Redesigning enzymes for biocatalysis: exploiting structural understanding for improved selectivity

Y Ding, G Perez-Ortiz, J Peate… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The discovery of new enzymes, alongside the push to make chemical processes more
sustainable, has resulted in increased industrial interest in the use of biocatalytic processes …

Inverting the enantiopreference of nitrilase‐catalyzed desymmetric hydrolysis of prochiral dinitriles by reshaping the binding pocket with a mirror‐image strategy

S Yu, J Li, P Yao, J Feng, Y Cui, J Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A mirror‐image strategy, that is, symmetry analysis of the substrate‐binding pocket, was
applied to identify two key amino acid residues W170 and V198 that possibly modulate the …

The Role of Substrate-Coenzyme Crosstalk in Determining Turnover Rates in Rhodococcus ruber Alcohol Dehydrogenase

TR Enugala, MC Morató, SCL Kamerlin… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Eight related alcohol dehydrogenases, which had been originally isolated by laboratory
evolution of ADH-A from Rhodococcus ruber DSM44541 for modified substrate scopes …

Engineered P450 BM3 and cpADH5 coupled cascade reaction for β-oxo fatty acid methyl ester production in whole cells

Y Ensari, G de Almeida Santos, AJ Ruff… - Enzyme and Microbial …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hydroxy-or ketone-functionalized fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) are important compounds
for production of pharmaceuticals, vitamins, cosmetics or dietary supplements. Biocatalysis …

Reversal of Regioselectivity in Zinc‐Dependent Medium‐Chain Alcohol Dehydrogenase from Rhodococcus erythropolis toward Octanone Derivatives

GV Dhoke, Y Ensari, DY Hacibaloglu, A Gärtner… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The zinc‐dependent medium‐chain alcohol dehydrogenase from Rhodococcus erythropolis
(ReADH) is one of the most versatile biocatalysts for the stereoselective reduction of ketones …

[PDF][PDF] Synthesis of oxo-fatty acid esters in a whole cell cascade reaction with engineered monooxygenase (P450 BM3) and dehydrogenase (cpADH5) variants

Y Ensari - 2018 - d-nb.info
Hydroxyl or ketone functionalized fatty acid methyl esters are important compounds for
production of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics or dietary supplements. For instance, 3 …