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Balhara R, Chatterjee R, Jindal G. Mechanism and stereoselectivity in metal and enzyme catalyzed carbene insertion into X-H and C(sp 2)-H bonds. Chem Soc Rev 2024. [PMID: 39392229 DOI: 10.1039/d4cs00742e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/12/2024]
Abstract
Constructing highly proficient C-X (X = O, N, S, etc.) and C-C bonds by leveraging TMs (transition metals) (Fe, Cu, Pd, Rh, Au, etc.) and enzymes to catalyze carbene insertion into X-H/C(sp2)-H is a highly versatile strategy. This is primarily achieved through the in situ generation of metal carbenes from the interaction of TMs with diazo compounds. Over the last few decades, significant advancements have been made, encompassing a wide array of X-H bond insertions using various TMs. These reactions typically favor a stepwise ionic pathway where the nucleophilic attack on the metal carbene leads to the generation of a metal ylide species. This intermediate marks a critical juncture in the reaction cascade, presenting multiple avenues for proton transfer to yield the X-H inserted product. The mechanism of C(sp2)-H insertion reactions closely resembles those of X-H insertion reactions and thus have been included here. A major development in carbene insertion reactions has been the use of engineered enzymes as catalysts. Since the seminal report of a non-natural "carbene transferase" by Arnold in 2013, "P411", several heme-based enzymes have been reported in the literature to catalyze various abiological carbene insertion reactions into C(sp2)-H, N-H and S-H bonds. These enzymes possess an extraordinary ability to regulate the orientation and conformations of reactive intermediates, facilitating stereoselective carbene transfers. However, the absence of a suitable stereochemical model has impeded the development of asymmetric reactions employing a lone chiral catalyst, including enzymes. There is a pressing need to investigate alternative mechanisms and models to enhance our comprehension of stereoselectivity in these processes, which will be crucial for advancing the fields of asymmetric synthesis and biocatalysis. The current review aims to provide details on the mechanistic aspects of the asymmetric X-H and C(sp2)-H insertion reactions catalyzed by Fe, Cu, Pd, Rh, Au, and enzymes, focusing on the detailed mechanism and stereochemical model. The review is divided into sections focusing on a specific X-H/C(sp2)-H bond type catalyzed by different TMs and enzymes.
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- Reena Balhara
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru-560012, Karnataka, India.
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru-560012, Karnataka, India.
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru-560012, Karnataka, India.
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Mou SB, Chen KY, Kunthic T, Xiang Z. Design and Evolution of an Artificial Friedel-Crafts Alkylation Enzyme Featuring an Organoboronic Acid Residue. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:26676-26686. [PMID: 39190546 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03795] [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: 08/29/2024]
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Creating artificial enzymes by the genetic incorporation of noncanonical amino acids with catalytic side chains would expand the enzyme chemistries that have not been discovered in nature. Here, we report the design of an artificial enzyme that uses p-boronophenylalanine as the catalytic residue. The artificial enzyme catalyzes Michael-type Friedel-Crafts alkylation through covalent activation. The designer enzyme was further engineered to afford high yields with excellent enantioselectivities. We next developed a practical method for preparative-scale reactions by whole-cell catalysis. This enzymatic C-C bond formation reaction was combined with palladium-catalyzed dearomative arylation to achieve the efficient synthesis of spiroindolenine compounds.
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- Shu-Bin Mou
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, AI for Science (AI4S) Preferred Program, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, AI for Science (AI4S) Preferred Program, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, AI for Science (AI4S) Preferred Program, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, AI for Science (AI4S) Preferred Program, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
- Institute of Chemical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Gaoke Innovation Center, Guangqiao Road, Guangming District, Shenzhen 518132, P. R. China
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Yi K, Wang P, He C. Facile incorporation of non-canonical heme ligands in myoglobin through chemical protein synthesis. Bioorg Med Chem 2024; 112:117900. [PMID: 39217687 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2024.117900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2024] [Revised: 08/22/2024] [Accepted: 08/23/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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The incorporation of non-canonical amino acids (ncAAs) into the metal coordination environments of proteins has endowed metalloproteins with enhanced properties and novel activities, particularly in hemoproteins. In this work, we disclose a scalable synthetic strategy that enables the production of myoglobin (Mb) variants with non-canonical heme ligands, i.e., HoCys and f4Tyr. The ncAA-containing Mb* variants (with H64V/V68A mutations) were obtained through two consecutive native chemical ligations and a subsequent desulfurization step, with overall isolated yield up to 28.6 % in over 10-milligram scales. After refolding and heme b cofactor reconstitution, the synthetic Mb* variants showed typical electronic absorption bands. When subjected to the catalysis of the cyclopropanation of styrene, both synthetic variants, however, were not as competent as the His-ligated Mb*. We envisioned that the synthetic method reported herein would be useful for incorporating a variety of ncAAs with diverse structures and properties into Mb for varied purposes.
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- Kewei Yi
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China.
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Qin Z, Yuan B, Qu G, Sun Z. Rational enzyme design by reducing the number of hotspots and library size. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:10451-10463. [PMID: 39210728 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc01394h] [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: 09/04/2024]
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Biocatalysts that are eco-friendly, sustainable, and highly specific have great potential for applications in the production of fine chemicals, food, detergents, biofuels, pharmaceuticals, and more. However, due to factors such as low activity, narrow substrate scope, poor thermostability, or incorrect selectivity, most natural enzymes cannot be directly used for large-scale production of the desired products. To overcome these obstacles, protein engineering methods have been developed over decades and have become powerful and versatile tools for adapting enzymes with improved catalytic properties or new functions. The vastness of the protein sequence space makes screening a bottleneck in obtaining advantageous mutated enzymes in traditional directed evolution. In the realm of mathematics, there are two major constraints in the protein sequence space: (1) the number of residue substitutions (M); and (2) the number of codons encoding amino acids as building blocks (N). This feature review highlights protein engineering strategies to reduce screening efforts from two dimensions by reducing the numbers M and N, and also discusses representative seminal studies of rationally engineered natural enzymes to deliver new catalytic functions.
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- Zongmin Qin
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China.
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China.
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin 300308, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China.
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin 300308, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China.
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin 300308, China
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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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2024] [Revised: 05/23/2024] [Accepted: 05/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
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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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Sun Y, Tang Y, Zhou J, Guo B, Yuan F, Yao B, Yu Y, Li C. Computational design of myoglobin-based carbene transferases for monoterpene derivatization. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2024; 722:150160. [PMID: 38795453 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.150160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2024] [Revised: 05/21/2024] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 05/28/2024]
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Carbene transfer reactions have emerged as pivotal methodologies for the synthesis of complex molecular architectures. Heme protein-catalyzed carbene transfer reactions have shown promising results on model compounds. However, their limited substrate scope has hindered their application in natural product functionalization. Building upon the foundation of previously published work on a carbene transferase-myoglobin variant, this study employs computer-aided protein engineering to design myoglobin variants, using either docking or the deep learning-based LigandMPNN method. These variants were utilized as catalysts in carbene transfer reactions with a selection of monoterpene substrates featuring C-C double bonds, leading to seven target products. This cost-effective methodology broadens the substrate scope for heme protein-catalyzed reactions, thereby opening novel pathways for research in heme protein functionalities and offering fresh perspectives in the synthesis of bioactive molecules.
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- Yiyang Sun
- MIIT Key Laboratory of Medical Molecule Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 102488 China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Medical Molecule Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 102488 China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Medical Molecule Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 102488 China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Medical Molecule Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 102488 China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Medical Molecule Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 102488 China.
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Medical Molecule Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 102488 China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Medical Molecule Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 102488 China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Industrial Biocatalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
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Fu W, Fu Y, Zhao Y, Wang H, Liu P, Yang Y. A metalloenzyme platform for catalytic asymmetric radical dearomatization. Nat Chem 2024:10.1038/s41557-024-01608-8. [PMID: 39198700 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-024-01608-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2024] [Indexed: 09/01/2024]
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Catalytic asymmetric dearomatization represents a powerful means to convert flat aromatic compounds into stereochemically well-defined three-dimensional molecular scaffolds. Using new-to-nature metalloredox biocatalysis, we describe an enzymatic strategy for catalytic asymmetric dearomatization via a challenging radical mechanism that has eluded small-molecule catalysts. Enabled by directed evolution, new-to-nature radical dearomatases P450rad1-P450rad5 facilitated asymmetric dearomatization of a broad spectrum of aromatic substrates, including indoles, pyrroles and phenols, allowing both enantioconvergent and enantiodivergent radical dearomatization reactions to be accomplished with excellent enzymatic control. Computational studies revealed the importance of additional hydrogen bonding interactions between the engineered metalloenzyme and the reactive intermediate in enhancing enzymatic activity and enantiocontrol. Furthermore, designer non-ionic surfactants were found to significantly accelerate this biotransformation, providing an alternative means to promote otherwise sluggish new-to-nature biotransformations. Together, this evolvable metalloenzyme platform opens up new avenues to advance challenging catalytic asymmetric dearomatization processes involving free radical intermediates.
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- Wenzhen Fu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
- Biomolecular Science and Engineering (BMSE) Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
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Ding K, Chin M, Zhao Y, Huang W, Mai BK, Wang H, Liu P, Yang Y, Luo Y. Machine learning-guided co-optimization of fitness and diversity facilitates combinatorial library design in enzyme engineering. Nat Commun 2024; 15:6392. [PMID: 39080249 PMCID: PMC11289365 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50698-y] [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: 05/29/2024] [Accepted: 07/19/2024] [Indexed: 08/02/2024] Open
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The effective design of combinatorial libraries to balance fitness and diversity facilitates the engineering of useful enzyme functions, particularly those that are poorly characterized or unknown in biology. We introduce MODIFY, a machine learning (ML) algorithm that learns from natural protein sequences to infer evolutionarily plausible mutations and predict enzyme fitness. MODIFY co-optimizes predicted fitness and sequence diversity of starting libraries, prioritizing high-fitness variants while ensuring broad sequence coverage. In silico evaluation shows that MODIFY outperforms state-of-the-art unsupervised methods in zero-shot fitness prediction and enables ML-guided directed evolution with enhanced efficiency. Using MODIFY, we engineer generalist biocatalysts derived from a thermostable cytochrome c to achieve enantioselective C-B and C-Si bond formation via a new-to-nature carbene transfer mechanism, leading to biocatalysts six mutations away from previously developed enzymes while exhibiting superior or comparable activities. These results demonstrate MODIFY's potential in solving challenging enzyme engineering problems beyond the reach of classic directed evolution.
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- Kerr Ding
- School of Computational Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA.
- Biomolecular Science and Engineering (BMSE) Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA.
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- School of Computational Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
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Wang Q, Liu X, Zhang H, Chu H, Shi C, Zhang L, Bai J, Liu P, Li J, Zhu X, Liu Y, Chen Z, Huang R, Chang H, Liu T, Chang Z, Cheng J, Jiang H. Cytochrome P450 Enzyme Design by Constraining the Catalytic Pocket in a Diffusion Model. RESEARCH (WASHINGTON, D.C.) 2024; 7:0413. [PMID: 38979516 PMCID: PMC11227911 DOI: 10.34133/research.0413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 07/10/2024]
Abstract
Although cytochrome P450 enzymes are the most versatile biocatalysts in nature, there is insufficient comprehension of the molecular mechanism underlying their functional innovation process. Here, by combining ancestral sequence reconstruction, reverse mutation assay, and progressive forward accumulation, we identified 5 founder residues in the catalytic pocket of flavone 6-hydroxylase (F6H) and proposed a "3-point fixation" model to elucidate the functional innovation mechanisms of P450s in nature. According to this design principle of catalytic pocket, we further developed a de novo diffusion model (P450Diffusion) to generate artificial P450s. Ultimately, among the 17 non-natural P450s we generated, 10 designs exhibited significant F6H activity and 6 exhibited a 1.3- to 3.5-fold increase in catalytic capacity compared to the natural CYP706X1. This work not only explores the design principle of catalytic pockets of P450s, but also provides an insight into the artificial design of P450 enzymes with desired functions.
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- Qian Wang
- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
- College of Biotechnology,
Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Basic Medical Sciences,
Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- College of Life Science and Technology,
Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, Hubei 430023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry,
Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
- College of Life Science,
Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Basic Medical Sciences,
Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Basic Medical Sciences,
Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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Liang S, Jensen MP. [Fe(NCMe) 6](BF 4) 2 is a bifunctional catalyst for styrene aziridination by nitrene transfer and heterocycle expansion by subsequent dipolar insertion. J Inorg Biochem 2024; 256:112551. [PMID: 38678911 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2024.112551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2024] [Revised: 03/24/2024] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
Abstract
The solvated iron(II) salt [Fe(NCMe)6](BF4)2 (Me = methyl) is shown to be a bifunctional catalyst with respect to aziridination of styrene. The salt serves as an active catalyst for nitrene transfer from PhINTs to styrene to form 2-phenyl-N-tosylaziridine (Ph = phenyl; Ts = tosyl, -S{O}2-p-C6H4Me). The iron(II) salt also acts as a Lewis acid in non-coordinating CH2Cl2 solution, to catalyze heterolytic CN bond cleavage of the aziridine and insertion of dipolarophiles. The 1,3-zwitterionic intermediate is presumably supported by interaction of the metal dication with the anion, and by resonance stabilization of the carbocation. Nucleophilic dipolarophiles then insert to give a five-membered heterocyclic ring. The result is a two-step cycloaddition, formally [2 + 1 + 2], that is typically regiospecific, but not stereospecific. This reaction mechanism was confirmed by conducting a series of one-step, [3 + 2] additions of unsaturated molecules into pre-formed 2-phenyl-N-tosylaziridine, also catalyzed by [Fe(NCMe)6](BF4)2. Relevant substrates include styrenes, carbonyl compounds and alkynes. These yield five-membered heterocylic rings, including pyrrolidines, oxazolidines and dihydropyrroles, respectively. The reaction scope appears limited only by the barrier to formation of the dipolar intermediate, and by the nucleophilicity of the captured dipolarophile. The bifunctionality of an inexpensive, earth-abundant and non-toxic catalyst suggests a general strategy for one-pot construction of heterocyclic rings, as demonstrated specifically for pyrrolidine ring formation.
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- Shengwen Liang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA.
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Jain S, Ospina F, Hammer SC. A New Age of Biocatalysis Enabled by Generic Activation Modes. JACS AU 2024; 4:2068-2080. [PMID: 38938808 PMCID: PMC11200230 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.4c00247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2024] [Revised: 04/17/2024] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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Biocatalysis is currently undergoing a profound transformation. The field moves from relying on nature's chemical logic to a discipline that exploits generic activation modes, allowing for novel biocatalytic reactions and, in many instances, entirely new chemistry. Generic activation modes enable a wide range of reaction types and played a pivotal role in advancing the fields of organo- and photocatalysis. This perspective aims to summarize the principal activation modes harnessed in enzymes to develop new biocatalysts. Although extensively researched in the past, the highlighted activation modes, when applied within enzyme active sites, facilitate chemical transformations that have largely eluded efficient and selective catalysis. This advance is attributed to multiple tunable interactions in the substrate binding pocket that precisely control competing reaction pathways and transition states. We will highlight cases of new synthetic methodologies achieved by engineered enzymes and will provide insights into potential future developments in this rapidly evolving field.
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- Research Group for Organic Chemistry
and Biocatalysis, Faculty of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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Chen R, Wang M, Keasling JD, Hu T, Yin X. Expanding the structural diversity of terpenes by synthetic biology approaches. Trends Biotechnol 2024; 42:699-713. [PMID: 38233232 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2023.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 12/08/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
Abstract
Terpenoids display chemical and structural diversities as well as important biological activities. Despite their extreme variability, the range of these structures is limited by the scope of natural products that canonically derive from interconvertible five-carbon (C5) isoprene units. New approaches have recently been developed to expand their structural diversity. This review systematically explores the combinatorial biosynthesis of noncanonical building blocks via the coexpression of the canonical mevalonate (MVA) pathway and C-methyltransferases (C-MTs), or by using the lepidopteran mevalonate (LMVA) pathway. Unnatural terpenoids can be created from farnesyl diphosphate (FPP) analogs by chemobiological synthesis and terpene cyclopropanation by artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs). Advanced technologies to accelerate terpene biosynthesis are discussed. This review provides a valuable reference for increasing the diversity of valuable terpenoids and their derivatives, as well as for expanding their potential applications.
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- Rong Chen
- Key Laboratory of Elemene Class Anti-Cancer Chinese Medicine of Zhejiang Province, School of Pharmacy, School of Public Health, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310000, China; Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA.
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- Key Laboratory of Elemene Class Anti-Cancer Chinese Medicine of Zhejiang Province, School of Pharmacy, School of Public Health, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310000, China
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- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA; California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Center for Synthetic Biochemistry, Institute for Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technologies, Shenzhen 518055, China; Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Key Laboratory of Elemene Class Anti-Cancer Chinese Medicine of Zhejiang Province, School of Pharmacy, School of Public Health, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Elemene Class Anti-Cancer Chinese Medicine of Zhejiang Province, School of Pharmacy, School of Public Health, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310000, China.
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Mao R, Gao S, Qin ZY, Rogge T, Wu SJ, Li ZQ, Das A, Houk KN, Arnold FH. Biocatalytic, Enantioenriched Primary Amination of Tertiary C-H Bonds. Nat Catal 2024; 7:585-592. [PMID: 39006156 PMCID: PMC11238567 DOI: 10.1038/s41929-024-01149-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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Intermolecular functionalization of tertiary C-H bonds to construct fully substituted stereogenic carbon centers represents a formidable challenge: without the assistance of directing groups, state-of-the-art catalysts struggle to introduce chirality to racemic tertiary sp 3 -carbon centers. Direct asymmetric functionalization of such centers is a worthy reactivity and selectivity goal for modern biocatalysis. Here we present an engineered nitrene transferase (P411-TEA-5274), derived from a bacterial cytochrome P450, that is capable of aminating tertiary C-H bonds to provide chiral α-tertiary primary amines with high efficiency (up to 2300 total turnovers) and selectivity (up to >99% enantiomeric excess (e.e.)). The construction of fully substituted stereocenters with methyl and ethyl groups underscores the enzyme's remarkable selectivity. A comprehensive substrate scope study demonstrates the biocatalyst's compatibility with diverse functional groups and tertiary C-H bonds. Mechanistic studies elucidate how active-site residues distinguish between the enantiomers and enable the enzyme to perform this transformation with excellent enantioselectivity.
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- Runze Mao
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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Vargas DA, Ren X, Sengupta A, Zhu L, Roy S, Garcia-Borràs M, Houk KN, Fasan R. Biocatalytic strategy for the construction of sp 3-rich polycyclic compounds from directed evolution and computational modelling. Nat Chem 2024; 16:817-826. [PMID: 38351380 PMCID: PMC11088497 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01435-3] [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: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
Abstract
Catalysis with engineered enzymes has provided more efficient routes for the production of active pharmaceutical agents. However, the potential of biocatalysis to assist in early-stage drug discovery campaigns remains largely untapped. In this study, we have developed a biocatalytic strategy for the construction of sp3-rich polycyclic compounds via the intramolecular cyclopropanation of benzothiophenes and related heterocycles. Two carbene transferases with complementary regioisomer selectivity were evolved to catalyse the stereoselective cyclization of benzothiophene substrates bearing diazo ester groups at the C2 or C3 position of the heterocycle. The detailed mechanisms of these reactions were elucidated by a combination of crystallographic and computational analyses. Leveraging these insights, the substrate scope of one of the biocatalysts could be expanded to include previously unreactive substrates, highlighting the value of integrating evolutionary and rational strategies to develop enzymes for new-to-nature transformations. The molecular scaffolds accessed here feature a combination of three-dimensional and stereochemical complexity with 'rule-of-three' properties, which should make them highly valuable for fragment-based drug discovery campaigns.
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- David A Vargas
- Process Research and Development, Merck, Rahway, NJ, USA
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- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
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- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC), Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA.
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Kamboj P, Tyagi V. Enzymatic Synthesis of Indole-Based Imidazopyridine using α-Amylase. Chembiochem 2024; 25:e202300824. [PMID: 38279707 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202300824] [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: 12/05/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 01/27/2024] [Indexed: 01/28/2024]
Abstract
The imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine scaffold has gained significant attention due to its presence as a lead structure in several commercially available pharmaceuticals like zolimidine, zolpidem, olprinone, soraprazan, etc. Further, indole-based imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine derivatives have been found interesting due to their anticancer and antibacterial activities. However, limited methods have been reported for the synthesis of indole-based imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines. In this study, we have successfully developed a biocatalytic process for synthesizing indole-based imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine derivatives using the α-amylase enzyme catalyzed Groebke-Blackburn-Bienayme (GBB) multicomponent reaction of 2-aminopyridine, indole-3-carboxaldehyde, and isocyanide. The generality and robustness of this protocol were shown by synthesizing differently substituted indole-based imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines in good isolated yields. Furthermore, to make α-amylase a reusable catalyst for GBB multicomponent reaction, it was immobilized onto magnetic metal-organic framework (MOF) materials [Fe3 O4 @MIL-100(Fe)] and found reusable up to four consecutive catalytic cycles without the significant loss in catalytic activity.
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- Priya Kamboj
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Thapar institute of engineering and technology (TIET), Patiala, Punjab, India, 147004
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Thapar institute of engineering and technology (TIET), Patiala, Punjab, India, 147004
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Meeus EJ, Álvarez M, Koelman E, Pérez PJ, Reek JNH, de Bruin B. Copper-Catalyzed Sulfimidation in Aqueous Media: a Fast, Chemoselective and Biomolecule-Compatible Reaction. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202303939. [PMID: 38116945 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
Abstract
Performing transition metal-catalyzed reactions in cells and living systems has equipped scientists with a toolbox to study biological processes and release drugs on demand. Thus far, an impressive scope of reactions has been performed in these settings, but many are yet to be introduced. Nitrene transfer presents a rather unexplored new-to-nature reaction. The reaction products are frequently encountered motifs in pharmaceuticals, presenting opportunities for the controlled, intracellular synthesis of drugs. Hence, we explored the transition metal-catalyzed sulfimidation reaction in water for future in vivo application. Two Cu(I) complexes containing trispyrazolylborate ligands (Tpx ) were selected, and the catalytic system was evaluated with the aid of three fitness factors. The excellent nitrene transfer reactivity and high chemoselectivity of the catalysts, coupled with good biomolecule compatibility, successfully enabled the sulfimidation of thioethers in aqueous media. We envision that this copper-catalyzed sulfimidation reaction could be an interesting starting point to unlock the potential of nitrene transfer catalysis in vivo.
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- Eva J Meeus
- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- CIQSO-Centro de Investigación en Química Sostenible and Departamento de Química, Universidad de Huelva, Campus de El Carmen, 21007, Huelva, Spain
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- CIQSO-Centro de Investigación en Química Sostenible and Departamento de Química, Universidad de Huelva, Campus de El Carmen, 21007, Huelva, Spain
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Kamboj P, Mohapatra A, Mandal D, Tyagi V. Experimental and computational investigation of the α-amylase catalyzed Friedel-Crafts reaction of isatin to access symmetrical and unsymmetrical 3,3',3''-trisindoles. Org Biomol Chem 2024; 22:1839-1849. [PMID: 38345333 DOI: 10.1039/d3ob01928d] [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: 02/29/2024]
Abstract
Trisindoles are of tremendous interest due to their wide range of biological activities. In this context, a number of methods have been reported in the past to synthesize 3,3',3''-trisindoles. However, most of the methods are only able to produce symmetrical 3,3',3''-trisindoles. Herein, we develop a sustainable and efficient approach to synthesize symmetrical as well as unsymmetrical 3,3',3''-trisindoles in a very selective manner using the α-amylase enzyme as a catalyst. Furthermore, various differently substituted isatin and indoles were used to prove the generality of the protocol and symmetrical or unsymmetrical 3,3',3''-trisindoles were obtained in 43-97% isolated yields. Next, a probable mechanism is proposed and investigated using molecular dynamics (MD) investigation to gain more insight into the role of residues available in the active site of the α-amylase enzyme. These studies revealed that Glu230, Lys209, and Asp206 in the active site of α-amylase play an important role in this catalysis. Moreover, the DFT studies suggested the formation of bisindole and alkylideneindolenine intermediates during the transformation. We synthesized four different biologically important 3,3',3''-trisindoles on a gram scale, which proved the robustness and scalability of this protocol.
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- Priya Kamboj
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET), Patiala-147004, Punjab, India.
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET), Patiala-147004, Punjab, India.
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET), Patiala-147004, Punjab, India.
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET), Patiala-147004, Punjab, India.
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Reed JH, Seebeck FP. Reagent Engineering for Group Transfer Biocatalysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202311159. [PMID: 37688533 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202311159] [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: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/11/2023]
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Biocatalysis has become a major driver in the innovation of preparative chemistry. Enzyme discovery, engineering and computational design have matured to reliable strategies in the development of biocatalytic processes. By comparison, substrate engineering has received much less attention. In this Minireview, we highlight the idea that the design of synthetic reagents may be an equally fruitful and complementary approach to develop novel enzyme-catalysed group transfer chemistry. This Minireview discusses key examples from the literature that illustrate how synthetic substrates can be devised to improve the efficiency, scalability and sustainability, as well as the scope of such reactions. We also provide an opinion as to how this concept might be further developed in the future, aspiring to replicate the evolutionary success story of natural group transfer reagents, such as adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and S-adenosyl methionine (SAM).
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- John H Reed
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, 4002, Basel, Switzerland
- Molecular Systems Engineering, National Competence Center in Research, 4058, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, 4002, Basel, Switzerland
- Molecular Systems Engineering, National Competence Center in Research, 4058, Basel, Switzerland
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Sumida K, Núñez-Franco R, Kalvet I, Pellock SJ, Wicky BIM, Milles LF, Dauparas J, Wang J, Kipnis Y, Jameson N, Kang A, De La Cruz J, Sankaran B, Bera AK, Jiménez-Osés G, Baker D. Improving Protein Expression, Stability, and Function with ProteinMPNN. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:2054-2061. [PMID: 38194293 PMCID: PMC10811672 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c10941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2023] [Revised: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
Abstract
Natural proteins are highly optimized for function but are often difficult to produce at a scale suitable for biotechnological applications due to poor expression in heterologous systems, limited solubility, and sensitivity to temperature. Thus, a general method that improves the physical properties of native proteins while maintaining function could have wide utility for protein-based technologies. Here, we show that the deep neural network ProteinMPNN, together with evolutionary and structural information, provides a route to increasing protein expression, stability, and function. For both myoglobin and tobacco etch virus (TEV) protease, we generated designs with improved expression, elevated melting temperatures, and improved function. For TEV protease, we identified multiple designs with improved catalytic activity as compared to the parent sequence and previously reported TEV variants. Our approach should be broadly useful for improving the expression, stability, and function of biotechnologically important proteins.
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- Kiera
H. Sumida
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
- Institute
for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Center
for Cooperative Research in Biosciences, Basque Research and Technology Alliance, Derio 48160, Spain
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- Institute
for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
- Howard
Hughes Medical Institute, University of
Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Institute
for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Institute
for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Institute
for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Institute
for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Institute
for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Institute
for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
- Howard
Hughes Medical Institute, University of
Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Institute
for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Institute
for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Berkeley
Center for Structural Biology, Molecular Biophysics, and Integrated
Bioimaging, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Institute
for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Center
for Cooperative Research in Biosciences, Basque Research and Technology Alliance, Derio 48160, Spain
- Ikerbasque,
Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao 48013, Spain
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- Institute
for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
- Howard
Hughes Medical Institute, University of
Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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Wackelin DJ, Mao R, Sicinski KM, Zhao Y, Das A, Chen K, Arnold FH. Enzymatic Assembly of Diverse Lactone Structures: An Intramolecular C-H Functionalization Strategy. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:1580-1587. [PMID: 38166100 PMCID: PMC11290351 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c11722] [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] [Indexed: 01/04/2024]
Abstract
Lactones are cyclic esters with extensive applications in materials science, medicinal chemistry, and the food and perfume industries. Nature's strategy for the synthesis of many lactones found in natural products always relies on a single type of retrosynthetic strategy, a C-O bond disconnection. Here, we describe a set of laboratory-engineered enzymes that use a new-to-nature C-C bond-forming strategy to assemble diverse lactone structures. These engineered "carbene transferases" catalyze intramolecular carbene insertions into benzylic or allylic C-H bonds, which allow for the synthesis of lactones with different ring sizes and ring scaffolds from simple starting materials. Starting from a serine-ligated cytochrome P450 variant previously engineered for other carbene-transfer activities, directed evolution generated a variant P411-LAS-5247, which exhibits a high activity for constructing a five-membered ε-lactone, lactam, and cyclic ketone products (up to 5600 total turnovers (TTN) and >99% enantiomeric excess (ee)). Further engineering led to variants P411-LAS-5249 and P411-LAS-5264, which deliver six-membered δ-lactones and seven-membered ε-lactones, respectively, overcoming the thermodynamically unfavorable ring strain associated with these products compared to the γ-lactones. This new carbene-transfer activity was further extended to the synthesis of complex lactone scaffolds based on fused, bridged, and spiro rings. The enzymatic platform developed here complements natural biosynthetic strategies for lactone assembly and expands the structural diversity of lactones accessible through C-H functionalization.
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- Daniel J. Wackelin
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
- Present address: Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
- Present address: Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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Huang J, Keasling JD. Carbene chemistry for unnatural biosynthesis. SCIENCE CHINA. LIFE SCIENCES 2024; 67:204-207. [PMID: 37955778 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-023-2470-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Jing Huang
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 94720, USA
- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, 94608, USA
- Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 94720, USA.
- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, 94608, USA.
- Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, 94720, USA.
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, 2800, Denmark.
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, 94720, USA.
- Synthetic Biochemistry Center, Institute for Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes for Advanced Technologies, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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Weaver BR, Perkins LJ, Fernandez Candelaria FO, Burstyn JN, Buller AR. Molecular Determinants of Efficient Cobalt-Substituted Hemoprotein Production in E. coli. ACS Synth Biol 2023; 12:3669-3679. [PMID: 37963151 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.3c00481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2023]
Abstract
Exchanging the native iron of heme for other metals yields artificial metalloproteins with new properties for spectroscopic studies and biocatalysis. Recently, we reported a method for the biosynthesis and incorporation of a non-natural metallocofactor, cobalt protoporphyrin IX (CoPPIX), into hemoproteins using the common laboratory strain Escherichia coli BL21(DE3). This discovery inspired us to explore the determinants of metal specificity for metallocofactor biosynthesis in E. coli. Herein, we report detailed kinetic analysis of the ferrochelatase responsible for metal insertion, EcHemH (E. coli ferrochelatase). This enzyme exhibits a small, less than 2-fold preference for Fe2+ over the non-native Co2+ substrate in vitro. To test how mutations impact EcHemH, we used a surrogate metal specificity screen to identify variants with altered metal insertion preferences. This engineering process led to a variant with an ∼30-fold shift in specificity toward Co2+. When assayed in vivo, however, the impact of this mutation is small compared to the effects of alteration of the external metal concentrations. These data suggest that incorporation of cobalt into PPIX is enabled by the native promiscuity of EcHemH coupled with BL21's impaired ability to maintain transition-metal homeostasis. With this knowledge, we generated a method for CoPPIX production in rich media, which yields cobalt-substituted hemoproteins with >95% cofactor purity and yields comparable to standard expression protocols for the analogous native hemoproteins.
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- Brian R Weaver
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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Nam D, Bacik JP, Khade RL, Aguilera MC, Wei Y, Villada JD, Neidig ML, Zhang Y, Ando N, Fasan R. Mechanistic manifold in a hemoprotein-catalyzed cyclopropanation reaction with diazoketone. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7985. [PMID: 38042860 PMCID: PMC10693563 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43559-7] [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: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Hemoproteins have recently emerged as promising biocatalysts for new-to-nature carbene transfer reactions. However, mechanistic understanding of the interplay between productive and unproductive pathways in these processes is limited. Using spectroscopic, structural, and computational methods, we investigate the mechanism of a myoglobin-catalyzed cyclopropanation reaction with diazoketones. These studies shed light on the nature and kinetics of key catalytic steps in this reaction, including the formation of an early heme-bound diazo complex intermediate, the rate-determining nature of carbene formation, and the cyclopropanation mechanism. Our analyses further reveal the existence of a complex mechanistic manifold for this reaction that includes a competing pathway resulting in the formation of an N-bound carbene adduct of the heme cofactor, which was isolated and characterized by X-ray crystallography, UV-Vis, and Mössbauer spectroscopy. This species can regenerate the active biocatalyst, constituting a non-productive, yet non-destructive detour from the main catalytic cycle. These findings offer a valuable framework for both mechanistic analysis and design of hemoprotein-catalyzed carbene transfer reactions.
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- Donggeon Nam
- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, 07030, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, 07030, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA
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- Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, 07030, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA.
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA.
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Aza P, Camarero S. Fungal Laccases: Fundamentals, Engineering and Classification Update. Biomolecules 2023; 13:1716. [PMID: 38136587 PMCID: PMC10741624 DOI: 10.3390/biom13121716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Multicopper oxidases (MCOs) share a common catalytic mechanism of activation by oxygen and cupredoxin-like folding, along with some common structural determinants. Laccases constitute the largest group of MCOs, with fungal laccases having the greatest biotechnological applicability due to their superior ability to oxidize a wide range of aromatic compounds and lignin, which is enhanced in the presence of redox mediators. The adaptation of these versatile enzymes to specific application processes can be achieved through the directed evolution of the recombinant enzymes. On the other hand, their substrate versatility and the low sequence homology among laccases make their exact classification difficult. Many of the ever-increasing amounts of MCO entries from fungal genomes are automatically (and often wrongly) annotated as laccases. In a recent comparative genomic study of 52 basidiomycete fungi, MCO classification was revised based on their phylogeny. The enzymes clustered according to common structural motifs and theoretical activities, revealing three novel groups of laccase-like enzymes. This review provides an overview of the structure, catalytic activity, and oxidative mechanism of fungal laccases and how their biotechnological potential as biocatalysts in industry can be greatly enhanced by protein engineering. Finally, recent information on newly identified MCOs with laccase-like activity is included.
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- Margarita Salas Center for Biological Research, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain;
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Buller R, Lutz S, Kazlauskas RJ, Snajdrova R, Moore JC, Bornscheuer UT. From nature to industry: Harnessing enzymes for biocatalysis. Science 2023; 382:eadh8615. [PMID: 37995253 DOI: 10.1126/science.adh8615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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Biocatalysis harnesses enzymes to make valuable products. This green technology is used in countless applications from bench scale to industrial production and allows practitioners to access complex organic molecules, often with fewer synthetic steps and reduced waste. The last decade has seen an explosion in the development of experimental and computational tools to tailor enzymatic properties, equipping enzyme engineers with the ability to create biocatalysts that perform reactions not present in nature. By using (chemo)-enzymatic synthesis routes or orchestrating intricate enzyme cascades, scientists can synthesize elaborate targets ranging from DNA and complex pharmaceuticals to starch made in vitro from CO2-derived methanol. In addition, new chemistries have emerged through the combination of biocatalysis with transition metal catalysis, photocatalysis, and electrocatalysis. This review highlights recent key developments, identifies current limitations, and provides a future prospect for this rapidly developing technology.
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- R Buller
- Competence Center for Biocatalysis, Institute of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, 8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland
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- Codexis Incorporated, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Global Discovery Chemistry, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- MRL, Merck & Co., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Dept. of Biotechnology and Enzyme Catalysis, Greifswald University, Greifswald, Germany
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The ability to site-selectively modify equivalent functional groups in a molecule has the potential to streamline syntheses and increase product yields by lowering step counts. Enzymes catalyze site-selective transformations throughout primary and secondary metabolism, but leveraging this capability for non-native substrates and reactions requires a detailed understanding of the potential and limitations of enzyme catalysis and how these bounds can be extended by protein engineering. In this review, we discuss representative examples of site-selective enzyme catalysis involving functional group manipulation and C-H bond functionalization. We include illustrative examples of native catalysis, but our focus is on cases involving non-native substrates and reactions often using engineered enzymes. We then discuss the use of these enzymes for chemoenzymatic transformations and target-oriented synthesis and conclude with a survey of tools and techniques that could expand the scope of non-native site-selective enzyme catalysis.
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- Dibyendu Mondal
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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Yu K, Zou Z, Igareta NV, Tachibana R, Bechter J, Köhler V, Chen D, Ward TR. Artificial Metalloenzyme-Catalyzed Enantioselective Amidation via Nitrene Insertion in Unactivated C( sp3)-H Bonds. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:16621-16629. [PMID: 37471698 PMCID: PMC10401721 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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Enantioselective C-H amidation offers attractive means to assemble C-N bonds to synthesize high-added value, nitrogen-containing molecules. In recent decades, complementary enzymatic and homogeneous-catalytic strategies for C-H amidation have been reported. Herein, we report on an artificial metalloenzyme (ArM) resulting from anchoring a biotinylated Ir-complex within streptavidin (Sav). The resulting ArM catalyzes the enantioselective amidation of unactivated C(sp3)-H bonds. Chemogenetic optimization of the Ir cofactor and Sav led to significant improvement in both the activity and enantioselectivity. Up to >700 TON and 92% ee for the amidation of unactivated C(sp3)-H bonds was achieved. The single crystal X-ray analysis of the artificial nitrene insertase (ANIase) combined with quantum mechanics-molecular mechanics (QM-MM) calculations sheds light on critical second coordination sphere contacts leading to improved catalytic performance.
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- Kun Yu
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, BPR 1096, Basel CH-4058, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, BPR 1096, Basel CH-4058, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, BPR 1096, Basel CH-4058, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, BPR 1096, Basel CH-4058, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, BPR 1096, Basel CH-4058, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, BPR 1096, Basel CH-4058, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, BPR 1096, Basel CH-4058, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 24a, BPR 1096, Basel CH-4058, Switzerland
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Cheng L, Li D, Mai BK, Bo Z, Cheng L, Liu P, Yang Y. Stereoselective amino acid synthesis by synergistic photoredox-pyridoxal radical biocatalysis. Science 2023; 381:444-451. [PMID: 37499030 PMCID: PMC10444520 DOI: 10.1126/science.adg2420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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Developing synthetically useful enzymatic reactions that are not known in biochemistry and organic chemistry is an important challenge in biocatalysis. Through the synergistic merger of photoredox catalysis and pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) biocatalysis, we developed a pyridoxal radical biocatalysis approach to prepare valuable noncanonical amino acids, including those bearing a stereochemical dyad or triad, without the need for protecting groups. Using engineered PLP enzymes, either enantiomeric product could be produced in a biocatalyst-controlled fashion. Synergistic photoredox-pyridoxal radical biocatalysis represents a powerful platform with which to discover previously unknown catalytic reactions and to tame radical intermediates for asymmetric catalysis.
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- Lei Cheng
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
- Biomolecular Science and Engineering (BMSE) Program, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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Mao R, Wackelin DJ, Jamieson CS, Rogge T, Gao S, Das A, Taylor DM, Houk KN, Arnold FH. Enantio- and Diastereoenriched Enzymatic Synthesis of 1,2,3-Polysubstituted Cyclopropanes from ( Z/ E)-Trisubstituted Enol Acetates. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:16176-16185. [PMID: 37433085 PMCID: PMC10528827 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c04870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/13/2023]
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In nature and synthetic chemistry, stereoselective [2 + 1] cyclopropanation is the most prevalent strategy for the synthesis of chiral cyclopropanes, a class of key pharmacophores in pharmaceuticals and bioactive natural products. One of the most extensively studied reactions in the organic chemist's arsenal, stereoselective [2 + 1] cyclopropanation, largely relies on the use of stereodefined olefins, which can require elaborate laboratory synthesis or tedious separation to ensure high stereoselectivity. Here, we report engineered hemoproteins derived from a bacterial cytochrome P450 that catalyze the synthesis of chiral 1,2,3-polysubstituted cyclopropanes, regardless of the stereopurity of the olefin substrates used. Cytochrome P450BM3 variant P411-INC-5185 exclusively converts (Z)-enol acetates to enantio- and diastereoenriched cyclopropanes and in the model reaction delivers a leftover (E)-enol acetate with 98% stereopurity, using whole Escherichia coli cells. P411-INC-5185 was further engineered with a single mutation to enable the biotransformation of (E)-enol acetates to α-branched ketones with high levels of enantioselectivity while simultaneously catalyzing the cyclopropanation of (Z)-enol acetates with excellent activities and selectivities. We conducted docking studies and molecular dynamics simulations to understand how active-site residues distinguish between the substrate isomers and enable the enzyme to perform these distinct transformations with such high selectivities. Computational studies suggest the observed enantio- and diastereoselectivities are achieved through a stepwise pathway. These biotransformations streamline the synthesis of chiral 1,2,3-polysubstituted cyclopropanes from readily available mixtures of (Z/E)-olefins, adding a new dimension to classical cyclopropanation methods.
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- Runze Mao
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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Fu W, Neris NM, Fu Y, Zhao Y, Krohn-Hansen B, Liu P, Yang Y. Enzyme-controlled stereoselective radical cyclization to arenes enabled by metalloredox biocatalysis. Nat Catal 2023; 6:628-636. [PMID: 38404758 PMCID: PMC10882986 DOI: 10.1038/s41929-023-00986-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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The effective induction of high levels of stereocontrol for free radical-mediated transformations represents a notorious challenge in asymmetric catalysis. Herein, we describe a novel metalloredox biocatalysis strategy to repurpose natural cytochromes P450 to catalyse asymmetric radical cyclisation to arenes through an unnatural electron transfer mechanism. Empowered by directed evolution, engineered P450s allowed diverse radical cyclisation selectivities to be accomplished in a catalyst-controlled fashion: P450arc1 and P450arc2 facilitated enantioconvergent transformations of racemic substrates, giving rise to either enantiomer of the product with excellent total turnover numbers (up to 12,000). In addition to these enantioconvergent variants, another engineered radical cyclase, P450arc3, permitted efficient kinetic resolution of racemic chloride substrates (S factor = 18). Furthermore, computational studies revealed a proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) mechanism for the radical-polar crossover step, suggesting the potential role of the haem carboxylate as a base catalyst. Collectively, the excellent tunability of this metalloenzyme family provides an exciting platform for harnessing free radical intermediates for asymmetric catalysis.
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- Wenzhen Fu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
- Biomolecular Science and Engineering (BMSE) Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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Cronin JM, Yu AM. Recombinant Technologies Facilitate Drug Metabolism, Pharmacokinetics, and General Biomedical Research. Drug Metab Dispos 2023; 51:685-699. [PMID: 36948592 PMCID: PMC10197202 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.122.001008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2022] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 03/24/2023] Open
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The development of safe and effective medications requires a profound understanding of their pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic properties. PK studies have been built through investigation of enzymes and transporters that drive drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME). Like many other disciplines, the study of ADME gene products and their functions has been revolutionized through the invention and widespread adoption of recombinant DNA technologies. Recombinant DNA technologies use expression vectors such as plasmids to achieve heterologous expression of a desired transgene in a specified host organism. This has enabled the purification of recombinant ADME gene products for functional and structural characterization, allowing investigators to elucidate their roles in drug metabolism and disposition. This strategy has also been used to offer recombinant or bioengineered RNA (BioRNA) agents to investigate the posttranscriptional regulation of ADME genes. Conventional research with small noncoding RNAs such as microRNAs (miRNAs) and small interfering RNAs has been dependent on synthetic RNA analogs that are known to carry a range of chemical modifications expected to improve stability and PK properties. Indeed, a novel transfer RNA fused pre-miRNA carrier-based bioengineering platform technology has been established to offer consistent and high-yield production of unparalleled BioRNA molecules from Escherichia coli fermentation. These BioRNAs are produced and processed inside living cells to better recapitulate the properties of natural RNAs, representing superior research tools to investigate regulatory mechanisms behind ADME. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: This review article summarizes recombinant DNA technologies that have been an incredible boon in the study of drug metabolism and PK, providing investigators with powerful tools to express nearly any ADME gene products for functional and structural studies. It further overviews novel recombinant RNA technologies and discusses the utilities of bioengineered RNA agents for the investigation of ADME gene regulation and general biomedical research.
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- Joseph M Cronin
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA (J.M.C., A.-M.Y.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA (J.M.C., A.-M.Y.)
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Huang J, Quest A, Cruz-Morales P, Deng K, Pereira JH, Van Cura D, Kakumanu R, Baidoo EEK, Dan Q, Chen Y, Petzold CJ, Northen TR, Adams PD, Clark DS, Balskus EP, Hartwig JF, Mukhopadhyay A, Keasling JD. Complete integration of carbene-transfer chemistry into biosynthesis. Nature 2023; 617:403-408. [PMID: 37138074 PMCID: PMC11334723 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06027-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Biosynthesis is an environmentally benign and renewable approach that can be used to produce a broad range of natural and, in some cases, new-to-nature products. However, biology lacks many of the reactions that are available to synthetic chemists, resulting in a narrower scope of accessible products when using biosynthesis rather than synthetic chemistry. A prime example of such chemistry is carbene-transfer reactions1. Although it was recently shown that carbene-transfer reactions can be performed in a cell and used for biosynthesis2,3, carbene donors and unnatural cofactors needed to be added exogenously and transported into cells to effect the desired reactions, precluding cost-effective scale-up of the biosynthesis process with these reactions. Here we report the access to a diazo ester carbene precursor by cellular metabolism and a microbial platform for introducing unnatural carbene-transfer reactions into biosynthesis. The α-diazoester azaserine was produced by expressing a biosynthetic gene cluster in Streptomyces albus. The intracellularly produced azaserine was used as a carbene donor to cyclopropanate another intracellularly produced molecule-styrene. The reaction was catalysed by engineered P450 mutants containing a native cofactor with excellent diastereoselectivity and a moderate yield. Our study establishes a scalable, microbial platform for conducting intracellular abiological carbene-transfer reactions to functionalize a range of natural and new-to-nature products and expands the scope of organic products that can be produced by cellular metabolism.
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- Jing Huang
- Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, CA, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, CA, USA
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, CA, USA
- Department of Biomaterials and Biomanufacturing, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, USA
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- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, CA, USA
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, CA, USA
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- Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, CA, USA
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- Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, CA, USA
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- Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, CA, USA
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- Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, CA, USA
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- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, CA, USA
- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, CA, USA
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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- Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, CA, USA.
- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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- Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, CA, USA.
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Synthetic Biochemistry Center, Institute for Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes for Advanced Technologies, Shenzhen, China.
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Coleman T, Podgorski MN, Doyle ML, Scaffidi-Muta JM, Campbell EC, Bruning JB, De Voss JJ, Bell SG. Cytochrome P450-catalyzed oxidation of halogen-containing substrates. J Inorg Biochem 2023; 244:112234. [PMID: 37116269 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2023.112234] [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: 02/17/2023] [Revised: 04/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/15/2023] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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Cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes are heme-thiolate monooxygenases which catalyze the oxidation of aliphatic and aromatic C-H bonds and other reactions. The oxidation of halogens by cytochrome P450 enzymes has also been reported. Here we use CYP199A4, from the bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris strain HaA2, with a range of para-substituted benzoic acid ligands, which contain halogens, to assess if this enzyme can oxidize these species or if the presence of these electronegative atoms can alter the outcome of P450-catalyzed reactions. Despite binding to the enzyme, there was no detectable oxidation of any of the 4-halobenzoic acids. CYP199A4 was, however, able to efficiently catalyze the oxidation of both 4-chloromethyl- and 4-bromomethyl-benzoic acid to 4-formylbenzoic acid via hydroxylation of the α‑carbon. The 4-chloromethyl substrate bound in the enzyme active site in a similar manner to 4-ethylbenzoic acid. This places the benzylic α‑carbon hydrogens in an unfavorable position for abstraction indicating a degree of substrate mobility must be possible within the active site. CYP199A4 catalyzed oxidations of 4-(2'-haloethyl)benzoic acids yielding α-hydroxylation and desaturation metabolites. The α-hydroxylation product was the major metabolite. The desaturation pathway is significantly disfavored compared to 4-ethylbenzoic acid. This may be due to the electron-withdrawing halogen atom or a different positioning of the substrate within the active site. The latter was demonstrated by the X-ray crystal structures of CYP199A4 with these substrates. Overall, the presence of a halogen atom positioned close to the heme iron can alter the binding orientation and outcomes of enzyme-catalyzed oxidation.
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- Tom Coleman
- Department of Chemistry, University Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, 800 Blackburn Rd, Clayton, Melbourne, VIC 3168. Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
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Akter J, Stockdale TP, Child SA, Lee JHZ, De Voss JJ, Bell SG. Selective carbon-hydrogen bond hydroxylation using an engineered cytochrome P450 peroxygenase. J Inorg Biochem 2023; 244:112209. [PMID: 37080140 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2023.112209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/22/2023]
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The cytochrome P450 enzyme CYP102A1 (P450BM3) is a versatile monooxygenase enzyme which has been adapted and engineered for multiple applications in chemical synthesis. Mutation of threonine 268 to glutamate (Thr268Glu) converted the heme domain of this enzyme into a H2O2 utilizing peroxygenase. This variant displayed significantly increased peroxide driven hydroxylation activity towards the saturated linear fatty acids tested (undecanoic through to hexadecenoic acid) when compared to the wild-type heme domain. The product distributions arising from fatty acid oxidation using this peroxygenase variant were broadly similar to those obtained with the wild-type monooxygenase holoenzyme, with oxidation occurring predominantly at the ω-1 through to ω-3 positions. 10-Undecenoic acid was regioselectively hydroxylated at the allylic ω-2 carbon by the Thr268Glu peroxygenase. The effect of isotopic substitution were measured using [9,9,10,10-d4]-dodecanoic acid. The kinetic isotope effect for both the monooxygenase and peroxygenase systems ranged between 7.9 and 9.5, with that of the peroxygenase enzyme being marginally lower. This highlights that carbon‑hydrogen bond abstraction is important in the mechanism of both the monooxygenase and peroxygenase systems. This would infer that the ferryl-oxo radical cation intermediate, compound I, is the likely reactive intermediate in both systems. The peroxygenase variant offers the possibility of simpler cytochrome P450 systems for selective oxidations. To demonstrate this we used this system to oxidize tetradecanoic acid using light driven generation of H2O2 by a flavin.
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- Jinia Akter
- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia.
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Yu MZ, Chen KY, Zhang YB, Zhang CX, Xiang Z. Enantioselective conjugate addition of malonates to α,β-unsaturated aldehydes catalysed by 4-oxalocrotonate tautomerase. Org Biomol Chem 2023; 21:2086-2090. [PMID: 36806856 DOI: 10.1039/d3ob00111c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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The enantioselective conjugate addition of malonates to α,β-unsaturated aldehydes catalysed by 4-oxalocrotonate tautomerase is described. High conversions, high enantioselectivities, and good isolation yields were achieved for a range of substrates. We further completed a four-step synthesis of the antidepressant (+)-femoxetine by utilizing this reaction and an enzymatic reductive amination reaction.
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- Ming-Zhu Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China. .,Institute of Chemical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen 518132, China.,AI for Science (AI4S) Preferred Program, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Zhang J, Maggiolo AO, Alfonzo E, Mao R, Porter NJ, Abney N, Arnold FH. Chemodivergent C(sp 3)-H and C(sp 2)-H Cyanomethylation Using Engineered Carbene Transferases. Nat Catal 2023; 6:152-160. [PMID: 36875868 PMCID: PMC9983643 DOI: 10.1038/s41929-022-00908-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The ubiquity of C-H bonds presents an attractive opportunity to elaborate and build complexity in organic molecules. Methods for selective functionalization, however, often must differentiate among multiple chemically similar and, in some cases indistinguishable, C-H bonds. An advantage of enzymes is that they can be finely tuned using directed evolution to achieve control over divergent C-H functionalization pathways. Here, we demonstrate engineered enzymes that effect a new-to-nature C-H alkylation with unparalleled selectivity: two complementary carbene C-H transferases derived from a cytochrome P450 from Bacillus megaterium deliver an α-cyanocarbene into the α-amino C(sp3)-H bonds or the ortho-arene C(sp2)-H bonds of N-substituted arenes. These two transformations proceed via different mechanisms, yet only minimal changes to the protein scaffold (nine mutations, less than 2% of the sequence) were needed to adjust the enzyme's control over the site-selectivity of cyanomethylation. The X-ray crystal structure of the selective C(sp3)-H alkylase, P411-PFA, reveals an unprecedented helical disruption which alters the shape and electrostatics in the enzyme active site. Overall, this work demonstrates the advantages of enzymes as C-H functionalization catalysts for divergent molecular derivatization.
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- Juner Zhang
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology; Pasadena, California, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology; Pasadena, California, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology; Pasadena, California, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology; Pasadena, California, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology; Pasadena, California, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology; Pasadena, California, United States
- Present address: Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University; Stanford, California, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology; Pasadena, California, United States
- Division of Biology and Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology; Pasadena, California, United States
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Zhou Y, Mirts EN, Yook S, Waugh M, Martini R, Jin Y, Lu Y. Reshaping the 2-Pyrone Synthase Active Site for Chemoselective Biosynthesis of Polyketides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202212440. [PMID: 36398563 PMCID: PMC10107152 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202212440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Engineering enzymes with novel reactivity and applying them in metabolic pathways to produce valuable products are quite challenging due to the intrinsic complexity of metabolic networks and the need for high in vivo catalytic efficiency. Triacetic acid lactone (TAL), naturally generated by 2-pyrone synthase (2PS), is a platform molecule that can be produced via microbial fermentation and further converted into value-added products. However, these conversions require extra synthetic steps under harsh conditions. We herein report a biocatalytic system for direct generation of TAL derivatives under mild conditions with controlled chemoselectivity by rationally engineering the 2PS active site and then rewiring the biocatalytic pathway in the metabolic network of E. coli to produce high-value products, such as kavalactone precursors, with yields up to 17 mg/L culture. Computer modeling indicates sterics and hydrogen-bond interactions play key roles in tuning the selectivity, efficiency and yield.
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- Yu Zhou
- DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts InnovationUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign1206 W Gregory DrUrbanaIL 61801USA
- Department of ChemistryThe University of Texas at Austin105 E 24th StAustinTX 78712USA
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- DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts InnovationUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign1206 W Gregory DrUrbanaIL 61801USA
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- DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts InnovationUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign1206 W Gregory DrUrbanaIL 61801USA
- Department of Food Science and Human NutritionUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign905 S. Goodwin AvenueUrbanaIL 61801USA
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic BiologyUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign1206 W Gregory DrUrbanaIL 61801USA
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- DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts InnovationUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign1206 W Gregory DrUrbanaIL 61801USA
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- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign600 South Mathews AvenueUrbanaIL 61801USA
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- DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts InnovationUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign1206 W Gregory DrUrbanaIL 61801USA
- Department of Food Science and Human NutritionUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign905 S. Goodwin AvenueUrbanaIL 61801USA
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic BiologyUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign1206 W Gregory DrUrbanaIL 61801USA
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- DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts InnovationUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign1206 W Gregory DrUrbanaIL 61801USA
- Department of ChemistryThe University of Texas at Austin105 E 24th StAustinTX 78712USA
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Zhou Y, Ni J, Lyu Z, Li Y, Wang T, Cheng GJ. Mechanism and Reaction Channels of Iron-Catalyzed Primary Amination of Alkenes by Hydroxylamine Reagents. ACS Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c06046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Yu Zhou
- Warshel Institute for Computational Biology and School of Life and Health Sciences, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, China
- School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Warshel Institute for Computational Biology and School of Life and Health Sciences, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, China
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- Warshel Institute for Computational Biology and School of Life and Health Sciences, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, China
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- Warshel Institute for Computational Biology and School of Life and Health Sciences, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, China
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- Warshel Institute for Computational Biology and School of Life and Health Sciences, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, China
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- Warshel Institute for Computational Biology and School of Life and Health Sciences, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, China
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Papadopoulou A, Meyer F, Buller RM. Engineering Fe(II)/α-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Halogenases and Desaturases. Biochemistry 2023; 62:229-240. [PMID: 35446547 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.2c00115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Fe(II)/α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases (α-KGDs) are widespread enzymes in aerobic biology and serve a remarkable array of biological functions, including roles in collagen biosynthesis, plant and animal development, transcriptional regulation, nucleic acid modification, and secondary metabolite biosynthesis. This functional diversity is reflected in the enzymes' catalytic flexibility as α-KGDs can catalyze an intriguing set of synthetically valuable reactions, such as hydroxylations, halogenations, and desaturations, capturing the interest of scientists across disciplines. Mechanistically, all α-KGDs are understood to follow a similar activation pathway to generate a substrate radical, yet how individual members of the enzyme family direct this key intermediate toward the different reaction outcomes remains elusive, triggering structural, computational, spectroscopic, kinetic, and enzyme engineering studies. In this Perspective, we will highlight how first enzyme and substrate engineering examples suggest that the chemical reaction pathway within α-KGDs can be intentionally tailored using rational design principles. We will delineate the structural and mechanistic investigations of the reprogrammed enzymes and how they begin to inform about the enzymes' structure-function relationships that determine chemoselectivity. Application of this knowledge in future enzyme and substrate engineering campaigns will lead to the development of powerful C-H activation catalysts for chemical synthesis.
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- Athena Papadopoulou
- Competence Center for Biocatalysis, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Einsiedlerstrasse 31, 8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland
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- Competence Center for Biocatalysis, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Einsiedlerstrasse 31, 8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland
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- Competence Center for Biocatalysis, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Einsiedlerstrasse 31, 8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland
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Ren X, Couture BM, Liu N, Lall MS, Kohrt JT, Fasan R. Enantioselective Single and Dual α-C-H Bond Functionalization of Cyclic Amines via Enzymatic Carbene Transfer. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 145:537-550. [PMID: 36542059 PMCID: PMC9837850 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c10775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Cyclic amines are ubiquitous structural motifs found in pharmaceuticals and biologically active natural products, making methods for their elaboration via direct C-H functionalization of considerable synthetic value. Herein, we report the development of an iron-based biocatalytic strategy for enantioselective α-C-H functionalization of pyrrolidines and other saturated N-heterocycles via a carbene transfer reaction with diazoacetone. Currently unreported for organometallic catalysts, this transformation can be accomplished in high yields, high catalytic activity, and high stereoselectivity (up to 99:1 e.r. and 20,350 TON) using engineered variants of cytochrome P450 CYP119 from Sulfolobus solfataricus. This methodology was further extended to enable enantioselective α-C-H functionalization in the presence of ethyl diazoacetate as carbene donor (up to 96:4 e.r. and 18,270 TON), and the two strategies were combined to achieve a one-pot as well as a tandem dual C-H functionalization of a cyclic amine substrate with enzyme-controlled diastereo- and enantiodivergent selectivity. This biocatalytic approach is amenable to gram-scale synthesis and can be applied to drug scaffolds for late-stage C-H functionalization. This work provides an efficient and tunable method for direct asymmetric α-C-H functionalization of saturated N-heterocycles, which should offer new opportunities for the synthesis, discovery, and optimization of bioactive molecules.
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- Xinkun Ren
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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- Pfizer
Inc., Medicine and Design, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer
Inc., Medicine and Design, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United States,
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Sosa Alfaro V, Waheed SO, Palomino H, Knorrscheidt A, Weissenborn M, Christov CZ, Lehnert N. YfeX - A New Platform for Carbene Transferase Development with High Intrinsic Reactivity. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202201474. [PMID: 35948517 PMCID: PMC9691539 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202201474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Carbene transfer biocatalysis has evolved from basic science to an area with vast potential for the development of new industrial processes. In this study, we show that YfeX, naturally a peroxidase, has great potential for the development of new carbene transferases, due to its high intrinsic reactivity, especially for the N-H insertion reaction of aromatic and aliphatic primary and secondary amines. YfeX shows high stability against organic solvents (methanol and DMSO), greatly improving turnover of hydrophobic substrates. Interestingly, in styrene cyclopropanation, WT YfeX naturally shows high enantioselectivity, generating the trans product with 87 % selectivity for the (R,R) enantiomer. WT YfeX also catalyzes the Si-H insertion efficiently. Steric effects in the active site were further explored using the R232A variant. Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics (QM/MM) calculations reveal details on the mechanism of Si-H insertion. YfeX, and potentially other peroxidases, are exciting new targets for the development of improved carbene transferases.
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- Victor Sosa Alfaro
- Department of Chemistry and Department of BiophysicsUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan48109–1055United States
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- Department of ChemistryMichigan Technological UniversityHoughton, Michigan49931United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of BiophysicsUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan48109–1055United States
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- Institute of ChemistryMartin-Luther-University Halle-WittenbergKurt-Mothes-Str. 206120HalleGermany
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- Institute of ChemistryMartin-Luther-University Halle-WittenbergKurt-Mothes-Str. 206120HalleGermany
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- Department of ChemistryMichigan Technological UniversityHoughton, Michigan49931United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of BiophysicsUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan48109–1055United States
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Thomson RES, D'Cunha SA, Hayes MA, Gillam EMJ. Use of engineered cytochromes P450 for accelerating drug discovery and development. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) 2022; 95:195-252. [PMID: 35953156 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apha.2022.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Numerous steps in drug development, including the generation of authentic metabolites and late-stage functionalization of candidates, necessitate the modification of often complex molecules, such as natural products. While it can be challenging to make the required regio- and stereoselective alterations to a molecule using purely chemical catalysis, enzymes can introduce changes to complex molecules with a high degree of stereo- and regioselectivity. Cytochrome P450 enzymes are biocatalysts of unequalled versatility, capable of regio- and stereoselective functionalization of unactivated CH bonds by monooxygenation. Collectively they catalyze over 60 different biotransformations on structurally and functionally diverse organic molecules, including natural products, drugs, steroids, organic acids and other lipophilic molecules. This catalytic versatility and substrate range makes them likely candidates for application as potential biocatalysts for industrial chemistry. However, several aspects of the P450 catalytic cycle and other characteristics have limited their implementation to date in industry, including: their lability at elevated temperature, in the presence of solvents, and over lengthy incubation times; the typically low efficiency with which they metabolize non-natural substrates; and their lack of specificity for a single metabolic pathway. Protein engineering by rational design or directed evolution provides a way to engineer P450s for industrial use. Here we review the progress made to date toward engineering the properties of P450s, especially eukaryotic forms, for industrial application, and including the recent expansion of their catalytic repertoire to include non-natural reactions.
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- Raine E S Thomson
- School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Compound Synthesis and Management, Discovery Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden
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- School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
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Hemin-catalyzed controlled oxidative cyanation of secondary amine for the synthesis of α-aminonitriles and α-iminonitriles. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2022.112576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Koebke KJ, Pinter TBJ, Pitts WC, Pecoraro VL. Catalysis and Electron Transfer in De Novo Designed Metalloproteins. Chem Rev 2022; 122:12046-12109. [PMID: 35763791 PMCID: PMC10735231 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c01025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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One of the hallmark advances in our understanding of metalloprotein function is showcased in our ability to design new, non-native, catalytically active protein scaffolds. This review highlights progress and milestone achievements in the field of de novo metalloprotein design focused on reports from the past decade with special emphasis on de novo designs couched within common subfields of bioinorganic study: heme binding proteins, monometal- and dimetal-containing catalytic sites, and metal-containing electron transfer sites. Within each subfield, we highlight several of what we have identified as significant and important contributions to either our understanding of that subfield or de novo metalloprotein design as a discipline. These reports are placed in context both historically and scientifically. General suggestions for future directions that we feel will be important to advance our understanding or accelerate discovery are discussed.
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- Karl J. Koebke
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
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Fu Y, Chen H, Fu W, Garcia-Borràs M, Yang Y, Liu P. Engineered P450 Atom-Transfer Radical Cyclases are Bifunctional Biocatalysts: Reaction Mechanism and Origin of Enantioselectivity. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:13344-13355. [PMID: 35830682 PMCID: PMC9339536 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c04937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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New-to-nature radical biocatalysis has recently emerged as a powerful strategy to tame fleeting open-shell intermediates for stereoselective transformations. In 2021, we introduced a novel metalloredox biocatalysis strategy that leverages the innate redox properties of the heme cofactor of P450 enzymes, furnishing new-to-nature atom-transfer radical cyclases (ATRCases) with excellent activity and stereoselectivity. Herein, we report a combined computational and experimental study to shed light on the mechanism and origins of enantioselectivity for this system. Molecular dynamics and quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) calculations revealed an unexpected role of the key beneficial mutation I263Q. The glutamine residue serves as an essential hydrogen bond donor that engages with the carbonyl moiety of the substrate to promote bromine atom abstraction and enhance the enantioselectivity of radical cyclization. Therefore, the evolved ATRCase is a bifunctional biocatalyst, wherein the heme cofactor enables atom-transfer radical biocatalysis, while the hydrogen bond donor residue further enhances the activity and enantioselectivity. Unlike many enzymatic stereocontrol rationales based on a rigid substrate binding model, our computations demonstrate a high degree of rotational flexibility of the allyl moiety in an enzyme-substrate complex and succeeding intermediates. Therefore, the enantioselectivity is controlled by the radical cyclization transition states rather than the substrate orientation in ground-state complexes in the preceding steps. During radical cyclization, anchoring effects of the Q263 residue and steric interactions with the heme cofactor concurrently control the π-facial selectivity, allowing for highly enantioselective C-C bond formation. Our computational findings are corroborated by experiments with ATRCase mutants generated from site-directed mutagenesis.
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- Yue Fu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Institut de Química Computacional i Catalisi (IQCC) and Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, Girona 17003, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Biomolecular Science and Engineering (BMSE) Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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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]
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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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Mai BK, Neris NM, Yang Y, Liu P. C-N Bond Forming Radical Rebound Is the Enantioselectivity-Determining Step in P411-Catalyzed Enantioselective C(sp 3)-H Amination: A Combined Computational and Experimental Investigation. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:11215-11225. [PMID: 35583461 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c02283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Engineered metalloenzymes represent promising catalysts for stereoselective C-H functionalization reactions. Recently, P450 enzymes have been evolved to allow for new-to-nature intramolecular C(sp3)-H amination reactions via a nitrene transfer mechanism, giving rise to diamine derivatives with excellent enantiocontrol. To shed light on the origin of enantioselectivity, a combined computational and experimental study was carried out. Hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics calculations were performed to investigate the activation energies and enantioselectivities of both the hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) and the subsequent C-N bond forming radical rebound steps. Contrary to previously hypothesized enantioinduction mechanisms, our calculations show that the radical rebound step is enantioselectivity-determining, whereas the preceding HAT step is only moderately stereoselective. Furthermore, the selectivity in the initial HAT is ablated by rapid conformational change of the radical intermediate prior to C-N bond formation. This finding is corroborated by our experimental study using a set of enantiomerically pure, monodeuterated substrates. Furthermore, classical and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations were carried out to investigate the conformational flexibility of the carbon-centered radical intermediate. This key radical species undergoes a facile conformational change in the enzyme active site from the pro-(R) to the pro-(S) configuration, whereas the radical rebound is slower due to the spin-state change and ring strain of the cyclization process, thereby allowing stereoablative C-N bond formation. Together, these studies revealed an underappreciated enantioinduction mechanism in biocatalytic C(sp3)-H functionalizations involving radical intermediates, opening up new avenues for the development of other challenging asymmetric C(sp3)-H functionalizations.
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- Binh Khanh Mai
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Biomolecular Science and Engineering (BMSE) Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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Kerns S, Biswas A, Minnetian NM, Borovik AS. Artificial Metalloproteins: At the Interface between Biology and Chemistry. JACS AU 2022; 2:1252-1265. [PMID: 35783165 PMCID: PMC9241007 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Revised: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Artificial metalloproteins (ArMs) have recently gained significant interest due to their potential to address issues in a broad scope of applications, including biocatalysis, biotechnology, protein assembly, and model chemistry. ArMs are assembled by the incorporation of a non-native metallocofactor into a protein scaffold. This can be achieved by a number of methods that apply tools of chemical biology, computational de novo design, and synthetic chemistry. In this Perspective, we highlight select systems in the hope of demonstrating the breadth of ArM design strategies and applications and emphasize how these systems address problems that are otherwise difficult to do so with strictly biochemical or synthetic approaches.
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A. Kerns
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, 1102 Natural
Science II, Irvine, California 92797, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, 1102 Natural
Science II, Irvine, California 92797, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, 1102 Natural
Science II, Irvine, California 92797, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, 1102 Natural
Science II, Irvine, California 92797, United States
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Balhara R, Jindal G. Does an Enol Pathway Preclude High Stereoselectivity in Iron-Catalyzed Indole C-H Functionalization via Carbene Insertion? J Org Chem 2022; 87:7919-7933. [PMID: 35652604 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c00573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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C-H functionalization of indoles via Fe carbenoids presents an attractive strategy to obtain biologically important structural motifs. However, obtaining good stereoselectivity with Fe has been a significant challenge. It is unclear whether the low selectivity is due to a radical pathway or an ionic mechanism involving metal-free species. We therefore present a density functional theory (DFT) study of indole alkylation with diazoacetates catalyzed by Fe(ClO4)TMEDA/spirobisoxazoline and myoglobin. We explore three mechanistic pathways: nucleophilic, radical, and oxocarbenium routes. The nucleophilic pathway is the most feasible with the formation of an enol species that tautomerizes to furnish the alkylated indole. While this mechanism is routinely proposed, the stereochemical model has been conspicuously absent until now. We show that the conventionally invoked enol pathway is not responsible for the low enantiomeric excess. The enol intermediate can stay coordinated to the catalyst via different binding sites placing the enol in proximity to the chiral environment and affecting the stereoselective proton transfer. Both the binding strength and the chiral environment are crucial for obtaining high selectivity. Our study provides the much needed insights for the modest-low selectivities of Fe systems and could help in expediting the discovery of an efficient catalytic system. These mechanistic underpinnings could also be applicable to other metal (Rh, Pd, Cu, etc.)-catalyzed X-H insertion reactions.
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- Reena Balhara
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka 560012, India
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka 560012, India
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Maity B, Taher M, Mazumdar S, Ueno T. Artificial metalloenzymes based on protein assembly. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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