Whole-Cell Photoenzymatic Cascades to Synthesize Long-Chain Aliphatic Amines and Esters from Renewable Fatty Acids

  • Hee Jeong Cha
  • , Se Yeun Hwang
  • , Da Som Lee
  • , Akula Ravi Kumar
  • , Yong Uk Kwon
  • , Moritz Voß
  • , Eva Schuiten
  • , Uwe T. Bornscheuer
  • , Frank Hollmann
  • , Deok Kun Oh
  • , Jin Byung Park

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Abstract

Long-chain aliphatic amines such as (S,Z)-heptadec-9-en-7-amine and 9-aminoheptadecane were synthesized from ricinoleic acid and oleic acid, respectively, by whole-cell cascade reactions using the combination of an alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) from Micrococcus luteus, an engineered amine transaminase from Vibrio fluvialis (Vf-ATA), and a photoactivated decarboxylase from Chlorella variabilis NC64A (Cv-FAP) in a one-pot process. In addition, long chain aliphatic esters such as 10-(heptanoyloxy)dec-8-ene and octylnonanoate were prepared from ricinoleic acid and oleic acid, respectively, by using the combination of the ADH, a Baeyer–Villiger monooxygenase variant from Pseudomonas putida KT2440, and the Cv-FAP. The target compounds were produced at rates of up to 37 U g−1 dry cells with conversions up to 90 %. Therefore, this study contributes to the preparation of industrially relevant long-chain aliphatic chiral amines and esters from renewable fatty acid resources.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7024-7028
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume59
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 Apr 2020

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Keywords

  • Biocatalysis
  • fatty acids
  • long-chain aliphatic amines
  • photodecarboxylase
  • whole-cell biocatalysis

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