Resolution of non-protein amino acids via the microbial protease-catalyzed enantioselective hydrolysis of their N-unprotected esters |
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Authors: | Toshifumi Miyazawa Kiwamu Imagawa Hiroe Minowa Toyoko Miyamoto Takashi Yamada |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Konan University, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8501, Japan |
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Abstract: | In the Aspergillus oryzae protease-catalyzed ester hydrolysis, substitution of N-unprotected amino acid esters for the corresponding N-protected amino acid esters resulted in a large enhancement of the hydrolysis rate, while the enantioselectivity was deteriorated strikingly when the substrates employed were the conventional methyl esters. This difficulty was overcome by employing esters bearing a longer alkyl chain such as the isobutyl ester. Utilizing this ester, amino acids carrying an aromatic side chain were resolved with excellent enantioselectivities (E=50 to >200). With amino acids bearing an aliphatic side chain also, good results in terms of the hydrolysis rate and enantioselectivity were obtained by employing such an ester as the isobutyl ester. Moreover, the enantioselectivity proved to be enhanced further by conducting the reaction at low temperature. This procedure was applicable to the case where the enantioselectivity was not high enough even by the use of the isobutyl ester. |
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Keywords: | Resolution Non-protein amino acids Aspergillus oryzae protease Enantioselective hydrolysis Isobutyl ester Low temperature |
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