Biocatalytic reductions and chemical versatility of the old yellow enzyme family of flavoprotein oxidoreductases

HS Toogood, JM Gardiner, NS Scrutton - ChemCatChem, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The old yellow enzyme (OYE) family is a large group of flavin‐dependent redox biocatalysts
with major applications in the industrial reduction of activated alkenes. These enzymes have …

Biofuel production by in vitro synthetic enzymatic pathway biotransformation

YHP Zhang, J Sun, JJ Zhong - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2010 - Elsevier
Cell-free synthetic pathway biotransformation (SyPaB) is the implementation of complicated
biochemical reactions by in vitro assembling a number of enzymes or their complexes and …

[PDF][PDF] Bacteria incorporation in deep-eutectic solvents through freeze-drying

MC Gutiérrez, ML Ferrer, L Yuste, F Rojo… - Angew. Chem, 2010 - academia.edu
Biocatalysis (based on either enzymes or whole microorganisms) has matured to a standard
technology in the finechemicals industry, as reflected in the number of biotransformation …

Biocatalysis with thermostable enzymes: structure and properties of a thermophilic 'ene'‐reductase related to old yellow enzyme

BV Adalbjörnsson, HS Toogood… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
We report the crystal structure of a thermophilic “ene” reductase (TOYE) isolated from
Thermoanaerobacter pseudethanolicus E39. The crystal structure reveals a tetrameric …

Focused directed evolution of pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase by using automated anaerobic kinetic screening of site‐saturated libraries

ME Hulley, HS Toogood, A Fryszkowska… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This work describes the development of an automated robotic platform for the rapid
screening of enzyme variants generated from directed evolution studies of pentraerythritol …

Developments in nitrile and amide biotransformation processes

H Velankar, KG Clarke, R du Preez, DA Cowan… - Trends in …, 2010 - cell.com
Nitrile and amide bioconversions have received attention through their ability to provide a
range of commercially important chemicals. These bioconversions are mediated by distinct …

Structurally informed site-directed mutagenesis of a stereochemically promiscuous aldolase to afford stereochemically complementary biocatalysts

SF Royer, L Haslett, SJ Crennell… - Journal of the …, 2010 - ACS Publications
2-Keto-3-deoxygluconate aldolase from the hyperthermophile Sulfolobus solfataricus is a
highly thermostable type I aldolase that can catalyze carbon− carbon bond formation using …

Celite-supported reagents in organic synthesis: An overview

V Pace, JV Sinisterra… - Current Organic Chemistry, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
The use of reagents supported on inorganic carriers is becoming increasingly more common
due to their high efficiency, which is mainly caused by a combination of several factors: a) an …

[HTML][HTML] Structural insight into substrate differentiation of the sugar-metabolizing enzyme galactitol dehydrogenase from Rhodobacter sphaeroides D

Y Carius, H Christian, A Faust, U Zander… - Journal of Biological …, 2010 - ASBMB
Galactitol 2-dehydrogenase (GatDH) belongs to the protein superfamily of short-chain
dehydrogenases. As an enzyme capable of the stereo-and regioselective modification of …

A new Yarrowia lipolytica expression system: An efficient tool for rapid and reliable kinetic analysis of improved enzymes

E Cambon, R Piamtongkam, F Bordes… - Enzyme and microbial …, 2010 - Elsevier
Protein expression level control is always a great challenge in the field of enzyme evolution.
The performance of a dedicated strain of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica was evaluated. This …