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A single point mutation reverses the enantiopreference of thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus secondary alcohol dehydrogenase

  • Musa M. Musa
  • , Nathan Lott
  • , Maris Laivenieks
  • , Leandra Watanabe
  • , Claire Vieille
  • , Robert S. Phillips*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The asymmetric reduction of benzylic and heteroaryl ketones to the corresponding (R)-alcohols using I86A Ther-moanaerobacter ethanolicus alcohol dehydrogenase (I86ATeSADH) is described. This single amino acid mutation not only makes the active site of I86A TeSADH able to accommodate more sterically demanding substituents than those accommodated by wild-type TeSADH, but it also reverses the substrate stereospecificity of TeSADH.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)89-93
Number of pages5
JournalChemCatChem
Volume1
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Aug 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Biocatalysis
  • Biotransformations
  • Enantioselectivity
  • Enzymes
  • Protein engineering

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

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