Chromobacterium violaceum omega-transaminase variant Trp60Cys shows increased specificity for (S)-1-phenylethylamine and 4 '-substituted acetophenones, and follows Swain-Lupton parameterisation

• For biocatalytic production of pharmaceutically important chiral amines the.-transaminase enzymes have proven useful. Engineering of these enzymes has to some extent been accomplished by rational design, but mostly by directed evolution. By use of a homology model a key point mutation in Chromobacterium violaceum omega-transaminase was found upon comparison with engineered variants from homologous enzymes. The variant Trp60Cys gave increased specificity for (S)-1-phenylethylamine (29-fold) and 4'-substituted acetophenones (similar to 5-fold). To further study the effect of the mutation the reaction rates were Swain-Lupton parameterised. On comparison with the wild type, reactions of the variant showed increased resonance dependence; this observation together with changed pH optimum and cofactor dependence suggests an altered reaction mechanism.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Kemi -- Organisk kemi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Chemical Sciences -- Organic Chemistry (hsv//eng)

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OPTICALLY-ACTIVE AMINES; ASYMMETRIC-SYNTHESIS; CHIRAL AMINES; SUBSTRATE-SPECIFICITY; RESONANCE COMPONENTS; CHEMICAL-REACTIVITY; AMINOTRANSFERASE; SUBSTITUENT; IDENTIFICATION; BIOCATALYSIS

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