title: Regiospecific and stereoselective hydroxylation of 1-indanone and 2-indanone by naphthalene dioxygenase and toluene dioxygenase.
abstract: The biotransformation of 1-indanone and 2-indanone to hydroxyindanones was examined with bacterial strains expressing naphthalene dioxygenase (NDO) and toluene dioxygenase (TDO) as well as with purified enzyme components. Pseudomonas sp. strain 9816/11 cells, expressing NDO, oxidized 1-indanone to a mixture of 3-hydroxy-1-indanone (91%) and 2-hydroxy-1-indanone (9%). The (R)-3-hydroxy-1-indanone was formed in 62% enantiomeric excess (ee) (R:S, 81:19), while the 2-hydroxy-1-indanone was racemic. The same cells also formed 2-hydroxy-1-indanone from 2-indanone. Purified NDO components oxidized 1-indanone and 2-indanone to the same products produced by strain 9816/11. P. putida F39/D cells, expressing TDO, oxidized 2-indanone to (S)-2-hydroxy-1-indanone of 76% ee (R:S, 12:88) but did not oxidize 1-indanone efficiently. Purified TDO components also oxidized 2-indanone to (S)-2-hydroxy-1-indanone of 90% ee (R:S, 5:95) and failed to oxidize 1-indanone. Oxidation of 1- and 2-indanone in the presence of [18O]oxygen indicated that the hydroxyindanones were formed by the incorporation of a single atom of molecular oxygen (monooxygenation) rather than by the dioxygenation of enol tautomers of the ketone substrates. As alternatives to chemical synthesis, these biotransformations represent direct routes to 3-hydroxy-1-indanone and 2-hydroxy-1-indanone as the major products from 1-indanone and 2-indanone, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Resnick
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Torok
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Brand
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Gibson
mesh_terms: D001711:Biotransformation; D049308:Dioxygenases; D006900:Hydroxylation; D007189:Indans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000378:metabolism*; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000378:metabolism; D016958:Pseudomonas putida / Q000378:metabolism; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D007189:Indans; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; C013352:indacrinone; D010105:Oxygenases; D049308:Dioxygenases; C038703:naphthalene dioxygenase; C023172:toluene dioxygenase