Microbial Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of 4,4-disubstituted cyclohexan- and cyclohexenones by recombinant whole-cells expressing monooxygenases of bacterial origin

Screening of 4,4-disubstituted and 3,4,5-polysubstituted cyclohexan- and cyclohexenones with eight different overexpression systems of microbial monooxygenases in recombinant Escherichia coli provided valuable information about substrate acceptance and enantioselectivity of this enzyme family, which...

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Published in:Journal of molecular catalysis. B, Enzymatic Enzymatic, 2006-05, Vol.39 (1), p.135-140
Main Authors: Mihovilovic, Marko D., Snajdrova, Radka, Grötzl, Birgit
Format: Article
Language:English
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Baeyer–Villiger monooxygenase
Baeyer–Villiger oxidation
Sequential biotransformation
Stereoselective oxidation
Whole-cell biotransformation
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Summary:Screening of 4,4-disubstituted and 3,4,5-polysubstituted cyclohexan- and cyclohexenones with eight different overexpression systems of microbial monooxygenases in recombinant Escherichia coli provided valuable information about substrate acceptance and enantioselectivity of this enzyme family, which are responsible for the stereoselective Baeyer–Villiger biooxidation of ketones. For this purpose whole-cell mediated biotransformations were realized to overcome some limitations in the application of cofactor dependent biocatalysts. The different behavior of various enzymes reflects a recent hypothesis about two distinct clusters of biooxidation catalysts. In contrast to isolated enzyme biooxidations, recombinant cells did not yield unsaturated lactone products derived from cycloalkenones. They rather displayed reductase activity to reduce such precursors to saturated ketones, which were subsequently oxidized to the corresponding Baeyer–Villiger products in a sequential two-step biotransformation.
ISSN:1381-1177
1873-3158
DOI:10.1016/j.molcatb.2006.01.008