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US 9,382,519 · App. 14/822,624 · Granted Jul 5, 2016

Ketoreductase polypeptides for the production of azetidinone

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Patent No.: US 9,382,519
App. No.: 14/822,624
Granted: Jul 5, 2016
Kind: B2

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Abstract

The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.

Claims (78)

1. An engineered ketoreductase polypeptide capable of converting the substrate, methyl-2-benzamidomethyl-3-oxobutyrate, to the product, 2S,3R-methyl-2-benzamidomethyl-3-hydroxybutyrate, with a percent stereomeric excess of at least 60%, wherein said ketoreductase polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 85% identical to SEQ ID NO: 87, wherein the engineered ketoreductase polypeptide comprises the following features: the residue corresponding to X94 is threonine; the residue corresponding to X199 is a histidine, alanine, or asparagine, and the residue corresponding to X202 is valine or leucine.

2. The engineered ketoreductase polypeptide of claim 1 , further comprising one or more of the following features:

the residue corresponding to X2 is a polar, non-polar, or aliphatic residue;

the residue corresponding to X4 is a basic residue or cysteine;

the residue corresponding to X11 is a non-polar, aliphatic, or aromatic residue;

the residue corresponding to X40 is a constrained or basic residue;

the residue corresponding to X80 is a non-polar, aliphatic, or polar residue;

the residue corresponding to X86 is a non-polar, aliphatic, or polar residue;

the residue corresponding to X96 is a polar, aromatic, non-polar, or aliphatic residue;

the residue corresponding to X105 is a non-polar, aliphatic, basic or acidic residue;

the residue corresponding to X129 is a non-polar or polar residue;

the residue corresponding to X147 is an aromatic, non-polar or aliphatic residue;

the residue corresponding to X153 is a polar, non-polar or aliphatic residue;

the residue corresponding to X190 is an aromatic or constrained residue;

the residue corresponding to X195 is a non-polar or aliphatic residue;

the residue corresponding to X196 is a non-polar or aliphatic residue;

the residue corresponding to X206 is a non-polar or aromatic residue;

the residue corresponding to X226 is a non-polar or aliphatic residue;

the residue corresponding to X248 is a non-polar or basic residue; and

the residue corresponding to X249 is an aromatic residue; and

wherein optionally the amino acid sequence has one or more residue differences at other amino acid residue positions as compared to SEQ ID NO: 87.

3. The engineered ketoreductase polypeptide of claim 1 , further comprising one or more of the following features:

the residue corresponding to X2 is alanine;

the residue corresponding to X4 is cysteine;

the residue corresponding to X11 is phenylalanine;

the residue corresponding to X40 arginine;

the residue corresponding to X80 is threonine;

the residue corresponding to X86 is isoleucine;

the residue corresponding to X96 is valine or phenylalanine;

the residue corresponding to X105 is glycine;

the residue corresponding to X129 is threonine;

the residue corresponding to X147 is methionine or leucine;

the residue corresponding to X153 is alanine or serine;

the residue corresponding to X190 is histidine or proline;

the residue corresponding to X195 is valine;

the residue corresponding to X196 is leucine;

the residue corresponding to X206 is phenylalanine;

the residue corresponding to X226 is valine;

the residue corresponding to X248 is lysine, or arginine; and

the residue corresponding to X249 is tryptophan;

wherein optionally the amino acid sequence has one or more residue differences at other amino acid residue positions as compared to SEQ ID NO: 87.

4. The engineered ketoreductase of claim 1 , wherein the ketoreductase polypeptide further comprises one or more of the following features:

the residue corresponding to X40 is a constrained or basic residue; and

the residue corresponding to X147 is an aromatic, non-polar or aliphatic residue.

5. The engineered ketoreductase of claim 1 , further comprising one or more of the following features:

the residue corresponding to X96 is a polar, aromatic, non-polar, or aliphatic;

the residue corresponding to X195 is a non-polar or aliphatic residue;

the residue corresponding to X196 is a non-polar or aliphatic residue;

the residue corresponding to X226 is a non-polar or aliphatic residue;

the residue corresponding to X248 is a non-polar or basic residue; and

the residue corresponding to X249 is an aromatic residue.

6. The engineered ketoreductase polypeptide of claim 1 , further comprising one or more of the following features: