Jürgen Brem
University of Turku
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Chemcatchem | 2013
Monica Ioana Toşa; Jürgen Brem; Alexandra Mantu; Florin Dan Irimie; Csaba Paizs; János Rétey
Racemic nitrophenylalanines and (E)‐nitrophenylacrylates are synthesized from the corresponding aldehydes. Both products are important for the examination of the mechanism of action of phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL). For the reaction of the rac‐nitrophenylalanines with both wild type (wt) PAL and an 4‐methylideneimidazole‐5‐one (MIO)‐less mutant, the kinetic constants Km and Vmax are determined and compared with those of the natural substrate L‐phenylalanine: the Km values for the racemic nitrophenylalanines with wt PAL are up to 9 times higher, however, the Vmax values are up to 5 times lower. Compared to wt PAL, the catalytic activity of MIO‐less PAL mutant for the deamination of L‐phenylalanine is approximately 400 times, while that for 3‐nitrophenylalanine is approximately 50 times lower. Both wt and MIO‐less PALs are enantioselective for L‐nitrophenylalanines. Thus, enantiopure D‐nitrophenylalanines can be biosynthesized from racemic substrates. The biocatalytic synthesis of the corresponding L‐enantiomers is achieved by the reverse reaction, starting from (E)‐nitrophenylacrylates. Both enantiomeric products obtained with wt and MIO‐less PAL are spectroscopically and chromatographically characterized and their optical rotations measured.
Tetrahedron-asymmetry | 2011
Jürgen Brem; Arto Liljeblad; Csaba Paizs; Monica Ioana Toşa; Florin-Dan Irimie; Liisa T. Kanerva
Process Biochemistry | 2012
Jürgen Brem; Mihaela C. Turcu; Csaba Paizs; Katri Lundell; Monica-Ioana Toşa; Florin-Dan Irimie; Liisa T. Kanerva
Tetrahedron-asymmetry | 2009
Jürgen Brem; Csaba Paizs; Monica Ioana Toşa; Elemér Vass; Florin Dan Irimie
Tetrahedron-asymmetry | 2011
Jürgen Brem; Mara Ana Naghi; Monica-Ioana Toşa; Zoltán Boros; László Poppe; Florin-Dan Irimie; Csaba Paizs
Heterocycles | 2010
János Rétey; Csaba Paizs; Monica Ioana Toşa; László Csaba Bencze; Jürgen Brem; Florin Dan Irimie
Tetrahedron-asymmetry | 2010
Jürgen Brem; Monica-Ioana Toşa; Csaba Paizs; Anca Munceanu; Dubravka Matković-Čalogović; Florin-Dan Irimie
Tetrahedron-asymmetry | 2011
Jürgen Brem; Sarolta Pilbák; Csaba Paizs; Gergely Bánóczi; Florin Dan Irimie; Monica Ioana Toşa; László Poppe
European Journal of Organic Chemistry | 2012
Jürgen Brem; László-Csaba Bencze; Arto Liljeblad; Mihaela C. Turcu; Csaba Paizs; Florin-Dan Irimie; Liisa T. Kanerva
Tetrahedron-asymmetry | 2011
Denisa Hapău; Jürgen Brem; Valentin Zaharia