Genomic prospecting and biochemical characterization of a novel thermostable 3-quinuclidinone reductase from hot spring metagenomes for efficient biocatalysis
ABSTRACT This study presents the discovery and characterization of a novel thermophilic 3-quinuclidinone reductase (ScQR) identified through metagenomic mining of hot spring environments. ScQR, a member of the short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) superfamily, was heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli, and i...