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  • Deracemization of unnatural amino acid: homoalanine using D-amino acid oxidase and ω-transaminase.

Deracemization of unnatural amino acid: homoalanine using D-amino acid oxidase and ω-transaminase.

Organic & biomolecular chemistry (2012-02-22)
Young-Man Seo, Sam Mathew, Han-Seop Bea, Yong-Ho Khang, Sang-Hyeup Lee, Byung-Gee Kim, Hyungdon Yun
ABSTRACT

A deracemization method was developed to generate optically pure L-homoalanine from racemic homoalanine using D-amino acid oxidase and ω-transaminase. A whole cell reaction using a biphasic system converted 500 mM racemic homoalanine to 485 mM L-homoalanine (>99% ee).

MATERIALS
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Product Description

Sigma-Aldrich
D-2-Aminobutyric acid, 98%
Sigma-Aldrich
DL-2-Aminobutyric acid, ReagentPlus®, 99%
Sigma-Aldrich
L-2-Aminobutyric acid, ≥99% (titration)
Sigma-Aldrich
L-2-Aminobutyric acid, BioReagent, suitable for cell culture