• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.317-318
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• 1993

• Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.235.1-235.1
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• 2001

• Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.186.2-186.2
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• 2002

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.1289-1294
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• 2010

Novel $H_8$-binaphthol-based chiral receptors appended with an uryl moiety (2a) and a guanidinium moiety (2b) have been designed and synthesized for the enantioselective recognition of 1,2-amino alcohols via reversible imine formation. The selectivities ($K_R/K_S$ = 9.8 ~ 19.4) of 2b in imine formation with 1,2-amino alcohols are higher than those of 2a ($K_R/K_S$ = 1.8 ~ 4.5). Similar efficiency trend have been observed in the conversion of L-amino acids to D-amino acids, i.e., the efficiency of the receptor 2b (D/L ratio: 4.3 ~ 10.1) is superior to 2a (D/L ratio: 4.0 ~ 8.7).

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.25 no.11
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• pp.1810-1818
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• 2015

For the synthesis of various pharmaceuticals, chiral alcohols are useful intermediates. Among them, (R)-ethyl-4-chloro-3-hydroxybutanoate ((R)-ECHB) is an important building block for the synthesis of L-carnitine. (R)-ECHB is produced from ethyl-4-chloro-3-oxobutanoate (ECOB) by a reductase-mediated, enantioselective reduction reaction. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae YOL151W reductase that is expressed in Escherichia coli cells exhibited an enantioselective reduction reaction toward ECOB. By virtue of the C-terminal His-tag, the YOL151W reductase was purified from the cell-free extract using Ni²⁺-NTA column chromatography and immobilized onto Ni²⁺-magnetic microparticles. The physical properties of the immobilized reductase (Imm-Red) were measured using electron microscopy, a magnetic property measurement system, and a zeta potential system; the average size of the particles was approximately 1 μm and the saturated magnetic value was 31.76 emu/g. A neodymium magnet was used to recover the immobilized enzyme within 2 min. The Imm-Red showed an optimum temperature at 45℃ and an optimum pH at 6.0. In addition, Bacillus megaterium glucose dehydrogenase (GDH) was produced in the E. coli cells and was used in the coupling reaction to regenerate the NADPH cofactor. The reduction/oxidation coupling reaction composed of the Imm-Red and GDH converted 20 mM ECOB exclusively into (R)-ECHB with an e.e._p value of 98%.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.20 no.9
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• pp.1300-1306
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• 2010

Ethyl (R, S)-4-chloro-3-hydroxybutanoate (ECHB) is a useful chiral building block for the synthesis of L-carnitine and hypercholesterolemia drugs. The yeast reductase, YOL151W (GenBank locus tag), exhibits an enantioselective reduction activity, converting ethyl-4-chlorooxobutanoate (ECOB) exclusively into (R)-ECHB. YOL151W was generated in Escherichia coli cells and purified via Ni-NTA and desalting column chromatography. It evidenced an optimum temperature of $45^{\circ}C$ and an optimum pH of 6.5-7.5. Bacillus subtilis glucose dehydrogenase (GDH) was also expressed in Escherichia coli, and was used for the recycling of NADPH, required for the reduction reaction. Thereafter, Escherichia coli cells co-expressing YOL151W and GDH were constructed. After permeablization treatment, the Escherichia coli whole cells were utilized for ECHB synthesis. Through the use of this system, the 30 mM ECOB substrate could be converted to (R)-ECHB.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.593-596
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• 2000

Chiral epoxides are useful chiral synthons in organic synthesis and various biological methods have been investigated for the production of chiral epoxides. In this work, enantioselective resolution of racemic styrene oxide was investigated using an isolated Aspergillus niger sp. for the production of optically pure (S) -styrene oxide. The enantioselectivity and initial hydrolysis rates of racemic substrate were highly dependent on the pH, temperature, and the volume ratio of cosolvent. The experimental sets of pH, temperature, and the volume ratio of cosolvent were designed using central composite experimental design, and the reaction conditions were optimized using response surface analysis. The optimal conditions of pH, temperature, and the volume ration of cosolvent were determined to be 7.78, $28.32^{\circ}C$, and 2.4 %(v/v), respectively, and optically pure (S)-styrene oxide (> 99% ee) could be obtained with the 35 % yield by microbial enantioselective hydrolysis reaction.

• Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.252.1-252.1
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• 2003

Systematic investigations to develop an efficient enantioselective synthetic method for a-alkyl-alanine by the catalytic phase-transfer alkylation were performed. The alkylation of 2-naphthyl aldimine tert-butyl ester, 1 E with RbOH and O(9)-allyl-N-2'3'4'-trifluorobenzylhydrocinchonidinium bromide, 6, at \ulcorner5 \ulcorner\ulcorner showed the highest enantioselectivities, up to 96％ ee.

• Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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• 2003.10b
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• pp.183.3-183.3
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• 2003

Phenanthroindolizidine alkaloid, (-)-antofine has attracted attention because of its extremely potent inhibition of cancer cell growth (Its $IC_50$ values have the low nanomolar range). The frist asymmetric total synthesis of (-)-antofine is described. An important feature of this synthesis is the creation of a stereogenic center by enantioselective alkylation using the phase transfer catalyst (PTC) and ring-closing metathesis (RCM) for pyrrolidine ring construction. This synthesis is efficient to allow the asymmetric preparation of other naturally occurring phenanthroindolizidine and phenanthroquinolizidine alkaloid.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.343-350
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• 2013

(R)-[3,5-Bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl] ethanol is a key chiral intermediate for the synthesis of aprepitant. In this paper, an efficient synthetic process for (R)-[3,5- bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl] ethanol was developed via the asymmetric reduction of 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl) acetophenone, catalyzed by Leifsonia xyli CCTCC M 2010241 cells using isopropanol as the co-substrate for cofactor recycling. Firstly, the substrate and product solubility and cell membrane permeability of biocatalysts were evaluated with different co-substrate additions into the reaction system, in which isopropanol manifested as the best hydrogen donor of coupled NADH regeneration during the bioreduction of 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl) acetophenone. Subsequently, the optimization of parameters for the bioreduction were undertaken to improve the effectiveness of the process. The determined efficient reaction system contained 200mM of 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl) acetophenone, 20% (v/v) of isopropanol, and 300 g/l of wet cells. The bioreduction was executed at $30^{\circ}C$ and 200 rpm for 30 h, and 91.8% of product yield with 99.9% of enantiometric excess (e.e.) was obtained. The established bioreduction reaction system could tolerate higher substrate concentrations of 3,5- bis(trifluoromethyl) acetophenone, and afforded a satisfactory yield and excellent product e.e. for the desired (R)-chiral alcohol, thus providing an alternative to the chemical synthesis of (R)-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl] ethanol.