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. 2018 Oct 4;20(1):51–56. doi: 10.1002/cbic.201800421

Table 4.

Conversions of cyclohexanol and racemic 1‐phenylethanol by ADH/NOX fusion enzymes.

Substrate

Enzyme

Conversion

ee [a]

TTN

TTN

[%]

[%]

(enzyme)

(cofactor)

cyclohexanol

NOX‐A

95

n.a.

31 666

475

NOX‐L

99

n.a.

33 000

495

T‐NOX

69

n.a.

23 000

345

rac‐1‐phenylethanol

NOX‐A

94

99 (R)

31 333

470

NOX‐A

56[b]

99 (R)

28 000

140

NOX‐L

50

99 (S)

16 666

250

Reaction conditions: 50 mm substrate with 1.5 μm of fusion enzyme in 50 mm TrisHCl (pH 8.5), 100 μm NADP+, 64 h at 24 °C, 500 rpm (ThermoMixer Eppendorf); 10 μm FAD, 1000 U catalase. Reactions with rac‐1‐phenylethanol included 2 % DMSO. [a] Enantiomeric excess of the remaining alcohol substrate (Figure S6), [b] 0.5 μm NOX‐A, 25 mm substrate, 100 μm NADP+, 50 mm N‐cyclohexyl‐2‐aminoethanesulfonic acid (CHES; pH 9.0) for 24 h at 24 °C.