Biotechnology Letters 2005-01-01

Asymmetric reduction of ethyl 4-chloro-3-oxobutanoate to ethyl (R)-4-chloro-3-hydroxybutanoate with two co-existing, recombinant Escherichia coli strains.

Ying Liu, Zhinan Xu, Keju Jing, Xiaoxia Jiang, Jianping Lin, Fang Wang, Peilin Cen

Index: Biotechnol. Lett. 27(2) , 119-25, (2005)

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Abstract

Two recombinant strains, E. coli M15 (pQE30-alr0307) and E. coli M15 (pQE30-gdh0310), which were constructed to express, respectively, an NADPH-dependent aldehyde reductase gene and a glucose dehydrogenase gene, were mixed in an appropriate ratio and used for the asymmetric reduction of ethyl 4-chloro-3-oxobutanoate to ethyl (R)-4-chloro-3-hydroxybutanoate. The former strain acted as catalyst and the latter functioned in NADPH regeneration. The biotransformation was completed effectively without any addition of glucose dehydrogenase or NADP+/NADPH. An optical purity of 99% (ee) was obtained and the product yield reached 90.5% from 28.5 mM: substrate.

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