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Structure-Based Insight into the Asymmetric Bioreduction of the C&dbond;C Double Bond of alpha,beta-Unsaturated Nitroalkenes by Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate Reductase

Toogood, Helen S; Fryszkowska, Anna; Hare, Victoria; Fisher, Karl; Roujeinikova, Anna; Leys, David; Gardiner, John M; Stephens, Gill M; Scrutton, Nigel S

Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 2008;350(17):2789.

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Abstract

Biocatalytic reduction of alpha- or beta-alkyl-beta-arylnitroalkenes provides a convenient and efficient method to prepare chiral substituted nitroalkanes. Pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase (PETN reductase) from Enterobacter cloacae st. PB2 catalyses the reduction of nitroolefins such as 1-nitrocyclohexene (1) with steady state and rapid reaction kinetics comparable to other old yellow enzyme homologues. Furthermore, it reduces 2-aryl-1-nitropropenes (4a-d) to their equivalent (S)-nitropropanes 9a-d. The enzyme shows a preference for the (Z)-isomer of substrates 4a-d, providing almost pure enantiomeric products 9a-d (ees up to>99%) in quantitative yield, whereas the respective (E)-isomers are reduced with lower enantioselectivity (63-89% ee) and lower product yields. 1-Aryl-2-nitropropenes (5a, b) are also reduced efficiently, but the products (R)-10 have lower optical purities. The structure of the enzyme complex with 1-nitrocyclohexene (1) was determined by X-ray crystallography, revealing two substrate-binding modes, with only one compatible with hydride transfer. Models of nitropropenes 4 and 5 in the active site of PETN reductase predicted that the enantioselectivity of the reaction was dependent on the orientation of binding of the (E)- and (Z)-substrates. This work provides a structural basis for understanding the mechanism of asymmetric bioreduction of nitroalkenes by PETN reductase.

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350
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17
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2789
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10.1002/adsc.200800561
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Manchester eScholar ID:
uk-ac-man-scw:14401
Created by:
Gardiner, John
Created:
24th September, 2009, 12:08:55
Last modified by:
Gardiner, John
Last modified:
23rd January, 2012, 00:05:42

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