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Yu K, Ward TR. C-H functionalization reactions catalyzed by artificial metalloenzymes. J Inorg Biochem 2024; 258:112621. [PMID: 38852295 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2024.112621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2024] [Revised: 05/23/2024] [Accepted: 05/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
Abstract
CH functionalization, a promising frontier in modern organic chemistry, facilitates the direct conversion of inert CH bonds into many valuable functional groups. Despite its merits, traditional homogeneous catalysis, often faces challenges in efficiency, selectivity, and sustainability towards this transformation. In this context, artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs), resulting from the incorporation of a catalytically-competent metal cofactor within an evolvable protein scaffold, bridges the gap between the efficiency of enzymatic transformations and the versatility of transition metal catalysis. Accordingly, ArMs have emerged as attractive tools for various challenging catalytic transformations. Additionally, the coming of age of directed evolution has unlocked unprecedented avenues for optimizing enzymatic catalysis. Taking advantage of their genetically-encoded protein scaffold, ArMs have been evolved to catalyze various CH functionalization reactions. This review delves into the recent developments of ArM-catalyzed CH functionalization reactions, highlighting the benefits of engineering the second coordination sphere around a metal cofactor within a host protein.
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- Kun Yu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 22, Basel CH-4058, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 22, Basel CH-4058, Switzerland.
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Messias A, Capece L, De Simone G, Coletta M, Ascenzi P, Estrin DA. Mechanism of Peroxynitrite Interaction with Ferric M. tuberculosis Nitrobindin: A Computational Study. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:9907-9918. [PMID: 38754069 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
Abstract
Nitrobindins (Nbs) are all-β-barrel heme proteins present along the evolutionary ladder. They display a highly solvent-exposed ferric heme group with the iron atom being coordinated by the proximal His residue and a water molecule at the distal position. Ferric nitrobindins (Nb(III)) play a role in the conversion of toxic peroxynitrite (ONOO-) to harmless nitrate, with the value of the second-order rate constant being similar to those of most heme proteins. The value of the second-order rate constant of Nbs increases as the pH decreases; this suggests that Nb(III) preferentially reacts with peroxynitrous acid (ONOOH), although ONOO- is more nucleophilic. In this work, we shed light on the molecular basis of the ONOO- and ONOOH reactivity of ferric Mycobacterium tuberculosis Nb (Mt-Nb(III)) by dissecting the ligand migration toward the active site, the water molecule release, and the ligand binding process by computer simulations. Classical molecular dynamics simulations were performed by employing a steered molecular dynamics approach and the Jarzynski equality to obtain ligand migration free energy profiles for both ONOO- and ONOOH. Our results indicate that ONOO- and ONOOH migration is almost unhindered, consistent with the exposed metal center of Mt-Nb(III). To further analyze the ligand binding process, we computed potential energy profiles for the displacement of the Fe(III)-coordinated water molecule using a hybrid QM/MM scheme at the DFT level and a nudged elastic band approach. These results indicate that ONOO- exhibits a much larger barrier for ligand displacement than ONOOH, suggesting that water displacement is assisted by protonation of the leaving group by the incoming ONOOH.
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- Andresa Messias
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Intendente Güiraldes 2160, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
- CONICET - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química-Física de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente y Energía (INQUIMAE), Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón 2, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Intendente Güiraldes 2160, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
- CONICET - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química-Física de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente y Energía (INQUIMAE), Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón 2, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Sciences, Roma Tre University, Viale G. Marconi, 446, I-00146 Roma, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Bietti, Via Santo Stefano Rotondo, 6, 00184 Roma, Italy
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- Department of Sciences, Roma Tre University, Viale G. Marconi, 446, I-00146 Roma, Italy
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Via della Lungara, 10, 00165 Roma, Italy
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Intendente Güiraldes 2160, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
- CONICET - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química-Física de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente y Energía (INQUIMAE), Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón 2, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Ingram AA, Wang D, Schwaneberg U, Okuda J. Grubbs-Hoveyda catalysts conjugated to a β-barrel protein: Effect of halide substitution on aqueous olefin metathesis activity. J Inorg Biochem 2024; 258:112616. [PMID: 38833874 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2024.112616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2024] [Revised: 05/15/2024] [Accepted: 05/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/06/2024]
Abstract
The effect of halide substitution in Grubbs-Hoveyda II catalysts (GHII catalysts) embedded in the engineered β-barrel protein nitrobindin (NB4exp) on metathesis activity in aqueous media was studied. Maleimide tagged dibromido and diiodido derivates of the GHII catalyst were synthesized and covalently conjugated to NB4exp. The biohybrid catalysts were characterized spectroscopically confirming the structural integrity. When the two chloride substituents at ruthenium center were exchanged against bromide and iodide, the diiodo derivative was found to show significantly higher catalytic activity in ring-closing metathesis of α,ω-diolefins, whereas the dibromido derivative was less efficient when compared with the parent dichlorido catalyst. Using the diiodido catalyst, high turnover numbers of up to 75 were observed for ring-closing metathesis (RCM) yielding unsaturated six- and seven-membered N-heterocycles.
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- Aaron A Ingram
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany; Institute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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Miller AH, Thompson SA, Blagova EV, Wilson KS, Grogan G, Duhme-Klair AK. Redox-reversible siderophore-based catalyst anchoring within cross-linked artificial metalloenzyme aggregates enables enantioselectivity switching. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:5490-5493. [PMID: 38699837 PMCID: PMC11107959 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc01158a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2024] [Accepted: 04/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024]
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The immobilisation of artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs) holds promise for the implementation of new biocatalytic reactions. We present the synthesis of cross-linked artificial metalloenzyme aggregates (CLArMAs) with excellent recyclability, as an alternative to carrier-based immobilisation strategies. Furthermore, iron-siderophore supramolecular anchoring facilitates redox-triggered cofactor release, enabling CLArMAs to be recharged with alternative cofactors for diverse selectivity.
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- Alex H Miller
- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
- Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
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Miller AH, Blagova EV, Large B, Booth RL, Wilson KS, Duhme-Klair AK. Catch-and-Release: The Assembly, Immobilization, and Recycling of Redox-Reversible Artificial Metalloenzymes. ACS Catal 2024; 14:3218-3227. [PMID: 38449525 PMCID: PMC10913039 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c05294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
Abstract
Technologies to improve the applicability of artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs) are gaining considerable interest; one such approach is the immobilization of these biohybrid catalysts on support materials to enhance stability and enable their retention, recovery, and reuse. Here, we describe the immobilization of polyhistidine-tagged ArMs that allow the redox-controlled replacement of catalytic cofactors that have lost activity, e.g., due to poisoning or decomposition, on immobilized metal affinity chromatography resins. By using periplasmic siderophore-binding protein scaffolds that originate from thermophilic bacteria (GstCeuE and PthCeuE) in combination with a siderophore-linked imine reduction catalyst, reaction rates were achieved that are about 3.5 times faster than those previously obtained with CjCeuE, the analogous protein of Campylobacter jejuni. Upon immobilization, the GstCeuE-derived ArM showed a decrease in turnover frequency in the reduction of dehydrosalsolidine by 3.4-fold, while retaining enantioselectivity (36%) and showing improved stability that allowed repeat recovery and recycling cycles. Catalytic activity was preserved over the initial four cycles. In subsequent cycles, a gradual reduction of activity was evident. Once the initial activity decreased to around 40% of the initial activity (23rd recycling cycle), the redox-triggered artificial cofactor release permitted the subsequent recharging of the immobilized protein scaffold with fresh, active cofactor, thereby restoring the initial catalytic activity of the immobilized ArM and allowing its reuse for several more cycles. Furthermore, the ArM could be assembled directly from protein present in crude cell extracts, avoiding time-consuming and costly protein purification steps. Overall, this study demonstrates that the immobilization of redox-reversible ArMs facilitates their "catch-and-release" assembly and disassembly and the recycling of their components, improving their potential commercial viability and environmental footprint.
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- Alex H. Miller
- Department
of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K.
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- Structural
Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10
5DD, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K.
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- Structural
Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10
5DD, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K.
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Kato S, Onoda A, Schwaneberg U, Hayashi T. Evolutionary Engineering of a Cp*Rh(III) Complex-Linked Artificial Metalloenzyme with a Chimeric β-Barrel Protein Scaffold. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145. [PMID: 36892401 PMCID: PMC10119979 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c00581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/10/2023]
Abstract
Evolutionary engineering of our previously reported Cp*Rh(III)-linked artificial metalloenzyme was performed based on a DNA recombination strategy to improve its catalytic activity toward C(sp2)-H bond functionalization. Improved scaffold design was achieved with α-helical cap domains of fatty acid binding protein (FABP) embedded within the β-barrel structure of nitrobindin (NB) as a chimeric protein scaffold for the artificial metalloenzyme. After optimization of the amino acid sequence by directed evolution methodology, an engineered variant, designated NBHLH1(Y119A/G149P) with enhanced performance and enhanced stability was obtained. Additional rounds of metalloenzyme evolution provided a Cp*Rh(III)-linked NBHLH1(Y119A/G149P) variant with a >35-fold increase in catalytic efficiency (kcat/KM) for cycloaddition of oxime and alkyne. Kinetic studies and MD simulations revealed that aromatic amino acid residues in the confined active-site form a hydrophobic core which binds to aromatic substrates adjacent to the Cp*Rh(III) complex. The metalloenzyme engineering process based on this DNA recombination strategy will serve as a powerful method for extensive optimization of the active-sites of artificial metalloenzymes.
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- Shunsuke Kato
- Department
of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department
of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, 565-0871, Japan
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- Institute
of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department
of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, 565-0871, Japan
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Van Stappen C, Deng Y, Liu Y, Heidari H, Wang JX, Zhou Y, Ledray AP, Lu Y. Designing Artificial Metalloenzymes by Tuning of the Environment beyond the Primary Coordination Sphere. Chem Rev 2022; 122:11974-12045. [PMID: 35816578 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Metalloenzymes catalyze a variety of reactions using a limited number of natural amino acids and metallocofactors. Therefore, the environment beyond the primary coordination sphere must play an important role in both conferring and tuning their phenomenal catalytic properties, enabling active sites with otherwise similar primary coordination environments to perform a diverse array of biological functions. However, since the interactions beyond the primary coordination sphere are numerous and weak, it has been difficult to pinpoint structural features responsible for the tuning of activities of native enzymes. Designing artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs) offers an excellent basis to elucidate the roles of these interactions and to further develop practical biological catalysts. In this review, we highlight how the secondary coordination spheres of ArMs influence metal binding and catalysis, with particular focus on the use of native protein scaffolds as templates for the design of ArMs by either rational design aided by computational modeling, directed evolution, or a combination of both approaches. In describing successes in designing heme, nonheme Fe, and Cu metalloenzymes, heteronuclear metalloenzymes containing heme, and those ArMs containing other metal centers (including those with non-native metal ions and metallocofactors), we have summarized insights gained on how careful controls of the interactions in the secondary coordination sphere, including hydrophobic and hydrogen bonding interactions, allow the generation and tuning of these respective systems to approach, rival, and, in a few cases, exceed those of native enzymes. We have also provided an outlook on the remaining challenges in the field and future directions that will allow for a deeper understanding of the secondary coordination sphere a deeper understanding of the secondary coordintion sphere to be gained, and in turn to guide the design of a broader and more efficient variety of ArMs.
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- Casey Van Stappen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 105 East 24th Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 105 East 24th Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 505 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 105 East 24th Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 105 East 24th Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 105 East 24th Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 105 East 24th Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 105 East 24th Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States.,Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 505 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Markel U, Sauer DF, Wittwer M, Schiffels J, Cui H, Davari MD, Kröckert KW, Herres-Pawlis S, Okuda J, Schwaneberg U. Chemogenetic Evolution of a Peroxidase-like Artificial Metalloenzyme. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c00134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Ulrich Markel
- Institute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- DWI—Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstraße 50, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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Thiel A, Sauer DF, Markel U, Mertens MAS, Polen T, Schwaneberg U, Okuda J. An artificial ruthenium-containing β-barrel protein for alkene-alkyne coupling reaction. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:2912-2916. [PMID: 33735355 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob00279a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
A modified Cp*Ru complex, equipped with a maleimide group, was covalently attached to a cysteine of an engineered variant of Ferric hydroxamate uptake protein component: A (FhuA). This synthetic metalloprotein catalyzed the intermolecular alkene-alkyne coupling of 3-butenol with 5-hexynenitrile. When compared with the protein-free Cp*Ru catalyst, the biohybrid catalyst produced the linear product with higher regioselectivity.
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- Andreas Thiel
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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Sauer DF, Wittwer M, Markel U, Minges A, Spiertz M, Schiffels J, Davari MD, Groth G, Okuda J, Schwaneberg U. Chemogenetic engineering of nitrobindin toward an artificial epoxygenase. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy00609f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Chemogenetic engineering turned the heme protein nitrobindin into an artificial epoxygenase: MnPPIX was introduced and subsequent protein engineering increased the activity in the epoxidation of styrene derivatives by overall 7-fold.
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- Daniel F. Sauer
- Institute of Biotechnology
- RWTH Aachen University
- 52074 Aachen
- Germany
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- Institute of Biotechnology
- RWTH Aachen University
- 52074 Aachen
- Germany
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- Institute of Biotechnology
- RWTH Aachen University
- 52074 Aachen
- Germany
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- Institute of Biochemical Plant Physiology
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
- 40225 Düsseldorf
- Germany
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- Institute of Biotechnology
- RWTH Aachen University
- 52074 Aachen
- Germany
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- Institute of Biotechnology
- RWTH Aachen University
- 52074 Aachen
- Germany
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- Institute of Biochemical Plant Physiology
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
- 40225 Düsseldorf
- Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
- RWTH Aachen University
- 52074 Aachen
- Germany
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- Institute of Biotechnology
- RWTH Aachen University
- 52074 Aachen
- Germany
- DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials
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Kato S, Onoda A, Taniguchi N, Schwaneberg U, Hayashi T. Directed Evolution of a Cp*Rh III -Linked Biohybrid Catalyst Based on a Screening Platform with Affinity Purification. Chembiochem 2020; 22:679-685. [PMID: 33026156 PMCID: PMC7894531 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202000681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Directed evolution of Cp*RhIII‐linked nitrobindin (NB), a biohybrid catalyst, was performed based on an in vitro screening approach. A key aspect of this effort was the establishment of a high‐throughput screening (HTS) platform that involves an affinity purification step employing a starch‐agarose resin for a maltose binding protein (MBP) tag. The HTS platform enables efficient preparation of the purified MBP‐tagged biohybrid catalysts in a 96‐well format and eliminates background influence of the host E. coli cells. Three rounds of directed evolution and screening of more than 4000 clones yielded a Cp*RhIII‐linked NB(T98H/L100K/K127E) variant with a 4.9‐fold enhanced activity for the cycloaddition of acetophenone oximes with alkynes. It is confirmed that this HTS platform for directed evolution provides an efficient strategy for generating highly active biohybrid catalysts incorporating a synthetic metal cofactor.
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- Shunsuke Kato
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.,Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, North 10 West 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Institute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, Aachen, 52074, Germany
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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