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Das A, Gao S, Lal RG, Hicks MH, Oyala PH, Arnold FH. Reaction Discovery Using Spectroscopic Insights from an Enzymatic C-H Amination Intermediate. J Am Chem Soc 2024. [PMID: 39037870 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c05761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/24/2024]
Abstract
Engineered hemoproteins can selectively incorporate nitrogen from nitrene precursors like hydroxylamine, O-substituted hydroxylamines, and organic azides into organic molecules. Although iron-nitrenoids are often invoked as the reactive intermediates in these reactions, their innate reactivity and transient nature have made their characterization challenging. Here we characterize an iron-nitrosyl intermediate generated from NH2OH within a protoglobin active site that can undergo nitrogen-group transfer catalysis, using UV-vis, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, and high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HR-ESI-MS) techniques. The mechanistic insights gained led to the discovery of aminating reagents─nitrite (NO2-), nitric oxide (NO), and nitroxyl (HNO)─that are new to both nature and synthetic chemistry. Based on the findings, we propose a catalytic cycle for C-H amination inspired by the nitrite reductase pathway. This study highlights the potential of engineered hemoproteins to access natural nitrogen sources for sustainable chemical synthesis and offers a new perspective on the use of biological nitrogen cycle intermediates in biocatalysis.
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- Anuvab Das
- 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
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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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Fansher D, Besna JN, Fendri A, Pelletier JN. Choose Your Own Adventure: A Comprehensive Database of Reactions Catalyzed by Cytochrome P450 BM3 Variants. ACS Catal 2024; 14:5560-5592. [PMID: 38660610 PMCID: PMC11036407 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c00086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2024] [Revised: 03/11/2024] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
Abstract
Cytochrome P450 BM3 monooxygenase is the topic of extensive research as many researchers have evolved this enzyme to generate a variety of products. However, the abundance of information on increasingly diversified variants of P450 BM3 that catalyze a broad array of chemistry is not in a format that enables easy extraction and interpretation. We present a database that categorizes variants by their catalyzed reactions and includes details about substrates to provide reaction context. This database of >1500 P450 BM3 variants is downloadable and machine-readable and includes instructions to maximize ease of gathering information. The database allows rapid identification of commonly reported substitutions, aiding researchers who are unfamiliar with the enzyme in identifying starting points for enzyme engineering. For those actively engaged in engineering P450 BM3, the database, along with this review, provides a powerful and user-friendly platform to understand, predict, and identify the attributes of P450 BM3 variants, encouraging the further engineering of this enzyme.
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- Douglas
J. Fansher
- Chemistry
Department, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada H2V 0B3
- PROTEO,
The Québec Network for Research on Protein Function, Engineering,
and Applications, 201
Av. du Président-Kennedy, Montréal, QC, Canada H2X 3Y7
- CGCC,
Center in Green Chemistry and Catalysis, Montreal, QC, Canada H2V 0B3
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- PROTEO,
The Québec Network for Research on Protein Function, Engineering,
and Applications, 201
Av. du Président-Kennedy, Montréal, QC, Canada H2X 3Y7
- CGCC,
Center in Green Chemistry and Catalysis, Montreal, QC, Canada H2V 0B3
- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada H3T 1J4
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- Chemistry
Department, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada H2V 0B3
- PROTEO,
The Québec Network for Research on Protein Function, Engineering,
and Applications, 201
Av. du Président-Kennedy, Montréal, QC, Canada H2X 3Y7
- CGCC,
Center in Green Chemistry and Catalysis, Montreal, QC, Canada H2V 0B3
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- Chemistry
Department, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada H2V 0B3
- PROTEO,
The Québec Network for Research on Protein Function, Engineering,
and Applications, 201
Av. du Président-Kennedy, Montréal, QC, Canada H2X 3Y7
- CGCC,
Center in Green Chemistry and Catalysis, Montreal, QC, Canada H2V 0B3
- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada H3T 1J4
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Brunard E, Boquet V, Saget T, Sosa Carrizo ED, Sircoglou M, Dauban P. Catalyst-Controlled Intermolecular Homobenzylic C(sp 3)-H Amination for the Synthesis of β-Arylethylamines. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:5843-5854. [PMID: 38387076 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c10964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
Abstract
The combination of a tailored sulfamate with a C4-symmetrical rhodium(II) tetracarboxylate allows to uncover a selective intermolecular amination of unactivated homobenzylic C(sp3)-H bonds. The reaction has a broad scope (>30 examples) and proceeds with a high level of regioselectivity with homobenzylic/benzylic ratio of up to 35:1, thereby providing a direct access to β-arylethylamines that are of utmost interest in medicinal chemistry. Computational investigations evidenced a concerted mechanism, involving an asynchronous transition state. Based on a combined activation strain model and energy decomposition analysis, the regioselectivity of the reaction was found to rely mainly on the degree of orbital interaction between the [Rh2]-nitrene and the C-H bond. The latter is facilitated at the homobenzylic position due to the establishment of specific noncovalent interactions within the catalytic pocket.
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- Erwan Brunard
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR 2301, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR 2301, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR 2301, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay, 91400 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay, 91400 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR 2301, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Kagawa Y, Oohora K, Hayashi T. Intramolecular C-H bond amination catalyzed by myoglobin reconstituted with iron porphycene. J Inorg Biochem 2024; 252:112459. [PMID: 38181613 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2023.112459] [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: 11/03/2023] [Revised: 12/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2024]
Abstract
C-H bond amination is an effective way to obtain nitrogen-containing products. In this work, we demonstrate that myoglobin reconstituted with iron porphycene (rMb(FePc)) catalyzes intramolecular C(sp3)-H bond amination of arylsulfonyl azides to yield corresponding sultam analogs. The total turnover number of rMb(FePc) is up to 5.7 × 104 for the C-H bond amination of 2,4,6-triisopropylbenzenesulfonyl azide. Moreover, rMb(FePc) exhibits higher selectivity for the desired C-H bond amination than the competing azide reduction compared to native myoglobin. Kinetic studies reveal that the kcat value of rMb(FePc) is 4-fold higher than that of native myoglobin. Furthermore, H64A, H64V and H64I mutants of rMb(FePc) enhance the turnover number (TON) and enantioselectivity for the C-H bond amination of 2,4,6-triethylbenzenesulfonyl azide. The present findings indicate that iron porphycene is an attractive artificial cofactor for myoglobin toward the C-H bond amination reaction.
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- Yoshiyuki Kagawa
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan; Innovative Catalysis Science Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (ICS-OTRI), Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
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Tinzl M, Diedrich JV, Mittl PRE, Clémancey M, Reiher M, Proppe J, Latour JM, Hilvert D. Myoglobin-Catalyzed Azide Reduction Proceeds via an Anionic Metal Amide Intermediate. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:1957-1966. [PMID: 38264790 PMCID: PMC10811658 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c09279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
Abstract
Nitrene transfer reactions catalyzed by heme proteins have broad potential for the stereoselective formation of carbon-nitrogen bonds. However, competition between productive nitrene transfer and the undesirable reduction of nitrene precursors limits the broad implementation of such biocatalytic methods. Here, we investigated the reduction of azides by the model heme protein myoglobin to gain mechanistic insights into the factors that control the fate of key reaction intermediates. In this system, the reaction proceeds via a proposed nitrene intermediate that is rapidly reduced and protonated to give a reactive ferrous amide species, which we characterized by UV/vis and Mössbauer spectroscopies, quantum mechanical calculations, and X-ray crystallography. Rate-limiting protonation of the ferrous amide to produce the corresponding amine is the final step in the catalytic cycle. These findings contribute to our understanding of the heme protein-catalyzed reduction of azides and provide a guide for future enzyme engineering campaigns to create more efficient nitrene transferases. Moreover, harnessing the reduction reaction in a chemoenzymatic cascade provided a potentially practical route to substituted pyrroles.
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- Matthias Tinzl
- Laboratory
of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, TU
Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Université
Grenoble AlpesCNRS, CEA, IRIG, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des
Métaux, 17 Rue des Martyrs, Grenoble F-38054 Cedex, France
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- Institute
for Molecular Physical Science, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, TU
Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Université
Grenoble AlpesCNRS, CEA, IRIG, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des
Métaux, 17 Rue des Martyrs, Grenoble F-38054 Cedex, France
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- Laboratory
of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Roy S, Vargas DA, Ma P, Sengupta A, Zhu L, Houk KN, Fasan R. Stereoselective Construction of β-, γ-, and δ-Lactam Rings via Enzymatic C-H Amidation. Nat Catal 2024; 7:65-76. [PMID: 38584987 PMCID: PMC10997382 DOI: 10.1038/s41929-023-01068-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
Abstract
Lactam rings are found in many biologically active natural products and pharmaceuticals, including important classes of antibiotics. Methods for the asymmetric synthesis of these molecules are therefore highly desirable, particularly through the selective functionalization of unreactive aliphatic C-H bonds. Here we show the development of a strategy for the asymmetric synthesis of β-, γ-, and δ-lactams via hemoprotein-catalysed intramolecular C-H amidation reaction with readily available dioxazolone reagents. Engineered myoglobin variants serve as excellent biocatalysts for this transformation yielding the desired lactam products in high yields, high enantioselectivity, and on preparative scale. Mechanistic and computational studies elucidate the nature of the C-H amination and enantiodetermining steps and provide insights into protein-mediated control of regioselectivity and stereoselectivity. Additionally, an alkaloid natural product and a drug molecule were synthesized chemoenzymatically in much fewer steps (7-8 vs. 11-12) than previously reported, further demonstrating the power of biosynthetic strategy for the preparation of complex bioactive molecules.
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- Satyajit Roy
- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, 120 Trustee Road, Rochester, New York, 14627, United States
- Current affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson, TX 75080, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, 120 Trustee Road, Rochester, New York, 14627, United States
- Current affiliation: Process Research and Development, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, 07065, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
- School of Chemistry, Xi’an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, 120 Trustee Road, Rochester, New York, 14627, United States
- Current affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson, TX 75080, United States
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Mahajan M, Mondal B. How Axial Coordination Regulates the Electronic Structure and C-H Amination Reactivity of Fe-Porphyrin-Nitrene? JACS AU 2023; 3:3494-3505. [PMID: 38155653 PMCID: PMC10751768 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00670] [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: 10/30/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
Abstract
Detailed electronic structure and its correlation with the intramolecular C-H amination reactivity of Fe-porphyrin-nitrene intermediates bearing different "axial" coordination have been investigated using multiconfigurational complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF), N-electron valence perturbation theory (NEVPT2), and hybrid density functional theory (DFT-B3LYP) calculations. Three types of "axial" coordination, -OMe/-O(H)Me (1-Sul/2-Sul), -SMe/-S(H)Me (3-Sul/4-Sul), and -NMeIm (MeIm = 3-methyl-imidazole) (5-Sul) mimicking serine, cysteine, and histidine, respectively, along with no axial coordination (6-Sul) have been considered to decipher how the "axial" coordination of different strengths regulates the electronic integrity of the Fe-N core and nitrene-transfer reactivity of Fe-porphyrin-nitrene intermediates. CASSCF-based natural orbitals reveal two distinct classes of electronic structures: Fe-nitrenes (1-Sul and 3-Sul) with relatively stronger axial coordination (-OMe and -SMe) display "imidyl" nature and those (2-Sul, 4-Sul, and 6-Sul) with weaker axial coordination (-O(H)Me, -S(H)Me and no axial coordination) exhibit "imido-like" character. A borderline between the two classes is also observed with NMeIm axial coordination (5-Sul). Axial coordination of different strengths not only regulates the electronic structure but also modulates the Fe-3d orbital energies, as revealed through the d-d transition energies obtained by CASSCF/NEVPT2 calculations. The relatively lower energy of Fe-3dz2 orbital allows easy access to low-lying high-spin quintet states in the cases of weaker "axial" coordination (2-Sul, 4-Sul, and 6-Sul), and the associated hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) reactivity appears to involve two-state triplet-quintet reactivity through minimum energy crossing point (3,5MECP) between the spin states. In stark contrast, Fe-nitrenes with relatively stronger "axial" coordination (1-Sul and 3-Sul) undergo triplet-only HAT reactivity. Overall, this in-depth electronic structure investigation and HAT reactivity evaluation reveal that the weaker axial coordination in Fe-porphyrin-nitrene complexes (2-Sul, 4-Sul, and 6-Sul) can promote more efficient C-H oxidation through the quintet spin state.
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- Mayank Mahajan
- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh 175075, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh 175075, India
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Fanourakis A, Phipps RJ. Catalytic, asymmetric carbon-nitrogen bond formation using metal nitrenoids: from metal-ligand complexes via metalloporphyrins to enzymes. Chem Sci 2023; 14:12447-12476. [PMID: 38020383 PMCID: PMC10646976 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc04661c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
Abstract
The introduction of nitrogen atoms into small molecules is of fundamental importance and it is vital that ever more efficient and selective methods for achieving this are developed. With this aim, the potential of nitrene chemistry has long been appreciated but its application has been constrained by the extreme reactivity of these labile species. This liability however can be attenuated by complexation with a transition metal and the resulting metal nitrenoids have unique and highly versatile reactivity which includes the amination of certain types of aliphatic C-H bonds as well as reactions with alkenes to afford aziridines. At least one new chiral centre is typically formed in these processes and the development of catalysts to exert control over enantioselectivity in nitrenoid-mediated amination has become a growing area of research, particularly over the past two decades. Compared with some synthetic methods, metal nitrenoid chemistry is notable in that chemists can draw from a diverse array of metals and catalysts , ranging from metal-ligand complexes, bearing a variety of ligand types, via bio-inspired metalloporphyrins, all the way through to, very recently, engineered enzymes themselves. In the latter category in particular, rapid progress is being made, the rate of which suggests that this approach may be instrumental in addressing some of the outstanding challenges in the field. This review covers key developments and strategies that have shaped the field, in addition to the latest advances, up until September 2023.
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- Alexander Fanourakis
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road Cambridge CB2 1EW UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road Cambridge CB2 1EW UK
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Zhang Y, Chu JM. Computational Mechanistic Investigations of Biocatalytic Nitrenoid C-H Functionalizations via Engineered Heme Proteins. Chembiochem 2023; 24:e202300260. [PMID: 37134298 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202300260] [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: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
Engineered heme proteins were developed to possess numerous excellent biocatalytic nitrenoid C-H functionalizations. Computational approaches such as density functional theory (DFT), hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM), and molecular dynamics (MD) calculations were employed to help understand some important mechanistic aspects of these heme nitrene transfer reactions. This review summarizes advances of computational reaction pathway results of these biocatalytic intramolecular and intermolecular C-H aminations/amidations, focusing on mechanistic origins of reactivity, regioselectivity, enantioselectivity, diastereoselectivity as well as effects of substrate substituent, axial ligand, metal center, and protein environment. Some important common and distinctive mechanistic features of these reactions were also described with brief outlook of future development.
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- Yong Zhang
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1 Castle Point Terrace, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1 Castle Point Terrace, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA
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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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Kim S, Song SL, Zhang J, Kim D, Hong S, Chang S. Regio- and Enantioselective Catalytic δ-C-H Amidation of Dioxazolones Enabled by Open-Shell Copper-Nitrenoid Transfer. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:16238-16248. [PMID: 37462685 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c05258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/27/2023]
Abstract
Controlling regio- and enantioselectivity in C-H functionalization reactions is of paramount importance due to their versatile synthetic utilities. Herein, we describe a new approach for the asymmetric δ-C(sp3)-H amidation catalysis of dioxazolones using a Cu(I) precursor with a chiral bisoxazoline ligand to access six-membered lactams with high to excellent regio- and enantioselectivity (up to >19:1 rr and >99:1 er). Combined experimental and computational mechanistic studies unveiled that the open-shell character of the postulated Cu-nitrenoids enables the regioselective hydrogen atom abstraction and subsequent enantio-determining radical rebound of the resulting carbon radical intermediates. The synthetic utility of this asymmetric cyclization was demonstrated in the diastereoselective introduction of additional functional groups into the chiral δ-lactam skeleton as well as in the rapid access to biorelevant azacyclic compounds.
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- Suhyeon Kim
- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, South Korea
- Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, South Korea
- Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, South Korea
- Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, South Korea
- Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, South Korea
- Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, South Korea
- Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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Gomez CA, Mondal D, Du Q, Chan N, Lewis JC. Directed Evolution of an Iron(II)- and α-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase for Site-Selective Azidation of Unactivated Aliphatic C-H Bonds. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202301370. [PMID: 36757808 PMCID: PMC10050089 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202301370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
Abstract
FeII - and α-ketoglutarate-dependent halogenases and oxygenases can catalyze site-selective functionalization of C-H bonds via a variety of C-X bond forming reactions, but achieving high chemoselectivity for functionalization using non-native functional groups remains rare. The current study shows that directed evolution can be used to engineer variants of the dioxygenase SadX that address this challenge. Site-selective azidation of succinylated amino acids and a succinylated amine was achieved as a result of mutations throughout the SadX structure. The installed azide group was reduced to a primary amine, and the succinyl group required for azidation was enzymatically cleaved to provide the corresponding amine. These results provide a promising starting point for evolving additional SadX variants with activity on structurally distinct substrates and for enabling enzymatic C-H functionalization with other non-native functional groups.
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- Christian A Gomez
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
- Kalsec Inc., 3713W. Main St., Kalamazoo, MI 49006, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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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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Wang HH, Shao H, Huang G, Fan J, To WP, Dang L, Liu Y, Che CM. Chiral Iron Porphyrins Catalyze Enantioselective Intramolecular C(sp 3 )-H Bond Amination Upon Visible-Light Irradiation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202218577. [PMID: 36716145 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202218577] [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: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Iron-catalyzed asymmetric amination of C(sp3 )-H bonds is appealing for synthetic applications due to the biocompatibility and high earth abundance of iron, but examples of such reactions are sparse. Herein we describe chiral iron complexes of meso- and β-substituted-porphyrins that can catalyze asymmetric intramolecular C(sp3 )-H amination of aryl and arylsulfonyl azides to afford chiral indolines (29 examples) and benzofused cyclic sulfonamides (17 examples), respectively, with up to 93 % ee (yield: up to 99 %) using 410 nm light under mild conditions. Mechanistic studies, including DFT calculations, for the reactions of arylsulfonyl azides reveal that the Fe(NSO2 Ar) intermediate generated in situ under photochemical conditions reacts with the C(sp3 )-H bond through a stepwise hydrogen atom transfer/radical rebound mechanism, with enantioselectivity arising from cooperative noncovalent interactions between the Fe(NSO2 Ar) unit and the peripheral substituents of the chiral porphyrin scaffold.
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- Hua-Hua Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, and Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Guangdong, 515063, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, and Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Guangdong, 515063, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China.,State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.,HKU Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518057, China.,Laboratory for Synthetic Chemistry and Chemical Biology Limited, Units 1503-1511, 15/F, Building 17 W, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks New Territories, Hong Kong, China
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Liu Y, Shing KP, Lo VKY, Che CM. Iron- and Ruthenium-Catalyzed C–N Bond Formation Reactions. Reactive Metal Imido/Nitrene Intermediates. ACS Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c04830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Yungen Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong 999077, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong 999077, People’s Republic of China
- HKU Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, Shenzhen 518053, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, People’s Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong 999077, People’s Republic of China
- Laboratory for Synthetic Chemistry and Chemical Biology Limited, Units 1503−1511, 15/F, Building 17W, Hong
Kong Science Park, New Territories, Hong Kong 999077, People’s Republic of China
- HKU Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, Shenzhen 518053, People’s Republic of China
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Roy S, Vargas DA, Ma P, Sengupta A, Zhu L, Houk KN, Fasan R. Stereoselective Construction of β-, γ-, and δ-Lactam Rings via Enzymatic C-H Amidation. RESEARCH SQUARE 2023:rs.3.rs-2429100. [PMID: 36711830 PMCID: PMC9882675 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2429100/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Abstract
Lactam rings are found in many biologically active natural products and pharmaceuticals, including important classes of antibiotics. Given their widespread presence in bioactive molecules, methods for the asymmetric synthesis of these molecules, in particular through the selective functionalization of ubiquitous yet unreactive aliphatic C-H bonds, are highly desirable. In this study, we report the development of a novel strategy for the asymmetric synthesis of 4-, 5-, and 6-membered lactams via an unprecedented hemoprotein-catalyzed intramolecular C-H amidation reaction with readily available dioxazolone reagents. Engineered myoglobin variants serve as excellent biocatalysts for this transformation producing an array of β-, γ-, and δ-lactam molecules in high yields, with high enantioselectivity, and on preparative scale. Mechanistic and computational studies elucidate the nature of the C-H amination and enantiodetermining steps in these reactions and provide insights into protein-mediated control of regioselectivity and stereoselectivity. Using this system, it was possible to accomplish the chemoenzymatic total synthesis of an alkaloid natural product and a drug molecule in much fewer steps (7-8 vs. 11-12) than previously possible, which showcases the power of this biosynthetic strategy toward enabling the preparation of complex bioactive molecules.
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- Satyajit Roy
- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, 120 Trustee Road, Rochester, New York, 14627, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, 120 Trustee Road, Rochester, New York, 14627, United States
- Current affiliation: Process Research and Development, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, 07065, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
- School of Chemistry, Xi’an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, 120 Trustee Road, Rochester, New York, 14627, United States
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Wei Y, Conklin M, Zhang Y. Biocatalytic Intramolecular C-H aminations via Engineered Heme Proteins: Full Reaction Pathways and Axial Ligand Effects. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202202006. [PMID: 35840505 PMCID: PMC9804930 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Engineered heme protein biocatalysts provide an efficient and sustainable approach to develop amine-containing compounds through C-H amination. A quantum chemical study to reveal the complete heme catalyzed intramolecular C-H amination pathway and protein axial ligand effect was reported, using reactions of an experimentally used arylsulfonylazide with hemes containing L=none, SH- , MeO- , and MeOH to simulate no axial ligand, negatively charged Cys and Ser ligands, and a neutral ligand for comparison. Nitrene formation was found as the overall rate-determining step (RDS) and the catalyst with Ser ligand has the best reactivity, consistent with experimental reports. Both RDS and non-RDS (nitrene transfer) transition states follow the barrier trend of MeO- <SH- <MeOH<None due to the charge donation capability of the axial ligand to influence the key charge transfer process as the electronic driving forces. Results also provide new ideas for future biocatalyst design with enhanced reactivities.
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- Yang Wei
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical BiologyStevens Institute of Technology1 Castle Point on HudsonHobokenNJ 07030USA,Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryLoyola University Chicago1032 W Sheridan RdChicagoIL 60660USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical BiologyStevens Institute of Technology1 Castle Point on HudsonHobokenNJ 07030USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical BiologyStevens Institute of Technology1 Castle Point on HudsonHobokenNJ 07030USA
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Van Stappen C, Deng Y, Liu Y, Heidari H, Wang JX, Zhou Y, Ledray AP, Lu Y. Designing Artificial Metalloenzymes by Tuning of the Environment beyond the Primary Coordination Sphere. Chem Rev 2022; 122:11974-12045. [PMID: 35816578 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Metalloenzymes catalyze a variety of reactions using a limited number of natural amino acids and metallocofactors. Therefore, the environment beyond the primary coordination sphere must play an important role in both conferring and tuning their phenomenal catalytic properties, enabling active sites with otherwise similar primary coordination environments to perform a diverse array of biological functions. However, since the interactions beyond the primary coordination sphere are numerous and weak, it has been difficult to pinpoint structural features responsible for the tuning of activities of native enzymes. Designing artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs) offers an excellent basis to elucidate the roles of these interactions and to further develop practical biological catalysts. In this review, we highlight how the secondary coordination spheres of ArMs influence metal binding and catalysis, with particular focus on the use of native protein scaffolds as templates for the design of ArMs by either rational design aided by computational modeling, directed evolution, or a combination of both approaches. In describing successes in designing heme, nonheme Fe, and Cu metalloenzymes, heteronuclear metalloenzymes containing heme, and those ArMs containing other metal centers (including those with non-native metal ions and metallocofactors), we have summarized insights gained on how careful controls of the interactions in the secondary coordination sphere, including hydrophobic and hydrogen bonding interactions, allow the generation and tuning of these respective systems to approach, rival, and, in a few cases, exceed those of native enzymes. We have also provided an outlook on the remaining challenges in the field and future directions that will allow for a deeper understanding of the secondary coordination sphere a deeper understanding of the secondary coordintion sphere to be gained, and in turn to guide the design of a broader and more efficient variety of ArMs.
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- Casey Van Stappen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 105 East 24th Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 105 East 24th Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 505 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 105 East 24th Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 105 East 24th Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 105 East 24th Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 105 East 24th Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 105 East 24th Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States.,Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 505 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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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: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
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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Liu Y, Lai KL, Vong K. Transition Metal Scaffolds Used To Bring New‐to‐Nature Reactions into Biological Systems. Eur J Inorg Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202200215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Yifei Liu
- Department of Chemistry The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon Hong Kong China
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- Department of Chemistry The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon Hong Kong China
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- Department of Chemistry The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon Hong Kong China
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Wang Z, Cheng J, Ding W, Wang D. C(sp3)–H Amination Catalyzed by Ir(Me)-Porphyrin: A Computational Study. Organometallics 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Zihao Wang
- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion of Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
- Multidisciplinary Initiative Center, CAS-HKU Joint Laboratory of Metallomics on Health and Environment, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Gu Y, Bloomer BJ, Liu Z, Chen R, Clark DS, Hartwig JF. Directed Evolution of Artificial Metalloenzymes in Whole Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202110519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yang Gu
- Department of Chemistry University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Present address: CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen China
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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Gu Y, Bloomer BJ, Liu Z, Chen R, Clark DS, Hartwig JF. Directed Evolution of Artificial Metalloenzymes in Whole Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202110519. [PMID: 34766418 PMCID: PMC9707807 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202110519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Abstract
Artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs), created by introducing synthetic cofactors into protein scaffolds, are an emerging class of catalyst for non-natural reactions. Although many classes of ArMs are known, in vitro reconstitution of cofactors and proteins has been a limiting step in the high-throughput screening and directed evolution of ArMs because purification of individual host proteins is time-consuming. We describe the application of a platform to combine mutants of the P450 enzyme CYP119 and the cofactor Ir(Me)MPIX in vivo, by coexpression of the CYP119 mutants with the heme transporter encoded by the hug operon, to the directed evolution of ArMs containing Ir(Me)MPIX in whole cells. We applied this platform to the development an ArMs catalyzing the insertion of the acyclic carbene from α-diazopropanoate esters (Me-EDA) into the N-H bonds of N-alkyl anilines, a combination of carbene and amine classes for which mutant enzymes of natural hemoproteins previously reacted with low enantioselectivity. The mutants of the artificial metalloenzyme Ir(Me)CYP119 identified by an evolution campaign involving more than 4000 mutants are shown to catalyze the reaction of Me-EDA with N-methyl anilines to form chiral chiral amino esters with high TON and good enantioselectivity, thereby demonstrating that the directed evolution of ArMs can rival that of natural enzymes in vivo.
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- Yang Gu
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.,Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.,Present Address: CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.,Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.,Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.,Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.,Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.,Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Jaiswal V, Godara M, Das D, Gandon V, Saha J. Leveraging the Domino Skeletal Expansion of Thia-/Selenazolidinones via Nitrogen-Atom Transfer in Hexafluoroisopropanol: Room Temperature Access to Six-Membered S/Se,N-Heterocycles. J Org Chem 2021; 87:613-627. [PMID: 34904438 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c02621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Herein, a highly regioselective domino skeletal-expansion process that transforms 2-aminothiazolidinone into six-membered S,N-heterocycle is developed with the aid of TMS-azide in hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) at ambient temperature. Functioning of the C2 tertiary amine as latent reactive group on thiazolidinone moiety was the key to this development, which allowed relay substitution with azide and imparted subsequent ring-expansion under metal/acid free-conditions. The reaction also underscored an intermolecular nitrogen-atom transfer process from TMS-azide leading to final products, where any intermediary azidothiazolidinone was absent. The strategy was extendable to analogous synthesis of Se,N-heterocycles, and furthermore, late-stage drug-modification and follow-up transformations were also performed. Density functional theory calculations and control experiments provided important mechanistic insights and highlighted potential roles of HFIP in the transformation.
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- Vandana Jaiswal
- Division of Molecular Synthesis & Drug Discovery, Centre of Biomedical Research (CBMR), SGPGIMS Campus, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226014, India
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- Division of Molecular Synthesis & Drug Discovery, Centre of Biomedical Research (CBMR), SGPGIMS Campus, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226014, India
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- School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, India
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay (ICMMO), CNRS UMR 8182, Université Paris-Saclay, Bâtiment 420, 91405 Orsay cedex, France.,Laboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire (LCM), CNRS UMR 9168, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau cedex, France
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- Division of Molecular Synthesis & Drug Discovery, Centre of Biomedical Research (CBMR), SGPGIMS Campus, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226014, India
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Coin G, Latour JM. Nitrene transfers mediated by natural and artificial iron enzymes. J Inorg Biochem 2021; 225:111613. [PMID: 34634542 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2021.111613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Amines are ubiquitous in biology and pharmacy. As a consequence, introducing N functionalities in organic molecules is attracting strong continuous interest. The past decade has witnessed the emergence of very efficient and selective catalytic systems achieving this goal thanks to engineered hemoproteins. In this review, we examine how these enzymes have been engineered focusing rather on the rationale behind it than the methodology employed. These studies are put in perspective with respect to in vitro and in vivo nitrene transfer processes performed by cytochromes P450. An emphasis is put on mechanistic aspects which are confronted to current molecular knowledge of these reactions. Forthcoming developments are delineated.
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- Guillaume Coin
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IRIG, DIESE, LCBM, pmb, F-38000 Grenoble, France; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS UMR 5250, DCM, CIRE, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IRIG, DIESE, LCBM, pmb, F-38000 Grenoble, France.
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- Hidetoshi Noda
- Institute of Microbial Chemistry 3-14-23 Kamiosaki, Shinagaku-ku Tokyo 141-0021 Japan
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- Institute of Microbial Chemistry 3-14-23 Kamiosaki, Shinagaku-ku Tokyo 141-0021 Japan
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- Institute of Microbial Chemistry 3-14-23 Kamiosaki, Shinagaku-ku Tokyo 141-0021 Japan
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Ren X, Fasan R. Engineered and Artificial Metalloenzymes for Selective C-H Functionalization. CURRENT OPINION IN GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY 2021; 31:100494. [PMID: 34395950 PMCID: PMC8357270 DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsc.2021.100494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The direct functionalization of C-H bonds constitutes a powerful strategy to construct and diversify organic molecules. However, controlling the chemo- and site-selectivity of this transformation in particularly complex molecular settings represents a significant challenge. Metalloenzymes are ideal platforms for achieving catalyst-controlled selective C-H bond functionalization as their reactivities can be tuned by protein engineering and/or redesign of their cofactor environment. In this review, we highlight recent progress in the development of engineered and artificial metalloenzymes for C-H functionalization, with a focus on biocatalytic strategies for selective C-H oxyfunctionalization and halogenation as well as C-H amination and C-H carbene insertion via abiological nitrene and carbene transfer chemistries. Engineered heme- and non-heme iron dependent enzymes have emerged as promising scaffolds for executing these transformations with high chemo-, regio- and stereocontrol as well as tunable selectivity. These emerging systems and methodologies have expanded the toolbox of sustainable strategies for organic synthesis and created new opportunities for the generation of chiral building blocks, the late-stage C-H functionalization of complex molecules, and the total synthesis of natural products.
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- Xinkun Ren
- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Hutchison Hall, 120 Trustee Rd, Rochester NY 14627, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Hutchison Hall, 120 Trustee Rd, Rochester NY 14627, USA
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Recent advances in biocatalysis of nitrogen-containing heterocycles. Biotechnol Adv 2021; 54:107813. [PMID: 34450199 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2021.107813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Nitrogen-containing heterocycles (N-heterocycles) are ubiquitous in both organisms and pharmaceutical products. Biocatalysts are providing green approaches for synthesizing various N-heterocycles under mild reaction conditions. This review summarizes the recent advances in the biocatalysis of N-heterocycles through the discovery and engineering of natural N-heterocycle synthetic pathway, and the design of artificial synthetic routes, with an emphasis on biocatalysts applied in retrosynthetic design for preparing complex N-heterocycles. Furthermore, this review discusses the future prospects and challenges of biocatalysts involved in the synthesis of N-heterocycles.
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Huang H, Zhao D, Yang Z. Theoretical
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tudy of enantioenriched aminohydroxylation of styrene catalyzed by an engineered hemoprotein. J PHYS ORG CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/poc.4280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Hong Huang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Liaoning Normal University Dalian China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Liaoning Normal University Dalian China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Liaoning Normal University Dalian China
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Wang Y, Xue P, Cao M, Yu T, Lane ST, Zhao H. Directed Evolution: Methodologies and Applications. Chem Rev 2021; 121:12384-12444. [PMID: 34297541 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 61.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Directed evolution aims to expedite the natural evolution process of biological molecules and systems in a test tube through iterative rounds of gene diversifications and library screening/selection. It has become one of the most powerful and widespread tools for engineering improved or novel functions in proteins, metabolic pathways, and even whole genomes. This review describes the commonly used gene diversification strategies, screening/selection methods, and recently developed continuous evolution strategies for directed evolution. Moreover, we highlight some representative applications of directed evolution in engineering nucleic acids, proteins, pathways, genetic circuits, viruses, and whole cells. Finally, we discuss the challenges and future perspectives in directed evolution.
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- Yajie Wang
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.,Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Liu Z, Arnold FH. New-to-nature chemistry from old protein machinery: carbene and nitrene transferases. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2021; 69:43-51. [PMID: 33370622 PMCID: PMC8225731 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2020.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Hemoprotein-catalyzed carbene and nitrene transformations have emerged as powerful tools for constructing complex molecules; they also nicely illustrate how new protein catalysts can emerge, evolve and diversify. These laboratory-invented enzymes exploit the ability of proteins to tame highly reactive carbene and nitrene species and direct their fates with high selectivity. New-to-nature carbene and nitrene transferases catalyze many useful reactions, including some that have no precedent using chemical methods. Here we cover recent advances in this field, including alkyne cyclopropenation, arene cyclopropanation, carbene CH insertion, intramolecular nitrene CH insertion, alkene aminohydroxylation, and primary amination. For such transformations, biocatalysts have exceeded the performance of reported small-molecule catalysts in terms of selectivity and catalyst turnovers. Finally, we offer our thoughts on using these new enzymatic reactions in chemical synthesis, integrating them into biological pathways and chemo-enzymatic cascades, and on their current limitations.
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- Zhen Liu
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 210-41, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 210-41, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
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Singh P, Stewart-Jones E, Denler MC, Jackson TA. Mechanistic insight into oxygen atom transfer reactions by mononuclear manganese(IV)-oxo adducts. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:3577-3585. [PMID: 33616141 PMCID: PMC8075156 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt04436a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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High-valent metal-oxo intermediates are well known to facilitate oxygen-atom transfer (OAT) reactions both in biological and synthetic systems. These reactions can occur by a single-step OAT mechanism or by a stepwise process initiated by rate-limiting electron transfer between the substrate and the metal-oxo unit. Several recent reports have demonstrated that changes in the metal reduction potential, caused by the addition of Brønsted or Lewis acids, cause a change in sulfoxidation mechanism of MnIV-oxo complexes from single-step OAT to the multistep process. In this work, we sought to determine if ca. 4000-fold rate variations observed for sulfoxidation reactions by a series of MnIV-oxo complexes supported by neutral, pentadentate ligands could arise from a change in sulfoxidation mechanism. We examined the basis for this rate variation by performing variable-temperature kinetic studies to determine activation parameters for the reactions of the MnIV-oxo complexes with thioanisole. These data reveal activation barriers predominantly controlled by activation enthalpy, with unexpectedly small contributions from the activation entropy. We also compared the reactivity of these MnIV-oxo complexes by a Hammett analysis using para-substituted thioanisole derivatives. Similar Hammett ρ values from this analysis suggest a common sulfoxidation mechanism for these complexes. Because the rates of oxidation of the para-substituted thioanisole derivatives by the MnIV-oxo adducts are much faster than that expected from the Marcus theory of outer-sphere electron-transfer, we conclude that these reactions proceed by a single-step OAT mechanism. Thus, large variations in sulfoxidation by this series of MnIV-oxo centers occur without a change in reaction mechanism.
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- Priya Singh
- The University of Kansas, Department of Chemistry and Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, 1567 Irving Hill Road, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA.
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- The University of Kansas, Department of Chemistry and Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, 1567 Irving Hill Road, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA.
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- The University of Kansas, Department of Chemistry and Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, 1567 Irving Hill Road, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA.
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- The University of Kansas, Department of Chemistry and Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, 1567 Irving Hill Road, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA.
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Yang Y, Arnold FH. Navigating the Unnatural Reaction Space: Directed Evolution of Heme Proteins for Selective Carbene and Nitrene Transfer. Acc Chem Res 2021; 54:1209-1225. [PMID: 33491448 PMCID: PMC7931446 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Despite the astonishing diversity of naturally
occurring biocatalytic
processes, enzymes do not catalyze many of the transformations favored
by synthetic chemists. Either nature does not care about the specific
products, or if she does, she has adopted a different synthetic strategy.
In many cases, the appropriate reagents used by synthetic chemists
are not readily accessible to biological systems. Here, we discuss
our efforts to expand the catalytic repertoire of enzymes to encompass
powerful reactions previously known only in small-molecule catalysis:
formation and transfer of reactive carbene and nitrene intermediates
leading to a broad range of products, including products with bonds
not known in biology. In light of the structural similarity of iron
carbene (Fe=C(R1)(R2)) and iron nitrene
(Fe=NR) to the iron oxo (Fe=O) intermediate involved
in cytochrome P450-catalyzed oxidation, we have used synthetic carbene
and nitrene precursors that biological systems have not encountered
and repurposed P450s to catalyze reactions that are not known in the
natural world. The resulting protein catalysts are fully genetically
encoded and function in intact microbial cells or cell-free lysates,
where their performance can be improved and optimized by directed
evolution. By leveraging the catalytic promiscuity of P450 enzymes,
we evolved a range of carbene and nitrene transferases exhibiting
excellent activity toward these new-to-nature reactions. Since our
initial report in 2012, a number of other heme proteins including
myoglobins, protoglobins, and cytochromes c have
also been found and engineered to promote unnatural carbene and nitrene
transfer. Due to the altered active-site environments, these heme
proteins often displayed complementary activities and selectivities
to P450s. Using wild-type and engineered heme proteins, we and
others have
described a range of selective carbene transfer reactions, including
cyclopropanation, cyclopropenation, Si–H insertion, B–H
insertion, and C–H insertion. Similarly, a variety of asymmetric
nitrene transfer processes including aziridination, sulfide imidation,
C–H amidation, and, most recently, C–H amination have
been demonstrated. The scopes of these biocatalytic carbene and nitrene
transfer reactions are often complementary to the state-of-the-art
processes based on small-molecule transition-metal catalysts, making
engineered biocatalysts a valuable addition to the synthetic chemist’s
toolbox. Moreover, enabled by the exquisite regio- and stereocontrol
imposed by the enzyme catalyst, this biocatalytic platform provides
an exciting opportunity to address challenging problems in modern
synthetic chemistry and selective catalysis, including ones that have
eluded synthetic chemists for decades.
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- Yang Yang
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 210-41, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 210-41, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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Vong K, Nasibullin I, Tanaka K. Exploring and Adapting the Molecular Selectivity of Artificial Metalloenzymes. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2021. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20200316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Kenward Vong
- Biofunctional Synthetic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- GlycoTargeting Research Laboratory, RIKEN Baton Zone Program, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Biofunctional Synthetic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Biofunctional Chemistry Laboratory, A. Butlerov Institute of Chemistry, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
- Biofunctional Synthetic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Biofunctional Chemistry Laboratory, A. Butlerov Institute of Chemistry, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia
- GlycoTargeting Research Laboratory, RIKEN Baton Zone Program, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Wang YC, Lai XJ, Huang K, Yadav S, Qiu G, Zhang L, Zhou H. Unravelling nitrene chemistry from acyclic precursors: recent advances and challenges. Org Chem Front 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0qo01360a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Recent advances in nitrene chemistry from acyclic precursors are reviewed in this paper.
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- Yu-Chao Wang
- College of Biological
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering
- Jiaxing University
- Jiaxing 314001
- China
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- College of Biological
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering
- Jiaxing University
- Jiaxing 314001
- China
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- College of Biological
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering
- Jiaxing University
- Jiaxing 314001
- China
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- College of Biological
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering
- Jiaxing University
- Jiaxing 314001
- China
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- College of Biological
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering
- Jiaxing University
- Jiaxing 314001
- China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Southwest Forestry University
- Kunming 650224
- China
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- College of Biological
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering
- Jiaxing University
- Jiaxing 314001
- China
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Steck V, Carminati DM, Johnson NR, Fasan R. Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Amines via Biocatalytic Carbene N-H Insertion. ACS Catal 2020; 10:10967-10977. [PMID: 34484852 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c02794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Optically active amines represent highly valuable building blocks for the synthesis of advanced pharmaceutical intermediates, drug molecules, and biologically active natural products. Hemoproteins have recently emerged as promising biocatalysts for the formation of C-N bonds via carbene transfer, but asymmetric N-H carbene insertion reactions using these or other enzymes have so far been elusive. Here, we report the successful development of a biocatalytic strategy for the asymmetric N-H carbene insertion of aromatic amines with 2-diazopropanoate esters using engineered variants of myoglobin. High activity and stereoinduction in this reaction could be achieved by tuning the chiral environment around the heme cofactor in the metalloprotein in combination with catalyst-matching and tailoring of the diazo reagent. Using this approach, an efficient biocatalytic protocol for the synthesis of a broad range of substituted aryl amines with up to 82% ee was obtained. In addition, a stereocomplementary catalyst useful for accessing the mirror-image form of the N-H insertion products was identified. This work paves the way to asymmetric amine synthesis via biocatalytic carbene transfer, and the present strategy based on the synergistic combination of protein and diazo reagent engineering is expected to prove useful in the context of these as well as other challenging asymmetric carbene transfer reactions.
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- Viktoria Steck
- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, 14627 Rochester, New York United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, 14627 Rochester, New York United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, 14627 Rochester, New York United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, 14627 Rochester, New York United States
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Wang Z, Jian Y, Han Y, Fu Z, Lu D, Wu J, Liu Z. Recent progress in enzymatic functionalization of carbon-hydrogen bonds for the green synthesis of chemicals. Chin J Chem Eng 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2020.06.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Recent Advances in Catalytic Synthesis of Benzosultams. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25194367. [PMID: 32977516 PMCID: PMC7582503 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25194367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Revised: 09/20/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Benzosultams represent one category of multi-heteroatom heterocyclic scaffolds, which have been frequently found in pharmaceuticals, agricultural agents, and chiral catalysts. Given the diversely significant functions of these compounds in organic and medicinal chemistry, great efforts have been made to develop novel catalytic systems for the efficient construction of benzosultam motifs over the past decades. Herein, in this review, we mainly summarize the recent advances in the field of catalytic synthesis of benzosultams from 2017 to August of 2020, with an emphasis on the scopes and mechanisms of representative reactions.
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Steck V, Kolev JN, Ren X, Fasan R. Mechanism-Guided Design and Discovery of Efficient Cytochrome P450-Derived C-H Amination Biocatalysts. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:10343-10357. [PMID: 32407077 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b12859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cytochromes P450 have been recently identified as a promising class of biocatalysts for mediating C-H aminations via nitrene transfer, a valuable transformation for forging new C-N bonds. The catalytic efficiency of P450s in these non-native transformations is however significantly inferior to that exhibited by these enzymes in their native monooxygenase function. Using a mechanism-guided strategy, we report here the rational design of a series of P450BM3-based variants with dramatically enhanced C-H amination activity acquired through disruption of the native proton relay network and other highly conserved structural elements within this class of enzymes. This approach further guided the identification of XplA and BezE, two "atypical" natural P450s implicated in the degradation of a man-made explosive and in benzastatins biosynthesis, respectively, as very efficient C-H aminases. Both XplA and BezE could be engineered to further improve their C-H amination reactivity, which demonstrates their evolvability for abiological reactions. These engineered and natural P450 catalysts can promote the intramolecular C-H amination of arylsulfonyl azides with over 10 000-14 000 catalytic turnovers, ranking among the most efficient nitrene transfer biocatalysts reported to date. Mechanistic and structure-reactivity studies provide insights into the origin of the C-H amination reactivity enhancement and highlight the divergent structural requirements inherent to supporting C-H amination versus C-H monooxygenation reactivity within this class of enzymes. Overall, this work provides new promising scaffolds for the development of nitrene transferases and demonstrates the value of mechanism-driven rational design as a strategy for improving the catalytic efficiency of metalloenzymes in the context of abiological transformations.
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- Viktoria Steck
- 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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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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Jia ZJ, Gao S, Arnold FH. Enzymatic Primary Amination of Benzylic and Allylic C(sp 3)-H Bonds. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:10279-10283. [PMID: 32450692 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c03428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
Aliphatic primary amines are prevalent in natural products, pharmaceuticals, and functional materials. While a plethora of processes are reported for their synthesis, methods that directly install a free amine group into C(sp3)-H bonds remain unprecedented. Here, we report a set of new-to-nature enzymes that catalyze the direct primary amination of C(sp3)-H bonds with excellent chemo-, regio-, and enantioselectivity, using a readily available hydroxylamine derivative as the nitrogen source. Directed evolution of genetically encoded cytochrome P411 enzymes (P450s whose Cys axial ligand to the heme iron has been replaced with Ser) generated variants that selectively functionalize benzylic and allylic C-H bonds, affording a broad scope of enantioenriched primary amines. This biocatalytic process is efficient and selective (up to 3930 TTN and 96% ee), and can be performed on preparative scale.
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- Zhi-Jun Jia
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, MC 210-41, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, MC 210-41, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, MC 210-41, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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Zhou AZ, Chen K, Arnold FH. Enzymatic Lactone-Carbene C–H Insertion to Build Contiguous Chiral Centers. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c01349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Andrew Z. Zhou
- 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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Wang J, Gao H, Yang L, Gao YQ. Role of Engineered Iron-haem Enzyme in Reactivity and Stereoselectivity of Intermolecular Benzylic C–H Bond Amination. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c00248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Juping Wang
- School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Beijing 100871, China
- Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Wen X, Li X, Luo X, Wang W, Song S, Jiao N. Intramolecular Csp 3-H/C-C bond amination of alkyl azides for the selective synthesis of cyclic imines and tertiary amines. Chem Sci 2020; 11:4482-4487. [PMID: 34122906 PMCID: PMC8159442 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc05522c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The intramolecular Csp3–H and/or C–C bond amination is very important in modern organic synthesis due to its efficiency in the construction of diversified N-heterocycles. Herein, we report a novel intramolecular cyclization of alkyl azides for the synthesis of cyclic imines and tertiary amines through selective Csp3–H and/or C–C bond cleavage. Two C–N single bonds or a C
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N double bond are efficiently constructed in these transformations. The carbocation mechanism differs from the reported metal nitrene intermediates and therefore enables metal-free and new transformation. A novel intramolecular cyclization of alkyl azides for the synthesis of cyclic imines and tertiary amines has been developed. The aliphatic C–H or C–C bond was selectively cleaved with the efficient formation of two C–N single bonds or a CN double bond.![]()
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- Xiaojin Wen
- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Xue Yuan Rd. 38 Beijing 100191 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Xue Yuan Rd. 38 Beijing 100191 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Xue Yuan Rd. 38 Beijing 100191 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Xue Yuan Rd. 38 Beijing 100191 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Xue Yuan Rd. 38 Beijing 100191 China .,State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medical, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201203 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Xue Yuan Rd. 38 Beijing 100191 China
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Chen K, Arnold FH. Engineering Cytochrome P450s for Enantioselective Cyclopropenation of Internal Alkynes. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:6891-6895. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c01313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Kai Chen
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 210-41, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 210-41, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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Sheldon RA, Brady D, Bode ML. The Hitchhiker's guide to biocatalysis: recent advances in the use of enzymes in organic synthesis. Chem Sci 2020; 11:2587-2605. [PMID: 32206264 PMCID: PMC7069372 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc05746c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Enzymes are excellent catalysts that are increasingly being used in industry and academia. This perspective is primarily aimed at synthetic organic chemists with limited experience using enzymes and provides a general and practical guide to enzymes and their synthetic potential, with particular focus on recent applications.
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- Roger A Sheldon
- Molecular Sciences Institute , School of Chemistry , University of the Witwatersrand , Johannesburg , South Africa .
- Department of Biotechnology , Delft University of Technology , Delft , The Netherlands
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- Molecular Sciences Institute , School of Chemistry , University of the Witwatersrand , Johannesburg , South Africa .
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- Molecular Sciences Institute , School of Chemistry , University of the Witwatersrand , Johannesburg , South Africa .
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Unbiased libraries in protein directed evolution. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2020; 1868:140321. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2019.140321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Revised: 10/03/2019] [Accepted: 10/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Hayashi H, Uchida T. Nitrene Transfer Reactions for Asymmetric C-H Amination: Recent Development. European J Org Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201901562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Hiroki Hayashi
- Department of Arts and Science; Kyushu University; 744, Motooka, Nishi-ku 819-0395 Fukuoka Japan
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- Department of Arts and Science; Kyushu University; 744, Motooka, Nishi-ku 819-0395 Fukuoka Japan
- International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research; Kyushu University; 744, Motooka, Nishi-ku 819-0395 Fukuoka Japan
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Liu Y, You T, Wang HX, Tang Z, Zhou CY, Che CM. Iron- and cobalt-catalyzed C(sp3)–H bond functionalization reactions and their application in organic synthesis. Chem Soc Rev 2020; 49:5310-5358. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00340a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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This review highlights the developments in iron and cobalt catalyzed C(sp3)–H bond functionalization reactions with emphasis on their applications in organic synthesis, i.e. natural products and pharmaceuticals synthesis and/or modification.
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- Yungen Liu
- Department of Chemistry
- Southern University of Science and Technology
- Shenzhen
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry
- The University of Hong Kong
- Hong Kong
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry
- The University of Hong Kong
- Hong Kong
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry
- The University of Hong Kong
- Hong Kong
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry
- The University of Hong Kong
- Hong Kong
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Southern University of Science and Technology
- Shenzhen
- P. R. China
- Department of Chemistry
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TANAKA K, VONG K. Unlocking the therapeutic potential of artificial metalloenzymes. PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY. SERIES B, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2020; 96:79-94. [PMID: 32161212 PMCID: PMC7167364 DOI: 10.2183/pjab.96.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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In order to harness the functionality of metals, nature has evolved over billions of years to utilize metalloproteins as key components in numerous cellular processes. Despite this, transition metals such as ruthenium, palladium, iridium, and gold are largely absent from naturally occurring metalloproteins, likely due to their scarcity as precious metals. To mimic the evolutionary process of nature, the field of artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs) was born as a way to benefit from the unique chemoselectivity and orthogonality of transition metals in a biological setting. In its current state, numerous examples have successfully incorporated transition metals into a variety of protein scaffolds. Using these ArMs, many examples of new-to-nature reactions have been carried out, some of which have shown substantial biocompatibility. Given the rapid rate at which this field is growing, this review aims to highlight some important studies that have begun to take the next step within this field; namely the development of ArM-centered drug therapies or biotechnological tools.
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- Katsunori TANAKA
- Cluster for Pioneering Research, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan
- A. Butlerov Institute of Chemistry, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
- Baton Zone Program, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
- Correspondence should be addressed: K. Tanaka, Biofunctional Synthetic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan (e-mail: )
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- Cluster for Pioneering Research, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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