Reduction of β-Keto Esters with a Reductase: Construction of Plural Stereocenters Remote from the Reaction Center
作者:Yasushi Kawai、Kouichi Hida、Atsuyoshi Ohno
DOI:10.1006/bioo.1998.1106
日期:1999.2
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.