Regioselective Biocatalytic C4-Prenylation of Unprotected Tryptophan Derivatives

Bettina Eggbauer, Joerg H. Schrittwieser, Bianca Kerschbaumer, Peter Macheroux, Wolfgang Kroutil*

*Korrespondierende/r Autor/-in für diese Arbeit

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Abstract

Regioselective carbon−carbon bond formation belongs to the challenging tasks in organic synthesis. In this context, C−C bond formation catalyzed by 4-dimethylallyltryptophan synthases (4-DMATSs) represents a possible tool to regioselectively synthesize C4-prenylated indole derivatives without site-specific preactivation and circumventing the need of protection groups as used in chemical synthetic approaches. In this study, a toolbox of 4-DMATSs to produce a set of 4-dimethylallyl tryptophan and indole derivatives was identified. Using three wild-type enzymes as well as variants, various C5-substituted tryptophan derivatives as well as N-methyl tryptophan were successfully prenylated with conversions up to 90 %. Even truncated tryptophan derivatives like tryptamine and 3-indole propanoic acid were regioselectively prenylated in position C4. The acceptance of C5-substituted tryptophan derivatives was improved up to 5-fold by generating variants (e. g. T108S). The feasibility of semi-preparative prenylation of selected tryptophan derivatives was successfully demonstrated on 100 mg scale at 15 mM substrate concentration, allowing to reduce the previously published multistep chemical synthetic sequence to just a single step.

Originalspracheenglisch
Aufsatznummere202200311
FachzeitschriftChemBioChem
Jahrgang23
Ausgabenummer17
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 5 Sept. 2022

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemie
  • Molekularmedizin
  • Molekularbiologie
  • Organische Chemie

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