Grogan, Gideon James orcid.org/0000-0003-1383-7056, Rowlinson, Benjamin, Petchey, Mark et al. (2 more authors) (2020) Biocatalytic Synthesis of Moclobemide Using the Amide Bond Synthetase McbA Coupled with an ATP Recycling System. ACS Catalysis. pp. 4659-4663. ISSN 2155-5435
Abstract
The biocatalytic synthesis of amides from carboxylic acids and primary amines in aqueous media can be achieved using the ATP-dependent amide bond synthetase McbA, via an adenylate intermediate, using only 1.5 equivalents of the amine nucleophile. Following earlier studies that characterized the broad carboxylic acid specificity of McbA, we now show that, in addition to the natural amine substrate 2-phenylethylamine, a range of simple aliphatic amines, including methylamine, butylamine and hexylamine and propargylamine are coupled efficiently to the native carboxylic acid substrate 1-acetyl-9H-β-carboline-3-carboxylic acid by the enzyme, to give amide products with up to >99% conversion. The structure of wild-type McbA in its ami-dation conformation, coupled with modeling and mutational studies, reveal an amide access tunnel and a possible role for residue D201 in amide activation. Amide couplings were slower with anilines and alicyclic secondary amines such as pyrrolidine and piper-idine. The broader substrate specificity of McbA was exploited in the synthesis of the monoamine oxidase A inhibitor moclobe-mide, through the reaction of 4-chlorobenzoic acid with 1.5 equivalents of 4-(2-aminoethyl)morpholine, and utilizing polyphos-phate kinases SmPPK and AjPPK in the presence of polyphosphoric acid and 0.1 equivalents of ATP, required for recycling of the cofactor.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020, The Author(s). |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Chemistry (York) The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Biology (York) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number BBSRC (BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL) BB/T017805/1 |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 06 Apr 2020 09:50 |
Last Modified: | 07 Jan 2025 12:20 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c00929 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1021/acscatal.0c00929 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:159203 |