The invention discloses a method for efficiently synthesizing epiinositol by catalyzing
muscle inositol through double-
enzyme cascade, and belongs to the field of biological
catalysis engineering. According to the invention, scyllo-
inositol dehydrogenase is mutated to obtain a beneficial
mutant C261R, and the beneficial
mutant C261R is coupled with heat-resistant myo-
inositol dehydrogenase to efficiently catalyze and synthesize the epiinositol, and belongs to the field of biological
catalysis engineering. The new way for synthesizing the epiinositol is completely different from reported
synthesis methods of scyllo-inositol and D-chiro-inositol, and comprises the following steps of: firstly dehydrogenating the C4 position of the
muscle inositol to form an
intermediate product ketone, and then hydrogenating to realize chiral inversion of
hydrogen at the C4 position, so as to obtain the final product epiinositol. The invention provides a brand new way for biocatalytically synthesizing the epiinositol, the yield of the obtained epiinositol is 1.39 g / L, the conversion rate is 38.7%, the yield and the conversion rate are the highest level which is publically reported at present, the
biosynthesis process is simple to operate, low in cost, green and environment-friendly, and a
solid research foundation is laid for industrial production of the epiinositol.