Enzyme Engineering for High‐Yielding Amide Formation: Lipase‐Catalyzed Synthesis of
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‐Acyl Glycines in Aqueous Media
作者:Glen Kai Bin Kua、Giang Kien Truc Nguyen、Zhi Li
DOI:10.1002/anie.202217878
日期:2023.3.27
N-acyl glycines are essential biosurfactants in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Their commercial production involves the use of neurotoxic phosgene. Aiming towards green synthesis of these amides, we developed a novel amide synthesis concept involving glycerol activation and evolved a hydrolytic enzyme by reshaping its catalytic pocket into a highly active amide bond-forming enzyme, displaying 400-fold
N-酰基甘氨酸是化妆品和药物中必不可少的生物表面活性剂。它们的商业生产涉及使用具有神经毒性的光气。为了实现这些酰胺的绿色合成,我们开发了一种涉及甘油活化的新型酰胺合成概念,并通过将其催化袋重塑为高活性酰胺键形成酶,进化出一种水解酶,显示出 400 倍的 N-月桂酰甘氨酸合成催化效率收率超过 80%。