[HTML][HTML] Flavoprotein monooxygenases: versatile biocatalysts

CE Paul, D Eggerichs, AH Westphal, D Tischler… - Biotechnology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Flavoprotein monooxygenases (FPMOs) are single-or two-component enzymes that
catalyze a diverse set of chemo-, regio-and enantioselective oxyfunctionalization reactions …

Halogenases: a palette of emerging opportunities for synthetic biology–synthetic chemistry and C–H functionalisation

C Crowe, S Molyneux, SV Sharma, Y Zhang… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The enzymatic generation of carbon–halogen bonds is a powerful strategy used by both
nature and synthetic chemists to tune the bioactivity, bioavailability and reactivity of …

Site-selective C–H halogenation using flavin-dependent halogenases identified via family-wide activity profiling

BF Fisher, HM Snodgrass, KA Jones… - ACS central …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Enzymes are powerful catalysts for site-selective C–H bond functionalization. Identifying
suitable enzymes for this task and for biocatalysis in general remains challenging, however …

Two-component FAD-dependent monooxygenases: current knowledge and biotechnological opportunities

T Heine, WJH Van Berkel, G Gassner, KH Van Pée… - Biology, 2018 - mdpi.com
Flavoprotein monooxygenases create valuable compounds that are of high interest for the
chemical, pharmaceutical, and agrochemical industries, among others. Monooxygenases …

Strategies for engineering natural product biosynthesis in fungi

E Skellam - Trends in Biotechnology, 2019 - cell.com
Fungi are a prolific source of bioactive compounds, some of which have been developed as
essential medicines and life-enhancing drugs. Genome sequencing has revealed that fungi …

Data science-driven analysis of substrate-permissive diketopiperazine reverse prenyltransferase NotF: applications in protein engineering and cascade biocatalytic …

SP Kelly, VV Shende, AR Flynn, Q Dan… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Prenyltransfer is an early-stage carbon–hydrogen bond (C–H) functionalization prevalent in
the biosynthesis of a diverse array of biologically active bacterial, fungal, plant, and …

Structural and stereochemical diversity in prenylated indole alkaloids containing the bicyclo [2.2. 2] diazaoctane ring system from marine and terrestrial fungi

KR Klas, H Kato, JC Frisvad, F Yu… - Natural product …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to February 2017 Various fungi of the genera Aspergillus, Penicillium, and
Malbranchea produce prenylated indole alkaloids possessing a bicyclo [2.2. 2] diazaoctane …

Non-Native Site-Selective Enzyme Catalysis

D Mondal, HM Snodgrass, CA Gomez… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The ability to site-selectively modify equivalent functional groups in a molecule has the
potential to streamline syntheses and increase product yields by lowering step counts …

Structural basis of the stereoselective formation of the spirooxindole ring in the biosynthesis of citrinadins

Z Liu, F Zhao, B Zhao, J Yang, J Ferrara… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Prenylated indole alkaloids featuring spirooxindole rings possess a 3 R or 3 S carbon
stereocenter, which determines the bioactivities of these compounds. Despite the …

A flavin-dependent halogenase from metagenomic analysis prefers bromination over chlorination

PR Neubauer, C Widmann, D Wibberg, L Schröder… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Flavin-dependent halogenases catalyse halogenation of aromatic compounds. In most
cases, this reaction proceeds with high regioselectivity and requires only the presence of …