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The NAD(H)-specific enzyme was active within broad ranges of pH and temperature and had remarkable activity in the presence of higher concentration of organic solvents. The amino acid residue at position 54 was critical for the activity and the substitution of Tyr54 to Phe significantly enhanced the catalytic efficiency of ReCR. The kcat\/Km values of ReCR Y54F for NBPO, (R\/S)-2-octanol, and 2-propanol were 49.17 s\u22121 mM\u22121, 56.56 s\u22121 mM\u22121, and 20.69 s\u22121 mM\u22121, respectively. In addition, the (S)-NBHP yield was as high as 95.92% when whole cells of E. coli overexpressing ReCR variant Y54F catalyzed the asymmetric reduction of 1.5 M NBPO for 12 h in the aqueous\/(R\/S)-2-octanol biphasic system, demonstrating the great potential of ReCR variant Y54F for practical applications.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules23123117","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,28]],"date-time":"2018-11-28T11:43:44Z","timestamp":1543405424000},"page":"3117","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Characterization of a Carbonyl Reductase from Rhodococcus erythropolis WZ010 and Its Variant Y54F for Asymmetric Synthesis of (S)-N-Boc-3-Hydroxypiperidine"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"23","author":[{"given":"Xiangxian","family":"Ying","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jie","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Can","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Meijuan","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuting","family":"Ji","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Feng","family":"Cheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Meilan","family":"Yu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech Univeristy, Hangzhou 310018, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhao","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Meirong","family":"Ying","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Grain and Oil Products Quality Inspection Center of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310012, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1507","DOI":"10.1002\/hlca.201400008","article-title":"A practical and enantiospecific synthesis of (\u2212)-(R)- and (+)-(S)-piperidin-3-ols","volume":"97","author":"Babu","year":"2014","journal-title":"Helv. 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