Development of halogenase enzymes for use in synthesis

J Latham, E Brandenburger, SA Shepherd… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Nature has evolved halogenase enzymes to regioselectively halogenate a diverse range of
biosynthetic precursors, with the halogens introduced often having a profound effect on the …

[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 …

Homogeneous oxygenase catalysis

Y Liang, J Wei, X Qiu, N Jiao - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Oxygenases-catalyzed reductive activation of molecular oxygen and incorporation of O
atoms into an organic molecule is undoubtedly one of the most attractive research areas …

Better than nature: nicotinamide biomimetics that outperform natural coenzymes

T Knaus, CE Paul, CW Levy, S De Vries… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The search for affordable, green biocatalytic processes is a challenge for chemicals
manufacture. Redox biotransformations are potentially attractive, but they rely on unstable …

Engineering a nicotinamide mononucleotide redox cofactor system for biocatalysis

WB Black, L Zhang, WS Mak, S Maxel, Y Cui… - Nature chemical …, 2020 - nature.com
Biological production of chemicals often requires the use of cellular cofactors, such as
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP+). These cofactors are expensive to …

The oxygen dilemma: a severe challenge for the application of monooxygenases?

D Holtmann, F Hollmann - ChemBioChem, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Monooxygenases are promising catalysts because they in principle enable the organic
chemist to perform highly selective oxyfunctionalisation reactions that are otherwise difficult …

Enzymatic Oxy‐and Amino‐Functionalization in Biocatalytic Cascade Synthesis: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives

E Grandi, F Feyza Özgen, S Schmidt… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biocatalytic cascades are a powerful tool for building complex molecules containing oxygen
and nitrogen functionalities. Moreover, the combination of multiple enzymes in one pot offers …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Stereodivergent synthesis of epoxides and oxazolidinones via the halohydrin dehalogenase-catalyzed desymmetrization strategy

Q Xu, KS Huang, YF Wang, HH Wang, BD Cui… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Catalytic stereoselective desymmetrization of prochiral compounds to valuable chiral
molecules is of interest in asymmetric synthesis. Here, we report the development of an …

Efficient In Situ Regeneration of NADH Mimics by an Artificial Metalloenzyme

Y Okamoto, V Kohler, CE Paul, F Hollmann… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
NADH mimics (mNADHs) have been shown to accelerate and orthogonally activate ene
reductase-catalyzed reactions. However, existing regeneration methods of NAD (P) H fail for …