Influence of Deep Eutectic Solvents on Redox Biocatalysis Involving Alcohol Dehydrogenases

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Journal Heliyon

Specialty Social Sciences

Date 2024 Jul 1

PMID 38948051

Authors

Ebin K Baby

Rangasamy Savitha

Gemma K Kinsella

Kieran Nolan

Barry J Ryan

Gary T M Henehan

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Abstract

Redox biocatalysis plays an increasingly important role in modern organic synthesis. The recent integration of novel media such as deep eutectic solvents (DESs) has significantly impacted this field of chemical biology. Alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs) are important biocatalysts where their unique specificity is used for enantioselective synthesis. This review explores aspects of redox biocatalysis in the presence of DES both with whole cells and with isolated ADHs. In both cases, the presence of DES has a significant influence on the outcome of reactions albeit via different mechanisms. For whole cells, DES was shown to be a useful tool to direct product formation or configuration - a process of solvent engineering. Whole cells can tolerate DES as media components for the solubilization of hydrophobic substrates. In some cases, DES in the growth medium altered the enantioselectivity of whole cell transformations by solvent control. For isolated enzymes, on the other hand, the presence of DES promotes substrate solubility as well as enhancing enzyme stability and activity. DES can be employed as a smart solvent or smart cosubstrate particularly for cofactor regeneration purposes. From the literatures examined, it is suggested that DES based on choline chloride (ChCl) such as ChCl:Glycerol (Gly), ChCl:Glucose (Glu), and ChCl:1,4-butanediol (1,4-BD) are useful starting points for ADH-based redox biocatalysis. However, each specific reaction will require optimisation due to the influence of several factors on biocatalysis in DES. These include solvent composition, enzyme source, temperature, pH and ionic strength as well as the substrates and products under investigation.

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