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Studying the Possibilities of Using 2-Halogen-Substituted Acetamides As Acyl Donors in Penicillin Acylase-Catalyzed
N V Panin1, M V Nikulin1,2, E S Tiurin2
1Lomonosov Moscow State University, Belozersky Institute of Physicochemical Biology, Lenin Hills 1 , bldg. 40, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
Abstract:
The possibility of using amides of halogen-substituted acetic acids as acyl donors in penicillin acylase-catalyzed reactions has been investigated, and the ability of this group of compounds to inactivate enzymes in the course of the catalytic conversion has been established. The strongest inactivating effect was demonstrated by iodoacetamide and bromoacetamide. However, the negative contribution of this side activity can be minimized by decreasing the temperature, when the rate of acyl donor conversion by penicillin acylases is still high enough, but the impact of enzyme inactivation becomes less significant. The catalytic activity of penicillin acylase from Alcaligenes faecalis in the conversion of 2-haloacetamides was significantly (5-8 times) higher than that of penicillin acylase from Escherichia coli.
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