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Lee, Eun-Yeol
- KSBB Journal
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- v.22 no.3
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- pp.123-128
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- 2007
One drawback of conventional kinetic resolution of racemic epoxides by epoxide hydrolase (EH) is that the theoretical yield can never exceed 50%. This 50% limitation can be overcome by using enantioconvergent process, in which both enantiomers of the racemic epoxide are transformed via stereochemically matching pathways into a single enantiopure diol as the sole product in 100% theoretical yield. In order to make a single enantiopure vicinal diol, the two enantiomers of the racemic epoxide must be hydrolyzed with retention and inversion of configuration each other. The EHs should be enantio- and regiospecific at the same time. The enantioconvergent hydrolysis with EHs and relevant biotransformation for preparing enantiopure epoxides and vicinal diols with a high yield are reviewed.
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Lee, Ok Kyung;Lee, Eun Yeol
- Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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- v.18 no.3
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- pp.279-283
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- 2007
Epoxide hydrolase (EH) gene of Caulobacter crescentus was cloned by PCR and expressed in Escherichia coli. The C. crescentus EH (CcEH) primarily attacked at the benzylic carbon of (S)-styrene oxide, while the CcEH preferentially attacked at the terminal carbon of (R)-styrene oxide, thus leading to the formation of (R)-phenyl-1,2-ethanediol as the main product. (R)-phenyl-1,2-ethanediol was obtained with 85% enantiomeric excess and yield of 69% from racemic styrene oxide via enantioconvergent hydrolysis by using recombinant CcEH as the single biocatalyst.
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Lee, Ok-Kyung;Kim, Hee-Sook
- Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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- v.35 no.4
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- pp.285-291
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- 2007
Enantioconvergent hydrolysis process for the preparation of chiral diol from racemic epoxides by using the recombinant Caulobacter crescentus epoxide hydrolase (CcEH) in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) was optimized. For the optimization, the effects of detergent, temperature and product inhibition on the enantiopurity and the yield of diol were investigated. (R)-phenyl-1,2-ethanediol with 92% enantiomeric excess and 56% yield from 20 mM racemic styrene oxide was obtained by using the recombinant CcEH at the optimal condition of $10^{\circ}C$ and the addition of 2% (w/v) Tween 80. At 50 mM racemic styrene oxide was used as a substrate, (R)-phenyl-1,2-ethanediol was obtained with 87% enantiomeric excess and 77% yield. Racemic phenyl-1,2-ethanediol, (R)-phenyl-1,2-ethanediol and (S)-phenyl-1,2-ethanediol dramatically inhibited the hydrolytic activity of the recombinant CcEH. These results suggested that another EH with the regioselectivity on ${\beta}$-position of (R)-enantiomer and without feedback inhibition by products would be needed as the partner EH of C. crescentus EH.
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