Table 1 Conversion and enantiomeric excess (ee) values of L-1a-l obtained in the ammonia addition reactions performed under optimal conditionsa.

From: The production of l- and d-phenylalanines using engineered phenylalanine ammonia lyases from Petroselinum crispum

Substrate

Substituent

PcPAL

[S] (mM)

Time (h)

c (%)

eeL (%)

2a

o-CH3

L256V

70

24

91.5

>99

2b

m-CH3

L134A

2

48

26.4

>99

2c

p-CH3

I460V

30

48

59.9

>99

2d*

o-OCH3

L134A

10

24

42.5

>99

2e*

m-OCH3

L134A

50

48

71.0

>99

2f*

p-OCH3

I460V

30

48

19.1

>99

2g*

o-Br

L256V

70

24

81.6

>99

2h*

m-Br

I460V

5

24

70.1

98.3

2i*

p-Br

I460V

10

24

61.6

>99

2j*

o-CF3

L256V

20

24

73.0

>99

2k

m-CF3

I460V

2

24

77.5

>99

2l*

p-CF3

I460V

2

48

42.2

>99

  1. aReaction conditions: assays were performed in 1.5 mL polypropylene tubes at 30 °C, 200 rpm for 16 h, in 500 µL reaction volume, using 2–70 mM substrate concentration, ratio of cell density (OD600)/substrate concentration (mM) of 1.0 and 6 M NH4OH at pH 10 (adjusted with CO2) as reaction medium. *The optimal substrate concentrations were selected considering the shortest reaction time leading to highest ee and conversion values.