Promoter engineering-mediated Tuning of esterase and transaminase expression for the chemoenzymatic synthesis of sitagliptin phosphate at the kilogram-scale

Autor: Jeong Ho Kim, Amol D. Pagar, Hyungdon Yun, Seongseon Yu, Hyunwoo Jeon, Taresh P. Khobragade, Hyunsang Jung, Sharad Sarak, Sung Ryoung Lee, Heung Mo Kang, Geon-Hee Kim, Somin Lee, Pritam Giri, Lee Myeong Seok, Sung‐Su Cho, Mahesh D. Patil, Hye‐Jung Park, Seong‐Hwa Park, In Suk Choi
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Biotechnology and bioengineeringREFERENCES. 118(8)
ISSN: 1097-0290
Popis: Here, we report a bienzymatic cascade to produce β-amino acids as an intermediate for the synthesis of the leading oral antidiabetic drug, sitagliptin. A whole-cell biotransformation using recombinant Escherichia coli coexpressing a esterase and transaminase were developed, wherein the desired expression level of each enzyme was achieved by promotor engineering. The small-scale reactions (30 ml) performed under optimized conditions at varying amounts of substrate (100-300 mM) resulted in excellent conversions of 82%-95% for the desired product. Finally, a kilogram-scale enzymatic reaction (250 mM substrate, 220 L) was carried out to produce β-amino acid (229 mM). Sitagliptin phosphate was chemically synthesized from β-amino acids with 82% yield and > 99% purity.
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