Schrittwieser JH, Sattler J, Resch V, Mutti FG, Kroutil W. Recent biocatalytic oxidation-reduction cascades.
Curr Opin Chem Biol 2010;
15:249-56. [PMID:
21130024 PMCID:
PMC3134990 DOI:
10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.11.010]
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Abstract
The combination of an oxidation and a reduction in a cascade allows performing transformations in a very economic and efficient fashion. The challenge is how to combine an oxidation with a reduction in one pot, either by running the two reactions simultaneously or in a stepwise fashion without isolation of intermediates. The broader availability of various redox enzymes nowadays has triggered the recent investigation of various oxidation–reduction cascades.
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