Yamamoto K, Ueno Y, Otsubo K, Kawakami K, Komatsu K
Pharmaceutical Research and Development Department, Asahi Chemical Industry Company Ltd., Miyazaki, Japan.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 1990 Oct;56(10):3125-9. doi: 10.1128/aem.56.10.3125-3129.1990.
S-(+)-2-(4'-Isobutylphenyl)propionic acid [S-(+)-ibuprofen] was produced from racemic 2-(4'-isobutylphenyl)propionitrile (Ibu-CN) by an isolated bacterial strain, Acinetobacter sp. strain AK226. Ammonium acetate, acetonitrile, or n-butyronitrile as a carbon source in the culture medium was effective for bacterial growth and induction of this activity. The optimum pH of the reaction was around 8.0. S-(+)-Ibuprofen formed from Ibu-CN by resting cells was present in a 95% enantiomeric excess. Acinetobacter sp. strain AK226 appeared to possess a nitrilase for Ibu-CN because 2-(4'-isobutylphenyl)propionamide was not detected in the reaction mixture and 2-(4'-isobutylphenyl)propionamide was not hydrolyzed to S-(+)-ibuprofen. Since S-(+)-ibuprofen was preferentially produced while the R enantiomer of Ibu-CN was left almost intact over the time course of the reaction, the putative nitrilase appeared to be highly specific for the S enantiomer of Ibu-CN.
通过分离得到的不动杆菌属菌株AK226,从外消旋2-(4'-异丁基苯基)丙腈(布洛芬腈)生产出S-(+)-2-(4'-异丁基苯基)丙酸[S-(+)-布洛芬]。培养基中以乙酸铵、乙腈或正丁腈作为碳源,对细菌生长和该活性的诱导有效。反应的最适pH约为8.0。由静息细胞从布洛芬腈形成的S-(+)-布洛芬对映体过量率达95%。不动杆菌属菌株AK226似乎拥有一种针对布洛芬腈的腈水解酶,因为在反应混合物中未检测到2-(4'-异丁基苯基)丙酰胺,且2-(4'-异丁基苯基)丙酰胺也未水解为S-(+)-布洛芬。由于在反应过程中S-(+)-布洛芬优先产生,而布洛芬腈的R对映体几乎保持不变,推测的腈水解酶似乎对布洛芬腈的S对映体具有高度特异性。