PMID:20332210
| Citation |
Zhang, K, Li, H, Cho, KM and Liao, JC (2010) Expanding metabolism for total biosynthesis of the nonnatural amino acid L-homoalanine. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 107:6234-9 |
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| Abstract |
The dramatic increase in healthcare cost has become a significant burden to the world. Many patients are denied the accessibility of medication because of the high price of drugs. Total biosynthesis of chiral drug intermediates is an environmentally friendly approach that helps provide more affordable pharmaceuticals. Here we have expanded the natural metabolic capability to biosynthesize a nonnatural amino acid L-homoalanine, which is a chiral precursor of levetiracetam, brivaracetam, and ethambutol. We developed a selection strategy and altered the substrate specificity of ammonium-assimilating enzyme glutamate dehydrogenase. The specificity constant k(cat)/K(m) of the best mutant towards 2-ketobutyrate is 50-fold higher than that towards the natural substrate 2-ketoglutarate. Compared to transaminase IlvE and NADH-dependent valine dehydrogenases, the evolved glutamate dehydrogenase increased the conversion yield of 2-ketobutyrate to L-homoalanine by over 300% in aerobic condition. As a result of overexpressing the mutant glutamate dehydrogenase and Bacillus subtilis threonine dehydratase in a modified threonine-hyperproducing Escherichia coli strain (ATCC98082, DeltarhtA), 5.4 g/L L-homoalanine was produced from 30 g/L glucose (0.18 g/g glucose yield, 26% of the theoretical maximum). This work opens the possibility of total biosynthesis of other nonnatural chiral compounds that could be useful pharmaceutical intermediates. |
| Links |
PubMed PMC2852006 Online version:10.1073/pnas.0912903107 |
| Keywords |
Amination; Aminobutyrates/chemistry; Aminobutyrates/metabolism; Bacillus subtilis/enzymology; Bacillus subtilis/genetics; Butyrates/metabolism; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Glutamate Dehydrogenase/chemistry; Glutamate Dehydrogenase/genetics; Glutamate Dehydrogenase/metabolism; Models, Molecular; Molecular Structure; Mutation/genetics; Protein Structure, Tertiary; Streptomyces/enzymology; Streptomyces/genetics; Substrate Specificity |
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