NADPH-generating systems in bacteria and archaea

SK Spaans, RA Weusthuis, J Van Der Oost… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) is an essential electron
donor in all organisms. It provides the reducing power that drives numerous anabolic …

Enzymatic reductions for the chemist

F Hollmann, IWCE Arends, D Holtmann - Green Chemistry, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
When challenged by a difficult reduction reaction, a chemist should always also consider
biocatalysis in synthesis planning. The inherent selectivity of enzymes has been known for …

Enantioselective enzymatic desymmetrizations in organic synthesis

E García-Urdiales, I Alfonso, V Gotor - Chemical Reviews, 2005 - ACS Publications
During the recent past years, tremendous efforts have been made to establish
enantioselective routes for the preparation of enantiomerically pure compounds due to their …

Recent progress in biocatalysis for asymmetric oxidation and reduction

T Matsuda, R Yamanaka, K Nakamura - Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 2009 - Elsevier
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Monooxygenases as biocatalysts: classification, mechanistic aspects and biotechnological applications

DET Pazmiño, M Winkler, A Glieder, MW Fraaije - Journal of biotechnology, 2010 - Elsevier
Monooxygenases are enzymes that catalyze the insertion of a single oxygen atom from O2
into an organic substrate. In order to carry out this type of reaction, these enzymes need to …

Hydrogenases for biological hydrogen production

DH Kim, MS Kim - Bioresource technology, 2011 - Elsevier
Biological H2 production offers distinctive advantages for environmental protection over
existing physico-chemical methods. This study focuses specifically on hydrogenases, a …

Recent advances in the biocatalytic reduction of ketones and oxidation of sec-alcohols

W Kroutil, H Mang, K Edegger, K Faber - Current opinion in chemical …, 2004 - Elsevier
To improve the efficiency and applicability of biocatalytic redox-reactions for asymmetric
ketone-reduction and enantioselective alcohol-oxidation catalyzed by nicotinamide …

[PDF][PDF] How Green is Biocatalysis? To Calculate is To Know.

Y Ni, D Holtmann, F Hollmann - ChemCatChem, 2014 - researchgate.net
Green chemistry aims to minimize the environmental hazards of chemical processes and
their products. Ever since its introduction by Anastas,[1] this principle has inspired …

Biocatalytic ketone reduction—a powerful tool for the production of chiral alcohols—part I: processes with isolated enzymes

K Goldberg, K Schroer, S Lütz, A Liese - Applied microbiology and …, 2007 - Springer
Enzymes are able to perform reactions under mild conditions, eg, pH and temperature, with
remarkable chemo-, regio-, and stereoselectivity. Because of this feature, the number of …

Regeneration of nicotinamide coenzymes: principles and applications for the synthesis of chiral compounds

A Weckbecker, H Gröger, W Hummel - Biosystems engineering I: creating …, 2010 - Springer
Dehydrogenases which depend on nicotinamide coenzymes are of increasing interest for
the preparation of chiral compounds, either by reduction of a prochiral precursor or by …