Power of biocatalysis for organic synthesis

CK Winkler, JH Schrittwieser, W Kroutil - ACS central science, 2021 - ACS Publications
Biocatalysis, using defined enzymes for organic transformations, has become a common
tool in organic synthesis, which is also frequently applied in industry. The generally high …

Noncanonical Amino Acids in Biocatalysis

Z Birch-Price, FJ Hardy, TM Lister, AR Kohn… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In recent years, powerful genetic code reprogramming methods have emerged that allow
new functional components to be embedded into proteins as noncanonical amino acid …

Enantioselective decarboxylative alkylation using synergistic photoenzymatic catalysis

SZ Sun, BT Nicholls, D Bain, T Qiao, CG Page… - Nature Catalysis, 2024 - nature.com
Photoenzymatic catalysts are attractive for stereoselective radical reactions because the
transformation occurs within tunable enzyme active sites. When using flavoproteins for non …

Enzymatic carbon–sulfur bond formation in natural product biosynthesis

KL Dunbar, DH Scharf, A Litomska… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Sulfur plays a critical role for the development and maintenance of life on earth, which is
reflected by the wealth of primary metabolites, macromolecules, and cofactors bearing this …

Round, round we go–strategies for enzymatic cofactor regeneration

S Mordhorst, JN Andexer - Natural product reports, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to the beginning of 2020 Enzymes depending on cofactors are essential in
many biosynthetic pathways of natural products. They are often involved in key steps …

State-of-the-art biocatalysis

JB Pyser, S Chakrabarty, EO Romero… - ACS central …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The use of enzyme-mediated reactions has transcended ancient food production to the
laboratory synthesis of complex molecules. This evolution has been accelerated by …

Methyltransferases: functions and applications

E Abdelraheem, B Thair, RF Varela… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this review the current state‐of‐the‐art of S‐adenosylmethionine (SAM)‐dependent
methyltransferases and SAM are evaluated. Their structural classification and diversity is …

New cofactor supports α, β-unsaturated acid decarboxylation via 1, 3-dipolar cycloaddition

KAP Payne, MD White, K Fisher, B Khara, SS Bailey… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
The bacterial ubiD and ubiX or the homologous fungal fdc1 and pad1 genes have been
implicated in the non-oxidative reversible decarboxylation of aromatic substrates, and play a …

Emerging enzymes for ATP regeneration in biocatalytic processes

JN Andexer, M Richter - ChemBioChem, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Adenosine‐5′‐triphosphate‐dependent enzyme catalysed reactions are
widespread in nature. Consequently, the enzymes involved have an intrinsic potential for …

Catalytic Alkylation Using a Cyclic S‐Adenosylmethionine Regeneration System

S Mordhorst, J Siegrist, M Müller… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
S‐Adenosylmethionine‐dependent methyltransferases are versatile tools for the specific
alkylation of many compounds, such as pharmaceuticals, but their biocatalytic application is …