Conspectus Harnessing biocatalysts for novel abiological transformations is a longstanding
goal of synthetic chemistry. Combining the merits of biocatalysis and photocatalysis allows …

Plant natural products (PNPs) are specialized metabolites with diverse bioactivities. They
are extensively used in the pharmaceutical, cosmeceutical and food industries. PNPs are …

Exploiting nature's catalysts for non-natural transformations that are inaccessible to
chemocatalysis is highly desirable but challenging. On the one hand, the widespread …

Hydride transfers are key to a number of economically and environmentally important
reactions, including H2 evolution and NADH regeneration. The electrochemical generation …

Recent studies of multiple enzyme families collectively called ene-reductases (ERs) have
highlighted potential industrial applications of these biocatalysts in the production of fine and …

Natural products account for more than 50% of all small-molecule pharmaceutical agents
currently in clinical use. However, low availability often becomes problematic when a …

In the field of green chemistry, light–an attractive natural agent–has received particular
attention for driving biocatalytic reactions. Moreover, the implementation of light to drive …

Photocatalytic regeneration of the high-cost co-factor NADH is a promising method to couple
photo-enzyme catalysis, however, the usage of homogeneous electron mediator ([Cp* Rh …

Seed morphology and quality of cultivated soybean (Glycine max) have changed
dramatically during domestication from their wild relatives, but their relationship to selection …

Given the high costs and stoichiometric amounts of reduced nicotinamide adenine
dinucleotide (NADH) required by the many oxidoreductases used for organic synthesis and …