Developement of novel enzyme system for production of enantiomerically pure ${\beta}-amino$ acids : Kinetic resolution of racemic 3-amino-n-butanoic acid using transaminase from Alcaligenes denitrificans Y2k-2

(R,S)-3-amino-n-butanoic acid$(DL-\;{\beta}\;-homoalanine)$ has been kinetically resolved using Alcaligenes denitrificans Y2k-2 as a biocatalyst, which was isolated from soil by enrichment culture, which was carried out with minimal media containing (R,S)-3-amino-n-butanoic acid as a sole nitrogen source. The enzyme which peformed this kinetic resolution assumed to belong to the ${\omega}-transaminase$ family, because A. denitrificans used pyruvate as amino acceptor and its transaminase activity was inhibited by gabaculine, aminooxy acetic acid and hydroxylamine. In whole cell reaction, (R,S)-3-amino-n-butanoic acid was kinetically resolved to the corresponding (R)-3-amino-n-butanoic acid with excellent E (>100) in the presence of pyruvate as an amino acceptor at $37^{\circ}C$. (S-specific) We observed the substrate inhibition for pyruvate at 100mM. In this study, characteristics of transaminase activity of Alcaligenes denitrificans Y2k-2, such as substrate specificity and thermostability, are carried out for the development of (R)-3- amino-n-butanoic acid production system.

(R,S)-3-amino-n-butanoic acid에 대한 광학분할 능력이 우수한 균주 Alcaligenes denitrificans Y2k-2를 토양으로부터 분리하였다. 광학분할 반응에 관계하는 효소는 트랜스아미나제로 추정되며, 아민 수용체에 대한 특이성에서 크기가 작을수록 반응성이 높아지는 경향이 있다. pyruvate에 의한 기질저해 현상이 나타나는데, 효율적인 생산 체계를 갖추기 위해서 이 문제를 해결할 필요가 있으며 현재 효소의 정확한 특성을 파악하기 위한 실험을 진행 중이다.