Transaminases for chiral amine synthesis

A Gomm, E O'Reilly - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Amine transaminases are extremely important for the synthesis of chiral primary
amines.•Progress has been made towards developing transaminases with broader …

Whole‐cell cascade biotransformations for one‐pot multistep organic synthesis

S Wu, Z Li - ChemCatChem, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Performing one‐pot multi‐catalysis reactions is a revolutionary tool for multistep synthesis,
representing a fast‐developing theme in catalysis field. To develop cascade reactions …

RetroBioCat as a computer-aided synthesis planning tool for biocatalytic reactions and cascades

W Finnigan, LJ Hepworth, SL Flitsch, NJ Turner - Nature catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
As the enzyme toolbox for biocatalysis has expanded, so has the potential for the
construction of powerful enzymatic cascades for efficient and selective synthesis of target …

Discovery, engineering, and synthetic application of transaminase biocatalysts

I Slabu, JL Galman, RC Lloyd, NJ Turner - ACS Catalysis, 2017 - ACS Publications
Transaminases have attracted considerable interest in their use as biocatalysts for the
synthesis of compounds containing chiral amine units, which are widespread within the …

Genome-wide CRISPR screen identifies genes synthetically lethal with GRA17, a nutrient channel encoding gene in Toxoplasma

TC Paredes-Santos, MA Bitew, C Swale… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite that replicates within a specialized compartment called the
parasitophorous vacuole (PV), which is surrounded by the PV membrane (PVM). To obtain …

[HTML][HTML] An optimized methanol assimilation pathway relying on promiscuous formaldehyde-condensing aldolases in E. coli

H He, R Höper, M Dodenhöft, P Marlière… - Metabolic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Engineering biotechnological microorganisms to use methanol as a feedstock for
bioproduction is a major goal for the synthetic metabolism community. Here, we aim to …

Efficient Production of L‐Homophenylalanine by Enzymatic‐Chemical Cascade Catalysis

D Gao, W Song, J Wu, L Guo, C Gao… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract L‐Homophenylalanine (L‐HPA) is a vital building block for the synthesis of
numerous chiral drugs. However, the high cost of starting materials limits the industrial …

Recent advances in the substrate selectivity of aldolases

V Hélaine, C Gastaldi, M Lemaire, P Clapés… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Aldolases are powerful C–C bond-forming enzymes in biocatalysis because of their
unparalleled stereoselectivity, the ease with which reactions that do not require cofactor …

Aldolase Cascade Facilitated by Self‐Assembled Nanotubes from Short Peptide Amphiphiles

A Reja, SP Afrose, D Das - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Early evolution benefited from a complex network of reactions involving multiple C− C bond
forming and breaking events that were critical for primitive metabolism. Nature gradually …

Biocatalytic synthesis of non-standard amino acids by a decarboxylative aldol reaction

JM Ellis, ME Campbell, P Kumar, EP Geunes… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Enzymes are renowned for their catalytic efficiency and selectivity. Despite the wealth of
carbon–carbon bond-forming transformations in traditional organic chemistry and nature …