、Henry Garcia、Tomas Hudlicky、Sergey A. Selifonov
DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2003.10.105
日期:2004.1
Herein we report a new preparation of 4-hydroxy-2,5-dimethyl-2,3 -dihydrofuran-3-one, the flavor compound strawberry furanone, based on a 'green' approach with a minimum number of steps. The first step is an enzymatic dioxygenation of p-xylene to form cyclohexadiene-cis-diol, followed by ring opening via ozonolysis, and ring closure to form the furanone. In efforts to improve the efficiency of the enzymatic step, a directed evolution approach was taken to increase the substrate specificity and selectivity of the toluene dioxygenase enzyme system. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.