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A highly stereoselective recombinant alcohol dehydrogenase aus 'Pseudomonas fluorescens' DSM50106
(2005)
The alcohol dehydrogenase was biochemically characterized. A broad range of arylaliphatic ketones is efficiently reduced to the corresponding optically active (R)-alcohols by a recombinant alcohol dehydrogenase (PF-ADH) produced by overexpression in 'Escherichia coli'. PF-ADH shows high activity and stereoselectivity in the reduction of acetophenone and various derivatives (45-99%), as well as in the reduction of 3-oxy-butyric acid methyl ester and 3-oxy-butyric acid methyl ester and 3-oxy-hexanoic acid ethyl ester (>99%). The highest activity was observed between 10 and 20°C. The copfactor NADH can be efficiently recycled by the addition of 10-20% of iso-propanol. A flow-through-polarimetry-based assay to determine oxidoreductase activity and stereoselectivity is described.
1,1-Bis(trimethylsilyloxy)ketene acetals represent useful synthetic building blocks which can be regarded as masked carboxylic acid dianions. In recent years, a number of cyclization reactions of 1,1-bis(trimethylsilyloxy)ketene acetals have been reported. Functionalized maleic anhydrides represent important synthetic building blocks, which have been employed, for example, in the synthesis of γ-alkylidenebutenolides, maleimides, 5-alkylidene-5H-pyrrol-2-ones. Substituted maleic anhydrides are available by Michael reaction of nucleophiles with parent maleic anhydride and subsequent halogenation and elimination. Oxalyl chloride is an important synthetic tool for the synthesis of O-heterocycles. 3-hydroxymaleic (1-3) anhydrides were synthesised by one-pot cyclization of 1,1-bis(trimethylsilyloxy)ketene acetals with oxalyl chloride using TMSOTf as a catalyst. The Me3SiOTf mediated reaction of 1,1-bis(trimethylsilyloxy)ketene acetals with 3-silyloxyalk-2-en-1-ones, such as (4), afforded 5-ketoacids, such as (5). Treatment of the latter with TFA in CH2Cl2 afforded pyran-2-ones, such as (6-8). It has been found that 1,1-bis(trimethylsilyloxy)ketene acetals can behave as dinucleophile. Functionalized benzo-azoxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonanones (9-12), were prepared by regio- and diastereoselective condensation of 1,1-bis(silyloxy)ketene acetals with isoquinolinium and quinolinium salts and subsequent regioselective and stereospecific iodolactonization. Our next target was the reaction of silyl ketene acetals with pyrazine and quinoxaline. These reactions provide a facile access to a variety of 2,3-benzo-1,4-diaza-7-oxabicyclo[4.3.0]non-2-en-6-ones and 1,4-diaza-7-oxabicyclo[4.3.0]non-2-en-6-ones (13-14). The second part of my research work was concentrated on bis(silyl enol ethers). The TiCl4-mediated [3+3] cyclization of 2,4-bis(trimethylsilyloxy)penta-1,3-diene with 3-silyloxyalk-2-en-1-ones afforded 2-acetylphenols (15), which were transformed into functionalized chromones (16). The Me3SiOTf-mediated condensation of the latter with 1,3-bis(silyl enol ethers) and subsequent domino ′retro-Michael–aldol–lactonization′ reaction afforded 7-hydroxy-6H-benzo[c]chromen-6-ones (17-18). With regard to our on going investigation with bis(silyl enol ethers), we significantly extended the preparative scope of the methodology. We have successfully developed regioselective cyclizations of unsymmetrical 1,1-diacylcyclopentanes, such as 1-acetyl-1-formylcyclopentane, and also studied cyclizations of 2,2-diacetylindane, 1,1-diacetylcyclopent-3-ene and 3,3-dimethylpentane-2,4-dione. In addition, the mechanism of the domino process was studied. We have synthesised spiro[5.4]decenones (19) and that were transfored into bicyclo[4.4.0]deca-1,4-dien-3-ones (20-21), by domino ′Elimination–Double-Wagner-Meerwein-Rearrangement′ reactions. The Lewis acid mediated domino ′[3+3]-cyclization-homo-Michael′ reaction of 1,3-bis-silyl enol ethers with unsymmetrical 1,1-diacylcyclopentanes, such as 1-acetyl-1-formylcyclopentane, allows an efficient one-pot synthesis of functionalized salicylates containing a halogenated side-chain (22-23). A great variety of substitution patterns have been realized by variation of the starting materials and of the Lewis acid. The mechanism of the domino process was studied.
Discovery of novel Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases and their application in organic synthesis.
(2009)
The application of BVMOs in kinetic resolution is a versatile alternative for the synthesis of optically pure esters. Within this thesis BVMOs proved to be highly active against a broad range of linear and aryl aliphatic ketones yielding a variety of enantiopure products. Among the beta-hydroxy ketones several CHMOs and BVMOPsfl showed the best results (E > 100), whereas the application of the latter enzyme also allowed access to the abnormal esters (regioisomeric excess > 40%). Interestingly, some enzymes showed a reduced activity and selectivity with a growing chain length of the ketone, suggesting that middle-chain ketones (C8-C10) might be preferred. Moreover, the production of optically pure 1,2-diols was observed (yields 8-50%), resulting from an in vivo hydrolysis of the 2-hydroxy alkyl acetates. Regarding the N-protected beta-amino ketones, results were different. While the majority of CHMOs catalyzed linear substrates showing high enantioselectivities (for CHMOBrevi1 and CHMOBrachy E > 100, c = 40-50%), BVMOPsfl did not convert nitrogen bearing linear ketones, although this might also be justified with the methylcarbamate protecting group. Interestingly, the number of BVMOs catalyzing oxidation of spatially more demanding linear branched beta-amino ketones was greatly reduced, indicating steric hindrance that was also combined with a decrease in selectivity. Similar to the observation for beta-hydroxy ketones, also the 2 amino alkyl acetates hydrolyzed furnishing 2-amino alcohols (yields 9-52%). Moreover, hydrolysis of the “abnormal“ esters allowed an alternative access to valuable native and non-native β-amino acids. In a two step process, using CDMO from R. ruber and CAL-B, it was possible to generate N-protected (+)-beta-leucine. During kinetic resolutions of aryl aliphatic ketones it was observed that the highest enantio¬selectivities could be achieved utilizing HAPMOJD1, HAPMOACB and PAMO, enzymes typically preferring aromatic substrates. Biotransformation with 3-phenyl-2-butanone revealed an E-value > 100 for HAPMOJD1 (S-selective). Nevertheless, also BVMOPsfl converted this sub¬strate (E = 43), and also CHMOAcineto and CPMO oxidized it, although selectivity was rather low (E < 5). Interestingly, BVMOKT2440 was the only examined enzyme showing R selectivity (E = 13). Additionally, increasing the scale and performing biotransformation in a baffled flask could increase enantioselectivity of BVMOPsfl from E = 43 to 82. The discovery of novel enzymes with diverse properties is still a main goal of the biotechnological industry. Within these studies, two BVMOs (BVMOKT2440 and HAPMOJD1) could be successfully amplified from genomic DNA using different PCR-methods. Then, expression in E. coli was optimized, revealing that the reduction of expression temperature, implementation of E. coli JM109 or RosettaTM (DE3), possessing the pRARE plasmid to facilitate translation of rare codons in the latter case, and/or co-expression of chaperones (pGro7: GroEL/ES-familiy) could increase the amount of soluble and active protein. Both enzymes were subjected to biocatalysis and it was found that BVMOKT2440 preferentially oxidized linear ketones, while HAPMOJD1 dominantly converted aryl aliphatic ketones. The latter enzyme could be purified by anion exchange and affinity chromatography allowing examination of kinetic parameters. Thereby, HAPMOJD1 displayed lowest KM-values for acetophenone derivatives bearing their substituent in para-position (KM < 320 µM). Moreover, also aldehydes and heteroaromatic compounds were oxidized and also sulfoxidation was observed. Interestingly it was found, that both BVMO genes are located in the direct neighborhood of a dehydrogenase and a hydrolase. This led to the suggestion that these enzymes may be metabolically connected in the degradation of their natural substrate.
The focus of this thesis is the engineering and analysis of the enantioselectivity of esterases using 3-phenylbutyric acid (3-PBA) as model substrate. An ultra high throughput assay for identification of enantioselective esterases has been developed, based on the combination of in vivo selection and flow cytometry. The in vivo selection medium consists of a couple of pseudo-enantiomers of 3-PBA; one enantiomer is coupled to glycerol (GE), and hydrolysis of this substrate will enable cell survival. The other enantiomer is coupled to the toxin 2,3-dibromopropanol (BE), the hydrolysis of this substrate will cause cell death. Thus, cell survival is a function of the enantioselectivity of the enzyme expressed. The pseudo-enantiomeric substrates are structurally similar to allow selection for enantioselectivity instead of selection for enzyme substrate affinity. Next, esterase BS2 was chosen as negative control to establish the selection system since it hydrolyses both pseudo-enantiomers with low enantioselectivity (E~3 and 1, respectively). High enantioselective esterases towards 3-PBA: esterases PestE and CL1 (E > 100, both (R)-selective) were identified in a screening and used as positive controls. Further, the hyperthermophilic esterase PestE was crystallized. After elucidation of the enzyme structure, the high enantioselectivity of the enzyme towards 3-PBA could be explained by molecular modelling. The optimal concentration of the pseudo-enantiomeric substrates was set to be 5 mM for GE (higher concentrations were toxic) and 20 mM for BE (lower concentrations did not completely inhibit bacterial growth). The in vivo selection system was established together with the identification of a flow cytometric method to differentiate bacterial physiological status. The combination of Syto9 and PI was chosen as staining technique, because it allowed differentiation of the viable and the dead cell populations, and of these from the background. After viability detection by flow cytometry was established, esterases PestE and BS2 were cultivated in selection ((R)-GE and (S)-BE) and anti-selection medium ((S)-GE and (R)-BE). Clear differences in the culture viability depending on the enantioselectivity of the enzyme expressed appeared: cells expressing the (R)-enantioselective PestE could proliferate in selection medium, but could not proliferate in anti-selection medium. Cells expressing the non-selective BS2 did not grow in any media. Further, cultures containing mixtures of BS2/PestE or BS2/CL1 expressing cells were incubated in selection and anti-selection medium, and the viable clones were detected by flow cytometry analysis, sorted out and plated on agar. When the mixtures were incubated in selection medium, enrichment of the (R)-selective enzyme (PestE or CL1) over the non-selective enzyme (BS2) was observed. When the enzyme mixtures were incubated in anti-selection medium, very few colonies grew on agar, indicating that cell survival was a function of enzyme enantioselectivity. The successfully developed assay was used to identify variants with increased enantioselectivity in a mutant library of esterase PFEI (E ~ 3, (R)-selective) created by saturation mutagenesis. After library expression, 108 clones were in vivo selected and analyzed by flow cytometry. The viable cells were sorted out and plated on agar. The 28 resulting colonies were transferred to one microtiterplate and their activity and enantioselectivity (Eapp) was investigated using p-nitrophenyl derivatives. Four interesting mutants were identified: Table 1. Enantioselectivity of the in vivo selected mutants. Mutant Eapp[a]Etrue[b]Etrue[c]Etrue[d]Etrue[e] Mutations C4 80 4 4 3 1 V121I, F198G, V225A E7 >100 2 n.d. 3 n.d. V121S E8 2 25 16 50 >100 V121S, F198G, V225A F5 5 13 15 18 80 F121I, F198C [a] with separate (R)- or (S)-enantiomers of p-nitrophenyl-3-phenylbutanoate. [b] towards GE with cell lysate or [c] pure enzyme. [d] towards Et-3-PB with cell lysate or [e] pure enzyme. n.d. not determined. The mutants were purified and activity and enantioselectivity were determined in kinetic resolutions towards Et-3-PB and GE (Table 1). Mutants identified as highly enantioselective in the Eapp-assay (C4 and E7) were low selective in kinetic resolutions. On the contrary, mutants E8 and F5, which showed low enantioselectivity towards p-nitrophenyl-3-phenylbutanoate, hydrolyzed the 3-phenylbutyric esters with good to excellent enantioselectivities. This confirms that Eapp values can differ much from Etrue values as “you get what you screen for”, and supports that the here described method is very suitable for identification of enantioselective esterases. In this PhD thesis a novel strategy for identification of enantioselective esterases has been developed. This method allows a very high throughput (≥ 108 mutants/day) and opens the bottleneck of variant analysis, which exists in protein engineering technology.
Pyrrolobenzodiazepines (PBDs) are a group of antitumor antibiotics that exert their biological activity by alkylation of guanine bases within the minor groove of double-stranded DNA through nucleophilic attack of the guanine amino group on the PBD imine functionality. In trying to increase both the binding strength and sequence selectivity for further enhancing their biological activity, PBDs were linked to additional DNA binding moieties. Preliminary DNA melting experiments partly also performed in our lab with a series of closely related PBD-naphthalimide and benzimidazole conjugates revealed extraordinary DNA-binding capability of hybrids PBD-NIM and PBD-BIMZ. These studies also indicated the favorable contribution of the piperazine structure on drug binding to the DNA duplex. Previously, in vitro cytotoxicity studies also showed promising antitumor activity of both compounds with PBD-BIMZ having the largest cytotoxic potential among various examined conjugates. In the present work, the kinetics, thermodynamics and structural details of the drug-DNA interactions have been determined employing a variety of spectroscopic, calorimetric and computational methods. Thus, a high thermal duplex stabilization upon DNA binding could be ascertained for both drugs and attributed to their covalent attachment to the DNA guanine bases. The 1:1 binding stoichiometry as well as the exclusive minor groove binding for the benzimidazole and the mixed minor grove - intercalative type of binding for the naphthalimide hybrid could be verified by several spectroscopic methods including NMR spectroscopy. Furthermore, by using a combination of solution NMR and some of the most recent molecular modeling techniques, the first high-resolution structures of DNA-drug complexes with PBD hybrid drugs could be obtained giving detailed insight into the specific drug-DNA interactions. Thus, details on van der Waals and hydrogen bond contacts within the complex and the tight fit of the benzimidazole hybrid into the DNA minor groove could be revealed. By using recent data analysis techniques like clustering algorithms, the high flexibility of the piperazine moiety within the PBD-BIMZ-DNA complex could be nicely captured and visualized. Additionally, a thermodynamic analysis for the non-covalent drug binding by UV and fluorescence spectroscopy as well as by direct calorimetric methods revealed a 1:1 binding mode driven by enthalpy changes and counteracted by unfavorable entropic contributions to result in moderately strong association constants. Analysis of the solvent-accessible surface area confirmed the importance of hydrophobic effects on drug binding and the combination of these data with ITC measurements allowed for an extensive thermodynamic characterization of the drug binding process. With respect to the influence of the individual drug moieties on DNA binding, the importance of the piperazine ring for drug-DNA interactions and the basis for its capability to enhance drug binding were addressed. Furthermore, it could be shown that the naphthalimide and benzimidazole moieties also impart additional sequence selectivity to the alkylating PBD structural unit and these distinct differences in the sequence selectivity could be linked to the three-dimensional structures of the DNA-drug complexes. Clearly, the combination of detailed structural and thermodynamic data of complex formation allows for a better understanding of the binding mechanism and structure-activity relationship when it comes to drug-DNA interactions. Therefore, the information gathered can assist in the design of more efficient derivatives of this type of alkylating DNA binding drugs in particular and of DNA recognition by ligands composed of several motifs in general.
The aim of this thesis was to validate a method called OSCARR for One-pot, Simple Cassette Randomization and Recombination for focused directed evolution, which had been developed by Dr. Hidalgo. It is based upon the megaprimer PCR method using outer primers differing in TM and including asymmetric cycles before the addition of the forward primer to generate more mutated megaprimer. As mutation-carrying primers, spiked oligonucleotides are employed. These spiked oligonucleotides are designed using an algorithm and have strictly defined composition of nucleotides at each position. An OSCARR library of the Pseudomonas fluorescens esterase I (PFE I) of approximately 8000 clones was generated and screened for altered chain-length selectivity. Two mutants with higher activity towards medium chain length p-nitrophenyl esters were identified, both carried the mutation F126I, which causes the substrate entrance tunnel to be widened, thus facilitating access of bulkier substrates to the active site. One mutant carried the additional mutation G120S which completes a catalytic tetrad which is observed mainly in proteases. F126I had a stronger influence on chain-length specificity, so the further amino acids which form the “bottleneck” to the active site were mutated to further widen the entrance, and mutants with improved activity were found. The bottleneck mutants which consist of single, double, triple and quadruple mutants which are mostly combinations of F126L, F144L, F159L and I225L were then assayed for altered enantioselectivity against chiral acids and secondary alcohols. For substrates 1-phenyl-1-propyl acetate (2), 1-phenyl-2-propyl acetate (3) and 1-phenyl ethyl acetate (4), mutants with increased enantioselectivity were found. I225L plays a crucial role, as it is vital for enantioselectivity against 3, but destroys selectivity against 2, both facts obvious from the comparison of the triple mutant without I225L (mutant T3) and the corresponding quadruple mutant including I225L (mutant Q). However, the single mutant I225L alone does not possess high selectivity against 3, so synergistic effects play an important role. The PFE I wild type already possesses a good enantioselectivity in the hydrolysis of 4, but all mutants which were analyzed in detail surpass the wild type. The program YASARA was then used to calculate docking solutions for both enantiomers of 2 and 3 into the wild type and the best mutant. The results revealed that the mutants’ widened bottleneck allows the phenyl moiety of the substrates to point towards the access tunnel, while only (R)-2 does so in the wild type. Residues 126 and 144 do not come very close to the substrate and are more likely to influence substrate diffusion. Another goal was to find a way to confer promiscuous amidase activity upon the PFE I. In the search for structural homologues, a close structural neighbour with amidase activity was found. The --lactamase from Aureobacterium sp. was named after its activity toward the Vince lactam 2-azabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-en-3-one. Biocatalysis experiments with the PFE I and its mutants revealed an excellent enantioselectivity against the ( )-lactam. Specific activities were determined for purified proteins, and the activity of some mutants was within the same order of magnitude as lactamase’s activity.
Tertiary alcohols have become interesting targets for organic synthesis themselves or as building blocks for valuable pharmaceutical compounds. However, the synthesis of optically pure tertiary alcohols is still a challenge both chemical and enzymatic means. Enzymes containing the GGG(A)X motif in the active site region have been known to show activity towards these sterically demanding substrates. Several tertiary alcohols have been resolved with high enantioselectivity by using this biocatalytic synthetic route. This thesis aims at providing a better understanding of enantiorecognition of GGG(A)X motif hydrolases in the enzymatic synthesis of enantiomerically enriched tertiary alcohols. Kinetic resolution of a wide range of tertiary alcohols using hydrolases provided insights on factors that can influence enantioselectivity of GGG(A)X motif enzymes. Additionally, a newly proposed chemoenzymatic method to synthesize protected alpha,alpha-dialkyl-alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acids has broadened the application of these enzymes to synthesize optically pure tertiary alcohols. Newly found biocatalysts through functional screening, database mining and rational protein design approaches provided a better enzyme platform for optically pure tertiary alcohol resolution.
In this thesis, two novel assay systems had been developed, which allow a fast and easy screening for amine transaminase activity as well as the characterization of the amino donor and acceptor specificity of a given amine transaminase. The assays overcome some limitations of previously described assays but of course have some limitations themselves. The relatively low wavelength of 245 nm, at which the production of acetophenone is detected with the spectrophotometric assay, limits the amount of protein/crude extract that can be applied, which eventually results in a decreased sensitivity at higher enzyme loads due to an increased initial absorbance. Otherwise, this assay can be used very easily for the investigation of the amino acceptor specificity and both pH and temperature dependencies of amine transaminases. The conductometric assay is – by its very nature – limited to low-conducting buffers, a neutral pH and constant temperatures. In summary, the assays complement one another very well and the complete characterization of the most important enzyme properties can be accomplished quickly. Furthermore, we developed and applied a novel in silico search strategy for the identification of (R)-selective amine transaminases in sequence databases. Structural information of probably related proteins was used for rational protein design to predict key amino acid substitutions that indicate the desired activity. We subsequently searched protein databases for proteins already carrying these mutations instead of constructing the corresponding mutants in the laboratory. This methodology exploits the fact that naturally evolved proteins have undergone selection over millions of years, which has resulted in highly optimized catalysts. Using this in silico approach, we have discovered 17 (R)-selective amine transaminases. In theory, this strategy can be applied to other enzyme classes and fold types as well and for this reason constitutes a new concept for the identification of desired enzymes. Finally, we applied the seven most promising candidates of the identified proteins to asymmetric synthesis of various optical pure amines with (R)-configuration starting from the corresponding ketones. We used a lactate dehydrogenase/glucose dehydrogenase system for the necessary shift of the thermodynamic equilibrium. For all ketones at least one enzyme was found that allowed complete conversion to the corresponding chiral amine with excellent optical purities >99% ee. Bearing in mind that until last year there was only one (R)-selective amine transaminase commercially available and two microorganisms with the corresponding activity described, the identification of numerous enzymes is a breakthrough in asymmetric synthesis of chiral amines.
The present work provides new insight concerning histidine phosphorylation in proteins, which is an essential regulatory posttranslational modification. To study histidine phosphorylation, a newly developed NMR approach, the HNP experiment, is presented in this thesis. The HNP experiment provides specific experimental evidence of phosphorylated histidines in proteins. It allows for the determination of the regiochemistry of phosphohistidines on the basis of three individual peak patterns for distinguishing all three phosphohistidines i.e. 1- and 3-phosphohistidine and 1,3-diphosphohistidine. This novel NMR approach allows the investigation of histidine phosphorylation in proteins under physiological conditions without resorting to chemical shift comparisons, reference compounds, or radioactively labelled phosphate. In this thesis, histidine phosphorylation in the regulatory domains PRDI and PRDII of the Bacillus subtilis antiterminator protein GlcT was intensely studied. GlcT is a transcription factor, which regulates the phosphotransferase system (PTS) by modulating the expression level of PTS-enzymes (Enzyme I, HPr, Enzyme II) on a transcriptional level. Upon the phosphorylation of conserved histidines in PRDI and PRDII, the function of GlcT is regulated through its aggregation state. In this thesis, it is shown that histidines in both PRDs are primarily phosphorylated at their N(Epsilon-2), forming 3-phosphohistidine. In addition, we found, by newly optimized mass spectrometry conditions, that both PRDs are dominantly onefold phosphorylated. By using tandem mass spectrometry to study PRDI, we identified histidine 170, which is the second of two conserved histidines (His 111 and His 170), as the phosphorylation site. In this thesis, it is also shown through comprehensive mutational studies that both conserved histidines (His 218 and His 279) in PRDII can be individually phosphorylated. This is in good agreement with mass spectrometry results that indicated an additional twofold phosphorylation in PRDII. This can be explained as follows: an intra-domain phosphate transfer between both conserved histidines in PRDII might be involved in the phosphorylation reaction, finally leading to a mainly onefold phosphorylated PRDII at one of the two conserved histidines. This minor twofold phosphorylation has also been found in PRDI. However, the specific peak pattern in the HNP-spectra of PRDI strongly suggest that this additional phosphorylation originates from a 1,3-diphosphohistidine, most likely at histidine 170. Furthermore, for the first time the existence of 1,3-diphosphohistidine in a protein was found. We also show that the phosphorylation of PRDI can be achieved in the absence of Enzyme II which is in contrast to the literature. Shown by analytical gel filtration, the monomeric aggregation state of PRDI obtained upon Enzyme II-free phosphorylation is identical to the monomeric aggregation state which was proposed for the Enzyme II-dependent phosphorylation of GlcT. As shown in this thesis, the combined results of HNP-NMR, mass spectrometry and analytical gel filtration deepen our understanding of regulatory histidine phosphorylation in the individual PRDI and PRDII domains of the Bacillus sub- tilis GlcT. I anticipate that this approach will be applicable to study histidine phosphorylations in other phosphoproteins.