[HTML][HTML] Engineering Rieske oxygenase activity one piece at a time

M Brimberry, AA Garcia, J Liu, J Tian… - Current opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Enzyme engineering plays a central role in the development of biocatalysts for
biotechnology, chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing, and environmental …

Gut dysbiosis and immune system in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ACVD)

JY Yoo, S Sniffen, KC McGill Percy, VB Pallaval… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Atherosclerosis is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease and mortality worldwide.
Alterations in the gut microbiota composition, known as gut dysbiosis, have been shown to …

Custom tuning of Rieske oxygenase reactivity

J Tian, J Liu, M Knapp, PH Donnan, DG Boggs… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Rieske oxygenases use a Rieske-type [2Fe-2S] cluster and a mononuclear iron center to
initiate a range of chemical transformations. However, few details exist regarding how this …

Leveraging a structural blueprint to rationally engineer the Rieske oxygenase TsaM

J Tian, AA Garcia, PH Donnan, J Bridwell-Rabb - Biochemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
Rieske nonheme iron oxygenases use two metallocenters, a Rieske-type [2Fe-2S] cluster
and a mononuclear iron center, to catalyze oxidation reactions on a broad range of …

Design principles for site-selective hydroxylation by a Rieske oxygenase

J Liu, J Tian, C Perry, AL Lukowski, TI Doukov… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Rieske oxygenases exploit the reactivity of iron to perform chemically challenging C–H bond
functionalization reactions. Thus far, only a handful of Rieske oxygenases have been …

Trimethylamine-N-oxide pathway: a potential target for the treatment of MAFLD

X Li, J Hong, Y Wang, M Pei, L Wang… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) is a molecular metabolite derived from the gut flora, which
has recently emerged as a candidate risk factor for metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty …

Biocatalytic Generation of Trifluoromethyl Radicals by Nonheme Iron Enzymes for Enantioselective Alkene Difunctionalization

JG Zhang, AJ Huls, PM Palacios, Y Guo… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The trifluoromethyl (− CF3) group represents a highly prevalent functionality in
pharmaceuticals. Over the past few decades, significant advances have been made in the …

Rieske Oxygenases and Other Ferredoxin‐Dependent Enzymes: Electron Transfer Principles and Catalytic Capabilities

ME Runda, NAW de Kok, S Schmidt - ChemBioChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Enzymes that depend on sophisticated electron transfer via ferredoxins (Fds) exhibit
outstanding catalytic capabilities, but despite decades of research, many of them are still not …

Elucidating the Role of O2 Uncoupling for the Adaptation of Bacterial Biodegradation Reactions Catalyzed by Rieske Oxygenases

CE Bopp, NM Bernet, F Meyer, R Khan… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Oxygenation of aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons by Rieske oxygenases is the initial step
of various biodegradation pathways for environmental organic contaminants …

Contrasting mechanisms of aromatic and aryl-methyl substituent hydroxylation by the Rieske monooxygenase salicylate 5-hydroxylase

MS Rogers, AM Gordon, TM Rappe, JD Goodpaster… - Biochemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
The hydroxylase component (S5HH) of salicylate-5-hydroxylase catalyzes C5 ring
hydroxylation of salicylate but switches to methyl hydroxylation when a C5 methyl …