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Li N, Wang Y, Meng Y, Lv Y, Zhang S, Wei S, Ma P, Hu Y, Lin H. Structural and functional characterization of a new thermophilic-like OYE from Aspergillus flavus. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2024; 108:134. [PMID: 38229304 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-023-12963-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Revised: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
Abstract
Old yellow enzymes (OYEs) have been proven as powerful biocatalysts for the asymmetric reduction of activated alkenes. Fungi appear to be valuable sources of OYEs, but most of the fungal OYEs are unexplored. To expand the OYEs toolbox, a new thermophilic-like OYE (AfOYE1) was identified from Aspergillus flavus strain NRRL3357. The thermal stability analysis showed that the T1/2 of AfOYE1 was 60 °C, and it had the optimal temperature at 45 °C. Moreover, AfOYE1 exhibited high reduction activity in a wide pH range (pH 5.5-8.0). AfOYE1 could accept cyclic enones, acrylamide, nitroalkenes, and α, β-unsaturated aldehydes as substrates and had excellent enantioselectivity toward prochiral alkenes (> 99% ee). Interestingly, an unexpected (S)-stereoselectivity bioreduction toward 2-methylcyclohexenone was observed. The further crystal structure of AfOYE1 revealed that the "cap" region from Ala132 to Thr182, the loop of Ser316 to Gly325, α short helix of Arg371 to Gln375, and the C-terminal "finger" structure endow the catalytic cavity of AfOYE1 quite deep and narrow, and flavin mononucleotide (FMN) heavily buried at the bottom of the active site tunnel. Furthermore, the catalytic mechanism of AfOYE1 was also investigated, and the results confirmed that the residues His211, His214, and Tyr216 compose its catalytic triad. This newly identified thermophilic-like OYE would thus be valuable for asymmetric alkene hydrogenation in industrial processes. KEY POINTS: A new thermophilic-like OYE AfOYE1 was identified from Aspergillus flavus, and the T1/2 of AfOYE1 was 60 °C AfOYE1 catalyzed the reduction of 2-methylcyclohexenone with (S)-stereoselectivity The crystal structure of AfOYE1 was revealedv.
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- Na Li
- College of Biological Engineering, Henan Unsssiversity of Technology, 100 Lianhua Street, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, China
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- College of Biological Engineering, Henan Unsssiversity of Technology, 100 Lianhua Street, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, China
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- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Bio-Based Products, College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Biological Engineering, Henan Unsssiversity of Technology, 100 Lianhua Street, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, China
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- College of Biological Engineering, Henan Unsssiversity of Technology, 100 Lianhua Street, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, China
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- College of Biological Engineering, Henan Unsssiversity of Technology, 100 Lianhua Street, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, China
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- College of Biological Engineering, Henan Unsssiversity of Technology, 100 Lianhua Street, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, China.
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- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Bio-Based Products, College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, China.
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Cancellieri MC, Nobbio C, Gatti FG, Brenna E, Parmeggiani F. Applications of biocatalytic CC bond reductions in the synthesis of flavours and fragrances. J Biotechnol 2024; 390:13-27. [PMID: 38761886 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2024.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Revised: 05/09/2024] [Accepted: 05/10/2024] [Indexed: 05/20/2024]
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Industrial biotechnology and biocatalysis can provide very effective synthetic tools to increase the sustainability of the production of fine chemicals, especially flavour and fragrance (F&F) ingredients, the market demand of which has been constantly increasing in the last years. One of the most important transformations in F&F chemistry is the reduction of CC bonds, typically carried out with metal-catalysed hydrogenations or hydride-based reagents. Its biocatalytic counterpart is a competitive alternative, showcasing a range of advantages such as excellent chemo-, regio- and stereoselectivity, ease of implementation, mild reaction conditions and modest environmental impact. In the present review, the application of biocatalysed alkene reductions (from microbial fermentations with wild-type strains to engineered isolated ene-reductase enzymes) to synthetic processes useful for the F&F industry will be described, highlighting not only the exquisite stereoselectivity achieved, but also the overall improvement when chirality is not involved. Multi-enzymatic cascades involving CC bioreductions are also examined, which allow much greater chemical complexity to be built in one-pot biocatalytic systems.
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- Maria C Cancellieri
- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy.
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Fan XY, Yu Y, Yao Y, Li WD, Tao FY, Wang N. Applications of Ene-Reductases in the Synthesis of Flavors and Fragrances. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2024. [PMID: 38966982 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.4c02897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/06/2024]
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Flavors and fragrances (F&F) are interesting organic compounds in chemistry. These compounds are widely used in the food, cosmetic, and medical industries. Enzymatic synthesis exhibits several advantages over natural extraction and chemical preparation, including a high yield, stable quality, mildness, and environmental friendliness. To date, many oxidoreductases and hydrolases have been used to biosynthesize F&F. Ene-reductases (ERs) are a class of biocatalysts that can catalyze the asymmetric reduction of α,β-unsaturated compounds and offer superior specificity and selectivity; therefore, ERs have been increasingly considered an ideal alternative to their chemical counterparts. This review summarizes the research progress on the use of ERs in F&F synthesis over the past 20 years, including the achievements of various scholars, the differences and similarities among the findings, and the discussions of future research trends related to ERs. We hope this review can inspire researchers to promote the development of biotechnology in the F&F industry.
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- Xin-Yue Fan
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, People's Republic of China
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- Harmful Components and Tar Reduction in Cigarette Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, China Tobacco Sichuan Industrial Company, Limited, Chengdu, Sichuan 610066, People's Republic of China
- Sichuan Sanlian New Material Company, Limited, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, People's Republic of China
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- Harmful Components and Tar Reduction in Cigarette Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, China Tobacco Sichuan Industrial Company, Limited, Chengdu, Sichuan 610066, People's Republic of China
- Sichuan Sanlian New Material Company, Limited, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, People's Republic of China
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Wu S, Ma X, Yan H. Identification and characterization of an ene-reductase from Corynebacterium casei. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 264:130427. [PMID: 38428763 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.130427] [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: 10/22/2023] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/03/2024]
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The asymmetric reduction of α, β-unsaturated compounds conjugated with electron-withdrawing group by ene-reductases (ERs) is a valuable method for the synthesis of enantiopure chiral compounds. This study introduced an ER from Corynebacterium casei (CcER) which was heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3), and the purified recombinant CcER was characterized for its biocatalytic properties. CcER exhibited the highest specific activity at 40 °C and pH 6.5, and showcased appreciable stability below 40 °C over a pH range of 6.0-7.0. The enzyme displayed high resistance to methanol. CcER accepted NADH or NADPH as a cofactor and exhibited a broad substrate spectrum towards α, β-unsaturated compounds. It achieved complete conversion of 2-cyclohexen-1-one and good performance for stereoselective reduction of (R)-carvone (conversion 98 %, diastereoselectivity 96 %). This study highlights the robustness and potential of CcER.
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- Shijin Wu
- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Pharmaceutical University, Ningbo, China.
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Villa R, Ferrer-Carbonell C, Paul CE. Biocatalytic reduction of alkenes in micro-aqueous organic solvent catalysed by an immobilised ene reductase. Catal Sci Technol 2023; 13:5530-5535. [PMID: 38013840 PMCID: PMC10544049 DOI: 10.1039/d3cy00541k] [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: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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Biocatalytic asymmetric reduction of alkenes in organic solvent is attractive for enantiopurity and product isolation, yet remains under developed. Herein we demonstrate the robustness of an ene reductase immobilised on Celite for the reduction of activated alkenes in micro-aqueous organic solvent. Full conversion was obtained in methyl t-butyl ether, avoiding hydrolysis and racemisation of products. The immobilised ene reductase showed reusability and a scale-up demonstrated its applicability.
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- Rocio Villa
- Biocatalysis section, Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Biotechnology van der Maasweg 9 2629 HZ Delft The Netherlands
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- Biocatalysis section, Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Biotechnology van der Maasweg 9 2629 HZ Delft The Netherlands
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- Biocatalysis section, Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Biotechnology van der Maasweg 9 2629 HZ Delft The Netherlands
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Engineering of an ene-reductase for producing the key intermediate of antiepileptic drug Brivaracetam. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2023; 107:1649-1661. [PMID: 36710288 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-023-12389-4] [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: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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(R)-4-Propyldihydrofuran-2(3H)-one (R-PDFO) is the key chiral intermediate for the antiepileptic drug Brivaracetam. Lacking a simple and economical method to approaching R-PDFO, the production of R-PDFO also remains environmentally unfriendly. Here, we developed a straightforward bioreduction way from easily synthesized 4-propylfuran-2(5H)-one (PFO) using ene-reductases. After screened with 27 ene-reductases, E116 stood out with 25.7% yield and 97% ee (R) as the starting enzyme. To improve the catalytic efficiency of E116, several rounds of directed evolution were first carried out. Through rational design, alanine scanning and random mutagenesis, engineered ene-reductase E116-M3 was obtained, with a 2.63-fold improvement in yields over WT, a 12.6-fold improvement in kcat/Km over WT, and stereoselectivity increased to 99% (R). To further improve the yield of R-PDFO, the reaction conditions were then optimized. The catalytic activity of the optimized reaction system was increased again by 2.3 times and the turnover number (TON) of E116-M3 reached 705. Subsequently, whole cells harboring E116-M3 were also shown to have similar capabilities of synthesizing R-PDFO. Finally, E116-M3 was employed in the 50-mL-scale synthesis of R-PDFO under 20 mM of PFO loading to achieve 81% isolated yield and 99% ee. In conclusion, this new approach of engineered ene-reductase catalyzing the asymmetric reduction of PFO could be a green alternative for the efficient synthesis of R-PDFO. KEY POINTS: • An ene-reductase library was first used to screen the bioreduction of PFO. • Rational design contributed to the enhanced R-stereoselectivity of PFO reduction. • E116-M3 was obtained with high activity and stereoselectivity for R-PDFO.
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Lonardi G, Parolin R, Licini G, Orlandi M. Catalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202216649. [PMID: 36757599 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202216649] [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: 11/11/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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Enantioselective reduction reactions are privileged transformations for the construction of trisubstituted stereogenic centers. While these include established synthetic strategies, such as asymmetric hydrogenation, methods based on the enantioselective addition of hydridic reagents to electrophilic prochiral substrates have also gained importance. In this context, the asymmetric conjugate reduction (ACR) of α,β-unsaturated compounds has become a convenient approach for the synthesis of chiral compounds with trisubstituted stereocenters in α-, β-, or γ-position to electron-withdrawing functional groups. Because such activating groups are diverse and amenable of further derivatizations, ACRs provide a general and powerful synthetic entry towards a variety of valuable chiral building blocks. This Review provides a comprehensive collection of catalytic ACR methods involving transition-metal, organic, and enzymatic catalysis since its first versions dating back to the late 1970s.
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- Giovanni Lonardi
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Marzolo, 1, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Marzolo, 1, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Marzolo, 1, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Marzolo, 1, 35131, Padova, Italy
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Asymmetric Synthesis of Both Enantiomers of Dimethyl 2-Methylsuccinate by the Ene-Reductase-Catalyzed Reduction at High Substrate Concentration. Catalysts 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12101133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Chiral dimethyl 2-methylsuccinate (1) is a very important building block for the manufacturing of many active pharmaceutical ingredients and fine chemicals. The asymmetric reduction of C=C double bond of dimethyl citraconate (2), dimethyl mesaconate (3) or dimethyl itaconate (4) by ene-reductases (ERs) represents an attractive straightforward approach, but lack of high-performance ERs, especially (S)-selective ones, has limited implementing this method to prepare the optically pure dimethyl 2-methylsuccinate. Herein, three ERs (Bac-OYE1 from Bacillus sp., SeER from Saccharomyces eubayanus and AfER from Aspergillus flavus) with high substrate tolerance and stereoselectivity towards 2, 3 and 4 have been identified. Up to 500 mM of 3 was converted to (S)-dimethyl 2-methylsuccinate ((S)-1) by SeER in high yields (80%) and enantioselectivity (98% ee), and 700 mM of 2 and 400 mM of 4 were converted to (R)-1 by Bac-OYE1 and AfER, respectively, in high yields (86% and 77%) with excellent enantioselectivity (99% ee). The reductions of diethyl citraconate (5), diethyl mesaconate (6) and diethyl itaconate (7) were also tested with the three ERs. Although up to 500 mM of 5 was completely converted to (R)-diethyl 2-methylsuccinate ((R)-8) by Bac-OYE1 with excellent enantioselectivity (99% ee), the alcohol moiety of the esters had a great effect on the activity and enantioselectivity of ERs. This work provides an efficient methodology for the enantiocomplementary production of optically pure dimethyl 2-methylsuccinate from dimethyl itaconate and its isomers at high titer.
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Yuan FY, Pan YH, Yin AP, Li W, Huang D, Yan XL, Wu SQ, Tang GH, Pu R, Yin S. Euphorstranoids A and B, two highly rearranged ingenane diterpenoids from Euphorbia stracheyi: structural elucidation, chemical transformation, and lipid-lowering activity. Org Chem Front 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1qo01705e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Euphorstranoids A (1) and B (2), two highly rearranged ingenane diterpenoids with an unusual 5/6/7/3 carbon ring system, were isolated from Euphorbia stracheyi.
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- Fang-Yu Yuan
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the Third People's Hospital of Dongguan, Dongguan 523326, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the Third People's Hospital of Dongguan, Dongguan 523326, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, People's Republic of China
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Upp DM, Huang R, Li Y, Bultman MJ, Roux B, Lewis JC. Engineering Dirhodium Artificial Metalloenzymes for Diazo Coupling Cascade Reactions**. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202107982] [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)
- David M. Upp
- 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 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Chicago Chicago IL 60637 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Indiana University Bloomington IN 47405 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Chicago Chicago IL 60637 USA
- Department of Chemistry University of Chicago Chicago IL 60637 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Indiana University Bloomington IN 47405 USA
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Structure and substrate specificity determinants of NfnB, a dinitroaniline herbicide-catabolizing nitroreductase from Sphingopyxis sp. strain HMH. J Biol Chem 2021; 297:101143. [PMID: 34473996 PMCID: PMC8484813 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Nitroreductases are emerging as attractive bioremediation enzymes, with substrate promiscuity toward both natural and synthetic compounds. Recently, the nitroreductase NfnB from Sphingopyxis sp. strain HMH exhibited metabolic activity for dinitroaniline herbicides including butralin and pendimethalin, triggering the initial steps of their degradation and detoxification. However, the determinants of the specificity of NfnB for these herbicides are unknown. In this study, we performed structural and biochemical analyses of NfnB to decipher its substrate specificity. The homodimer NfnB is a member of the PnbA subgroup of the nitroreductase family. Each monomer displays a central α + β fold for the core domain, with a protruding middle region and an extended C-terminal region. The protruding middle region of Val75–Tyr129 represents a structural extension that is a common feature to members of the PnbA subgroup and functions as an opening wall connecting the coenzyme FMN-binding site to the surface, therefore serving as a substrate binding site. We performed mutational, kinetic, and structural analyses of mutant enzymes and found that Tyr88 in the middle region plays a pivotal role in substrate specificity by determining the dimensions of the wall opening. The mutation of Tyr88 to phenylalanine or alanine caused significant changes in substrate selectivity toward bulkier dinitroaniline herbicides such as oryzalin and isopropalin without compromising its activity. These results provide a framework to modify the substrate specificity of nitroreductase in the PnbA subgroup, which has been a challenging issue for its biotechnological and bioremediation applications.
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Upp DM, Huang R, Li Y, Bultman MJ, Roux B, Lewis JC. Engineering Dirhodium Artificial Metalloenzymes for Diazo Coupling Cascade Reactions*. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:23672-23677. [PMID: 34288306 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202107982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs) are commonly used to control the stereoselectivity of catalytic reactions, but controlling chemoselectivity remains challenging. In this study, we engineer a dirhodium ArM to catalyze diazo cross-coupling to form an alkene that, in a one-pot cascade reaction, is reduced to an alkane with high enantioselectivity (typically >99 % ee) by an alkene reductase. The numerous protein and small molecule components required for the cascade reaction had minimal effect on ArM catalysis. Directed evolution of the ArM led to improved yields and E/Z selectivities for a variety of substrates, which translated to cascade reaction yields. MD simulations of ArM variants were used to understand the structural role of the cofactor on ArM conformational dynamics. These results highlight the ability of ArMs to control both catalyst stereoselectivity and chemoselectivity to enable reactions in complex media that would otherwise lead to undesired side reactions.
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- David M Upp
- 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 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.,Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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A robust and stereocomplementary panel of ene-reductase variants for gram-scale asymmetric hydrogenation. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2021.111404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Nagy F, Gyujto I, Tasnádi G, Barna B, Balogh-Weiser D, Faber K, Poppe L, Hall M. Design and application of a bi-functional redox biocatalyst through covalent co-immobilization of ene-reductase and glucose dehydrogenase. J Biotechnol 2020; 323:246-253. [PMID: 32891641 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2020.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Revised: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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An immobilized bi-functional redox biocatalyst was designed for the asymmetric reduction of alkenes by nicotinamide-dependent ene-reductases. The biocatalyst, which consists of co-immobilized ene-reductase and glucose dehydrogenase, was implemented in biotransformations in the presence of glucose as source of reducing equivalents and catalytic amounts of the cofactor. Enzyme co-immobilization employing glutaraldehyde activated Relizyme HA403/M as support material was performed directly from the crude cell-free extract obtained after protein overexpression in E. coli and cell lysis, avoiding enzyme purification steps. The resulting optimum catalyst showed excellent level of activity and stereoselectivity in asymmetric reduction reactions using either OYE3 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae or NCR from Zymomonas mobilis in the presence of organic cosolvents in up to 20 vol%. The bi-functional redox biocatalyst, which demonstrated remarkable reusability over several cycles, was applied in preparative-scale synthesis at 50 mM substrate concentration and provided access to three industrially relevant chiral compounds in high enantiopurity (ee up to 97 %) and in up to 42 % isolated yield. The present method highlights the potential of (co-)immobilization of ene-reductases, notorious for their poor scalability, and complements the few existing methods available for increasing productivity in asymmetric bioreduction reactions.
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- Flóra Nagy
- Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Műegyetem rkp. 3, 1111 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Műegyetem rkp. 3, 1111 Budapest, Hungary
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- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology, Austria; Department of Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Műegyetem rkp. 3, 1111 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Műegyetem rkp. 3, 1111 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Műegyetem rkp. 3, 1111 Budapest, Hungary; Biocatalysis and Biotransformation Research Center, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Arany János str. 11, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, 8010 Graz, Austria; Field of Excellence BioHealth, University of Graz, Austria.
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Ferreira IM, Fiamingo A, Campana-Filho SP, Porto ALM. Biotransformation of (E)-2-Methyl-3-Phenylacrylaldehyde Using Mycelia of Penicillium citrinum CBMAI 1186, Both Free and Immobilized on Chitosan. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2020; 22:348-356. [PMID: 32080775 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-020-09954-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This study applied the use of marine-derived fungus Penicillium citrinum CBMAI 1186 in the stereoselective reduction of the C=C double bond of the prochiral (E)-2-methyl-3-phenylacrylaldehyde 1. The fungus immobilized on chitosan, obtained by multistep ultrasound-assisted deacetylation process (Ch-USAD), produced the (S)-(+)-2-methyl-3-phenylpropan-1-ol 3 (c = 49%, 40% ee) isomer and (±)-2-methyl-3-phenylacrilic acid 4 (c = 35%); in contrast, immobilized mycelia on commercial chitosan (Ch-C) yielded the (S)-(+)-2-methyl-3-phenylpropan-1-ol 3 (c = 48%, 10% ee) and (±)-2-methyl-3-phenylpropanal 1a (c = 41%). The reaction using free mycelia gave a 40% yield of (S)-(+)-2-methyl-3-phenylpropan-1-ol 3 with 10% ee. These results showed that the crystallinity form and molecular weight of chitosan (Ch-C or Ch-USAD) used to immobilized mycelia of P. citrinum CBMAI 1186 influenced in the biotransformation of (E)-2-methyl-3-phenylacrylaldehyde 1. Therefore, marine-derived fungus P. citrinum CBMAI 1186 immobilized on chitosan can be a potential alternative in the studies of hydrogenation of the α,β-unsaturated carbon-carbon (α,β-C=C) double bond. Marine-derived fungus Penicillium citrinum CBMAI 1186 immobilized on chitosan in the stereoselective reduction of the C=C double bond of the prochiral (E)-2-methyl-3-phenylacrylaldehyde.
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- Irlon M Ferreira
- Laboratório de Biocatálise e Síntese Orgânica Aplicada, Departamento de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal do Amapá, Rod. JK KM 02, Macapa, Amapá, 68902-280, Brazil.
- Instituto de Química de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São-Carlense, 400,, Sao Carlos, São Paulo, 13566-590, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Química de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São-Carlense, 400,, Sao Carlos, São Paulo, 13566-590, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São-Carlense, 400,, Sao Carlos, São Paulo, 13566-590, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Química Orgânica e Biocatálise, Instituto de Química de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. João Dagnone, 1100, Ed. Química Ambiental, J. Santa Angelina,, Sao Carlos, São Paulo, 13563-120, Brazil.
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Nakano Y, Black MJ, Meichan AJ, Sandoval BA, Chung MM, Biegasiewicz KF, Zhu T, Hyster TK. Photoenzymatic Hydrogenation of Heteroaromatic Olefins Using 'Ene'-Reductases with Photoredox Catalysts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:10484-10488. [PMID: 32181943 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202003125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Flavin-dependent 'ene'-reductases (EREDs) are highly selective catalysts for the asymmetric reduction of activated alkenes. This function is, however, limited to enones, enoates, and nitroalkenes using the native hydride transfer mechanism. Here we demonstrate that EREDs can reduce vinyl pyridines when irradiated with visible light in the presence of a photoredox catalyst. Experimental evidence suggests the reaction proceeds via a radical mechanism where the vinyl pyridine is reduced to the corresponding neutral benzylic radical in solution. DFT calculations reveal this radical to be "dynamically stable", suggesting it is sufficiently long-lived to diffuse into the enzyme active site for stereoselective hydrogen atom transfer. This reduction mechanism is distinct from the native one, highlighting the opportunity to expand the synthetic capabilities of existing enzyme platforms by exploiting new mechanistic models.
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- Yuji Nakano
- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA.,Present address: Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA.,Present address: School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA
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Nakano Y, Black MJ, Meichan AJ, Sandoval BA, Chung MM, Biegasiewicz KF, Zhu T, Hyster TK. Photoenzymatic Hydrogenation of Heteroaromatic Olefins Using ‘Ene’‐Reductases with Photoredox Catalysts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202003125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Yuji Nakano
- Department of Chemistry Princeton University Princeton NJ 08544 USA
- Present address: Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Science Monash University Parkville Victoria 3052 Australia
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- Department of Chemistry Princeton University Princeton NJ 08544 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Princeton University Princeton NJ 08544 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Princeton University Princeton NJ 08544 USA
- Present address: School of Molecular Sciences Arizona State University Tempe AZ 85287 USA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering California Institute of Technology Pasadena CA 91125 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Princeton University Princeton NJ 08544 USA
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Thirteen Non-Conventional Yeasts (NCYs) have been investigated for their ability to reduce activated C=C bonds of chalcones to obtain the corresponding dihydrochalcones. A possible correlation between bioreducing capacity of the NCYs and the substrate structure was estimated. Generally, whole-cells of the NCYs were able to hydrogenate the C=C double bond occurring in (E)-1,3-diphenylprop-2-en-1-one, while worthy bioconversion yields were obtained when the substrate exhibited the presence of a deactivating electron-withdrawing Cl substituent on the B-ring. On the contrary, no conversion was generally found, with a few exceptions, in the presence of an activating electron-donating substituent OH. The bioreduction aptitude of the NCYs was apparently correlated to the logP value: Compounds characterized by a higher logP exhibited a superior aptitude to be reduced by the NCYs than compounds with a lower logP value.
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Robescu MS, Niero M, Hall M, Cendron L, Bergantino E. Two new ene-reductases from photosynthetic extremophiles enlarge the panel of old yellow enzymes: CtOYE and GsOYE. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 104:2051-2066. [PMID: 31930452 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-019-10287-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2019] [Revised: 11/21/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Looking for new ene-reductases with uncovered features beneficial for biotechnological applications, by mining genomes of photosynthetic extremophile organisms, we identified two new Old Yellow Enzyme homologues: CtOYE, deriving from the cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis thermalis, and GsOYE, from the alga Galdieria sulphuraria. Both enzymes were produced and purified with very good yields and displayed catalytic activity on a broad substrate spectrum by reducing α,β-unsaturated ketones, aldehydes, maleimides and nitroalkenes with good to excellent stereoselectivity. Both enzymes prefer NADPH but demonstrate a good acceptance of NADH as cofactor. CtOYE and GsOYE represent robust biocatalysts showing high thermostability, a wide range of pH optimum and good co-solvent tolerance. High resolution X-ray crystal structures of both enzymes have been determined, revealing conserved features of the classical OYE subfamily as well as unique properties, such as a very long loop entering the active site or an additional C-terminal alpha helix in GsOYE. Not surprisingly, the active site of CtOYE and GsOYE structures revealed high affinity toward anions caught from the mother liquor and trapped in the anion hole where electron-withdrawing groups such as carbonyl group are engaged. Ligands (para-hydroxybenzaldehyde and 2-methyl-cyclopenten-1-one) added on purpose to study complexes of GsOYE were detected in the enzyme catalytic cavity, stacking on top of the FMN cofactor, and support the key role of conserved residues and FMN cofactor in the catalysis.
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- Marina Simona Robescu
- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Viale G. Colombo 3, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Viale G. Colombo 3, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, 8010, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Viale G. Colombo 3, 35131, Padova, Italy.
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Viale G. Colombo 3, 35131, Padova, Italy.
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Thorpe TW, France SP, Hussain S, Marshall JR, Zawodny W, Mangas-Sanchez J, Montgomery SL, Howard RM, Daniels DSB, Kumar R, Parmeggiani F, Turner NJ. One-Pot Biocatalytic Cascade Reduction of Cyclic Enimines for the Preparation of Diastereomerically Enriched N-Heterocycles. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:19208-19213. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b10053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Thomas W. Thorpe
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, 445 Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, 445 Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development Discovery Park, Sandwich, Kent CT13 9NJ, U.K
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, 445 Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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Dobrijevic D, Benhamou L, Aliev AE, Méndez-Sánchez D, Dawson N, Baud D, Tappertzhofen N, Moody TS, Orengo CA, Hailes HC, Ward JM. Metagenomic ene-reductases for the bioreduction of sterically challenging enones. RSC Adv 2019; 9:36608-36614. [PMID: 35539044 PMCID: PMC9075147 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra06088j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Ene-reductases (ERs) of the Old Yellow Enzyme family catalyse asymmetric reduction of activated alkenes providing chiral products. They have become an important method in the synthetic chemists' toolbox offering a sustainable alternative to metal-catalysed asymmetric reduction. Development of new biocatalytic alkene reduction routes, however needs easy access to novel biocatalysts. A sequence-based functional metagenomic approach was used to identify novel ERs from a drain metagenome. From the ten putative ER enzymes initially identified, eight exhibited activities towards widely accepted mono-cyclic substrates with several of the ERs giving high reaction yields and stereoselectivities. Two highly performing enzymes that displayed excellent co-solvent tolerance were used for the stereoselective reduction of sterically challenging bicyclic enones where the reactions proceeded in high yields, which is unprecedented to date with wild-type ERs. On a preparative enzymatic scale, reductions of Hajos–Parish, Wieland–Miescher derivatives and a tricyclic ketone proceeded with good to excellent yields. Exceptional organic solvent tolerant ene-reductases mined from a drain metagenome library are highly versatile catalysts for difficult enones.![]()
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- Dragana Dobrijevic
- Department of Biochemical Engineering
- University College London
- London WC1H 6BT
- UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- University College London
- London
- UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- University College London
- London
- UK
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- Structural and Molecular Biology
- University College London
- London
- UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- University College London
- London
- UK
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- Almac
- Department of Biocatalysis & Isotope Chemistry
- Craigavon
- UK
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering
- University College London
- London WC1H 6BT
- UK
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Litman ZC, Wang Y, Zhao H, Hartwig JF. Cooperative asymmetric reactions combining photocatalysis and enzymatic catalysis. Nature 2018; 560:355-359. [PMID: 30111790 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0413-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Living organisms rely on simultaneous reactions catalysed by mutually compatible and selective enzymes to synthesize complex natural products and other metabolites. To combine the advantages of these biological systems with the reactivity of artificial chemical catalysts, chemists have devised sequential, concurrent, and cooperative chemoenzymatic reactions that combine enzymatic and artificial catalysts1-9. Cooperative chemoenzymatic reactions consist of interconnected processes that generate products in yields and selectivities that cannot be obtained when the two reactions are carried out sequentially with their respective substrates2,7. However, such reactions are difficult to develop because chemical and enzymatic catalysts generally operate in different media at different temperatures and can deactivate each other1-9. Owing to these constraints, the vast majority of cooperative chemoenzymatic processes that have been reported over the past 30 years can be divided into just two categories: chemoenzymatic dynamic kinetic resolutions of racemic alcohols and amines, and enzymatic reactions requiring the simultaneous regeneration of a cofactor2,4,5. New approaches to the development of chemoenzymatic reactions are needed to enable valuable chemical transformations beyond this scope. Here we report a class of cooperative chemoenzymatic reaction that combines photocatalysts that isomerize alkenes with ene-reductases that reduce carbon-carbon double bonds to generate valuable enantioenriched products. This method enables the stereoconvergent reduction of E/Z mixtures of alkenes or reduction of the unreactive stereoisomers of alkenes in yields and enantiomeric excesses that match those obtained from the reduction of the pure, more reactive isomers. The system affords a range of enantioenriched precursors to biologically active compounds. More generally, these results show that the compatibility between photocatalysts and enzymes enables chemoenzymatic processes beyond cofactor regeneration and provides a general strategy for converting stereoselective enzymatic reactions into stereoconvergent ones.
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- Zachary C Litman
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA. .,Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA. .,Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA. .,Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA. .,Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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Zheng L, Lin J, Zhang B, Kuang Y, Wei D. Identification of a yeast old yellow enzyme for highly enantioselective reduction of citral isomers to (R)-citronellal. BIORESOUR BIOPROCESS 2018. [DOI: 10.1186/s40643-018-0192-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Miller AF, Park JT, Ferguson KL, Pitsawong W, Bommarius AS. Informing Efforts to Develop Nitroreductase for Amine Production. Molecules 2018; 23:molecules23020211. [PMID: 29364838 PMCID: PMC6017928 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23020211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2017] [Revised: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Nitroreductases (NRs) hold promise for converting nitroaromatics to aromatic amines. Nitroaromatic reduction rate increases with Hammett substituent constant for NRs from two different subgroups, confirming substrate identity as a key determinant of reactivity. Amine yields were low, but compounds yielding amines tend to have a large π system and electron withdrawing substituents. Therefore, we also assessed the prospects of varying the enzyme. Several different subgroups of NRs include members able to produce aromatic amines. Comparison of four NR subgroups shows that they provide contrasting substrate binding cavities with distinct constraints on substrate position relative to the flavin. The unique architecture of the NR dimer produces an enormous contact area which we propose provides the stabilization needed to offset the costs of insertion of the active sites between the monomers. Thus, we propose that the functional diversity included in the NR superfamily stems from the chemical versatility of the flavin cofactor in conjunction with a structure that permits tremendous active site variability. These complementary properties make NRs exceptionally promising enzymes for development for biocatalysis in prodrug activation and conversion of nitroaromatics to valuable aromatic amines. We provide a framework for identifying NRs and substrates with the greatest potential to advance.
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- Anne-Frances Miller
- Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0055, USA.
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0100, USA.
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0100, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0055, USA.
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0100, USA.
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Kaku H, Ito M, Horikawa M, Tsunoda T. Deracemization of α-monosubstituted cyclopentanones in the presence of a TADDOL-type host molecule. Tetrahedron 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2017.11.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Mordaka PM, Hall SJ, Minton N, Stephens G. Recombinant expression and characterisation of the oxygen-sensitive 2-enoate reductase from Clostridium sporogenes. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2017; 164:122-132. [PMID: 29111967 PMCID: PMC5882074 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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‘Ene’-reductases have attracted significant attention for the preparation of chemical intermediates and biologically active products. To date, research has been focussed primarily on Old Yellow Enzyme-like proteins, due to their ease of handling, whereas 2-enoate reductases from clostridia have received much less attention, because of their oxygen sensitivity and a lack of suitable expression systems. A hypothetical 2-enoate reductase gene, fldZ, was identified in Clostridium sporogenes DSM 795. The encoded protein shares a high degree of homology to clostridial FMN- and FAD-dependent 2-enoate reductases, including the cinnamic acid reductase proposed to be involved in amino acid metabolism in proteolytic clostridia. The gene was cloned and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. Successful expression depended on the use of strictly anaerobic conditions for both growth and enzyme preparation, since FldZ was oxygen-sensitive. The enzyme reduced aromatic enoates, such as cinnamic acid or p-coumaric acid, but not short chain unsaturated aliphatic acids. The β,β-disubstituted nitroalkene, (E)-1-nitro-2-phenylpropene, was reduced to enantiopure (R)-1-nitro-2-phenylpropane with a yield of 90 %. By contrast, the α,β-disubstituted nitroalkene, (E)-2-nitro-1-phenylpropene, was reduced with a moderate yield of 56 % and poor enantioselectivity (16 % ee for (S)-2-nitro-1-phenylpropane). The availability of an expression system for this recombinant clostridial 2-enoate reductase will facilitate future characterisation of this unusual class of ‘ene’-reductases, and expand the biocatalytic toolbox available for enantioselective hydrogenation of carbon-carbon double bonds.
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- Pawel M Mordaka
- Bioprocess, Environmental and Chemical Technologies Research Group, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.,Present address: Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Bioprocess, Environmental and Chemical Technologies Research Group, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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- Clostridia Research Group, BBSRC/EPSRC Synthetic Biology Research Centre (SBRC), School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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- Bioprocess, Environmental and Chemical Technologies Research Group, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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Akiva E, Copp JN, Tokuriki N, Babbitt PC. Evolutionary and molecular foundations of multiple contemporary functions of the nitroreductase superfamily. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E9549-E9558. [PMID: 29078300 PMCID: PMC5692541 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1706849114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Insight regarding how diverse enzymatic functions and reactions have evolved from ancestral scaffolds is fundamental to understanding chemical and evolutionary biology, and for the exploitation of enzymes for biotechnology. We undertook an extensive computational analysis using a unique and comprehensive combination of tools that include large-scale phylogenetic reconstruction to determine the sequence, structural, and functional relationships of the functionally diverse flavin mononucleotide-dependent nitroreductase (NTR) superfamily (>24,000 sequences from all domains of life, 54 structures, and >10 enzymatic functions). Our results suggest an evolutionary model in which contemporary subgroups of the superfamily have diverged in a radial manner from a minimal flavin-binding scaffold. We identified the structural design principle for this divergence: Insertions at key positions in the minimal scaffold that, combined with the fixation of key residues, have led to functional specialization. These results will aid future efforts to delineate the emergence of functional diversity in enzyme superfamilies, provide clues for functional inference for superfamily members of unknown function, and facilitate rational redesign of the NTR scaffold.
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- Eyal Akiva
- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4;
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158;
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158
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Pickl M, Jost E, Glueck SM, Faber K. Improved biooxidation of Benzyl alcohols catalyzed by the flavoprotein (5-Hydroxymethyl)furfural oxidase in organic solvents. Tetrahedron 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2017.07.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Brenna E, Crotti M, Gatti FG, Monti D, Parmeggiani F, Santangelo S. Asymmetric Bioreduction of β-Acylaminonitroalkenes: Easy Access to Chiral Building Blocks with Two Vicinal Nitrogen-Containing Functional Groups. ChemCatChem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201700063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Elisabetta Brenna
- Dipartimento di Chimica; Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta”; Politecnico di Milano; Via Mancinelli 7, I- 20131 Milano Italy
- Istituto di Chimica del Riconoscimento Molecolare; C.N.R.; Via Mario Bianco 9, I- 20131 Milano Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica; Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta”; Politecnico di Milano; Via Mancinelli 7, I- 20131 Milano Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica; Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta”; Politecnico di Milano; Via Mancinelli 7, I- 20131 Milano Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica del Riconoscimento Molecolare; C.N.R.; Via Mario Bianco 9, I- 20131 Milano Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica; Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta”; Politecnico di Milano; Via Mancinelli 7, I- 20131 Milano Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica; Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta”; Politecnico di Milano; Via Mancinelli 7, I- 20131 Milano Italy
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Chirality is a key factor in the safety and efficacy of many drug products and thus the production of single enantiomers of drug intermediates and drugs has become important and state of the art in the pharmaceutical industry. There has been an increasing awareness of the enormous potential of microorganisms and enzymes (biocatalysts) for the transformation of synthetic chemicals with high chemo-, regio- and enatioselectivities providing products in high yields and purity. In this article, biocatalytic processes are described for the synthesis of key chiral intermediates for development pharmaceuticals.
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- Ramesh N Patel
- SLRP Associates, LLC, Consultation in Biocatalysis and Biotechnology, 572 Cabot Hill Road, Bridgewater, NJ 08807, USA.
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Wang Y, Bartlett MJ, Denard CA, Hartwig JF, Zhao H. Combining Rh-Catalyzed Diazocoupling and Enzymatic Reduction To Efficiently Synthesize Enantioenriched 2-Substituted Succinate Derivatives. ACS Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b00254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Yajie Wang
- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Departments
of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Bioengineering, Carl R. Woese Institute
for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Bertolotti M, Brenna E, Crotti M, Gatti FG, Monti D, Parmeggiani F, Santangelo S. Substrate Scope Evaluation of the Enantioselective Reduction of β-Alkyl-β-arylnitroalkenes by Old Yellow Enzymes 1-3 for Organic Synthesis Applications. ChemCatChem 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201500958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Mattia Bertolotti
- Dipartimento di Chimica; Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta” Politecnico di Milano; Via Mancinelli 7 20131 Milano Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica; Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta” Politecnico di Milano; Via Mancinelli 7 20131 Milano Italy
- Istituto di Chimica del Riconoscimento Molecolare; C.N.R.; Via Mario Bianco, 9 20131 Milano Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica; Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta” Politecnico di Milano; Via Mancinelli 7 20131 Milano Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica; Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta” Politecnico di Milano; Via Mancinelli 7 20131 Milano Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica del Riconoscimento Molecolare; C.N.R.; Via Mario Bianco, 9 20131 Milano Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica; Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta” Politecnico di Milano; Via Mancinelli 7 20131 Milano Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica; Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta” Politecnico di Milano; Via Mancinelli 7 20131 Milano Italy
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Turrini NG, Hall M, Faber K. Enzymatic Synthesis of Optically Active Lactones via
Asymmetric Bioreduction using Ene-Reductases from the Old Yellow Enzyme Family. Adv Synth Catal 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201500094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Reß T, Hummel W, Hanlon SP, Iding H, Gröger H. The Organic-Synthetic Potential of Recombinant Ene Reductases: Substrate-Scope Evaluation and Process Optimization. ChemCatChem 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201402903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Park JT, Gómez Ramos LM, Bommarius AS. Engineering towards Nitroreductase Functionality in Ene-Reductase Scaffolds. Chembiochem 2015; 16:811-8. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201402667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Zhou X, Chow HL, Wu JC. Bioreduction of activated alkenes by a novel “ene”-reductase from the thermophilic strainBacillus coagulansWCP10-4. BIOCATAL BIOTRANSFOR 2014. [DOI: 10.3109/10242422.2014.974574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Xu MY, Pei XQ, Wu ZL. Identification and characterization of a novel “thermophilic-like” Old Yellow Enzyme from the genome of Chryseobacterium sp. CA49. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2014.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Liu J, Wu J, Li Z. Enoyl acyl carrier protein reductase (FabI) catalyzed asymmetric reduction of the CC double bond of α,β-unsaturated ketones: preparation of (R)-2-alkyl-cyclopentanones. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:9729-32. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc04150j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Li S, Huang K, Zhang X. Enantioselective hydrogenation of α,β-disubstituted nitroalkenes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:8878-81. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc03942d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Young IS, Haley MW, Tam A, Tymonko SA, Xu Z, Hanson RL, Goswami A. A Scalable Synthesis of (R,R)-2,6-Dimethyldihydro-2H-pyran-4(3H)-one. Org Process Res Dev 2014. [DOI: 10.1021/op500135x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Ian S. Young
- Chemical Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, One Squibb
Drive, New Brunswick, New
Jersey 08903, United States
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- Chemical Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, One Squibb
Drive, New Brunswick, New
Jersey 08903, United States
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- Chemical Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, One Squibb
Drive, New Brunswick, New
Jersey 08903, United States
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- Chemical Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, One Squibb
Drive, New Brunswick, New
Jersey 08903, United States
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- Chemical Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, One Squibb
Drive, New Brunswick, New
Jersey 08903, United States
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- Chemical Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, One Squibb
Drive, New Brunswick, New
Jersey 08903, United States
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- Chemical Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, One Squibb
Drive, New Brunswick, New
Jersey 08903, United States
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Winkler CK, Clay D, Turrini NG, Lechner H, Kroutil W, Davies S, Debarge S, O'Neill P, Steflik J, Karmilowicz M, Wong JW, Faber K. Nitrile as Activating Group in the Asymmetric Bioreduction of β-Cyanoacrylic Acids Catalyzed by Ene-Reductases. Adv Synth Catal 2014; 356:1878-1882. [PMID: 26190962 PMCID: PMC4498475 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201301055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2013] [Revised: 02/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Asymmetric bioreduction of an (E)-β-cyano-2,4-dienoic acid derivative by ene-reductases allowed a shortened access to a precursor of pregabalin [(S)-3-(aminomethyl)-5-methylhexanoic acid] possessing the desired configuration in up to 94% conversion and >99% ee. Deuterium labelling studies showed that the nitrile moiety was the preferred activating/anchor group in the active site of the enzyme over the carboxylic acid or the corresponding methyl ester.
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- Christoph K Winkler
- Department of Chemistry, Organic & Bioorganic Chemistry, University of Graz Heinrichstrasse 28, A-8010 Graz, Austria, ; phone: (+43)-316-380-5332 ; e-mail:
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- Department of Chemistry, Organic & Bioorganic Chemistry, University of Graz Heinrichstrasse 28, A-8010 Graz, Austria, ; phone: (+43)-316-380-5332 ; e-mail:
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- Department of Chemistry, Organic & Bioorganic Chemistry, University of Graz Heinrichstrasse 28, A-8010 Graz, Austria, ; phone: (+43)-316-380-5332 ; e-mail:
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- Department of Chemistry, Organic & Bioorganic Chemistry, University of Graz Heinrichstrasse 28, A-8010 Graz, Austria, ; phone: (+43)-316-380-5332 ; e-mail:
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- Department of Chemistry, Organic & Bioorganic Chemistry, University of Graz Heinrichstrasse 28, A-8010 Graz, Austria, ; phone: (+43)-316-380-5332 ; e-mail:
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- Pfizer Global Supply, Process Development Centre Loughbeg, County Cork, Ireland
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- Pfizer Global Supply, Process Development Centre Loughbeg, County Cork, Ireland
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- Pfizer Global Supply, Process Development Centre Loughbeg, County Cork, Ireland
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- Pfizer Worldwide R&D, Chemical R&D Eastern Point Rd, Groton, CT 06340, USA
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- Pfizer Worldwide R&D, Chemical R&D Eastern Point Rd, Groton, CT 06340, USA
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- Pfizer Worldwide R&D, Chemical R&D Eastern Point Rd, Groton, CT 06340, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Organic & Bioorganic Chemistry, University of Graz Heinrichstrasse 28, A-8010 Graz, Austria, ; phone: (+43)-316-380-5332 ; e-mail:
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Gao M, Tian J, Lei A. A Reagent-Free Oxidative Cyclization Approach to Indolizine Derivatives from α-Picoline Derivatives and Nitroolefins. Chem Asian J 2014; 9:2068-71. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201402096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2014] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Clay D, Winkler CK, Tasnádi G, Faber K. Bioreduction and disproportionation of cyclohex-2-enone catalyzed by ene-reductase OYE-1 in 'micro-aqueous' organic solvents. Biotechnol Lett 2014; 36:1329-33. [PMID: 24563324 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-014-1494-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2014] [Accepted: 02/04/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Abstract
The bioreduction and disproportionation of cyclohex-2-enone catalyzed by Old Yellow Enzyme 1 was investigated in presence of organic (co)solvents. Whereas the NADH-dependent bioreduction activity strongly decreased at elevated co-solvent concentrations due to the insolubility of the nicotinamide-cofactor, the NADH-free disproportionation was significantly improved in water-immiscible organic co-solvents at 90 % (v/v) with near-quantitative conversion. This positive effect was attributed to removal of the inhibiting co-product, phenol, from the enzyme's active site. The best co-solvents show high lipophilicity (logP) and a high potential to solubilize phenol (Kphenol). As a predictive parameter, the ratio of logP/Kphenol should be preferably ≥100.
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- Dorina Clay
- Department of Chemistry, Organic & Bioorganic Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstraße 28, 8010, Graz, Austria
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Burda E, Reß T, Winkler T, Giese C, Kostrov X, Huber T, Hummel W, Gröger H. Highly Enantioselective Reduction of α-Methylated Nitroalkenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013; 52:9323-6. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201301814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Burda E, Reß T, Winkler T, Giese C, Kostrov X, Huber T, Hummel W, Gröger H. Hochenantioselektive Reduktion von α‐methylierten Nitroalkenen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201301814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Edyta Burda
- Department Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Erlangen‐Nürnberg, Henkestraße 42, 91054 Erlangen (Deutschland)
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- Department Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Erlangen‐Nürnberg, Henkestraße 42, 91054 Erlangen (Deutschland)
- Aktuelle Adresse: Fakultät für Chemie, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld (Deutschland)
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- Institut für Molekulare Enzymtechnologie der Heinrich‐Heine‐Universität Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Stetternicher Forst, 52426 Jülich (Deutschland)
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- Department Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Erlangen‐Nürnberg, Henkestraße 42, 91054 Erlangen (Deutschland)
- Aktuelle Adresse: Fakultät für Chemie, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld (Deutschland)
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- Department Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Erlangen‐Nürnberg, Henkestraße 42, 91054 Erlangen (Deutschland)
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- Department Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Erlangen‐Nürnberg, Henkestraße 42, 91054 Erlangen (Deutschland)
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- Institut für Molekulare Enzymtechnologie der Heinrich‐Heine‐Universität Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Stetternicher Forst, 52426 Jülich (Deutschland)
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- Department Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Erlangen‐Nürnberg, Henkestraße 42, 91054 Erlangen (Deutschland)
- Aktuelle Adresse: Fakultät für Chemie, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld (Deutschland)
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Zhao Q, Li S, Huang K, Wang R, Zhang X. A Novel Chiral Bisphosphine-Thiourea Ligand for Asymmetric Hydrogenation of β,β-Disubstituted Nitroalkenes. Org Lett 2013; 15:4014-7. [DOI: 10.1021/ol401816y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Qingyang Zhao
- School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China, and Department of Chemistry &Chemical Biology, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China, and Department of Chemistry &Chemical Biology, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China, and Department of Chemistry &Chemical Biology, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China, and Department of Chemistry &Chemical Biology, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China, and Department of Chemistry &Chemical Biology, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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Winkler CK, Clay D, van Heerden E, Faber K. Overcoming co-product inhibition in the nicotinamide independent asymmetric bioreduction of activated C=C-bonds using flavin-dependent ene-reductases. Biotechnol Bioeng 2013; 110:3085-92. [PMID: 23794404 PMCID: PMC4034509 DOI: 10.1002/bit.24981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2013] [Revised: 05/24/2013] [Accepted: 06/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Eleven flavoproteins from the old yellow enzyme family were found to catalyze the disproportionation (“dismutation”) of conjugated enones. Incomplete conversions, which were attributed to enzyme inhibition by the co-product phenol could be circumvented via in situ co-product removal by scavenging the phenol using the polymeric adsorbent MP-carbonate. The optimized system allowed to reduce an alkene activated by ester groups in a “coupled-substrate” approach via nicotinamide-free hydrogen transfer with >90% conversion and complete stereoselectivity.
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- Christoph K Winkler
- Department of Chemistry, Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, A-8010, Graz, Austria
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Li S, Huang K, Zhang J, Wu W, Zhang X. Rh-catalyzed highly enantioselective hydrogenation of nitroalkenes under basic conditions. Chemistry 2013; 19:10840-4. [PMID: 23818425 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201301049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Shengkun Li
- College of Science, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P. R. China
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Brenna E, Gatti FG, Malpezzi L, Monti D, Parmeggiani F, Sacchetti A. Synthesis of robalzotan, ebalzotan, and rotigotine precursors via the stereoselective multienzymatic cascade reduction of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes. J Org Chem 2013; 78:4811-22. [PMID: 23611252 DOI: 10.1021/jo4003097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
A stereoselective synthesis of bicyclic primary or secondary amines, based on tetralin or chroman structural moieties, is reported. These amines are precursors of important active pharmaceutical ingredients such as rotigotine (Neupro), robalzotan, and ebalzotan. The key step is based on a multienzymatic reduction of an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde or ketone to give the saturated primary or secondary alcohol, in a high yield and with a high ee. The catalytic system consists of the combination of an ene-reductase (ER; i.e., OYE2 or OYE3 belonging to the Old Yellow Enzyme family) with an alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), applying the in situ substrate feeding product removal technology. By this system the formation of the allylic alcohol side product and the racemization of the chirally unstable α-substituted aldehyde intermediate are minimized. The primary alcohols were elaborated via a Curtius rearrangement. The combination of OYE2 with a Prelog or an anti-Prelog ADH allowed the preparation of the secondary alcohols with ee > 99% and de > 87%. The absolute configuration of the primary amines was unambiguously assigned by comparison with authentic samples. The stereochemistry of secondary alcohols was assigned by X-ray crystal structure and NMR analysis of Mosher esters.
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- Elisabetta Brenna
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica G. Natta, Politecnico di Milano, P.zza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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Tang D, Wu P, Liu X, Chen YX, Guo SB, Chen WL, Li JG, Chen BH. Synthesis of Multisubstituted Imidazoles via Copper-Catalyzed [3 + 2] Cycloadditions. J Org Chem 2013; 78:2746-50. [DOI: 10.1021/jo302555z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Dong Tang
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Gansu Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China,
and Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730000,
P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Gansu Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China,
and Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730000,
P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Gansu Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China,
and Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730000,
P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Gansu Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China,
and Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730000,
P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Gansu Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China,
and Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730000,
P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Gansu Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China,
and Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730000,
P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Gansu Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China,
and Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730000,
P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Gansu Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China,
and Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730000,
P. R. China
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