Use of a stereoselective transaminase in the asymmetric synthesis of a chiral amine. In particular, provided is use of a polypeptide in the production of a chiral amine or a downstream product using a chiral amine as a precursor. Further provided is a method for producing a chiral amine, comprising culturing a strain expressing the polypeptide so as to obtain a chiral amine. Further provided are a chiral amine production strain and a method for constructing the chiral amine production strain. The stereoselective transaminase has a broad substrate spectrum and thus has a broad application potential in the preparation of a chiral amine.

Shown and described is a composition and a method to prepare a dopant-free photoluminescent hydrogel with synthetic polymers are disclosed. The hydrogel can be synthesized in one embodiment by incorporating an amino acid to a citric acid based polyester oligomer followed by multiple crosslinking group functionalization through a transesterification reaction using an enzyme such as Candida antarctica Lipase B (CALB) as a catalyst. The hydrogels are injectable, degradable, and their mechanical and photoluminescent properties are tunable. An in vivo study shows that the hydrogel emits strong fluorescence under visible light excitation and can completely degrade over time.

Shown and described is a composition and a method to prepare a dopant-free photoluminescent hydrogel with synthetic polymers are disclosed. The hydrogel can be synthesized in one embodiment by incorporating an amino acid to a citric acid based polyester oligomer followed by multiple crosslinking group functionalization through a transesterification reaction using an enzyme such as Candida antarctica Lipase B (CALB) as a catalyst. The hydrogels are injectable, degradable, and their mechanical and photoluminescent properties are tunable. An in vivo study shows that the hydrogel emits strong fluorescence under visible light excitation and can completely degrade over time.

Provided is a process for synthesizing a functionalized cyclic dithiocarbamate.

Provided is a process for synthesizing a functionalized cyclic dithiocarbamate.

The present disclosure relates to non-naturally occurring polypeptides useful for preparing Ezetimibe, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides.

The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme including the capability of reducing 5-((4S)-2-oxo-4-phenyl (1,3-oxazolidin-3-yl))-1-(4-fluorophenyl) pentane-1,5-dione to (4S)-3-[(5S)-5-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-hydroxypentanoyl]-4-phenyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize the intermediate (4S)-3-[(5S)-5-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-hydroxypentanoyl]-4-phenyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one in a process for making Ezetimibe.

The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme including the capability of reducing 5-((4S)-2-oxo-4-phenyl (1,3-oxazolidin-3-yl))-1-(4-fluorophenyl) pentane-1,5-dione to (4S)-3-[(5S)-5-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-hydroxypentanoyl]-4-phenyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize the intermediate (4S)-3-[(5S)-5-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-hydroxypentanoyl]-4-phenyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one in a process for making Ezetimibe.

The present invention relates to a new process for the preparation of ammeline and/or ammelide from melamine by a solid-to-solid reaction in an aqueous reaction mixture comprising a biocatalyst, wherein the biocatalyst comprises at least one enzyme belonging to the amidohydrolase superfamily and having aminohydrolase activity towards 1,3,5-triazine compounds. The invention further relates a product obtainable by the process according to the invention, wherein the product comprises ammeline and/or ammelide.

A method for preparing a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound and a derivative thereof by an enzymatic-chemical cascade method, comprising: reacting an alcohol, an amine, an alcohol dehydrogenase, a flavin molecule and a coenzyme in a solvent to obtain the nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound and the derivative thereof; compared with the prior art, the method is a green and economical enzymatic-chemical cascade method, and is used for synthesizing nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds and derivatives thereof; compared with a common toxic chemical catalyst, the alcohol dehydrogenase is selected as a catalyst in the method, which has the characteristics of high substrate specificity, no pollution, high catalytic efficiency, no toxic solvents and simple post-treatment.