title: Stereochemical applications of the expression of the L-2,3-butanediol dehydrogenase gene in Escherichia coli.
abstract: The L-2,3-butanediol dehydrogenase (L-BDH) gene of Brevibacterium saccharolyticum was strongly expressed in Escherichia coli using the tac promoter. However, the stereospecificity of the resulting L-BDH was reduced. The region upstream of the meso-BDH gene of Klebsiella pneumoniae was also involved in the expression of the B. saccharolyticum gene. However, in this case, the resulting L-BDH exhibited more stable stereospecificity. A stereospecificity recognition region was located within the rear sequence (Hpa I site, carboxy terminal) of the BDH open reading frame. Using a transformed strain of E. coli, the conversion of L-acetoin (L-AC), in the commercially available racemic mixture of AC, to L-2,3-butanediol (L-BD) was attempted. As a result, 0.37% L-BD was formed from 1% AC added to the culture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Yamanashi University, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan. ui@ab11.yamanashi.ac.jp
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ui
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takusagawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohtsuki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mimura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohkuma
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kudo
mesh_terms: D000093:Acetoin / Q000378:metabolism; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001951:Brevibacterium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D002072:Butylene Glycols / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014169:Transformation, Bacterial
chemical_list: D002072:Butylene Glycols; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C026978:2,3-butylene glycol; D000093:Acetoin; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; C019801:butanediol dehydrogenase