CPC C12P 17/10 (2013.01) [C12N 9/1096 (2013.01); C12P 13/001 (2013.01); C12P 13/04 (2013.01); C12P 17/12 (2013.01); C12P 17/182 (2013.01); C12Y 206/01 (2013.01); Y02P 20/52 (2015.11)] | 8 Claims |
1. A process for preparing an amine product of structural formula (I):
![]() having the indicated stereochemical configuration at the stereogenic center marked with an *; in an enantiomeric excess over the opposite enantiomer, wherein
R1 is optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl;
R2 is an optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl, —R3C(O)R4, or —R3OC(O)R5
R3 is an optionally substituted C1-C4 alkyl, and R4 is H, an optionally substituted C1-C4 alkyl, NR6R7, or OR8, where R5, R6, R7, and R8 are independently H or C1-C4 alkyl;
the process comprising contacting a ketone substrate of structural formula (II):
![]() with a transaminase polypeptide in the presence of an amino donor under reaction conditions suitable for converting the ketone substrate to the amine product, wherein the transaminase polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence that has at least 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 102 and is capable of converting the ketone substrate to the amine product of structural formula (I) at a rate that is increased as compared to SEQ ID NO:2.
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