Versatile Synthons for Optically Pure α-Amino Aldehydes and α-Amino Acids: (+)- and (−)-4,5-Dialkoxy-2-oxazolidinones

2001 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 897-899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toru Morita ◽  
Yusuke Nagasawa ◽  
Syunsuke Yahiro ◽  
Hirofumi Matsunaga ◽  
Takehisa Kunieda
ChemInform ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 32 (30) ◽  
pp. no-no
Author(s):  
Toru Morita ◽  
Yusuke Nagasawa ◽  
Syunsuke Yahiro ◽  
Hirofumi Matsunaga ◽  
Takehisa Kunieda

2004 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 2529-2534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyungdon Yun ◽  
Seongyop Lim ◽  
Byung-Kwan Cho ◽  
Byung-Gee Kim

ABSTRACT Alcaligenes denitrificans Y2k-2 was obtained by selective enrichment followed by screening from soil samples, which showed ω-amino acid:pyruvate transaminase activity, to kinetically resolve aliphatic β-amino acid, and the corresponding structural gene (aptA) was cloned. The gene was functionally expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 by using an isopropyl-β-d-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG)-inducible pET expression system (9.6 U/mg), and the recombinant AptA was purified to show a specific activity of 77.2 U/mg for l-β-amino-n-butyric acid (l-β-ABA). The enzyme converts various β-amino acids and amines to the corresponding β-keto acids and ketones by using pyruvate as an amine acceptor. The apparent Km and V max for l-β-ABA were 56 mM and 500 U/mg, respectively, in the presence of 10 mM pyruvate. In the presence of 10 mM l-β-ABA, the apparent Km and V max for pyruvate were 11 mM and 370 U/mg, respectively. The enzyme exhibits high stereoselectivity (E > 80) in the kinetic resolution of 50 mM d,l-β-ABA, producing optically pure d-β-ABA (99% enantiomeric excess) with 53% conversion.


1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (17) ◽  
pp. 4284-4285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clinton A. Krueger ◽  
Kevin W. Kuntz ◽  
Carolyn D. Dzierba ◽  
Wolfgang G. Wirschun ◽  
John D. Gleason ◽  
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