Old yellow enzymes: structures and structure-guided engineering for stereocomplementary bioreduction

Q Shi, H Wang, J Liu, S Li, J Guo, H Li, X Jia… - Applied Microbiology …, 2020 - Springer
Since the first discovery of old yellow enzyme 1 (OYE1) from Saccharomyces pastorianus in
1932, biocatalytic asymmetric reduction of activated alkenes by OYEs has become a …

Asymmetric Ene-Reduction of α,β-Unsaturated Compounds by F420-Dependent Oxidoreductases A Enzymes from Mycobacterium smegmatis

SW Kang, J Antoney, RL Frkic, DW Lupton… - Biochemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
The stereoselective reduction of alkenes conjugated to electron-withdrawing groups by ene-
reductases has been extensively applied to the commercial preparation of fine chemicals …

Asymmetric Proton Transfer Catalysis by Stereocomplementary Old Yellow Enzymes for C═ C Bond Isomerization Reaction

MS Robescu, L Cendron, A Bacchin, K Wagner… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Native and promiscuous catalytic activities of flavin-dependent Old Yellow Enzymes (OYEs)
reported to date are initiated by the reduced flavin upon electron transfer. As a rare …

Structural and functional characterization of a new thermophilic-like OYE from Aspergillus flavus

N Li, Y Wang, Y Meng, Y Lv, S Zhang, S Wei… - Applied Microbiology …, 2024 - Springer
Old yellow enzymes (OYEs) have been proven as powerful biocatalysts for the asymmetric
reduction of activated alkenes. Fungi appear to be valuable sources of OYEs, but most of the …

Evolutionary diverse Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Old Yellow Enzymes reveal distinctive catalytic properties and potential for whole-cell biotransformations

S Böhmer, C Marx, Á Gómez-Baraibar, MM Nowaczyk… - Algal Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Old Yellow Enzymes (OYEs) selectively reduce carbon‑carbon double bonds of a
broad range of substrates with excellent stereoselectivity. Current challenges of their …

Analysis of homodimer formation in 12-oxophytodienoate reductase 3 in solutio and crystallo challenges the physiological role of the dimer

B Kerschbaumer, P Macheroux, A Bijelic - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
oxophytodienoate reductase 3 (OPR3) is a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of jasmonoyl-L-
isoleucine, the receptor-active form of jasmonic acid and crucial signaling molecule in plant …

Semi‐rational protein engineering of a novel ene‐reductase from Galdieria sulphuraria for asymmetric reduction of (R)‐carvone and ketoisophorone

S Wu, B Wang, H Yan - Biotechnology and Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Asymmetric reduction of (R)‐carvone and ketoisophorone by an engineered ene‐reductase
from Galdieria sulphuraria (GsOYE) combined with glucose dehydrogenase for NADPH …

A New Thermophilic Ene-Reductase from the Filamentous Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacterium Chloroflexus aggregans

MS Robescu, M Niero, G Loprete, L Cendron… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Aiming at expanding the biocatalytic toolbox of ene-reductase enzymes, we decided to
explore photosynthetic extremophile microorganisms as unique reservoir of (new) …

The family keeps on growing: four novel fungal OYEs characterized

MS Robescu, G Loprete, M Gasparotto… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Aiming at expanding the portfolio of Old Yellow Enzymes (OYEs), which have been
systematically studied to be employed in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries as …

Identification and characterization of an ene-reductase from Corynebacterium casei

S Wu, X Ma, H Yan - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2024 - Elsevier
The asymmetric reduction of α, β-unsaturated compounds conjugated with electron-
withdrawing group by ene-reductases (ERs) is a valuable method for the synthesis of …