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Function
PAM_TAXCH Phenylalanine aminomutase that catalyzes the rearrangement of L-phenylalanine to R-beta-phenylalanine. Catalyzes the first committed step in the biosynthesis of the side chain of the alkaloid taxol (paclitaxel), a widely-used compound with antitumor activity. Has also low phenylalanine ammonia-lyase activity and can catalyze the amination of trans-cinnamate.[1] [2] [3]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Turn to switch: A mutant of phenylalanine aminomutase was engineered that can catalyze the regioselective amination of cinnamate derivatives (see scheme, red) to, for example, beta-amino acids. This regioselectivity, along with the X-ray crystal structures, suggests two distinct carboxylate binding modes differentiated by C(beta)-C(ipso) bond rotation, which determines if beta- (see scheme) or alpha-addition takes place.
Mechanism-inspired engineering of phenylalanine aminomutase for enhanced beta-regioselective asymmetric amination of cinnamates.,Wu B, Szymanski W, Wybenga GG, Heberling MM, Bartsch S, de Wildeman S, Poelarends GJ, Feringa BL, Dijkstra BW, Janssen DB Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012 Jan 9;51(2):482-6. doi: 10.1002/anie.201106372. Epub, 2011 Nov 23. PMID:22113970[4]
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References
- ↑ Steele CL, Chen Y, Dougherty BA, Li W, Hofstead S, Lam KS, Xing Z, Chiang SJ. Purification, cloning, and functional expression of phenylalanine aminomutase: the first committed step in Taxol side-chain biosynthesis. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2005 Jun 1;438(1):1-10. PMID:15878763 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.abb.2005.04.012
- ↑ Wu B, Szymanski W, Wybenga GG, Heberling MM, Bartsch S, de Wildeman S, Poelarends GJ, Feringa BL, Dijkstra BW, Janssen DB. Mechanism-inspired engineering of phenylalanine aminomutase for enhanced beta-regioselective asymmetric amination of cinnamates. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012 Jan 9;51(2):482-6. doi: 10.1002/anie.201106372. Epub, 2011 Nov 23. PMID:22113970 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201106372
- ↑ Wybenga GG, Szymanski W, Wu B, Feringa BL, Janssen DB, Dijkstra BW. Structural Investigations into the Stereochemistry and Activity of a Phenylalanine-2,3-aminomutase from Taxus chinensis. Biochemistry. 2014 May 12. PMID:24786474 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi500187a
- ↑ Wu B, Szymanski W, Wybenga GG, Heberling MM, Bartsch S, de Wildeman S, Poelarends GJ, Feringa BL, Dijkstra BW, Janssen DB. Mechanism-inspired engineering of phenylalanine aminomutase for enhanced beta-regioselective asymmetric amination of cinnamates. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012 Jan 9;51(2):482-6. doi: 10.1002/anie.201106372. Epub, 2011 Nov 23. PMID:22113970 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201106372
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