Stereoselective synthesis of (R)-3-quinuclidinol through asymmetric reduction of 3-quinuclidinone with 3-quinuclidinone reductase of Rhodotorula rubra

A Uzura, F Nomoto, A Sakoda, Y Nishimoto… - Applied microbiology …, 2009 - Springer
A novel nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-dependent carbonyl reductase, 3-
quinuclidinone reductase, was isolated from Rhodotorula rubra JCM3782. The enzyme …

Enhanced production of optical (S)-acetoin by a recombinant Escherichia coli whole-cell biocatalyst with NADH regeneration

JX Li, YY Huang, XR Chen, QS Du, JZ Meng, NZ Xie… - RSC …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Acetoin is an important platform chemical with a variety of applications in foods, cosmetics,
chemical synthesis, and especially in the asymmetric synthesis of optically active …

A strategy to identify a ketoreductase that preferentially synthesizes pharmaceutically relevant (S)-alcohols using whole-cell biotransformation

SF Haq, AP Shanbhag, S Karthikeyan, I Hassan… - Microbial Cell …, 2018 - Springer
Introduction Chemical industries are constantly in search of an expeditious and
environmentally benign method for producing chiral synthons. Ketoreductases have been …

Screening on the use of Kluyveromyces marxianus CBS 6556 growing cells as enantioselective biocatalysts for ketone reductions

P Vitale, FM Perna, MG Perrone, A Scilimati - Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 2011 - Elsevier
The versatility of Kluyveromyces marxianus CBS 6556 growing cells in the enantioselective
reduction of ketone functionalities to the corresponding alcohols was exploited. In particular …

Biotechnological methods for chalcone reduction using whole cells of Lactobacillus, Rhodococcus and Rhodotorula strains as a way to produce new derivatives

M Stompor, M Kałużny, B Żarowska - Applied microbiology and …, 2016 - Springer
Microbial strains of the genera Dietzia, Micrococcus, Pseudomonas, Rhodococcus,
Gordonia, Streptomyces, Pseudomonas, Bacillus, Penicillium, Rhodotorula and …

Asymmetric Reduction of Ketones by Biocatalysis Using Clementine Mandarin (Citrus reticulata) Fruit Grown in Annaba or by Ruthenium Catalysis for Access to Both …

M Bennamane, S Zeror, L Aribi‐Zouioueche - Chirality, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Biocatalytic reduction of prochiral ketones using freshly ripened clementine mandarin (Citrus
reticulata) in aqueous medium is reported. High enantioselectivities were observed …

Purification, immobilization and stabilization of a highly enantioselective alcohol dehydrogenase from Thermus thermophilus HB27 cloned in E. coli

J Rocha-Martin, DE Vega, Z Cabrera, JM Bolivar… - Process …, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper shows the purification and immobilization of a very interesting thermophilic
alcohol dehydrogenase from Thermus thermophilus HB27 cloned in Escherichia coli. The …

Different strategies for multi-enzyme cascade reaction for chiral vic-1,2-diol production

AV Presečki, L Pintarić, A Švarc… - Bioprocess and biosystems …, 2018 - Springer
The stereoselective three-enzyme cascade for the one-pot synthesis of (1 S, 2 S)-1-
phenylpropane-1, 2-diol ((1 S, 2 S)-1-PPD) from inexpensive starting substrates …

Cheap and environmentally sustainable stereoselective arylketones reduction by Lactobacillus reuteri whole cells

FM Perna, MA Ricci, A Scilimati, MC Mena… - Journal of Molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
Various Lactobacillus reuteri strains were investigated as whole cell catalysts for the
bioreduction of acetophenone into optically active (R)-1-phenylethanol. L. reuteri DSM …

Reduction processes biocatalyzed by Vigna unguiculata

AMC Bizerra, G de Gonzalo, I Lavandera… - Tetrahedron …, 2010 - Elsevier
Whole cells from the Brazilian beans feijão de corda (Vigna unguiculata) have been
employed as biocatalysts in different bioreduction processes. Good to excellent selectivities …