Natural compounds as pharmaceuticals: the key role of cytochromes P450 reactivity

G Di Nardo, G Gilardi - Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 2020 - cell.com
The design of drugs from natural products is a re-emerging area due to the need for
bioactive compounds. The exploitation of natural products and their derivatives obtained by …

Biochemical features of dye‐decolorizing peroxidases: current impact on lignin degradation

G Catucci, F Valetti, SJ Sadeghi… - Biotechnology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Dye‐decolorizing peroxidases (DyP) were originally discovered in fungi for their ability to
decolorize several different industrial dyes. DyPs catalyze the oxidation of a variety of …

Natural alternative heme-environments allow efficient peroxygenase activity by cytochrome P450 monooxygenases

AC Ebrecht, MS Smit, DJ Opperman - Catalysis Science & Technology, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (CYPs) are biocatalysts able to catalyze a variety of
regio-and stereoselective oxyfunctionalization reactions using an iron (IV)-oxo porphyrin pi …

Catalyst Complexity in a Highly Active and Selective Wacker-Type Markovnikov Oxidation of Olefins with a Bioinspired Iron Complex

J Trouvé, K Youssef, S Kasemthaveechok… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Palladium-catalyzed Wacker-type reactions occupy a central place in organic synthesis with
important implications in industry. Pursuing more benign protocols by replacing palladium …

Structural insight into the electron transfer pathway of a self-sufficient P450 monooxygenase

L Zhang, Z Xie, Z Liu, S Zhou, L Ma, W Liu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases are versatile heme-thiolate enzymes that catalyze a
wide range of reactions. Self-sufficient cytochrome P450 enzymes contain the redox …

Harnessing heme chemistry: Recent advances in the biocatalytic applications of cytochrome P450 monooxgenases

GC Schröder, MS Smit, DJ Opperman - Current Opinion in Green and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (CYPs/P450s) are heme-thiolate proteins with
broad chemical functionality that have widespread application as powerful biocatalysts …

Oxidoreductase enzymes: Characteristics, applications, and challenges as a biocatalyst

Y Cárdenas‐Moreno… - Biotechnology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Oxidoreductases are enzymes with distinctive characteristics that favor their use in different
areas, such as agriculture, environmental management, medicine, and analytical chemistry …

Engineering Biocatalysts for the C− H Activation of Fatty Acids by Ancestral Sequence Reconstruction

BS Jones, CM Ross, G Foley… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Selective, one‐step C− H activation of fatty acids from biomass is an attractive concept in
sustainable chemistry. Biocatalysis has shown promise for generating high‐value hydroxy …

Molecular Lego of human cytochrome P450: The key role of heme domain flexibility for the activity of the chimeric proteins

G Catucci, A Ciaramella, G Di Nardo, C Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The cytochrome P450 superfamily are heme-thiolate enzymes able to carry out
monooxygenase reactions. Several studies have demonstrated the feasibility of using a …

Self-sufficient Cytochrome P450s and their potential applications in biotechnology

BE Eser, Y Zhang, L Zong, Z Guo - Chinese Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cytochrome P450s (CYPs) are ubiquitously found in all kingdoms of life, playing important
role in various biosynthetic pathways as well as degradative pathways; accordingly find …