Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 Mar;78(6):2053-5. doi: 10.1128/AEM.06899-11. Epub 2012 Jan 6.
Hydroxynitrile lyases (HNLs) catalyze the cleavage of cyanohydrins. In the reverse reaction, they catalyze the formation of carbon-carbon bonds by enantioselective condensation of hydrocyanic acid with carbonyls. In this study, we describe two proteins from endophytic bacteria that display activity in the cleavage and the synthesis reaction of (R)-mandelonitrile with up to 74% conversion of benzaldehyde (enantiopreference ee 89%). Both showed high similarity to proteins of the cupin superfamily which so far were not known to exhibit HNL activity.
羟腈裂解酶(HNLs)催化氰醇的裂解。在逆反应中,它们通过氰化氢与羰基的对映选择性缩合催化碳-碳键的形成。在这项研究中,我们描述了两种来自内生细菌的蛋白质,它们在(R)-扁桃腈的裂解和合成反应中表现出活性,苯甲醛的转化率高达 74%(对映体偏好 ee89%)。这两种蛋白质都与杯状蛋白超家族的蛋白质具有高度相似性,而这些蛋白质迄今尚未被发现具有 HNL 活性。