Enzymatic routes for the synthesis of ursodeoxycholic acid
Enzymatic routes for the synthesis of ursodeoxycholic acid
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.08.006
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发表时间:
2014-12-10
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4.1
通讯作者:
Hummel, Werner
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作者:
Eggert, Thorsten;Bakonyi, Daniel;Hummel, Werner
Ursodeoxycholic acid, a secondary bile acid, is used as a drug for the treatment of various liver diseases, the optimal dose comprises the range of 8-10 mg/kg/day. For industrial syntheses, the structural complexity of this bile acid requires the use of an appropriate starting material as well as the application of regio- and enantioselective enzymes for its derivatization. Most strategies for the synthesis start from cholic acid or chenodeoxycholic acid. The latter requires the conversion of the hydroxyl group at C-7 from alpha-into beta-position in order to obtain ursodeoxycholic acid. Cholic acid on the other hand does not only require the same epimerization reaction at C-7 but the removal of the hydroxyl group at C-12 as well. There are several bacterial regio- and enantio-selective hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (HSDHs) to carry out the desired reactions, for example 7 alpha-HSDHs from strains of Clostridium, Bacteroides or Xanthomonas, 7 beta-HSDHs from Clostridium, Collinsella, or Ruminococcus, or 12 alpha-HSDH from Clostridium or from Eggerthella. However, all these bioconversion reactions need additional steps for the regeneration of the coenzymes. Selected multi-step reaction systems for the synthesis of ursodeoxycholic acid are presented in this review. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.