Fluorogenic kinetic assay for high-throughput discovery of stereoselective ketoreductases relevant to pharmaceutical synthesis

Thai, Yen-Chi, Szekrenyi, Anna, Qi, Yuyin, Black, Gary, Charnock, Simon and Fessner, Wolf-Dieter (2018) Fluorogenic kinetic assay for high-throughput discovery of stereoselective ketoreductases relevant to pharmaceutical synthesis. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 26 (7). pp. 1320-1326. ISSN 0968-0896

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Abstract

Enantiomerically pure 1-(6-methoxynaphth-2-yl) and 1-(6-(dimethylamino)naphth-2-yl) carbinols are fluorogenic substrates for aldo/keto reductase (KRED) enzymes, which allow the highly sensitive and reliable determination of activity and kinetic constants of known and unknown enzymes, as well as an immediate enantioselectivity typing. Because of its simplicity in microtiter plate format, the assay qualifies for the discovery of novel KREDs of yet unknown specificity among this vast enzyme superfamily. The suitability of this approach for enzyme typing is illustrated by an exemplary screening of a large collection of short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) enzymes arrayed from a metagenomic approach. We believe that this assay format should match well the pharmaceutical industry’s demand for acetophenone-type substrates and the continuing interest in new enzymes with broad substrate promiscuity for the synthesis of chiral, non-racemic carbinols.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Alcohol dehydrogenase; Asymmetric synthesis; Biocatalysis; Chiral alcohols; Enantioselectivity
Subjects: F100 Chemistry
Department: Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Applied Sciences
Depositing User: Becky Skoyles
Date Deposited: 12 Jun 2017 10:50
Last Modified: 01 Aug 2021 12:19
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/31062

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