A new enzymatic method of nitrile synthesis by Rhodococcus sp. strain YH3-3
A new enzymatic method of nitrile synthesis by Rhodococcus sp. strain YH3-3
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DOI:
10.1016/s1381-1177(98)00080-0
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发表时间:
1999-03-11
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Asano, Y
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作者:
Kato, Y;Ooi, R;Asano, Y
The substrate specificity of a novel aldoxime dehydratase from E-pyridine-3-aldoxime assimilating bacterium, Rhodococcus sp. strain YH3-3, was examined. The enzyme catalyzed a dehydration reaction of various aryl- and alkyl-aldoximes to form the corresponding nitriles, but did not act on arylalkyl- and substituted alkyl-aldoximes. Of various aldoximes tested, E-pyridine-3-aldoxime was the most suitable substrate for the enzyme. E-Pyridine-3-aldoxime analogs such as O-acetyl-E-pyridine-3-aldoxime, Z-pyridine-3-aldoxime, and E/Z-pyridine-3-aldehyde-hydrazone also acted as substrates and were converted to 3-cyanopyridine. Heat-treatment of the cells increased the accumulation of 3-cyanopyridine from E-pyridine-3-aldoxime because the nitrile degrading enzyme, nitrile hydratase was inactivated. Under the optimized reaction conditions (pH 7.0, 30 degrees C), various nitriles were synthesized from the corresponding aldoximes in preparative scales with heat-treated cells of the strain. This is the first report on the microbial synthesis of nitriles from aldoximes. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. AU rights reserved.