Engineering a Highly Regioselective Fungal Peroxygenase for the Synthesis of Hydroxy Fatty Acids

Abstract The hydroxylation of fatty acids is an appealing reaction in synthetic chemistry, although the lack of selective catalysts hampers its industrial implementation. In this study, we have engineered a highly regioselective fungal peroxygenase for the ω‐1 hydroxylation of fatty acids with quenched stepwise over‐oxidation. One single mutation near the Phe catalytic tripod narrowed the heme cavity, promoting a dramatic shift toward subterminal hydroxylation with a drop in the over‐oxidation activity. While crystallographic soaking experiments and molecular dynamic simulations shed light on this unique oxidation pattern, the selective biocatalyst was produced by Pichia pastoris at 0.4 g L−1 in a fed‐batch bioreactor and used in the preparative synthesis of 1.4 g of (ω‐1)‐hydroxytetradecanoic acid with 95 % regioselectivity and 83 % ee for the S enantiomer..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:135

Enthalten in:

Angewandte Chemie - 135(2023), 9

Beteiligte Personen:

Gomez de Santos, Patricia [VerfasserIn]
González‐Benjumea, Alejandro [VerfasserIn]
Fernandez‐Garcia, Angela [VerfasserIn]
Aranda, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Yinqi [VerfasserIn]
But, Andrada [VerfasserIn]
Molina‐Espeja, Patricia [VerfasserIn]
Maté, Diana M. [VerfasserIn]
Gonzalez‐Perez, David [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Wuyuan [VerfasserIn]
Kiebist, Jan [VerfasserIn]
Scheibner, Katrin [VerfasserIn]
Hofrichter, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Świderek, Katarzyna [VerfasserIn]
Moliner, Vicent [VerfasserIn]
Sanz‐Aparicio, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Hollmann, Frank [VerfasserIn]
Gutiérrez, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Alcalde, Miguel [VerfasserIn]

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© 2023 Wiley‐VCH GmbH

Umfang:

9

doi:

10.1002/ange.202217372

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

WLY01501052X