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Rahimi M, van der Meer J, Geertsema EM, Poelarends GJ. Engineering a Promiscuous Tautomerase into a More Efficient Aldolase for Self-Condensations of Linear Aliphatic Aldehydes. Chembiochem 2017; 18:1435-1441. [PMID: 28426139 PMCID: PMC5575498 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201700121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The enzyme 4-oxalocrotonate tautomerase (4-OT) from Pseudomonas putida mt-2 takes part in a catabolic pathway for aromatic hydrocarbons, where it catalyzes the conversion of 2hydroxyhexa-2,4-dienedioate into 2-oxohexa-3-enedioate. This tautomerase can also promiscuously catalyze carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions, including various types of aldol reactions, by using its amino-terminal proline as a key catalytic residue. Here, we used systematic mutagenesis to identify two hotspots in 4-OT (Met45 and Phe50) at which single mutations give marked improvements in aldolase activity for the self-condensation of propanal. Activity screening of a focused library in which these two hotspots were varied led to the discovery of a 4-OT variant (M45Y/F50V) with strongly enhanced aldolase activity in the self-condensation of linear aliphatic aldehydes, such as acetaldehyde, propanal, and butanal, to yield α,β-unsaturated aldehydes. With both propanal and benzaldehyde, this double mutant, unlike the previously constructed single mutant F50A, mainly catalyzes the self-condensation of propanal rather than the cross-condensation of propanal and benzaldehyde, thus indicating that it indeed has altered substrate specificity. This variant could serve as a template to create new biocatalysts that lack dehydration activity and possess further enhanced aldolase activity, thus enabling the efficient enzymatic self-coupling of aliphatic aldehydes.
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- Mehran Rahimi
- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical BiologyGroningen Research Institute of PharmacyUniversity of GroningenAntonius Deusinglaan 19713 AVGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical BiologyGroningen Research Institute of PharmacyUniversity of GroningenAntonius Deusinglaan 19713 AVGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical BiologyGroningen Research Institute of PharmacyUniversity of GroningenAntonius Deusinglaan 19713 AVGroningenThe Netherlands
- Present address: Institute for Life Science and TechnologyHanze University of Applied SciencesZernikeplein 119747 ASGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical BiologyGroningen Research Institute of PharmacyUniversity of GroningenAntonius Deusinglaan 19713 AVGroningenThe Netherlands
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Biokatalyse mit nicht‐natürlichen Aminosäuren: Enzymologie trifft Xenobiologie. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201610129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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de Souza ROMA, Miranda LSM, Bornscheuer UT. A Retrosynthesis Approach for Biocatalysis in Organic Synthesis. Chemistry 2017; 23:12040-12063. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201702235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Rodrigo O. M. A. de Souza
- Biocatalysis and Organic Synthesis Group; Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Chemistry Institute; 21941909 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Biocatalysis and Organic Synthesis Group; Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Chemistry Institute; 21941909 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Dept. of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis; Institute of Biochemistry; Greifswald University; Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4 17487 Greifswald Germany
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Ausländer S, Ausländer D, Fussenegger M. Synthetische Biologie - die Synthese der Biologie. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201609229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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- Simon Ausländer
- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering; ETH Zürich; Mattenstrasse 26 4058 Basel Schweiz
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- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering; ETH Zürich; Mattenstrasse 26 4058 Basel Schweiz
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- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering; ETH Zürich; Mattenstrasse 26 4058 Basel Schweiz
- Faculty of Science; Universität Basel; Mattenstrasse 26 4058 Basel Schweiz
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D'Souza A, Wu X, Yeow EKL, Bhattacharjya S. Designed Heme-Cage β-Sheet Miniproteins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201702472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Areetha D'Souza
- School of Biological Sciences; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637551 Singapore
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- School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637371 Singapore
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- School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637371 Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637551 Singapore
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D'Souza A, Wu X, Yeow EKL, Bhattacharjya S. Designed Heme-Cage β-Sheet Miniproteins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:5904-5908. [PMID: 28440962 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201702472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The structure and function of naturally occurring proteins are governed by a large number of amino acids (≥100). The design of miniature proteins with desired structures and functions not only substantiates our knowledge about proteins but can also contribute to the development of novel applications. Excellent progress has been made towards the design of helical proteins with diverse functions. However, the development of functional β-sheet proteins remains challenging. Herein, we describe the construction and characterization of four-stranded β-sheet miniproteins made up of about 19 amino acids that bind heme inside a hydrophobic binding pocket or "heme cage" by bis-histidine coordination in an aqueous environment. The designed miniproteins bound to heme with high affinity comparable to that of native heme proteins. Atomic-resolution structures confirmed the presence of a four-stranded β-sheet fold. The heme-protein complexes also exhibited high stability against thermal and chaotrope-induced unfolding.
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- Areetha D'Souza
- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637551, Singapore
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- School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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- School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637551, Singapore
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Ausländer S, Ausländer D, Fussenegger M. Synthetic Biology-The Synthesis of Biology. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:6396-6419. [PMID: 27943572 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201609229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2016] [Revised: 11/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Synthetic biology concerns the engineering of man-made living biomachines from standardized components that can perform predefined functions in a (self-)controlled manner. Different research strategies and interdisciplinary efforts are pursued to implement engineering principles to biology. The "top-down" strategy exploits nature's incredible diversity of existing, natural parts to construct synthetic compositions of genetic, metabolic, or signaling networks with predictable and controllable properties. This mainly application-driven approach results in living factories that produce drugs, biofuels, biomaterials, and fine chemicals, and results in living pills that are based on engineered cells with the capacity to autonomously detect and treat disease states in vivo. In contrast, the "bottom-up" strategy seeks to be independent of existing living systems by designing biological systems from scratch and synthesizing artificial biological entities not found in nature. This more knowledge-driven approach investigates the reconstruction of minimal biological systems that are capable of performing basic biological phenomena, such as self-organization, self-replication, and self-sustainability. Moreover, the syntheses of artificial biological units, such as synthetic nucleotides or amino acids, and their implementation into polymers inside living cells currently set the boundaries between natural and artificial biological systems. In particular, the in vitro design, synthesis, and transfer of complete genomes into host cells point to the future of synthetic biology: the creation of designer cells with tailored desirable properties for biomedicine and biotechnology.
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- Simon Ausländer
- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Mattenstrasse 26, 4058, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Mattenstrasse 26, 4058, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Mattenstrasse 26, 4058, Basel, Switzerland.,Faculty of Science, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 26, 4058, Basel, Switzerland
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Sreenilayam G, Moore EJ, Steck V, Fasan R. Metal Substitution Modulates the Reactivity and Extends the Reaction Scope of Myoglobin Carbene Transfer Catalysts. Adv Synth Catal 2017; 359:2076-2089. [PMID: 29606929 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201700202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Engineered myoglobins have recently emerged as promising scaffolds for catalyzing carbene-mediated transformations. In this work, we investigated the effect of altering the metal center and its first-sphere coordination environment on the carbene transfer reactivity of myoglobin. To this end, we first established an efficient protocol for the recombinant expression of myoglobin variants incorporating metalloporphyrins with non-native metals, including second- and third-row transition metals (ruthenium, rhodium, iridium). Characterization of the cofactor-substituted myoglobin variants across three different carbene transfer reactions (cyclopropanation, N-H insertion, S-H insertion) revealed a major influence of the nature of metal center, its oxidation state and first-sphere coordination environment on the catalytic activity, stereoselectivity, and/or oxygen tolerance of these artificial metalloenzymes. In addition, myoglobin variants incorporating manganese- or cobalt-porphyrins were found capable of catalyzing an intermolecular carbene C-H insertion reaction involving phthalan and ethyl α-diazoacetate, a reaction not supported by iron-based myoglobins and previously accessed only using iridium-based (bio)catalysts. These studies demonstrate how modification of the metalloporphyrin cofactor environment provides a viable and promising strategy to enhance the catalytic properties and extend the reaction scope of myoglobin-based carbene transfer catalysts.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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Betori RC, Miller ER, Scheidt KA. A Biocatalytic Route to Highly Enantioenriched β-Hydroxydioxinones. Adv Synth Catal 2017; 359:1131-1137. [PMID: 29104524 PMCID: PMC5663308 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201700095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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A novel biocatalytic system to access a wide variety of β-hydroxydioxinones from β-ketodioxinones employing commercial engineered ketoreductases has been developed. This practical system provides a remarkably straightforward solution to limitations in accessing certain chemical scaffolds common in β-hydroxydioxinones that are of great interest due to their diversification capabilities. A few highlights of this system are that it is high yielding, highly enantioselective, and chromatography-free. We have demonstrated both a wide substrate scope and a high degree of scalability.
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- Rick C Betori
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
- Center for Molecular Innovation and Drug Discovery, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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Nett N, Duewel S, Richter AA, Hoebenreich S. Revealing Additional Stereocomplementary Pairs of Old Yellow Enzymes by Rational Transfer of Engineered Residues. Chembiochem 2017; 18:685-691. [PMID: 28107586 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201600688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Every year numerous protein engineering and directed evolution studies are published, increasing the knowledge that could be used by protein engineers. Here we test a protein engineering strategy that allows quick access to improved biocatalysts with very little screening effort. Conceptually it is assumed that engineered residues previously identified by rational and random methods induce similar improvements when transferred to family members. In an application to ene-reductases from the Old Yellow Enzyme (OYE) family, the newly created variants were tested with three compounds, revealing more stereocomplementary OYE pairs with potent turnover frequencies (up to 660 h-1 ) and excellent stereoselectivities (up to >99 %). Although systematic prediction of absolute enantioselectivity of OYE variants remains a challenge, "scaffold sampling" was confirmed as a promising addition to protein engineers' collection of strategies.
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- Nathalie Nett
- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032, Marburg, Germany
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Virdee S. 2016 EMBO Chemical Biology Conference. Chembiochem 2016; 18:66-71. [PMID: 27862792 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201600597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The full breadth of the field: The 2016 EMBO Chemical Biology Conference, covering topics from tool development to biological applications and from computational drug design to synthetic chemistry, took place in Heidelberg from 31st August to 3rd September.
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- Satpal Virdee
- University of Dundee, MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, Dow Street, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK
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Ward TR. Gerichtete Evolution von Iridium-substituiertem Myoglobin: vielseitige künstliche Metalloenzyme für enantioselektive C-C-Kupplungen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201607222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Thomas R. Ward
- Department of Chemistry; University of Basel; Spitalstrasse 51 4051 Basel Schweiz
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van der Meer JY, Biewenga L, Poelarends GJ. The Generation and Exploitation of Protein Mutability Landscapes for Enzyme Engineering. Chembiochem 2016; 17:1792-1799. [PMID: 27441919 PMCID: PMC5095810 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201600382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The increasing number of enzyme applications in chemical synthesis calls for new engineering methods to develop the biocatalysts of the future. An interesting concept in enzyme engineering is the generation of large-scale mutational data in order to chart protein mutability landscapes. These landscapes allow the important discrimination between beneficial mutations and those that are neutral or detrimental, thus providing detailed insight into sequence-function relationships. As such, mutability landscapes are a powerful tool with which to identify functional hotspots at any place in the amino acid sequence of an enzyme. These hotspots can be used as targets for combinatorial mutagenesis to yield superior enzymes with improved catalytic properties, stability, or even new enzymatic activities. The generation of mutability landscapes for multiple properties of one enzyme provides the exciting opportunity to select mutations that are beneficial either for one or for several of these properties. This review presents an overview of the recent advances in the construction of mutability landscapes and discusses their importance for enzyme engineering.
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- Jan-Ytzen van der Meer
- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Biology, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Biology, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Biology, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Ward TR. Directed Evolution of Iridium-Substituted Myoglobin Affords Versatile Artificial Metalloenzymes for Enantioselective C−C Bond-Forming Reactions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:14909-14911. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201607222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Thomas R. Ward
- Department of Chemistry; University of Basel; Spitalstrasse 51 4051 Basel Switzerland
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Britton J, Meneghini LM, Raston CL, Weiss GA. Accelerating Enzymatic Catalysis Using Vortex Fluidics. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:11387-91. [PMID: 27493015 PMCID: PMC5524626 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201604014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Enzymes catalyze chemical transformations with outstanding stereo- and regio-specificities, but many enzymes are limited by their long reaction times. A general method to accelerate enzymes using pressure waves contained within thin films is described. Each enzyme responds best to specific frequencies of pressure waves, and an acceleration landscape for each protein is reported. A vortex fluidic device introduces pressure waves that drive increased rate constants (kcat ) and enzymatic efficiency (kcat /Km ). Four enzymes displayed an average seven-fold acceleration, with deoxyribose-5-phosphate aldolase (DERA) achieving an average 15-fold enhancement using this approach. In solving a common problem in enzyme catalysis, a powerful, generalizable tool for enzyme acceleration has been uncovered. This research provides new insights into previously uncontrolled factors affecting enzyme function.
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- Joshua Britton
- Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Adelaide, 5001, Australia
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697-2025, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697-2025, USA
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- Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Adelaide, 5001, Australia.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697-2025, USA.
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697-2025, USA.
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Britton J, Meneghini LM, Raston CL, Weiss GA. Accelerating Enzymatic Catalysis Using Vortex Fluidics. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201604014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Joshua Britton
- Chemical and Physical Sciences Flinders University Bedford Park Adelaide 5001 Australia
- Department of Chemistry University of California, Irvine Irvine CA 92697-2025 USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry University of California, Irvine Irvine CA 92697-2025 USA
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- Chemical and Physical Sciences Flinders University Bedford Park Adelaide 5001 Australia
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Irvine Irvine CA 92697-2025 USA
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry University of California, Irvine Irvine CA 92697-2025 USA
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FCI Dozentenpreis: L. Heinke, S. M. Huber, J. Yuan / Millennium Technology Prize: F. H. Arnold / Florida Award: R. D. Adams. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:8161. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201605526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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FCI-Dozentenpreise: L. Heinke, S. M. Huber, J. Yuan / Millennium-Technologiepreis: F. H. Arnold / Florida Award: R. D. Adams. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201605526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Hyster TK, Ward TR. Genetische Optimierung von Metalloenzymen: Weiterentwicklung von Enzymen für nichtnatürliche Reaktionen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201508816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Todd K. Hyster
- Department of Chemistry; Princeton University; Princeton NJ 08544 USA
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- Departement Chemie; Universität Basel; Spitalstrasse 51 CH-4056 Basel Schweiz
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Hyster TK, Ward TR. Genetic Optimization of Metalloenzymes: Enhancing Enzymes for Non-Natural Reactions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:7344-57. [PMID: 26971363 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201508816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Artificial metalloenzymes have received increasing attention over the last decade as a possible solution to unaddressed challenges in synthetic organic chemistry. Whereas traditional transition-metal catalysts typically only take advantage of the first coordination sphere to control reactivity and selectivity, artificial metalloenzymes can modulate both the first and second coordination spheres. This difference can manifest itself in reactivity profiles that can be truly unique to artificial metalloenzymes. This Review summarizes attempts to modulate the second coordination sphere of artificial metalloenzymes by using genetic modifications of the protein sequence. In doing so, successful attempts and creative solutions to address the challenges encountered are highlighted.
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- Todd K Hyster
- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 51, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland.
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Haubenreisser S, Wöste TH, Martínez C, Ishihara K, Muñiz K. Structurally Defined Molecular Hypervalent Iodine Catalysts for Intermolecular Enantioselective Reactions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:413-7. [PMID: 26596513 PMCID: PMC4832830 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201507180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2015] [Revised: 10/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Molecular structures of the most prominent chiral non-racemic hypervalent iodine(III) reagents to date have been elucidated for the first time. The formation of a chirally induced supramolecular scaffold based on a selective hydrogen-bonding arrangement provides an explanation for the consistently high asymmetric induction with these reagents. As an exploratory example, their scope as chiral catalysts was extended to the enantioselective dioxygenation of alkenes. A series of terminal styrenes are converted into the corresponding vicinal diacetoxylation products under mild conditions and provide the proof of principle for a truly intermolecular asymmetric alkene oxidation under iodine(I/III) catalysis.
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- Stefan Haubenreisser
- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Av. Països Catalans 16, 43007 Tarragona (Spain)
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Av. Països Catalans 16, 43007 Tarragona (Spain)
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Av. Països Catalans 16, 43007 Tarragona (Spain)
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, B2-3(611), Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8603 (Japan)
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Av. Països Catalans 16, 43007 Tarragona (Spain).
- Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona (Spain).
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Porter JL, Rusli RA, Ollis DL. Directed Evolution of Enzymes for Industrial Biocatalysis. Chembiochem 2015; 17:197-203. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201500280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Joanne L. Porter
- Research School of Chemistry; Australian National University; Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry; Australian National University; Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry; Australian National University; Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
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Haubenreisser S, Wöste TH, Martínez C, Ishihara K, Muñiz K. Strukturell definierte molekulare hypervalente Iod-Katalysatoren für intermolekulare enantioselektive Reaktionen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201507180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Chen D, Chen R, Wang R, Li J, Xie K, Bian C, Sun L, Zhang X, Liu J, Yang L, Ye F, Yu X, Dai J. Probing the Catalytic Promiscuity of a Regio- and Stereospecific C-Glycosyltransferase fromMangifera indica. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201506505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Shafee T, Gatti-Lafranconi P, Minter R, Hollfelder F. Handicap-Recover Evolution Leads to a Chemically Versatile, Nucleophile-Permissive Protease. Chembiochem 2015; 16:1866-1869. [PMID: 26097079 PMCID: PMC4576821 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201500295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2015] [Accepted: 06/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Mutation of the tobacco etch virus (TEV) protease nucleophile from cysteine to serine causes an approximately ∼104 -fold loss in activity. Ten rounds of directed evolution of the mutant, TEVSer , overcame the detrimental effects of nucleophile exchange to recover near-wild-type activity in the mutant TEVSer X. Rather than respecialising TEV to the new nucleophile, all the enzymes along the evolutionary trajectory also retained the ability to use the original cysteine nucleophile. Therefore the adaptive evolution of TEVSer is paralleled by a neutral trajectory for TEVCys , in which mutations that increase serine nucleophile reactivity hardly affect the reactivity of cysteine. This apparent nucleophile permissiveness explains how nucleophile switches can occur in the phylogeny of the chymotrypsin-like protease PA superfamily. Despite the changed key component of their chemical mechanisms, the evolved variants TEVSer X and TEVCys X have similar activities; this could potentially facilitate escape from adaptive conflict to enable active-site evolution.
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- Thomas Shafee
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA (UK)
- Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, MedImmuneGranta Park, Cambridge, CB21 6GH (UK)
- Present address: La Trobe Institute of Molecular Sciences, La Trobe University, Science DriveMelbourne, Victoria 3086 (Australia)
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA (UK)
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- Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, MedImmuneGranta Park, Cambridge, CB21 6GH (UK)
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA (UK)
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Acevedo-Rocha CG, Schulze-Makuch D. How Many Biochemistries Are Available To Build a Cell? Chembiochem 2015; 16:2137-9. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201500379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Carlos G. Acevedo-Rocha
- Max-Planck-Institut für Terrestrische Mikrobiologie; Small Prokaryotic RNA Biology Group; Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse 10 35043 Marburg Germany
- Landes-Offensive zur Entwicklung Wissenschafltich-Ökonomischer Exzellenz (LOEWE); Zentrum für Synthetische Mikrobiologie (SYNMIKRO); Philipps-Universität Marburg; Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 6 35042 Marburg Germany
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- School of the Environment; Washington State University; Webster Hall 1148 Pullman WA 99163 USA
- Beyond Center; Arizona State University; P. O. Box 871504 Tempe AZ 85827 USA
- Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics; Technical University Berlin; Hardenbergstrasse 36 10623 Berlin Germany
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Chen D, Chen R, Wang R, Li J, Xie K, Bian C, Sun L, Zhang X, Liu J, Yang L, Ye F, Yu X, Dai J. Probing the Catalytic Promiscuity of a Regio- and Stereospecific C-Glycosyltransferase from Mangifera indica. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:12678-82. [PMID: 26331569 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201506505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The catalytic promiscuity of the novel benzophenone C-glycosyltransferase, MiCGT, which is involved in the biosynthesis of mangiferin from Mangifera indica, was explored. MiCGT exhibited a robust capability to regio- and stereospecific C-glycosylation of 35 structurally diverse druglike scaffolds and simple phenolics with UDP-glucose, and also formed O- and N-glycosides. Moreover, MiCGT was able to generate C-xylosides with UDP-xylose. The OGT-reversibility of MiCGT was also exploited to generate C-glucosides with simple sugar donor. Three aryl-C-glycosides exhibited potent SGLT2 inhibitory activities with IC50 values of 2.6×, 7.6×, and 7.6×10(-7) M, respectively. These findings demonstrate for the first time the significant potential of an enzymatic approach to diversification through C-glycosidation of bioactive natural and unnatural products in drug discovery.
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- Dawei Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050 (China)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050 (China)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050 (China)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050 (China)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050 (China)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050 (China)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050 (China)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050 (China)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050 (China)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050 (China)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050 (China)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050 (China)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050 (China).
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Zhang G, Wang S, Zhou S, Wei Y, Guo L, Zhu X, Zhang L, Gu X, Mu X. Synthesis and Reactivity of Rare-Earth-Metal Monoalkyl Complexes Supported by Bidentate Indolyl Ligands and Their High Performance in Isoprene 1,4-cis Polymerization. Organometallics 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Guangchao Zhang
- Key
Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education,
Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry
and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, People’s Republic of China
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- Key
Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education,
Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry
and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, People’s Republic of China
- State
Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of
Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, People’s Republic of China
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- Key
Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education,
Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry
and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, People’s Republic of China
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- Key
Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education,
Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry
and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, People’s Republic of China
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- Key
Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education,
Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry
and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, People’s Republic of China
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- Key
Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education,
Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry
and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, People’s Republic of China
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- Key
Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education,
Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry
and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, People’s Republic of China
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- Key
Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education,
Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry
and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, People’s Republic of China
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- Key
Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education,
Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry
and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, People’s Republic of China
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Wallace S, Balskus EP. Interfacing Microbial Styrene Production with a Biocompatible Cyclopropanation Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201502185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Wallace S, Balskus EP. Interfacing microbial styrene production with a biocompatible cyclopropanation reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:7106-9. [PMID: 25925138 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201502185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
The introduction of new reactivity into living organisms is a major challenge in synthetic biology. Despite an increasing interest in both the development of small-molecule catalysts that are compatible with aqueous media and the engineering of enzymes to perform new chemistry in vitro, the integration of non-native reactivity into metabolic pathways for small-molecule production has been underexplored. Herein we report a biocompatible iron(III) phthalocyanine catalyst capable of efficient olefin cyclopropanation in the presence of a living microorganism. By interfacing this catalyst with E. coli engineered to produce styrene, we synthesized non-natural phenyl cyclopropanes directly from D-glucose in single-vessel fermentations. This process is the first example of the combination of nonbiological carbene-transfer reactivity with cellular metabolism for small-molecule production.
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- Stephen Wallace
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (USA) http://scholar.harvard.edu/balskus
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (USA) http://scholar.harvard.edu/balskus.
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