Expanding metabolism for total biosynthesis of the nonnatural amino acid L-homoalanine.

Abstract:

:The dramatic increase in healthcare cost has become a significant burden to the world. Many patients are denied the accessibility of medication because of the high price of drugs. Total biosynthesis of chiral drug intermediates is an environmentally friendly approach that helps provide more affordable pharmaceuticals. Here we have expanded the natural metabolic capability to biosynthesize a nonnatural amino acid L-homoalanine, which is a chiral precursor of levetiracetam, brivaracetam, and ethambutol. We developed a selection strategy and altered the substrate specificity of ammonium-assimilating enzyme glutamate dehydrogenase. The specificity constant k(cat)/K(m) of the best mutant towards 2-ketobutyrate is 50-fold higher than that towards the natural substrate 2-ketoglutarate. Compared to transaminase IlvE and NADH-dependent valine dehydrogenases, the evolved glutamate dehydrogenase increased the conversion yield of 2-ketobutyrate to L-homoalanine by over 300% in aerobic condition. As a result of overexpressing the mutant glutamate dehydrogenase and Bacillus subtilis threonine dehydratase in a modified threonine-hyperproducing Escherichia coli strain (ATCC98082, DeltarhtA), 5.4 g/L L-homoalanine was produced from 30 g/L glucose (0.18 g/g glucose yield, 26% of the theoretical maximum). This work opens the possibility of total biosynthesis of other nonnatural chiral compounds that could be useful pharmaceutical intermediates.

authors

Zhang K,Li H,Cho KM,Liao JC

doi

10.1073/pnas.0912903107

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2010-04-06 00:00:00

pages

6234-9

issue

14

eissn

0027-8424

issn

1091-6490

pii

0912903107

journal_volume

107

pub_type

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