A high-throughput screening method for determining the substrate scope of nitrilases

作者:Black Gary W; Brown Nicola L; Perry Justin J B*; Randall P David; Turnbull Graeme; Zhang Meng
来源:Chemical communications, 2015, 51(13): 2660-2662.
DOI:10.1039/c4cc06021k

摘要

Nitrile compounds are intermediates in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals such as atorvastatin. We have developed a chromogenic reagent to screen for nitrilase activity as an alternative to Nessler's reagent. It produces a semi-quantifiable blue colour and hydrolysis of 38 nitrile substrates by 23 nitrilases as cell-free extracts has been shown.

  • 出版日期2015