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Iram A, Dong Y, Ignea C. Synthetic biology advances towards a bio-based society in the era of artificial intelligence. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2024; 87:103143. [PMID: 38781699 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2024.103143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2024] [Revised: 05/04/2024] [Accepted: 05/04/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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Synthetic biology is a rapidly emerging field with broad underlying applications in health, industry, agriculture, or environment, enabling sustainable solutions for unmet needs of modern society. With the very recent addition of artificial intelligence (AI) approaches, this field is now growing at a rate that can help reach the envisioned goals of bio-based society within the next few decades. Integrating AI with plant-based technologies, such as protein engineering, phytochemicals production, plant system engineering, or microbiome engineering, potentially disruptive applications have already been reported. These include enzymatic synthesis of new-to-nature molecules, bioelectricity generation, or biomass applications as construction material. Thus, in the not-so-distant future, synthetic biologists will help attain the overarching goal of a sustainable yet efficient production system for every aspect of society.
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- Attia Iram
- Department of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0C3, Canada
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- Department of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0C3, Canada
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- Department of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0C3, Canada.
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Ospina F, Schülke KH, Soler J, Klein A, Prosenc B, Garcia‐Borràs M, Hammer SC. Selective Biocatalytic N-Methylation of Unsaturated Heterocycles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202213056. [PMID: 36202763 PMCID: PMC9827881 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202213056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Methods for regioselective N-methylation and -alkylation of unsaturated heterocycles with "off the shelf" reagents are highly sought-after. This reaction could drastically simplify synthesis of privileged bioactive molecules. Here we report engineered and natural methyltransferases for challenging N-(m)ethylation of heterocycles, including benzimidazoles, benzotriazoles, imidazoles and indazoles. The reactions are performed through a cyclic enzyme cascade that consists of two methyltransferases using only iodoalkanes or methyl tosylate as simple reagents. This method enables the selective synthesis of important molecules that are otherwise difficult to access, proceeds with high regioselectivity (r.r. up to >99 %), yield (up to 99 %), on a preparative scale, and with nearly equimolar concentrations of simple starting materials.
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- Felipe Ospina
- Faculty of ChemistryOrganic Chemistry and BiocatalysisBielefeld UniversityUniversitätsstraße 2533615BielefeldGermany
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- Faculty of ChemistryOrganic Chemistry and BiocatalysisBielefeld UniversityUniversitätsstraße 2533615BielefeldGermany
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- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) and Departament de QuímicaUniversitat de GironaCarrer Maria Aurèlia Capmany 69Girona17003CataloniaSpain
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- Faculty of ChemistryOrganic Chemistry and BiocatalysisBielefeld UniversityUniversitätsstraße 2533615BielefeldGermany
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- Faculty of ChemistryOrganic Chemistry and BiocatalysisBielefeld UniversityUniversitätsstraße 2533615BielefeldGermany
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- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) and Departament de QuímicaUniversitat de GironaCarrer Maria Aurèlia Capmany 69Girona17003CataloniaSpain
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- Faculty of ChemistryOrganic Chemistry and BiocatalysisBielefeld UniversityUniversitätsstraße 2533615BielefeldGermany
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Wen X, Leisinger F, Leopold V, Seebeck FP. Synthetic Reagents for Enzyme‐Catalyzed Methylation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202208746. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202208746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Xiaojin Wen
- Department of Chemistry University of Basel Mattenstrasse 24a 4002 Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel Mattenstrasse 24a 4002 Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel Mattenstrasse 24a 4002 Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel Mattenstrasse 24a 4002 Basel Switzerland
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Wen X, Leisinger F, Leopold V, Seebeck FP. Synthetic reagents for enzyme‐catalyzed methylation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202208746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Xiaojin Wen
- University of Basel: Universitat Basel Department of Chemistry SWITZERLAND
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- University of Basel: Universitat Basel Department of Chemistry SWITZERLAND
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- University of Basel: Universitat Basel Department of Chemistry SWITZERLAND
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- University of Basel Department of Chemistry St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel SWITZERLAND
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Abdelraheem E, Thair B, Varela RF, Jockmann E, Popadić D, Hailes HC, Ward JM, Iribarren AM, Lewkowicz ES, Andexer JN, Hagedoorn PL, Hanefeld U. Methyltransferases, functions and applications. Chembiochem 2022; 23:e202200212. [PMID: 35691829 PMCID: PMC9539859 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202200212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Revised: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In this review the current state‐of‐the‐art of S‐adenosylmethionine (SAM)‐dependent methyltransferases and SAM are evaluated. Their structural classification and diversity is introduced and key mechanistic aspects presented which are then detailed further. Then, catalytic SAM as a target for drugs, and approaches to utilise SAM as a cofactor in synthesis are introduced with different supply and regeneration approaches evaluated. The use of SAM analogues are also described. Finally O‐, N‐, C‐ and S‐MTs, their synthetic applications and potential for compound diversification is given.
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- University College London Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, department of Chemistry, UNITED KINGDOM
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- Universidad nacional di Quilmes, 3Laboratorio de Biotransformaciones y Química de Ácidos Nucleicos, ARGENTINA
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- Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg Universitatsbibliothek Freiburg, Pharmacie, GERMANY
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- University College London Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, department of Chemistry, UNITED KINGDOM
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- University College London, Department of Biochemical Engineering, UNITED KINGDOM
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- Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, 3Laboratorio de Biotransformaciones y Química de Ácidos Nucleicos, ARGENTINA
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- Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Laboratorio de Biotransformaciones y Química de Ácidos Nucleicos, ARGENTINA
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- Technische Universiteit Delft, Gebouw voor Scheikunde, Julianalaan 136, 2628 BL, Delft, NETHERLANDS
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Martins NS, Ángel AYB, Anghinoni JM, Lenardão EJ, Barcellos T, Alberto EE. From Stoichiometric Reagents to Catalytic Partners: Selenonium Salts as Alkylating Agents for Nucleophilic Displacement Reactions in Water. Adv Synth Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202100797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Nayara Silva Martins
- Grupo de Síntese e Catálise Orgânica – GSCO Departamento de Química Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG 31.270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG Brazil
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- Grupo de Síntese e Catálise Orgânica – GSCO Departamento de Química Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG 31.270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntese Orgânica Limpa – LASOL CCQFA Universidade Federal de Pelotas – UFPel P.O. box 354 96010-900 Pelotas, RS Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntese Orgânica Limpa – LASOL CCQFA Universidade Federal de Pelotas – UFPel P.O. box 354 96010-900 Pelotas, RS Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology of Natural and Synthetic Products Universidade de Caxias do Sul 95070-560 Caxias do Sul, RS Brazil
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- Grupo de Síntese e Catálise Orgânica – GSCO Departamento de Química Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG 31.270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG Brazil
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Schülke KH, Ospina F, Hörnschemeyer K, Gergel S, Hammer SC. Substrate profiling of anion methyltransferases for promiscuous synthesis of S-adenosylmethionine analogs from haloalkanes. Chembiochem 2021; 23:e202100632. [PMID: 34927779 PMCID: PMC9303522 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202100632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Revised: 12/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Biocatalytic alkylation reactions can be performed with high chemo-, regio- and stereoselectivity using S -adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM)-dependent methyltransferases (MTs) and SAM analogs. Currently, however, this methodology is limited in application due to the rather laborious protocols to access SAM analogs. It has recently been shown that halide methyltransferases (HMTs) enable synthesis and recycling of SAM analogs with readily available haloalkanes as starting material. Here we expand this work by using substrate profiling of the anion MT enzyme family to explore promiscuous SAM analog synthesis. Our study shows that anion MTs are in general very promiscuous with respect to the alkyl chain as well as the halide leaving group. Substrate profiling further suggests that promiscuous anion MTs cluster in sequence space. Next to iodoalkanes, cheaper, less toxic and more available bromoalkanes have been converted and several haloalkanes bearing short alkyl groups, alkyl rings, and functional groups such as alkene, alkyne and aromatic moieties are accepted as substrates. Further, we applied the SAM analogs as electrophiles in enzyme-catalyzed regioselective pyrazole allylation with 3-bromopropene as starting material.
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- Kai H Schülke
- Universität Bielefeld: Universitat Bielefeld, Fakultät für Chemie, GERMANY
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- Universität Bielefeld: Universitat Bielefeld, Fakultät für Chemie, GERMANY
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- Universität Bielefeld: Universitat Bielefeld, Fakultät für Chemie, GERMANY
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Peng J, Liao C, Bauer C, Seebeck FP. Fluorinated
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‐Adenosylmethionine as a Reagent for Enzyme‐Catalyzed Fluoromethylation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202108802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Jiaming Peng
- Department of Chemistry University of Basel Mattenstrasse 24a 4002 Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel Mattenstrasse 24a 4002 Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel Mattenstrasse 24a 4002 Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel Mattenstrasse 24a 4002 Basel Switzerland
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Ospina F, Schülke KH, Hammer SC. Biocatalytic Alkylation Chemistry: Building Molecular Complexity with High Selectivity. Chempluschem 2021; 87:e202100454. [PMID: 34821073 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202100454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2021] [Revised: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Biocatalysis has traditionally been viewed as a field that primarily enables access to chiral centers. This includes the synthesis of chiral alcohols, amines and carbonyl compounds, often through functional group interconversion via hydrolytic or oxidation-reduction reactions. This limitation is partly being overcome by the design and evolution of new enzymes. Here, we provide an overview of a recently thriving research field that we summarize as biocatalytic alkylation chemistry. In the past 3-4 years, numerous new enzymes have been developed that catalyze sp3 C-C/N/O/S bond formations. These enzymes utilize different mechanisms to generate molecular complexity by coupling simple fragments with high activity and selectivity. In many cases, the engineered enzymes perform reactions that are difficult or impossible to achieve with current small-molecule catalysts such as organocatalysts and transition-metal complexes. This review further highlights that the design of new enzyme function is particularly successful when off-the-shelf synthetic reagents are utilized to access non-natural reactive intermediates. This underscores how biocatalysis is gradually moving to a field that build molecules through selective bond forming reactions.
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- Felipe Ospina
- Faculty of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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Sangster JJ, Marshall JR, Turner NJ, Mangas-Sanchez J. New Trends and Future Opportunities in the Enzymatic Formation of C-C, C-N, and C-O bonds. Chembiochem 2021; 23:e202100464. [PMID: 34726813 PMCID: PMC9401909 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202100464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
Organic chemistry provides society with fundamental products we use daily. Concerns about the impact that the chemical industry has over the environment is propelling major changes in the way we manufacture chemicals. Biocatalysis offers an alternative to other synthetic approaches as it employs enzymes, Nature's catalysts, to carry out chemical transformations. Enzymes are biodegradable, come from renewable sources, operate under mild reaction conditions, and display high selectivities in the processes they catalyse. As a highly multidisciplinary field, biocatalysis benefits from advances in different areas, and developments in the fields of molecular biology, bioinformatics, and chemical engineering have accelerated the extension of the range of available transformations (E. L. Bell et al., Nat. Rev. Meth. Prim. 2021, 1, 1-21). Recently, we surveyed advances in the expansion of the scope of biocatalysis via enzyme discovery and protein engineering (J. R. Marshall et al., Tetrahedron 2021, 82, 131926). Herein, we focus on novel enzymes currently available to the broad synthetic community for the construction of new C-C, C-N and C-O bonds, with the purpose of providing the non-specialist with new and alternative tools for chiral and sustainable chemical synthesis.
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- Jack J Sangster
- Department of Chemistry, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
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- Institute of Chemical Synthesis and Homogeneous Catalysis, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain.,ARAID Foundation, Zaragoza, Spain
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Peng J, Liao C, Bauer C, Seebeck FP. Fluorinated S-Adenosylmethionine as a Reagent for Enzyme-Catalyzed Fluoromethylation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:27178-27183. [PMID: 34597444 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202108802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Strategic replacement of protons with fluorine atoms or functional groups with fluorine-containing fragments has proven a powerful strategy to optimize the activity of therapeutic compounds. For this reason, the synthetic chemistry of organofluorides has been the subject of intense development and innovation for many years. By comparison, the literature on fluorine biocatalysis still makes for a slim chapter. Herein we introduce S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) dependent methyltransferases as a new tool for the production of fluorinated compounds. We demonstrate the ability of halide methyltransferases to form fluorinated SAM (S-adenosyl-S-(fluoromethyl)-L-homocysteine) from S-adenosylhomocysteine and fluoromethyliodide. Fluorinated SAM (F-SAM) is too unstable for isolation, but is accepted as a substrate by C-, N- and O-specific methyltransferases for enzyme-catalyzed fluoromethylation of small molecules.
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- Jiaming Peng
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, 4002, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, 4002, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, 4002, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, 4002, Basel, Switzerland
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Tang Q, Pavlidis IV, Badenhorst CPS, Bornscheuer UT. From Natural Methylation to Versatile Alkylations Using Halide Methyltransferases. Chembiochem 2021; 22:2584-2590. [PMID: 33890381 PMCID: PMC8453949 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202100153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Halide methyltransferases (HMTs) enable the enzymatic synthesis of S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM) from S-adenosyl-l-homocysteine (SAH) and methyl iodide. Characterisation of a range of naturally occurring HMTs and subsequent protein engineering led to HMT variants capable of synthesising ethyl, propyl, and allyl analogues of SAM. Notably, HMTs do not depend on chemical synthesis of methionine analogues, as required by methionine adenosyltransferases (MATs). However, at the moment MATs have a much broader substrate scope than the HMTs. Herein we provide an overview of the discovery and engineering of promiscuous HMTs and how these strategies will pave the way towards a toolbox of HMT variants for versatile chemo- and regioselective biocatalytic alkylations.
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- Qingyun Tang
- Institute of BiochemistryUniversity of GreifswaldFelix-Hausdorff-Str. 417489GreifswaldGermany
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- Dept. of ChemistryUniversity of CreteVoutes University Campus70013HeraklionGreece
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- Institute of BiochemistryUniversity of GreifswaldFelix-Hausdorff-Str. 417489GreifswaldGermany
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Romero E, Jones BS, Hogg BN, Rué Casamajo A, Hayes MA, Flitsch SL, Turner NJ, Schnepel C. Enzymkatalysierte späte Modifizierungen: Besser spät als nie. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 133:16962-16993. [PMID: 38505660 PMCID: PMC10946893 DOI: 10.1002/ange.202014931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2020] [Revised: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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AbstractDie Enzymkatalyse gewinnt zunehmend an Bedeutung in der Synthesechemie. Die durch Bioinformatik und Enzym‐Engineering stetig wachsende Zahl von Biokatalysatoren eröffnet eine große Vielfalt selektiver Reaktionen. Insbesondere für späte Funktionalisierungsreaktionen ist die Biokatalyse ein geeignetes Werkzeug, das oftmals der konventionellen De‐novo‐Synthese überlegen ist. Enzyme haben sich als nützlich erwiesen, um funktionelle Gruppen direkt in komplexe Molekülgerüste einzuführen sowie für die rasche Diversifizierung von Substanzbibliotheken. Biokatalytische Oxyfunktionalisierungen, Halogenierungen, Methylierungen, Reduktionen und Amidierungen sind von besonderem Interesse, da diese Strukturmotive häufig in Pharmazeutika vertreten sind. Dieser Aufsatz gibt einen Überblick über die Stärken und Schwächen der enzymkatalysierten späten Modifizierungen durch native und optimierte Enzyme in der Synthesechemie. Ebenso werden wichtige Beispiele in der Wirkstoffentwicklung hervorgehoben.
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- Elvira Romero
- Compound Synthesis and ManagementDiscovery Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&DAstraZenecaGötheborgSchweden
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- School of ChemistryThe University of ManchesterManchester Institute of Biotechnology131 Princess StreetManchesterM1 7DNVereinigtes Königreich
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- School of ChemistryThe University of ManchesterManchester Institute of Biotechnology131 Princess StreetManchesterM1 7DNVereinigtes Königreich
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- School of ChemistryThe University of ManchesterManchester Institute of Biotechnology131 Princess StreetManchesterM1 7DNVereinigtes Königreich
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- Compound Synthesis and ManagementDiscovery Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&DAstraZenecaGötheborgSchweden
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- School of ChemistryThe University of ManchesterManchester Institute of Biotechnology131 Princess StreetManchesterM1 7DNVereinigtes Königreich
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- School of ChemistryThe University of ManchesterManchester Institute of Biotechnology131 Princess StreetManchesterM1 7DNVereinigtes Königreich
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- School of ChemistryThe University of ManchesterManchester Institute of Biotechnology131 Princess StreetManchesterM1 7DNVereinigtes Königreich
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Romero E, Jones BS, Hogg BN, Rué Casamajo A, Hayes MA, Flitsch SL, Turner NJ, Schnepel C. Enzymatic Late-Stage Modifications: Better Late Than Never. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:16824-16855. [PMID: 33453143 PMCID: PMC8359417 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202014931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2020] [Revised: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Enzyme catalysis is gaining increasing importance in synthetic chemistry. Nowadays, the growing number of biocatalysts accessible by means of bioinformatics and enzyme engineering opens up an immense variety of selective reactions. Biocatalysis especially provides excellent opportunities for late-stage modification often superior to conventional de novo synthesis. Enzymes have proven to be useful for direct introduction of functional groups into complex scaffolds, as well as for rapid diversification of compound libraries. Particularly important and highly topical are enzyme-catalysed oxyfunctionalisations, halogenations, methylations, reductions, and amide bond formations due to the high prevalence of these motifs in pharmaceuticals. This Review gives an overview of the strengths and limitations of enzymatic late-stage modifications using native and engineered enzymes in synthesis while focusing on important examples in drug development.
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- Elvira Romero
- Compound Synthesis and ManagementDiscovery Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&DAstraZenecaGothenburgSweden
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- School of ChemistryThe University of ManchesterManchester Institute of Biotechnology131 Princess StreetManchesterM1 7DNUnited Kingdom
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- School of ChemistryThe University of ManchesterManchester Institute of Biotechnology131 Princess StreetManchesterM1 7DNUnited Kingdom
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- School of ChemistryThe University of ManchesterManchester Institute of Biotechnology131 Princess StreetManchesterM1 7DNUnited Kingdom
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- Compound Synthesis and ManagementDiscovery Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&DAstraZenecaGothenburgSweden
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- School of ChemistryThe University of ManchesterManchester Institute of Biotechnology131 Princess StreetManchesterM1 7DNUnited Kingdom
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- School of ChemistryThe University of ManchesterManchester Institute of Biotechnology131 Princess StreetManchesterM1 7DNUnited Kingdom
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- School of ChemistryThe University of ManchesterManchester Institute of Biotechnology131 Princess StreetManchesterM1 7DNUnited Kingdom
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Bengel LL, Aberle B, Egler-Kemmerer AN, Kienzle S, Hauer B, Hammer SC. Engineered Enzymes Enable Selective N-Alkylation of Pyrazoles With Simple Haloalkanes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:5554-5560. [PMID: 33300646 PMCID: PMC7986378 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202014239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Selective alkylation of pyrazoles could solve a challenge in chemistry and streamline synthesis of important molecules. Here we report catalyst‐controlled pyrazole alkylation by a cyclic two‐enzyme cascade. In this enzymatic system, a promiscuous enzyme uses haloalkanes as precursors to generate non‐natural analogs of the common cosubstrate S‐adenosyl‐l‐methionine. A second engineered enzyme transfers the alkyl group in highly selective C−N bond formations to the pyrazole substrate. The cosubstrate is recycled and only used in catalytic amounts. Key is a computational enzyme‐library design tool that converted a promiscuous methyltransferase into a small enzyme family of pyrazole‐alkylating enzymes in one round of mutagenesis and screening. With this enzymatic system, pyrazole alkylation (methylation, ethylation, propylation) was achieved with unprecedented regioselectivity (>99 %), regiodivergence, and in a first example on preparative scale.
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- Ludwig L Bengel
- Department of Technical Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Technical Biochemistry, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Technical Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Technical Biochemistry, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Technical Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Technical Biochemistry, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Technical Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Technical Biochemistry, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Technical Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Technical Biochemistry, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Biocatalysis, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany.,Department of Technical Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Technical Biochemistry, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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Bengel LL, Aberle B, Egler‐Kemmerer A, Kienzle S, Hauer B, Hammer SC. Modifizierte Enzyme ermöglichen die selektive
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‐Alkylierung von Pyrazolen unter Verwendung einfacher Halogenalkane. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202014239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Ludwig L. Bengel
- Abteilung für Technische Biochemie Institut für Biochemie und Technische Biochemie Universität Stuttgart Allmandring 31 70569 Stuttgart Deutschland
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- Abteilung für Technische Biochemie Institut für Biochemie und Technische Biochemie Universität Stuttgart Allmandring 31 70569 Stuttgart Deutschland
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- Abteilung für Technische Biochemie Institut für Biochemie und Technische Biochemie Universität Stuttgart Allmandring 31 70569 Stuttgart Deutschland
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- Abteilung für Technische Biochemie Institut für Biochemie und Technische Biochemie Universität Stuttgart Allmandring 31 70569 Stuttgart Deutschland
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- Abteilung für Technische Biochemie Institut für Biochemie und Technische Biochemie Universität Stuttgart Allmandring 31 70569 Stuttgart Deutschland
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- Fakultät Chemie Organische Chemie und Biokatalyse Universität Bielefeld Universitätsstraße 25 33615 Bielefeld Deutschland
- Abteilung für Technische Biochemie Institut für Biochemie und Technische Biochemie Universität Stuttgart Allmandring 31 70569 Stuttgart Deutschland
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Tang Q, Grathwol CW, Aslan‐Üzel AS, Wu S, Link A, Pavlidis IV, Badenhorst CPS, Bornscheuer UT. Directed Evolution of a Halide Methyltransferase Enables Biocatalytic Synthesis of Diverse SAM Analogs. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:1524-1527. [PMID: 33108827 PMCID: PMC7839550 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202013871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
Abstract
Biocatalytic alkylations are important reactions to obtain chemo-, regio- and stereoselectively alkylated compounds. This can be achieved using S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM)-dependent methyltransferases and SAM analogs. It was recently shown that a halide methyltransferase (HMT) from Chloracidobacterium thermophilum can synthesize SAM from SAH and methyl iodide. We developed an iodide-based assay for the directed evolution of an HMT from Arabidopsis thaliana and used it to identify a V140T variant that can also accept ethyl-, propyl-, and allyl iodide to produce the corresponding SAM analogs (90, 50, and 70 % conversion of 15 mg SAH). The V140T AtHMT was used in one-pot cascades with O-methyltransferases (IeOMT or COMT) to achieve the regioselective ethylation of luteolin and allylation of 3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde. While a cascade for the propylation of 3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde gave low conversion, the propyl-SAH intermediate could be confirmed by NMR spectroscopy.
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- Qingyun Tang
- Institute of BiochemistryUniversity of GreifswaldFelix-Hausdorff-Strasse 417489GreifswaldGermany
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- Institute of PharmacyUniversity of GreifswaldFriedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Strasse 1717489GreifswaldGermany
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- Institute of BiochemistryUniversity of GreifswaldFelix-Hausdorff-Strasse 417489GreifswaldGermany
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- Institute of BiochemistryUniversity of GreifswaldFelix-Hausdorff-Strasse 417489GreifswaldGermany
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- Institute of PharmacyUniversity of GreifswaldFriedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Strasse 1717489GreifswaldGermany
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of CreteVoutes University Campus70013HeraklionGreece
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- Institute of BiochemistryUniversity of GreifswaldFelix-Hausdorff-Strasse 417489GreifswaldGermany
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Jeong S, Kim J. Structural snapshots of CmoB in various states during wobble uridine modification of tRNA. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2020; 534:604-609. [PMID: 33213836 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.11.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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CmoB utilizes carboxy-S-adenosyl-l-methionine (CxSAM) to carry out unusual carboxymethyl transfer to form 5-carboxymethoxyuridine (cmo5U) of several tRNA species in Gram-negative bacteria. In this report, we present three X-ray crystal structures of CmoB from Vibrio vulnificus representing different states in the course of the reaction pathway; i.e., apo-, substrate-bound, and product-bound forms. Especially, the crystal structure of apo-CmoB unveils a novel open state of the enzyme, capturing unprecedented conformational dynamics around the substrate-binding site. The apo-structure demonstrates that the open conformation favors the release of CxSAM thus representing an inactive form. Our crystal structures of CmoB complexed with CxSAM and S-adenosyl-l-homocysteine (SAH) and combined binding assay results support the proposed mechanism underlying the cofactor selectivity, where CmoB preferentially senses negative charge around amino acid residues Lys-91, Tyr-200, and Arg-315.
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- Sehwang Jeong
- Department of Chemistry, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, South Korea.
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Tang Q, Grathwol CW, Aslan‐Üzel AS, Wu S, Link A, Pavlidis IV, Badenhorst CPS, Bornscheuer UT. Die gerichtete Evolution einer Halogenid‐Methyltransferase erlaubt die biokatalytische Synthese diverser SAM‐Analoga. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202013871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Qingyun Tang
- Institut für Biochemie Universität Greifswald Felix-Hausdorff-Straße 4 17489 Greifswald Deutschland
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- Institut für Pharmazie Universität Greifswald Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Straße 17 17489 Greifswald Deutschland
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- Institut für Biochemie Universität Greifswald Felix-Hausdorff-Straße 4 17489 Greifswald Deutschland
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- Institut für Biochemie Universität Greifswald Felix-Hausdorff-Straße 4 17489 Greifswald Deutschland
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- Institut für Pharmazie Universität Greifswald Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Straße 17 17489 Greifswald Deutschland
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- Abteilung Chemie Universität Kreta, Voutes University Campus 70013 Heraklion Griechenland
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- Institut für Biochemie Universität Greifswald Felix-Hausdorff-Straße 4 17489 Greifswald Deutschland
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Mordhorst S, Andexer JN. Round, round we go - strategies for enzymatic cofactor regeneration. Nat Prod Rep 2020; 37:1316-1333. [PMID: 32582886 DOI: 10.1039/d0np00004c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Covering: up to the beginning of 2020Enzymes depending on cofactors are essential in many biosynthetic pathways of natural products. They are often involved in key steps: catalytic conversions that are difficult to achieve purely with synthetic organic chemistry. Hence, cofactor-dependent enzymes have great potential for biocatalysis, on the condition that a corresponding cofactor regeneration system is available. For some cofactors, these regeneration systems require multiple steps; such complex enzyme cascades/multi-enzyme systems are (still) challenging for in vitro biocatalysis. Further, artificial cofactor analogues have been synthesised that are more stable, show an altered reaction range, or act as inhibitors. The development of bio-orthogonal systems that can be used for the production of modified natural products in vivo is an ongoing challenge. In light of the recent progress in this field, this review aims to provide an overview of general strategies involving enzyme cofactors, cofactor analogues, and regeneration systems; highlighting the current possibilities for application of enzymes using some of the most common cofactors.
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- Silja Mordhorst
- Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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