IP Library Granted Patent US 11,396,666
Granted Patent B2
US 11,396,666 · App. 17/284,912 · Granted Jul 26, 2022

Method for producing (1R,3R)-3-(trifluoromethyl)cyclohexan-1-ol and intermediate thereof

Inventors: Haruka Sasano (Tokyo, JP); Takanobu Iura (Tokyo, JP); Kenji Oki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: API CORPORATION
C12P7/02C12P7/26C12N9/0004C12N9/16C12Y401/02
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Patent No.
US 11,396,666
App. No.
17/284,912
Granted
Jul 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for producing a compound represented by formula (3) including bringing a carbon-carbon double bond reductase, a microorganism or cell having an ability to produce the enzyme, a processed product of the microorganism or cell, and/or a culture solution containing the enzyme which is obtained by culturing the microorganism or cell, and a carbonyl reductase, a microorganism or cell having an ability to produce the enzyme, a processed product of the microorganism or cell, and/or a culture solution containing the enzyme which is obtained by culturing the microorganism or cell into contact with a compound represented by formula (1) to obtain a compound represented by formula (3):

Claims (45)

1. A method for producing a compound represented by the formula (3):

comprising:

bringing a carbon-carbon double bond reductase enzyme, a microorganism or cell having an ability to produce the carbon-carbon double bond reductase enzyme, a processed product of the microorganism or cell, and/or a culture solution containing the carbon-carbon double bond reductase enzyme which is obtained by culturing the microorganism or cell, and a carbonyl reductase enzyme, a microorganism or cell having an ability to produce the carbonyl reductase enzyme, a processed product of the microorganism or cell, and/or a culture solution containing the carbonyl reductase enzyme which is obtained by culturing the microorganism or cell into contact with a compound represented by the formula (1):

to obtain the compound represented by the formula (3);

wherein:

the carbon-carbon double bond reductase enzyme comprises a protein shown in the following (A), (B), or (C):

(A) a protein having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1;

(B) a protein having an amino acid sequence resulting from deletion, substitution, insertion, and/or addition of 1 to 50 amino acids in the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, and having an activity to catalyze reaction(s) shown in the formula (I) and/or the formula (II):

(C) a protein having an amino acid sequence with not less than 85% identity with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, having at least one amino acid substitution selected from the following groups (i) and (ii) introduced thereinto, and having an activity to catalyze reaction(s) shown in the formula (I) and/or the formula (II):

 (i) substitution of the 26 th cysteine in the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 with an amino acid other than aspartic acid, phenylalanine, tryptophan, and tyrosine,

 (ii) substitution of the 104 th alanine in the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 with an amino acid other than alanine; and

the carbonyl reductase enzyme comprises a protein shown in the following (D), (E), or (F):

(D) a protein having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NOS: 2, 3, or 4;

(E) a protein having an amino acid sequence resulting from deletion, substitution, insertion, and/or addition of 1 to 50 amino acids in the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NOS: 2, 3, or 4, and having an activity to catalyze reaction(s) shown in the formula (III) and/or the formula (IV):

(F) a protein having an amino acid sequence with not less than 85% identity with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NOS: 2, 3, or 4, and having an activity to catalyze reaction(s) shown in the formula (III) and/or the formula (IV).

2. The production method according to claim 1 , wherein the amino acid substitution in (i) is the following (i′):

(i′) substitution of the 26 th cysteine in the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 with alanine.

3. The production method according to claim 1 , wherein the amino acid substitution in (ii) is the following (ii′):

(ii′) substitution of the 104 th alanine in the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 with histidine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, or tyrosine.

4. The production method according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon-carbon double bond reductase enzyme, the microorganism or cell having an ability to produce the carbon-carbon double bond reductase enzyme, the processed product of the microorganism or cell, and/or the culture solution containing the carbon-carbon double bond reductase enzyme which is obtained by culturing the microorganism or cell is brought into contact with the compound represented by the formula (1):

to obtain a compound represented by the formula (2):

and further the carbonyl reductase enzyme, the microorganism or cell having an ability to produce the carbonyl reductase enzyme, the processed product of the microorganism or cell, and/or the culture solution containing the carbonyl reductase enzyme which is obtained by culturing the microorganism or cell is brought into contact with the compound represented by the formula (2) to obtain the compound represented by the formula (3):

5. The production method according to claim 1 , wherein the carbonyl reductase enzyme, a microorganism or cell having an ability to produce the carbonyl reductase enzyme, a processed product of the microorganism or cell, and/or a culture solution containing the carbonyl reductase enzyme which is obtained by culturing the microorganism or cell is brought into contact with the compound represented by the formula (1):

to obtain a compound represented by the formula (4):

and further carbon-carbon double bond reductase enzyme, a microorganism or cell having an ability to produce the carbon-carbon double bond reductase enzyme, a processed product of the microorganism or cell, and/or a culture solution containing the carbon-carbon double bond reductase enzyme which is obtained by culturing the microorganism or cell is brought into contact with the compound represented by the formula (4) to obtain the compound represented by the formula (3):

6. The production method according to claim 1 , wherein a content of a compound represented by the formula (5):

and/or a compound represented by the formula (6):

which are included in compound (3), is not more than 8 mol %.

7. A method for producing a compound represented by the formula (2):

comprising bringing a carbon-carbon double bond reductase enzyme, a microorganism or cell having an ability to produce the carbon-carbon double bond reductase enzyme, a processed product of the microorganism or cell, and/or a culture solution containing the carbon-carbon double bond reductase enzyme which is obtained by culturing the microorganism or cell into contact with a compound represented by the formula (1):

to obtain the compound represented by the formula (2);

wherein:

the carbon-carbon double bond reductase enzyme comprises a protein shown in the following (A), (B), or (C):

(A) a protein having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1;

(B) a protein having an amino acid sequence resulting from deletion, substitution, insertion, and/or addition of 1 to 50 amino acids in the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, and having an activity to catalyze reaction(s) shown in the formula (I) and/or the formula (II):

(C) a protein having an amino acid sequence with not less than 85% identity with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, having at least one amino acid substitution selected from the following groups (i) and (ii) introduced thereinto, and having an activity to catalyze reaction(s) shown in the formula (I) and/or the formula (II):

 (i) substitution of the 26 th cysteine in the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 with an amino acid other than aspartic acid, phenylalanine, tryptophan, and tyrosine,

 (ii) substitution of the 104 th alanine in the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 with an amino acid other than alanine.

8. A method for producing a compound represented by the formula (4):

comprising bringing a carbonyl reductase enzyme, a microorganism or cell having an ability to produce the carbonyl reductase enzyme, a processed product of the microorganism or cell, and/or a culture solution containing the carbonyl reductase enzyme which is obtained by culturing the microorganism or cell into contact with a compound represented by the formula (1):

to obtain the compound represented by the formula (4);

wherein the carbonyl reductase enzyme comprises a protein shown in the following (A), (B), or (C):

(A) a protein having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NOS: 2, 3, or 4;

(B) a protein having an amino acid sequence resulting from deletion, substitution, insertion, and/or addition of 1 to 50 amino acids in the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NOS: 2, 3, or 4, and having an activity to catalyze reaction(s) shown in the formula (III) and/or the formula (IV):

(C) a protein having an amino acid sequence with not less than 85% identity with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NOS: 2, 3, or 4, and having an activity to catalyze reaction(s) shown in the formula (III) and/or the formula (IV).

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 21, 2025
From: API CORPORATION
To: API CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072498/0511 →
MERGER Recorded Aug 21, 2025
From: API CORPORATION
To: UBE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072554/0211 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2021
From: SASANO, HARUKA; IURA, TAKANOBU; OKI, KENJI
To: API CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055903/0686 →
Continuity (2)
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