Artificial metalloenzymes: reaction scope and optimization strategies

F Schwizer, Y Okamoto, T Heinisch, Y Gu… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The incorporation of a synthetic, catalytically competent metallocofactor into a protein
scaffold to generate an artificial metalloenzyme (ArM) has been explored since the late …

Broadening the scope of biocatalysis in sustainable organic synthesis

RA Sheldon, D Brady - ChemSusChem, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This Review is aimed at synthetic organic chemists who may be familiar with organometallic
catalysis but have no experience with biocatalysis, and seeks to provide an answer to the …

The E factor 25 years on: the rise of green chemistry and sustainability

RA Sheldon - Green Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The global impact, over the last 25 years, of the principles of green chemistry and
sustainability, and the pivotal role of the E factor concept in driving resource efficiency and …

Cofactor NAD (P) H regeneration inspired by heterogeneous pathways

X Wang, T Saba, HHP Yiu, RF Howe, JA Anderson… - Chem, 2017 - cell.com
Biocatalysis can empower chemical, pharmaceutical, and energy industries, where the use
of enzymes facilitates low-energy, sustainable methods of producing high-value chemicals …

Engineering the third wave of biocatalysis

UT Bornscheuer, GW Huisman, RJ Kazlauskas, S Lutz… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Over the past ten years, scientific and technological advances have established biocatalysis
as a practical and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional metallo-and …

Biocatalytic asymmetric synthesis of chiral amines from ketones applied to sitagliptin manufacture

CK Savile, JM Janey, EC Mundorff, JC Moore, S Tam… - Science, 2010 - science.org
Pharmaceutical synthesis can benefit greatly from the selectivity gains associated with
enzymatic catalysis. Here, we report an efficient biocatalytic process to replace a recently …

Synthetic biology for the directed evolution of protein biocatalysts: navigating sequence space intelligently

A Currin, N Swainston, PJ Day, DB Kell - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The amino acid sequence of a protein affects both its structure and its function. Thus, the
ability to modify the sequence, and hence the structure and activity, of individual proteins in …

Large-scale carbonyl reductions in the pharmaceutical industry

J Magano, JR Dunetz - Organic Process Research & …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Herein we present a review on methods for carbonyl reductions on large scale (≥ 100
mmol) applied to the synthesis of drug candidates in the pharmaceutical industry. We …

New generation of biocatalysts for organic synthesis

BM Nestl, SC Hammer, BA Nebel… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The use of enzymes as catalysts for the preparation of novel compounds has received
steadily increasing attention over the past few years. High demands are placed on the …

Biocatalytic retrosynthesis

NJ Turner, E O'reilly - Nature chemical biology, 2013 - nature.com
The recent development of a broad range of biocatalysts that can be applied in organic
synthesis has brought into focus the need to rethink the way in which organic target …