Fluorine biocatalysis

L Wu, F Maglangit, H Deng - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
… to produce novel fluorinated commodities. Here, we review the fluorinase biotechnology
and fluorine biocatalysts that incorporate fluorine motifs to generate fluorinated molecules, and …

A nonconventional archaeal fluorinase identified by in silico mining for enhanced fluorine biocatalysis

I Pardo, D Bednar, P Calero, DC Volke… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Fluorinases, the only enzymes known to catalyze the transfer of fluorine to an organic molecule,
are essential catalysts for the biological synthesis of valuable organofluorines. However, …

In vivo fluorine biocatalysis: Six enzymes in search of a cell factory

PI Nikel, DH Welner, A Cros, DC Volke - Chem Catalysis, 2022 - cell.com
… interesting building-block for biocatalysis as it can be activated … These six enzymes are key
to developing fluorine biocatalysis; … platform for biohalogenation via whole-cell biocatalysis

Evolution of fluorinated enzymes: An emerging trend for biocatalyst stabilization

H Biava, N Budisa - Engineering in Life Sciences, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
… that introduction of fluorinated amino acids constitute an … stable biocatalysts for industrial
applications. Despite these being preliminary results and none of these fluorinated biocatalysts

[HTML][HTML] Enzymatic synthesis of mono-and trifluorinated alanine enantiomers expands the scope of fluorine biocatalysis

M Nieto-Domínguez, A Sako… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Fluorinated amino acids serve as an entry point for establishing new-to-Nature chemistries
… enzymatic synthesis of fluorinated alanine enantiomers to expand fluorine biocatalysis. The …

[HTML][HTML] Enzyme-catalyzed C–F bond formation and cleavage

W Tong, Q Huang, M Li, J Wang - Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 2019 - Springer
Biocatalytic oxidation and reduction defluorination by micro-organisms containing organic
fluorine compounds have been reviewed to analyze their ability to handle such specific …

Biocatalytic carbon–hydrogen and carbon–fluorine bond cleavage through hydroxylation promoted by a histidyl-ligated heme enzyme

Y Wang, I Davis, I Shin, DJ Wherritt, WP Griffith… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
… oxygenation at C3 concomitant with a carbon–fluorine bond cleavage to yield DOPA and
fluoride. … Thus, this finding reveals a significant potential of biocatalysis in C–H/C–X bond (X = …

[HTML][HTML] Enzymatic synthesis of fluorinated compounds

X Cheng, L Ma - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2021 - Springer
… As such, reductive aminase provides a sustainable and highly economical biocatalysis
toolbox, which can synthesize fluorinated chiral amines and fluorinated chiral alcohols from …

Biocatalytic Asymmetric Construction of Secondary and Tertiary Fluorides from β‐Fluoro‐α‐Ketoacids

J Fang, LE Turner, MCY Chang - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biocatalysis offers a complementary approach with the potential for exceptional selectivity
… , interfacing biocatalysis with fluorine chemistry must contend with the rarity of fluorine in the …

Advances in Enzymatic Incorporation of Small Fluorine Modules

Y Lin, W Xue, H Li, B Su, J Lin… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
… In this review, we present the discovery of fluorinated natural … of fluorine-containing
compounds in recent years. It is hoped that this review will help to promote the field of biocatalytic