Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate → 7-Methoxy-2-tetralone

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The recombinant E. coli obtained in Example 2 was inoculated into 5 mL of a 2× YT medium containing 200 μg/mL of ampicillin and cultured with shaking at 30° C. for 28 hours. To 500 μL of the resulting culture liquid was added 500 μL of a 0.2 M potassium phosphate buffer (pH 7.5) containing 1 mM pyridoxal phosphate, and the mixture was sonicated so that a cell-free extract was obtained. Subsequently, 100 μL of the cell-free extract was added to 305 μL of a substrate solution having the composition shown below. After the mixture was allowed to react at 30° C. for 1 hour, 50 μL of 6 N hydrochloric acid was added to stop the reaction. The optical purity of the produced (S)-7-methoxy-2-aminotetralin was measured using HPLC under the conditions shown below. As a result, the modified enzymes shown in Table 2 had stereoselectivity higher than that of the wild-type.

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