Construction of a Highly Diastereoselective Aldol Reaction System with <scp>l</scp>-Threonine Aldolase by Computer-Assisted Rational Molecular Modification and Medium Engineering

Abstract

Diastereoselectivity of l-threonine aldolase (LTA) was determined by paths of aldehydes attacking a pyridoxal phosphate-glycine complex. Thus, strategies of enhancing the <i>syn</i> path and blocking the <i>anti</i> path were performed to modify LTA. A mutant (Y31H/N305R) was constructed with a substrate preference increase from 3.32 to 42.04. Medium engineering was investigated. Consequently, the de value of l-<i>syn</i>-3-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenylserine] reached 93.1% (87.2%_conv). The study clarified the factors affecting diastereoselectivity of LTA and provided a theorem for rational modification of LTA's diastereoselectivity.