Synthesis of Adenine Nucleosides by Transglycosylation using Two Sequential Nucleoside Phosphorylase-Based Bioreactors with On-Line Reaction Monitoring by using HPLC

Uridine phosphorylase from Clostridium perfringens (CpUP, EC 2.4.2.3) was immobilized covalently in an aminopropylsilica monolithic column (25mmx4.6mm) upon functionalization with glutaraldehyde. Imino bonds that result from the reaction between the enzyme and the support were reduced chemically to afford a 66% yield (13mg) determined spectrophotometrically. The CpUP immobilized enzyme reactor (IMER) was connected to a silica particle-based IMER that contained a purine nucleoside phosphorylase from Aeromonas hydrophila (AhPNP, EC 2.4.2.1), which was developed previously and used successfully for the fast synthesis of some purine ribonucleosides by a one-enzyme transglycosylation. CpUP-IMER and AhPNP-IMER were connected to a HPLC system by a six-way switching valve. In this set-up, the synthesis of 2-deoxyadenosine (dAdo, 8), adenosine (Ado, 9), and arabinosyladenine (araA, 10) by a "two-enzyme" transglycosylation is coupled directly to on-line reaction monitoring. Under the optimized transglycosylation conditions (2:1 ratio sugar donor/base acceptor; 10mm phosphate buffer; pH7.25; temperature 37 degrees C, flow rate 0.1mLmin(-1)), defined by a 2(III)((5-2)) experimental design, the conversion of dAdo and Ado was approximately 90%, and araA was synthesized in 20% yield.