Alcohol dehydrogenase mutant and application thereof in synthesis of diaryl chiral alcohols

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10865390-B2
Application number	US-201916521636-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 25, 2019
Priority date	Feb 12, 2018
Publication date	Dec 15, 2020
Grant date	Dec 15, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses an alcohol dehydrogenase mutant and application thereof in synthesis of diaryl chiral alcohols, and belongs to the technical field of bioengineering. The alcohol dehydrogenase mutant of the present disclosure has excellent catalytic activity and stereoselectivity, and may efficiently catalyze the preparation of a series of chiral diaryl alcohols in R- and S-configurations. By coupling alcohol dehydrogenase of the present disclosure to glucose dehydrogenase or formate dehydrogenase, the synthesis of chiral diaryl alcohol intermediates of various antihistamines may be achieved. Compared with the prior art, a method for preparing diaryl chiral alcohols through asymmetric catalytic reduction using the alcohol dehydrogenase of the present disclosure has the advantages of simple and convenient operation, high substrate concentration, complete reaction and high product purity, and has great industrial application prospects.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An alcohol dehydrogenase mutant, wherein the alcohol dehydrogenase mutant comprises an amino acid sequence having all of SEQ ID NO:2 except for:
(a) a substitution of glycine for glutamic acid at position 214 of SEQ ID NO:2;
(b) a substitution of glycine for glutamic acid at position 214 and a substitution of cysteine for serine at position 237 of SEQ ID NO:2;
(c) a substitution of glycine for glutamic acid at position 214, a substitution of cysteine for serine at position 237, and a substitution of asparagine for glutamine at position 136 of SEQ ID NO:2;
(d) a substitution of glycine for glutamic acid at position 214, a substitution of cysteine for serine at position 237, a substitution of asparagine for glutamine at position 136, and a substitution of glycine for serine at position 196 of SEQ ID NO:2;
(e) a substitution of glycine for glutamic acid at position 214, a substitution of cysteine for serine at position 237, a substitution of asparaginate asparagine for glutamine at position 136, a substitution of glycine for serine at position 196, and a substitution of valine for phenylalanine at position 161 of SEQ ID NO:2; or
(f) a substitution of valine for glutamic acid at position 214, and a substitution of serine for threonine at position 215 of SEQ ID NO:2, and
wherein the alcohol dehydrogenase mutant has alcohol dehydrogenase activity.

2. An alcohol dehydrogenase mutant, wherein an amino acid sequence of the alcohol dehydrogenase mutant comprises all of SEQ ID NO:2, except for:
(a) mutation of amino acid glutamine to asparagine at position 136,
(b) mutation of amino acid phenylalanine to valine at position 161,
(c) substitution of amino acid serine at position 196 with glycine,
(d) substitution of amino acid glutamic acid at position 214 with glycine,
(e) mutation of amino acid threonine to serine at position 215, or
(f) substitution of amino acid serine at position 237 with cysteine, and
wherein the alcohol dehydrogenase mutant has alcohol dehydrogenase activity.

3. A method for producing chiral (4-chlorophenyl)-(pyridin-2-yl)-methanol (CPMA) which comprises:
combining the alcohol dehydrogenase mutant of claim 1 at a concentration of 1 to 10 kU/L with prochiral (4-chlorophenyl)-(pyridin-2-yl)-methanone (CPMK) at a concentration of 10 to 500 mM, and NADP + at a concentration of 0.1 to 1.0 mM;
adding a coenzyme circulation system comprising glucose dehydrogenase at a concentration of 1 to 10 kU/L, D-glucose at a concentration of 20 to 1000 mM, and a phosphate buffer;
incubating the coenzyme circulation system with the alcohol dehydrogenase mutant, CPMK, and NADP + at 30 to 35° C. and a pH of 6 to 8 for 1 to 24 hours to produce CPMA; and
extracting the CPMA by adding an organic solvent after an asymmetric reduction reaction;
wherein the coenzyme circulation system further comprises: (i) phosphite and phosphite dehydrogenase (FTDH), (ii) formic acid and formate dehydrogenase (FDH), (iii) lactic acid and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), or (iv) glycerol and glycerol dehydrogenase.

4. A method for producing chiral (4-chlorophenyl)-(pyridin-2-yl)-methanol (CPMA), which comprises:
combining the alcohol dehydrogenase mutant of claim 2 at a concentration of 1 to 10 kU/L with prochiral (4-chlorophenyl)-(pyridin-2-yl)-methanone (CPMK) at a concentration of 10 to 500 mM, and NADP + at a concentration of 0.1 to 1.0 mM;
adding a coenzyme circulation system comprising glucose dehydrogenase is at a concentration of 1 to 10 kU/L, D-glucose at a concentration of 20 to 1000 mM, and a phosphate buffer;
incubating the coenzyme circulation system with the alcohol dehydrogenase mutant, CPMK, and NADP + at 30 to 35° C. and a pH of 6 to 8 for 1 to 24 hours to produce CPMA; and
extracting the CPMA by adding an organic solvent after an asymmetric reduction reaction;
wherein the coenzyme circulation system further comprises: (i) phosphite and phosphite dehydrogenase (FTDH), (ii) formic acid and formate dehydrogenase (FDH), (iii) lactic acid and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), or (iv) glycerol and glycerol dehydrogenase.

Assignees

• Univ Jiangnan

Inventors

• Ni Ye
• Zhou Jieyu
• Xu Guochao
• Wang Yue

Classifications

• C12P17/12

  containing a six-membered hetero ring · CPC title

• C12Y101/01001

  Alcohol dehydrogenase (1.1.1.1) · CPC title

• C12N15/70

  Vectors or expression systems specially adapted for E. coli · CPC title

• C12N9/0006 Primary

  acting on CH-OH groups as donors (1.1) · CPC title