Engineered enzymes for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and other high-value products

MT Reetz, G Qu, Z Sun - Nature Synthesis, 2024 - nature.com
Catalysis has a central role in organic synthetic methodology, especially in stereoselective
reactions. In many reactions, enantioselectivity is made possible through the use of chiral …

Carbene radicals in transition-metal-catalyzed reactions

RFJ Epping, D Vesseur, M Zhou, B de Bruin - ACS catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
Discovered as organometallic curiosities in the 1970s, carbene radicals have become a
staple in modern-day homogeneous catalysis. Carbene radicals exhibit nucleophilic radical …

Radical-mediated regiodivergent C (sp3)–H functionalization of N-substituted indolines via enzymatic carbene transfer

BM Couture, R Cui, JM Chu, Z Shen, SD Khare… - Chem Catalysis, 2024 - cell.com
Indolines are ubiquitous structural motifs occurring in pharmaceuticals and natural products.
Here, we report a strategy for regio-and stereoselective C (sp 3)–H functionalization of N …

Biocatalytic hydroxylation tertiary CH bonds for synthesis of chiral tertiary alcohols by cytochrome P450

RY Zhang, T Ma, D Liu, YL Yang, L Gao, HB Cui… - Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
In view of the importance and beneficial characteristics of enantioenriched tertiary alcohols
in pharmaceutical chemistry, efficient and green strategies for their synthesis are highly …

Creating novel metabolic pathways by protein engineering for bioproduction

Y Zhou, Y Liu, H Sun, Y Lu - Trends in Biotechnology, 2024 - cell.com
A diverse array of natural products has been produced by cell biofactories through metabolic
engineering, in which enzymes play essential roles in the complex metabolic network …

Redox Engineering of Myoglobin by Cofactor Substitution to Enhance Cyclopropanation Reactivity

Y Kagawa, K Oohora, T Himiyama, A Suzuki… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Design of metal cofactor ligands is essential for controlling the reactivity of metalloenzymes.
We investigated a carbene transfer reaction catalyzed by myoglobins containing iron …

Machine-Learning-Aided Engineering Hemoglobin as Carbene Transferase for Catalyzing Enantioselective Olefin Cyclopropanation

H Xie, K Liu, Z Li, Z Wang, C Wang, F Li, W Han… - JACS Au, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this study, we developed a machine-learning-aided protein design strategy for
engineering Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb) as carbene transferase. A Natural Language …

Synthesis of Trifluoromethylated Monoterpenes by an Engineered Cytochrome P450

F Yuan, J Ding, Y Sun, J Liang… - Chemistry–A European …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Protein engineering of cytochrome P450s has enabled these biocatalysts to promote a
variety of abiotic reactions beyond nature's repertoire. Integrating such non‐natural …

Understanding the stability of a plastic‐degrading Rieske iron oxidoreductase system

JL Beech, AK Maurya, R Rodrigues da Silva… - Protein …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rieske oxygenases (ROs) are a diverse metalloenzyme class with growing potential in
bioconversion and synthetic applications. We postulated that ROs are nonetheless …

Recent advances in catalytic asymmetric synthesis

A Garg, D Rendina, H Bendale, T Akiyama… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Asymmetric catalysis stands at the forefront of modern chemistry, serving as a cornerstone
for the efficient creation of enantiopure chiral molecules characterized by their high …