The production of L- and D-phenylalanines using engineered phenylalanine ammonia lyases from Petroselinum crispum.

Souad Diana Tork, Emma Zsófia Aletta Nagy, Lilla Cserepes, Diana Monica Bordea, Botond Nagy, Monica Ioana Toşa, Csaba Paizs, László Csaba Bencze

Scientific reports 2019 Dec 27

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The biocatalytic synthesis of L- and D-phenylalanine analogues of high synthetic value have been developed using as biocatalysts mutant variants of phenylalanine ammonia lyase from Petroselinum crispum (PcPAL), specifically tailored towards mono-substituted phenylalanine and cinnamic acid substrates. The catalytic performance of the engineered PcPAL variants was optimized within the ammonia elimination and ammonia addition reactions, focusing on the effect of substrate concentration, biocatalyst:substrate ratio, reaction buffer and reaction time, on the conversion and enantiomeric excess values. The optimal conditions provided an efficient preparative scale biocatalytic procedure of valuable phenylalanines, such as (S)-m-methoxyphenylalanine (Y = 40%, ee > 99%), (S)-p-bromophenylalanine (Y = 82%, ee > 99%), (S)-m-(trifluoromethyl)phenylalanine (Y = 26%, ee > 99%), (R)-p-methylphenylalanine, (Y = 49%, ee = 95%) and (R)-m-(trifluoromethyl)phenylalanine (Y = 34%, ee = 93%).

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Souad Diana Tork, Emma Zsófia Aletta Nagy, Lilla Cserepes, Diana Monica Bordea, Botond Nagy, Monica Ioana Toşa, Csaba Paizs, László Csaba Bencze. The production of L- and D-phenylalanines using engineered phenylalanine ammonia lyases from Petroselinum crispum. Scientific reports. 2019 Dec 27;9(1):20123