Machine-directed evolution of an imine reductase for activity and stereoselectivity

EJ Ma, E Siirola, C Moore, A Kummer, M Stoeckli… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Biocatalysis is an effective tool to access chiral molecules that are otherwise hard to
synthesize or purify. Time-efficient processes are needed to develop enzymes that …

Screening and characterization of a diverse panel of metagenomic imine reductases for biocatalytic reductive amination

JR Marshall, P Yao, SL Montgomery, JD Finnigan… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Finding faster and simpler ways to screen protein sequence space to enable the
identification of new biocatalysts for asymmetric synthesis remains both a challenge and a …

Chiral synthesis of LSD1 inhibitor GSK2879552 enabled by directed evolution of an imine reductase

M Schober, C MacDermaid, AA Ollis, S Chang… - Nature Catalysis, 2019 - nature.com
Imine reductases catalyse the reductive amination of aldehydes or ketones with amines to
produce chiral amines—a key transformation in the preparation of fine chemicals and active …

Enzyme toolbox: novel enantiocomplementary imine reductases

PN Scheller, S Fademrecht, S Hofelzer, J Pleiss… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Reducing reactions are among the most useful transformations for the generation of chiral
compounds in the fine‐chemical industry. Because of their exquisite selectivities, enzymatic …

Characterization of imine reductases in reductive amination for the exploration of structure-activity relationships

SL Montgomery, A Pushpanath, RS Heath… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Imine reductases (IREDs) have shown great potential as catalysts for the asymmetric
synthesis of industrially relevant chiral amines, but a limited understanding of sequence …

Multifunctional biocatalyst for conjugate reduction and reductive amination

TW Thorpe, JR Marshall, V Harawa, RE Ruscoe… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Chiral amine diastereomers are ubiquitous in pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, yet their
preparation often relies on low-efficiency multi-step synthesis. These valuable compounds …

Efficient biocatalytic reductive aminations by extending the imine reductase toolbox

GD Roiban, M Kern, Z Liu, J Hyslop, PL Tey… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Chiral secondary and tertiary amines are ubiquitous in pharmaceutical, fine, and specialty
chemicals, but their synthesis typically suffers from significant sustainability and selectivity …

Rational assignment of key motifs for function guides in silico enzyme identification

M Höhne, S Schätzle, H Jochens, K Robins… - Nature chemical …, 2010 - nature.com
Biocatalysis has emerged as a powerful alternative to traditional chemistry, especially for
asymmetric synthesis. One key requirement during process development is the discovery of …

Design and evolution of an enzyme with a non-canonical organocatalytic mechanism

AJ Burke, SL Lovelock, A Frese, R Crawshaw… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The combination of computational design and laboratory evolution is a powerful and
potentially versatile strategy for the development of enzymes with new functions …

Sequence‐Based In‐silico Discovery, Characterisation, and Biocatalytic Application of a Set of Imine Reductases

S Velikogne, V Resch, C Dertnig… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Imine reductases (IREDs) have recently become a primary focus of research in biocatalysis,
complementing other classes of amine‐forming enzymes such as transaminases and amine …