An engineered glucose dehydrogenase polypeptide comprising a polypeptide sequence having at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:4, wherein said engineered glucose dehydrogenase polypeptide comprises a substitution at amino acid position 147 in said polypeptide sequence selected from the group consisting of H147A/S/I/T/Q/R, wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO:4, and wherein said engineered glucose dehydrogenase polypeptide exhibits improved production of compound (1)
- compared to the engineered glucose dehydrogenase polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:4.