Biocatalysis making waves in organic chemistry

U Hanefeld, F Hollmann, CE Paul - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Biocatalysis has an enormous impact on chemical synthesis. The waves in which
biocatalysis has developed, and in doing so changed our perception of what organic …

Enlightening the path to protein engineering: chemoselective turn-on probes for high-throughput screening of enzymatic activity

S Hecko, A Schiefer, CPS Badenhorst, MJ Fink… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Many successful stories in enzyme engineering are based on the creation of randomized
diversity in large mutant libraries, containing millions to billions of enzyme variants. Methods …

Oxidase enzymes as sustainable oxidation catalysts

AJC Wahart, J Staniland, GJ Miller… - Royal Society Open …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Oxidation is one of the most important processes used by the chemical industry. However,
many of the methods that are used pose significant sustainability and environmental issues …

A novel technology of vacuum low-temperature pyrolysis with NVZI for the high-efficiency debromination of resin particles from waste printed circuit boards

Z Huang, J Zhu, J Ruan - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the abundant existence of brominated flame retardants, resin particles separated
from waste printed circuit board are difficult to reuse. Vacuum low-temperature pyrolysis is …

Synthesis of vinyl-substituted alcohols using acetylene as a C2 building block

Z Lin, B Liu, Y Wang, S Li, S Zhu - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Vinyl-substituted alcohols represent a highly useful class of molecular skeletons. The current
method typically requires either stoichiometric metallic reagents or preformed precursors …

Applications of ene-reductases in the Synthesis of flavors and fragrances

XY Fan, Y Yu, Y Yao, WD Li, FY Tao… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Flavors and fragrances (F&F) are interesting organic compounds in chemistry. These
compounds are widely used in the food, cosmetic, and medical industries. Enzymatic …

nth order kinetic modelling of peroxidase and polyphenol oxidase inactivation in kiwifruit juice during cold plasma and thermal treatment

S Kumar, S Pipliya, PP Srivastav - Innovative Food Science & Emerging …, 2023 - Elsevier
The current study examines the effect of thermal and cold plasma (CP) treatment on the
inactivation of polyphenol oxidase (PPO) and peroxidase (POD) in kiwifruit juice. The …

Copper radical oxidases: galactose oxidase, glyoxal oxidase, and beyond!

JK Fong, H Brumer - Essays in Biochemistry, 2023 - portlandpress.com
The copper radical oxidases (CROs) are an evolutionary and functionally diverse group of
enzymes established by the historically significant galactose 6-oxidase and glyoxal oxidase …

Biocatalytic Cascade Conversion of Racemic Epoxides to (S)‐2‐Arylpropionic Acids, (R)‐ and (S)‐2‐Arylpropyl Amines

WWL See, X Li, Z Li - Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
New types of one‐pot multi‐step enzymatic cascade transformation involving dynamic
kinetic resolution to convert racemic substrates to chiral products in high ee and yield were …

A survey of substrate specificity among Auxiliary Activity Family 5 copper radical oxidases

ME Cleveland, Y Mathieu, D Ribeaucourt… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
There is significant contemporary interest in the application of enzymes to replace or
augment chemical reagents toward the development of more environmentally sound and …