Asymmetric Hydrogenation of C = C Bonds in a SpinChem Reactor by Immobilized Old Yellow Enzyme and Glucose Dehydrogenase.

The application of immobilized enzymes in pharmaceutical and bulk chemical production has been shown to be economically viable. We demonstrate the exceptional performance of a method that immobilizes the old yellow enzyme YqjM and glucose dehydrogenase (GDH) on resin for the asymmetric hydrogenation (AH) of C = C bonds in a SpinChem reactor. When immobilized YqjM and GDH are reused 10 times, the conversion of 2-methylcyclopentenone could reach 78%. Which is because the rotor of the SpinChem reactor effectively reduces catalyst damage caused by shear force in the reaction system. When the substrate concentration is 175 mM, an 87% conversion of 2-methylcyclopentenone is obtained. The method is also observed to perform well for the AH of C = C bonds in other unsaturated carbonyl compounds with the SpinChem reactor. Thus, this method has great potential for application in the enzymatic production of chiral compounds.

One pot purification and co-immobilization of His-tagged old yellow enzyme and glucose dehydrogenase for asymmetric hydrogenation.

In this study, a novel kind of Ni-NTA modified monodispersed SiO2 nanoflowers (Ni-NTA@SiO2 nanoflowers) were successfully synthesized. The obtained Ni-NTA@SiO2 nanoflowers were used to specifically adsorb and purify His-tagged old yellow enzyme (OYE1) and glucose dehydrogenase (GDH), which allows access to optically pure (3 S)- 3-methyl-cyclohexanone through asymmetric hydrogenation reaction, and forms a cofactor regeneration system. The protein loading amount on Ni-NTA@SiO2 nanoflowers was 40.17 mg/g support and the activity recoveries of OYE1 and GDH were 81.53% and 79.68%, respectively. The effects of pH and temperature on the activity of free and co-immobilized enzymes were investigated, and the stability as well as reusability were also measured. Compared to free enzymes, the co-immobilized enzymes showed higher thermal and storage stability. The co-immobilized enzymes were applied to asymmetric reduction of CC bonds for the synthesis of a chiral center with excellent enantioselectivity (ee > 99%), and the conversion was 46.02% after 7 cycles. This work introduced a one-pot multi-enzyme purification and co-immobilization strategy to construct efficient cofactor regeneration system with high activity and stability.