Hormigo, DanielLópez Conejo, María TeresaSerrano Aguirre, LaraGarcía Martín, AlbertoSaborido Modia, AnaDe La Mata Riesco, Mª IsabelArroyo Sánchez, Miguel2023-06-172023-06-172019-08-141029-244610.1080/10242422.2019.1652274https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12377Enzymatic synthesis of penicillin V (penV) by acylation of 6-aminopenicillanic acid (6-APA) was carried out using methyl phenoxyacetate (MPOA) as activated acyl donor and soluble penicillin acylase from Streptomyces lavendulae (SlPVA) as biocatalyst. The effect of different reaction conditions on penV synthesis was investigated, such as enzyme concentration, pH, molar ratio of 6-APA to MPOA, as well as presence of DMSO as water-miscible co-solvent at different concentrations. Time-course profiles of all reactions followed the typical pattern of kinetically controlled synthesis (KCS) of β-lactam antibiotics: penV concentration reached a maximum (highest yield or Ymax) and then decreased gradually. Such maximum was higher at pH 7.0, observing that final penV concentration was abruptly reduced when basic pH values were employed in the reaction. Under the selected conditions (100 mM Tris/HCl buffer pH 7.0, 30 °C, 2.7% (v/v) DMSO, 20 mM MPOA, 0.3 UI/ml of SlPVA), Ymax was enhanced by increasing the substrate molar ratio (6-APA to MPOA) up to 5, reaching a maximum of 94.5% and a S/H value of 16.4 (ratio of synthetic activity to hydrolytic activity). As a consequence, the use of an excess of 6-APA as nucleophile has allowed us to obtain some of the highest Ymax and S/H values among those reported in literature for KCS of β-lactam antibiotics. Although many penicillin G acylases (PGAs) have been described in kinetically controlled acylations, SlPVA should be considered as a different enzyme in the biocatalytic tool-box for novel potential synthetic processes, mainly due to its different substrate specificity compared to PGAs.engjournal articlehttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10242422.2019.1652274?journalCode=ibab20restricted access577.1577.2Penicillin acylaseStreptomyces lavendulaekinetic controlled synthesisacylationpenicillin VBiología molecular (Biología)Bioquímica (Biología)2415 Biología Molecular2302 Bioquímica