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. 2008 Dec 1;75(3):687–694. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01506-08

TABLE 3.

Product formation for bioreduction of ethyl 3-keto-4,4,4-trifluorobutyrate 1 with coupled permeabilized cells

B. pumilus Phe-C3 concn (g [dry wt] of cells/liter) E. coli BL21 concn (g [dry wt] of cells/liter)a Ethyl 3-keto-4,4,4-triflurobutyrate concn (mM) Glucose concn (mM) Activity (U/g [dry wt] of cells)b Time (h) NADP+ concn (mM) (R)-Ethyl 3-hydroxy-4,4,4-triflurobutyrate concn (mM) % Conversion TTN
40 20 60 440 1.3 0 0.005
20 +0.005c 19.0 32 3,800
44 +0.005 36.0 60 3,600
68 50.5 84 3,400
40 20 60 + 60d 440 1.3 0 0.005
24 +0.005 20.0 17 4,000
48 +0.005 38.0 31 3,800
72 +0.005 52.5 44 3,500
96 64.0 53 3,200
a

Permeabilized E. coli BL21(pGDH1) cells with an activity of 61 U/g (dry weight) of cells were used.

b

Activity was determined over the first 1 h.

c

+0.005 indicates that 0.005 mM NADP+ was added at the time indicated.

d

Ethyl 3-keto-4,4,4-trifluorobutyrate 1 was added at the beginning (60 mM) and at 5 h (60 mM).