Rationalisation of the substrate concentration dependent diastereoselectivity of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae short-chain dehydrogenase

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    Abstract

    The diastereoselectivity of the carbonyl reduction of bicyclo[2.2.2]octane-2,6-dione, catalysed by the purified yeast cytosolic short-chain dehydrogenase Ymr226cp, was shown to be substrate concentration dependent. The changing selectivity was attributed to two distinct binding configurations of the substrate in the active site, each yielding a distinct hydroxy ketone diastereomer. By applying individual KM and Vmax values for each binding configuration, the concentration dependence could be modelled with Michaelis–Menten kinetics and the apparent KM and Vmax values for the generation of each diastereomer determined. This is to the best of our knowledge the first rationalisation of a substrate dependent stereoselectivity for a pro-chiral substrate with an isolated enzyme.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2554-2556
    JournalTetrahedron: Asymmetry
    Volume18
    Issue number21
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2007

    Subject classification (UKÄ)

    • Industrial Biotechnology

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