Identification and Application of Enantiocomplementary Lactamases for Vince Lactam Derivatives. Issue 9 (18th July 2014) - Assaf, Zeinab
Abstract Four enzymes showing hydrolytic activity on derivatives of 2‐azabicyclo[2.2.1]hept‐5‐en‐3‐one (Vince lactam) were successfully identified through analysis of protein crystal structure and amino acid sequence alignments. Enantiocomplementary activities were observed on Vince lactam and its saturated analog 2‐azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptan‐3‐one with non‐heme chloroperoxidase (CPO‐T) from Streptomyces aureofaciens, cyclic imide hydrolase (CIH) from Pseudomonas putida, polyamidase (NfpolyA) from Nocardia farcinica, and amidase (AMI) from Rhodococcus globerulus, and perfect kinetic resolution was achieved (E>200). Computational analysis of amide bond resonance stabilization in lactams correlated well with the overall reactivity pattern of the lactams as a function of ring size and strain. The biocatalysts cloned and investigated in this study could be of interest for the synthesis of enantiopure carbocyclic nucleoside analogues.