Lipase activity of Lecitase® Ultra: characterization and applications in enantioselective reactions
作者:Mithilesh Kumar Mishra、Thenkrishnan Kumaraguru、Gurrala Sheelu、Nitin W. Fadnavis
DOI:10.1016/j.tetasy.2009.11.012
日期:2009.12
The general properties of Lecitase (R) Ultra, a phospholipase manufactured and marketed by Novozymes, Denmark, have been studied after purification by ultrafiltration. The enzyme has a molecular mass of 35 KD, pH-optimum of 8.5, and appears to possess a single active site which exhibits both the lipase and phospholipase activities that increase in the presence of Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions. The enzyme is inhibited by heavy metal ions and surfactants, and does not accept p-nitrophenyl acetate and glycerol triacetate. Substrates, such as glycerol tributyrate and p-nitrophenyl palmitate, esters of N-acetyl-alpha-amino acids and alpha-hydroxy acids are readily accepted. Amino acids with aliphatic residues, such as alanine, isoleucine, and methionine, are hydrolyzed with high enantioselectivity for the L-enantiomer (E > 100), but amino acids with aromatic residues such as phenylalanine and phenylglycine, and esters of alpha-hydroxy acids are hydrolyzed with low enantioselectivity (E = 1-5). Immobilization of the enzyme in a gelatin matrix (gelozyme) leads to a marginal improvement in the enantioselectivity for these substrates. However, a dramatic improvement in enantioselectivity is observed for ethyl 2-hydroxy-4-oxo-4-phenylbutyrate (E value increases from 4.5 to 19.5 with S-selectivity). Similarly, glycidate esters, such as ethyl trans-(+/-)-3-phenyl glycidate and methyl trans-(+/-)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl) glycidate, are selectively hydrolyzed with a remarkable selectivity towards the (2S,3R)-enantiomer providing unreacted (2R,3S)-glycidate esters (ee >99%, conversion 52-55%) by the immobilized enzyme. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.