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Soler J, Gergel S, Hammer SC, Garcia-Borràs M. Molecular Basis for Chemoselectivity Control in Oxidations of Internal Aryl-Alkenes Catalyzed by Laboratory Evolved P450s. Chembiochem 2024; 25:e202400066. [PMID: 38567500 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202400066] [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: 01/24/2024] [Revised: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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P450 enzymes naturally perform selective hydroxylations and epoxidations of unfunctionalized hydrocarbon substrates, among other reactions. The adaptation of P450 enzymes to a particular oxidative reaction involving alkenes is of great interest for the design of new synthetically useful biocatalysts. However, the mechanism that these enzymes utilize to precisely modulate the chemoselectivity and distinguishing between competing alkene double bond epoxidations and allylic C-H hydroxylations is sometimes not clear, which hampers the rational design of specific biocatalysts. In a previous work, a P450 from Labrenzia aggregata (P450LA1) was engineered in the laboratory using directed evolution to catalyze the direct oxidation of trans-β-methylstyrene to phenylacetone. The final variant, KS, was able to overcome the intrinsic preference for alkene epoxidation to directly generate a ketone product via the formation of a highly reactive carbocation intermediate. Here, additional library screening along this evolutionary lineage permitted to serendipitously detect a mutation that overcomes epoxidation and carbonyl formation by exhibiting a large selectivity of 94 % towards allylic C-H hydroxylation. A multiscalar computational methodology was applied to reveal the molecular basis towards this hydroxylation preference. Enzyme modelling suggests that introduction of a bulky substitution dramatically changes the accessible conformations of the substrate in the active site, thus modifying the enzymatic selectivity towards terminal hydroxylation and avoiding the competing epoxidation pathway, which is sterically hindered.
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- Jordi Soler
- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) and Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, Carrer Maria Aurèlia Capmany 69, 17003, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Organic Chemistry and Biocatalysis, Faculty of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Organic Chemistry and Biocatalysis, Faculty of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) and Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, Carrer Maria Aurèlia Capmany 69, 17003, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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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]
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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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Bertelmann C, Mock M, Schmid A, Bühler B. Efficiency aspects of regioselective testosterone hydroxylation with highly active CYP450-based whole-cell biocatalysts. Microb Biotechnol 2024; 17:e14378. [PMID: 38018939 PMCID: PMC10832557 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.14378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023] Open
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Steroid hydroxylations belong to the industrially most relevant reactions catalysed by cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (CYP450s) due to the pharmacological relevance of hydroxylated derivatives. The implementation of respective bioprocesses at an industrial scale still suffers from several limitations commonly found in CYP450 catalysis, that is low turnover rates, enzyme instability, inhibition and toxicity related to the substrate(s) and/or product(s). Recently, we achieved a new level of steroid hydroxylation rates by introducing highly active testosterone-hydroxylating CYP450 BM3 variants together with the hydrophobic outer membrane protein AlkL into Escherichia coli-based whole-cell biocatalysts. However, the activity tended to decrease, which possibly impedes overall productivities and final product titres. In this study, a considerable instability was confirmed and subject to a systematic investigation regarding possible causes. In-depth evaluation of whole-cell biocatalyst kinetics and stability revealed a limitation in substrate availability due to poor testosterone solubility as well as inhibition by the main product 15β-hydroxytestosterone. Instability of CYP450 BM3 variants was disclosed as another critical factor, which is of general significance for CYP450-based biocatalysis. Presented results reveal biocatalyst, reaction and process engineering strategies auguring well for industrial implementation of the developed steroid hydroxylation platform.
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- Department of Solar MaterialsLeipzigGermany
- Present address:
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material SciencesGeorg Agricola University of Applied SciencesBochumGermany
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- Department of Solar MaterialsLeipzigGermany
- Department of Microbial BiotechnologyHelmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH–UFZLeipzigGermany
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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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Stout CN, Wasfy NM, Chen F, Renata H. Charting the Evolution of Chemoenzymatic Strategies in the Syntheses of Complex Natural Products. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:18161-18181. [PMID: 37553092 PMCID: PMC11107883 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/10/2023]
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Bolstered by recent advances in bioinformatics, genetics, and enzyme engineering, the field of chemoenzymatic synthesis has enjoyed a rapid increase in popularity and utility. This Perspective explores the integration of enzymes into multistep chemical syntheses, highlighting the unique potential of biocatalytic transformations to streamline the synthesis of complex natural products. In particular, we identify four primary conceptual approaches to chemoenzymatic synthesis and illustrate each with a number of landmark case studies. Future opportunities and challenges are also discussed.
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- Carter N. Stout
- Skaggs Doctoral Program in the Chemical and Biological Sciences, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, BioScience Research Collaborative, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, BioScience Research Collaborative, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, BioScience Research Collaborative, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 77005, United States
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Gillam EMJ, Kramlinger VM. Opportunities for Accelerating Drug Discovery and Development by Using Engineered Drug-Metabolizing Enzymes. Drug Metab Dispos 2023; 51:392-402. [PMID: 36460479 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.121.000743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Revised: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
The study of drug metabolism is fundamental to drug discovery and development (DDD) since by mediating the clearance of most drugs, metabolic enzymes influence their bioavailability and duration of action. Biotransformation can also produce pharmacologically active or toxic products, which complicates the evaluation of the therapeutic benefit versus liability of potential drugs but also provides opportunities to explore the chemical space around a lead. The structures and relative abundance of metabolites are determined by the substrate and reaction specificity of biotransformation enzymes and their catalytic efficiency. Preclinical drug biotransformation studies are done to quantify in vitro intrinsic clearance to estimate likely in vivo pharmacokinetic parameters, to predict an appropriate dose, and to anticipate interindividual variability in response, including from drug-drug interactions. Such studies need to be done rapidly and cheaply, but native enzymes, especially in microsomes or hepatocytes, do not always produce the full complement of metabolites seen in extrahepatic tissues or preclinical test species. Furthermore, yields of metabolites are usually limiting. Engineered recombinant enzymes can make DDD more comprehensive and systematic. Additionally, as renewable, sustainable, and scalable resources, they can also be used for elegant chemoenzymatic, synthetic approaches to optimize or synthesize candidates as well as metabolites. Here, we will explore how these new tools can be used to enhance the speed and efficiency of DDD pipelines and provide a perspective on what will be possible in the future. The focus will be on cytochrome P450 enzymes to illustrate paradigms that can be extended in due course to other drug-metabolizing enzymes. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Protein engineering can generate enhanced versions of drug-metabolizing enzymes that are more stable, better suited to industrial conditions, and have altered catalytic activities, including catalyzing non-natural reactions on structurally complex lead candidates. When applied to drugs in development, libraries of engineered cytochrome P450 enzymes can accelerate the identification of active or toxic metabolites, help elucidate structure activity relationships, and, when combined with other synthetic approaches, provide access to novel structures by regio- and stereoselective functionalization of lead compounds.
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- Elizabeth M J Gillam
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia (E.M.J.G.) and Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee (V.M.K.)
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia (E.M.J.G.) and Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee (V.M.K.)
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Wu T, Wang Y, Zhang N, Yin D, Xu Y, Nie Y, Mu X. Reshaping Substrate-Binding Pocket of Leucine Dehydrogenase for Bidirectionally Accessing Structurally Diverse Substrates. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c04735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Tao Wu
- Laboratory of Brewing Microbiology and Applied Enzymology, Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi214122, China
- Suqian Jiangnan University Institute of Industrial Technology, Suqian223800, China
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- Laboratory of Brewing Microbiology and Applied Enzymology, Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi214122, China
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- Laboratory of Brewing Microbiology and Applied Enzymology, Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi214122, China
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- Laboratory of Brewing Microbiology and Applied Enzymology, Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi214122, China
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- Laboratory of Brewing Microbiology and Applied Enzymology, Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi214122, China
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- Laboratory of Brewing Microbiology and Applied Enzymology, Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi214122, China
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- Laboratory of Brewing Microbiology and Applied Enzymology, Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi214122, China
- Suqian Jiangnan University Institute of Industrial Technology, Suqian223800, China
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Thomson RES, D'Cunha SA, Hayes MA, Gillam EMJ. Use of engineered cytochromes P450 for accelerating drug discovery and development. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) 2022; 95:195-252. [PMID: 35953156 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apha.2022.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
Numerous steps in drug development, including the generation of authentic metabolites and late-stage functionalization of candidates, necessitate the modification of often complex molecules, such as natural products. While it can be challenging to make the required regio- and stereoselective alterations to a molecule using purely chemical catalysis, enzymes can introduce changes to complex molecules with a high degree of stereo- and regioselectivity. Cytochrome P450 enzymes are biocatalysts of unequalled versatility, capable of regio- and stereoselective functionalization of unactivated CH bonds by monooxygenation. Collectively they catalyze over 60 different biotransformations on structurally and functionally diverse organic molecules, including natural products, drugs, steroids, organic acids and other lipophilic molecules. This catalytic versatility and substrate range makes them likely candidates for application as potential biocatalysts for industrial chemistry. However, several aspects of the P450 catalytic cycle and other characteristics have limited their implementation to date in industry, including: their lability at elevated temperature, in the presence of solvents, and over lengthy incubation times; the typically low efficiency with which they metabolize non-natural substrates; and their lack of specificity for a single metabolic pathway. Protein engineering by rational design or directed evolution provides a way to engineer P450s for industrial use. Here we review the progress made to date toward engineering the properties of P450s, especially eukaryotic forms, for industrial application, and including the recent expansion of their catalytic repertoire to include non-natural reactions.
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- Raine E S Thomson
- School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Compound Synthesis and Management, Discovery Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden
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- School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
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Zhu R, Liu Y, Yang Y, Min Q, Li H, Chen L. Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenases Catalyse Steroid Nucleus Hydroxylation with Regio‐ and Stereo‐selectivity. Adv Synth Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202200210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Fessner ND, Badenhorst CPS, Bornscheuer UT. Enzyme Kits to Facilitate the Integration of Biocatalysis into Organic Chemistry – First Aid for Synthetic Chemists. ChemCatChem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202200156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Nico D. Fessner
- Dept. of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis Institute of Biochemistry University of Greifswald Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4 17487 Greifswald Germany
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- Dept. of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis Institute of Biochemistry University of Greifswald Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4 17487 Greifswald Germany
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- Dept. of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis Institute of Biochemistry University of Greifswald Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4 17487 Greifswald Germany
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Mu X, Wu T, Mao Y, Zhao Y, Xu Y, Nie Y. Iterative Alanine Scanning Mutagenesis Confers Aromatic Ketone Specificity and Activity of L‐Amine Dehydrogenases. ChemCatChem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202101558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Xiaoqing Mu
- Laboratory of Brewing Microbiology and Applied Enzymology School of Biotechnology Jiangnan University 214122 Wuxi P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology Ministry of Education School of Biotechnology Jiangnan University 214122 Wuxi P. R. China
- Suqian Jiangnan University Institute of Industrial Technology 223800 Suqian P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Brewing Microbiology and Applied Enzymology School of Biotechnology Jiangnan University 214122 Wuxi P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology Ministry of Education School of Biotechnology Jiangnan University 214122 Wuxi P. R. China
- Suqian Jiangnan University Institute of Industrial Technology 223800 Suqian P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology Shanghai Jiao Tong University 200240 Shanghai P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology Shanghai Jiao Tong University 200240 Shanghai P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Brewing Microbiology and Applied Enzymology School of Biotechnology Jiangnan University 214122 Wuxi P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology Ministry of Education School of Biotechnology Jiangnan University 214122 Wuxi P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Brewing Microbiology and Applied Enzymology School of Biotechnology Jiangnan University 214122 Wuxi P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology Ministry of Education School of Biotechnology Jiangnan University 214122 Wuxi P. R. China
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Wu T, Mu X, Xue Y, Xu Y, Nie Y. Structure-guided steric hindrance engineering of Bacillus badius phenylalanine dehydrogenase for efficient L-homophenylalanine synthesis. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2021; 14:207. [PMID: 34689801 PMCID: PMC8543943 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-021-02055-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Direct reductive amination of prochiral 2-oxo-4-phenylbutyric acid (2-OPBA) catalyzed by phenylalanine dehydrogenase (PheDH) is highly attractive in the synthesis of the pharmaceutical chiral building block L-homophenylalanine (L-HPA) given that its sole expense is ammonia and that water is the only byproduct. Current issues in this field include a poor catalytic efficiency and a low substrate loading. RESULTS In this study, we report a structure-guided steric hindrance engineering of PheDH from Bacillus badius to create an enhanced biocatalyst for efficient L-HPA synthesis. Mutagenesis libraries based on molecular docking, double-proximity filtering, and a degenerate codon significantly increased catalytic efficiency. Seven superior mutants were acquired, and the optimal triple-site mutant, V309G/L306V/V144G, showed a 12.7-fold higher kcat value, and accordingly a 12.9-fold higher kcat/Km value, than that of the wild type. A paired reaction system comprising V309G/L306V/V144G and glucose dehydrogenase converted 1.08 M 2-OPBA to L-HPA in 210 min, and the specific space-time conversion was 30.9 mmol g-1 L-1 h-1. The substrate loading and specific space-time conversion are the highest values to date. Docking simulation revealed increases in substrate-binding volume and additional degrees of freedom of the substrate 2-OPBA in the pocket. Tunnel analysis suggested the formation of new enzyme tunnels and the expansion of existing ones. CONCLUSIONS Overall, the results show that the mutant V309G/L306V/V144G has the potential for the industrial synthesis of L-HPA. The modified steric hindrance engineering approach can be a valuable addition to the current enzyme engineering toolbox.
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- Tao Wu
- Laboratory of Brewing Microbiology and Applied Enzymology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
- Suqian Jiangnan University Institute of Industrial Technology, Suqian, 223800, China
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- Laboratory of Brewing Microbiology and Applied Enzymology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China.
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China.
- Suqian Jiangnan University Institute of Industrial Technology, Suqian, 223800, China.
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- Laboratory of Brewing Microbiology and Applied Enzymology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- Laboratory of Brewing Microbiology and Applied Enzymology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- Laboratory of Brewing Microbiology and Applied Enzymology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China.
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China.
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A Promiscuous Bacterial P450: The Unparalleled Diversity of BM3 in Pharmaceutical Metabolism. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222111380. [PMID: 34768811 PMCID: PMC8583553 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222111380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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CYP102A1 (BM3) is a catalytically self-sufficient flavocytochrome fusion protein isolated from Bacillus megaterium, which displays similar metabolic capabilities to many drug-metabolizing human P450 isoforms. BM3's high catalytic efficiency, ease of production and malleable active site makes the enzyme a desirable tool in the production of small molecule metabolites, especially for compounds that exhibit drug-like chemical properties. The engineering of select key residues within the BM3 active site vastly expands the catalytic repertoire, generating variants which can perform a range of modifications. This provides an attractive alternative route to the production of valuable compounds that are often laborious to synthesize via traditional organic means. Extensive studies have been conducted with the aim of engineering BM3 to expand metabolite production towards a comprehensive range of drug-like compounds, with many key examples found both in the literature and in the wider industrial bioproduction setting of desirable oxy-metabolite production by both wild-type BM3 and related variants. This review covers the past and current research on the engineering of BM3 to produce drug metabolites and highlights its crucial role in the future of biosynthetic pharmaceutical production.
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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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Jones K, Snodgrass HM, Belsare K, Dickinson BC, Lewis JC. Phage-Assisted Continuous Evolution and Selection of Enzymes for Chemical Synthesis. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2021; 7:1581-1590. [PMID: 34584960 PMCID: PMC8461764 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c00811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Ligand-dependent biosensors are valuable tools for coupling the intracellular concentrations of small molecules to easily detectable readouts such as absorbance, fluorescence, or cell growth. While ligand-dependent biosensors are widely used for monitoring the production of small molecules in engineered cells and for controlling or optimizing biosynthetic pathways, their application to directed evolution for biocatalysts remains underexplored. As a consequence, emerging continuous evolution technologies are rarely applied to biocatalyst evolution. Here, we develop a panel of ligand-dependent biosensors that can detect a range of small molecules. We demonstrate that these biosensors can link enzymatic activity to the production of an essential phage protein to enable biocatalyst-dependent phage-assisted continuous evolution (PACE) and phage-assisted continuous selection (PACS). By combining these phage-based evolution and library selection technologies, we demonstrate that we can evolve enzyme variants with improved and expanded catalytic properties. Finally, we show that the genetic diversity resulting from a highly mutated PACS library is enriched for active enzyme variants with altered substrate scope. These results lay the foundation for using phage-based continuous evolution and selection technologies to engineer biocatalysts with novel substrate scope and reactivity.
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- Krysten
A. Jones
- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47401, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
- E-mail:
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47401, United States
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- Judith Münch
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, 06120, Halle, Saale, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, 06120, Halle, Saale, Germany
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West seventh Avenue, Tianjin 300308, China
- National Technology Innovation Center of Synthetic Biology, 32 West seventh Avenue, Tianjin 300308, China
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, 06120, Halle, Saale, Germany
- Institute of Chemistry, MartinLuther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Strasse 2, 06120, Halle, Saale, Germany
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Renata H. Exploration of Iron- and a-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenases as Practical Biocatalysts in Natural Product Synthesis. Synlett 2021; 32:775-784. [PMID: 34413574 PMCID: PMC8372184 DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1707320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Catalytic C─H oxidation is a powerful transformation with enormous promise to streamline access to complex molecules. In recent years, biocatalytic C─H oxidation strategies have received tremendous attention due to their potential to address unmet regio- and stereoselectivity challenges that are often encountered with the use of small-molecule-based catalysts. This Account provides an overview of recent contributions from our laboratory in this area, specifically in the use of iron- and α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases in the chemoenzymatic synthesis of complex natural products.
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- Hans Renata
- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL, 33458, USA
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Chakrabarty S, Wang Y, Perkins JC, Narayan ARH. Scalable biocatalytic C-H oxyfunctionalization reactions. Chem Soc Rev 2020; 49:8137-8155. [PMID: 32701110 PMCID: PMC8177087 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00440e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Catalytic C-H oxyfunctionalization reactions have garnered significant attention in recent years with their ability to streamline synthetic routes toward complex molecules. Consequently, there have been significant strides in the design and development of catalysts that enable diversification through C-H functionalization reactions. Enzymatic C-H oxygenation reactions are often complementary to small molecule based synthetic approaches, providing a powerful tool when deployable on preparative-scale. This review highlights key advances in scalable biocatalytic C-H oxyfunctionalization reactions developed within the past decade.
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- Suman Chakrabarty
- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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Zhang X, King-Smith E, Dong LB, Yang LC, Rudolf JD, Shen B, Renata H. Divergent synthesis of complex diterpenes through a hybrid oxidative approach. Science 2020; 369:799-806. [PMID: 32792393 DOI: 10.1126/science.abb8271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2020] [Accepted: 06/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Polycyclic diterpenes exhibit many important biological activities, but de novo synthetic access to these molecules is highly challenging because of their structural complexity. Semisynthetic access has also been limited by the lack of chemical tools for scaffold modifications. We report a chemoenzymatic platform to access highly oxidized diterpenes by a hybrid oxidative approach that strategically combines chemical and enzymatic oxidation methods. This approach allows for selective oxidations of previously inaccessible sites on the parent carbocycles and enables abiotic skeletal rearrangements to additional underlying architectures. We synthesized a total of nine complex natural products with rich oxygenation patterns and skeletal diversity in 10 steps or less from ent-steviol.
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- Xiao Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA.,Department of Molecular Medicine, Natural Products Discovery Center at Scripps Research, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA.
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Li A, Acevedo‐Rocha CG, D'Amore L, Chen J, Peng Y, Garcia‐Borràs M, Gao C, Zhu J, Rickerby H, Osuna S, Zhou J, Reetz MT. Regio- and Stereoselective Steroid Hydroxylation at C7 by Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase Mutants. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:12499-12505. [PMID: 32243054 PMCID: PMC7384163 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202003139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Steroidal C7β alcohols and their respective esters have shown significant promise as neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory agents to treat chronic neuronal damage like stroke, brain trauma, and cerebral ischemia. Since C7 is spatially far away from any functional groups that could direct C-H activation, these transformations are not readily accessible using modern synthetic organic techniques. Reported here are P450-BM3 mutants that catalyze the oxidative hydroxylation of six different steroids with pronounced C7 regioselectivities and β stereoselectivities, as well as high activities. These challenging transformations were achieved by a focused mutagenesis strategy and application of a novel technology for protein library construction based on DNA assembly and USER (Uracil-Specific Excision Reagent) cloning. Upscaling reactions enabled the purification of the respective steroidal alcohols in moderate to excellent yields. The high-resolution X-ray structure and molecular dynamics simulations of the best mutant unveil the origin of regio- and stereoselectivity.
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- Aitao Li
- School of life scienceHubei UniversityState Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering#368 Youyi RoadWuhan430062P.R. China
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- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi and Departament de QuímicaUniversitat de GironaCarrer Maria Aurèlia Capmany 6917003GironaCataloniaSpain
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Products ChemistryCenter for Excellence in Molecular SynthesisShanghai Institute of Organic ChemistryUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesShanghai200032P. R. China
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- School of life scienceHubei UniversityState Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering#368 Youyi RoadWuhan430062P.R. China
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- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi and Departament de QuímicaUniversitat de GironaCarrer Maria Aurèlia Capmany 6917003GironaCataloniaSpain
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- School of life scienceHubei UniversityState Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering#368 Youyi RoadWuhan430062P.R. China
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- School of life scienceHubei UniversityState Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering#368 Youyi RoadWuhan430062P.R. China
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- LabGeniusG.01-06 Cocoa Studios100 Drummond RdLondonSE16 4DGUK
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- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi and Departament de QuímicaUniversitat de GironaCarrer Maria Aurèlia Capmany 6917003GironaCataloniaSpain
- ICREAPg. Lluís Companys 2308010BarcelonaSpain
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Products ChemistryCenter for Excellence in Molecular SynthesisShanghai Institute of Organic ChemistryUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesShanghai200032P. R. China
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- Max-Planck-Institut für KohlenforschungKaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 145470MuelheimGermany
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial BiotechnologyChinese Academy of Sciences32 West 7th AvenueTianjin300308P. R. China
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Li A, Acevedo‐Rocha CG, D'Amore L, Chen J, Peng Y, Garcia‐Borràs M, Gao C, Zhu J, Rickerby H, Osuna S, Zhou J, Reetz MT. Regio‐ and Stereoselective Steroid Hydroxylation at C7 by Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase Mutants. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202003139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Aitao Li
- School of life science Hubei University State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering #368 Youyi Road Wuhan 430062 P.R. China
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- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi and Departament de Química Universitat de Girona Carrer Maria Aurèlia Capmany 69 17003 Girona Catalonia Spain
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Products Chemistry Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200032 P. R. China
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- School of life science Hubei University State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering #368 Youyi Road Wuhan 430062 P.R. China
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- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi and Departament de Química Universitat de Girona Carrer Maria Aurèlia Capmany 69 17003 Girona Catalonia Spain
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- School of life science Hubei University State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering #368 Youyi Road Wuhan 430062 P.R. China
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- School of life science Hubei University State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering #368 Youyi Road Wuhan 430062 P.R. China
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- LabGenius G.01-06 Cocoa Studios 100 Drummond Rd London SE16 4DG UK
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- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi and Departament de Química Universitat de Girona Carrer Maria Aurèlia Capmany 69 17003 Girona Catalonia Spain
- ICREA Pg. Lluís Companys 23 08010 Barcelona Spain
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Products Chemistry Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200032 P. R. China
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1 45470 Muelheim Germany
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology Chinese Academy of Sciences 32 West 7th Avenue Tianjin 300308 P. R. China
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Li J, Li F, King-Smith E, Renata H. Merging chemoenzymatic and radical-based retrosynthetic logic for rapid and modular synthesis of oxidized meroterpenoids. Nat Chem 2020; 12:173-179. [PMID: 31959962 PMCID: PMC7250629 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-019-0407-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 12/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Meroterpenoids are natural products of hybrid biosynthetic origins-derived from both terpenoid and polyketide pathways-with a wealth of biological activities. Given their therapeutic potential, a general strategy to access these natural products in a concise and divergent fashion is highly desirable. Here, we report a modular synthesis of a suite of oxidized meroterpenoids using a hybrid synthetic strategy that is designed to harness the power of both biocatalytic and radical-based retrosynthetic logic. This strategy enables direct introduction of key hydroxyl groups and rapid construction of key bonds and stereocentres, facilitating the development of a concise route (7-12 steps from commercial materials) to eight oxidized meroterpenoids from two common molecular scaffolds. This work lays the foundation for rapid access to a wide range of oxidized meroterpenoids through the use of similar hybrid strategy that combines two synthetic approaches.
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- Jian Li
- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL, USA.
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Sarkar MR, Bell SG. Complementary and selective oxidation of hydrocarbon derivatives by two cytochrome P450 enzymes of the same family. Catal Sci Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cy01040e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The cytochrome P450 enzymes CYP101B1 and CYP101C1, from a Novosphingobium bacterium, can efficiently hydroxylate hydrocarbon derivatives containing a carbonyl moiety. Cyclic ketones (C9 to C15) were oxidised with contrasting yet high selectivity.
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Adelaide
- Adelaide
- Australia
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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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Morrill LA, Susick RB, Chari JV, Garg NK. Total Synthesis as a Vehicle for Collaboration. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:12423-12443. [PMID: 31356068 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b05588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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"Collaboration" is not the first word most would associate with the field of total synthesis. In fact, the spirit of total synthesis is all-too-often reputed as being more competitive, rather than collaborative, sometimes even within individual laboratories. However, recent studies in total synthesis have inspired a number of collaborative efforts that strategically blend synthetic methodology, biocatalysis, biosynthesis, computational chemistry, and drug discovery with complex molecule synthesis. This Perspective highlights select recent advances in these areas, including collaborative syntheses of chlorolissoclimide, nigelladine A, artemisinin, ingenol, hippolachnin A, communesin A, and citrinalin B. The legendary Woodward-Eschenmoser collaboration that led to the total synthesis of vitamin B12 is also discussed.
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- Lucas A Morrill
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California , Los Angeles , California 90095 , United States
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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 and Biochemistry , University of California , Los Angeles , California 90095 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California , Los Angeles , California 90095 , United States
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Sarkar MR, Dasgupta S, Pyke SM, Bell SG. Selective biocatalytic hydroxylation of unactivated methylene C-H bonds in cyclic alkyl substrates. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:5029-5032. [PMID: 30968888 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc02060h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The cytochrome P450 monooxygenase CYP101B1 from Novosphingobium aromaticivorans selectively hydroxylated methylene C-H bonds in cycloalkyl rings. Cycloketones and cycloalkyl esters containing C6, C8, C10 and C12 rings were oxidised with high selectively on the opposite side of the ring to the carbonyl substituent. Cyclodecanone was oxidised to oxabicycloundecanol derivatives in equilibrium with the hydroxycyclodecanones.
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- Md Raihan Sarkar
- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
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Savitskaya J, Protzko RJ, Li FZ, Arkin AP, Dueber JE. Iterative screening methodology enables isolation of strains with improved properties for a FACS-based screen and increased L-DOPA production. Sci Rep 2019; 9:5815. [PMID: 30967567 PMCID: PMC6456618 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-41759-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2018] [Accepted: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Optimizing microbial hosts for the large-scale production of valuable metabolites often requires multiple mutations and modifications to the host's genome. We describe a three-round screen for increased L-DOPA production in S. cerevisiae using FACS enrichment of an enzyme-coupled biosensor for L-DOPA. Multiple rounds of screening were enabled by a single build of a barcoded in vitro transposon-mediated disruption library. New background strains for screening were built for each iteration using results from previous iterations. The same in vitro transposon-mediated disruption library was integrated by homologous recombination into new background strains in each round of screening. Compared with creating new transposon insertions in each round, this method takes less time and saves the cost of additional sequencing to characterize transposon insertion sites. In the first two rounds of screening, we identified deletions that improved biosensor compartmentalization and, consequently, improved our ability to screen for L-DOPA production. In a final round, we discovered that deletion of heme oxygenase (HMX1) increases total heme concentration and increases L-DOPA production, using dopamine measurement as a proxy. We further demonstrated that deleting HMX1 may represent a general strategy for P450 function improvement by improving activity of a second P450 enzyme, BM3, which performs a distinct reaction.
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- Judy Savitskaya
- University of California, Berkeley - UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley - UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA. .,Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA. .,Environmental Genomics & System Biology, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, California, USA.
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- University of California, Berkeley - UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA. .,Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA. .,Biological Systems & Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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Benchmarking of laboratory evolved unspecific peroxygenases for the synthesis of human drug metabolites. Tetrahedron 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2019.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Zhang RK, Huang X, Arnold FH. Selective CH bond functionalization with engineered heme proteins: new tools to generate complexity. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2018; 49:67-75. [PMID: 30343008 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2018.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2018] [Revised: 09/27/2018] [Accepted: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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CH functionalization is an attractive strategy to construct and diversify molecules. Heme proteins, predominantly cytochromes P450, are responsible for an array of CH oxidations in biology. Recent work has coupled concepts from synthetic chemistry, computation, and natural product biosynthesis to engineer heme protein systems to deliver products with tailored oxidation patterns. Heme protein catalysis has been shown to go well beyond these native reactions and now accesses new-to-nature CH transformations, including CN and CC bond forming processes. Emerging work with these systems moves us along the ambitious path of building complexity from the ubiquitous CH bond.
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- Ruijie K Zhang
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, MC 210-41, Pasadena, CA 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, CA 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, CA 91125, United States.
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Li F, Zhang X, Renata H. Enzymatic CH functionalizations for natural product synthesis. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2018; 49:25-32. [PMID: 30269011 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2018.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Direct functionalization of CH bond is rapidly becoming an indispensible tool in chemical synthesis. However, due to the ubiquity of CH bonds, achieving site-selective functionalization remains an arduous task, especially on advanced synthetic intermediates or natural products. In contrast, Nature has evolved a multitude of enzymes capable of performing this task with extraordinary selectivity, and the use of these enzymes in organic synthesis may provide a viable solution to contemporary challenges in site-selective functionalization of complex molecules. This review covers recent applications of enzymatic CH functionalization strategies in natural product synthesis, both in the context of key building block preparation and late-stage functionalization of advanced synthetic intermediates.
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- Fuzhuo Li
- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA.
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Structural insights into oxidation of medium-chain fatty acids and flavanone by myxobacterial cytochrome P450 CYP267B1. Biochem J 2018; 475:2801-2817. [PMID: 30045877 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20180402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Revised: 07/12/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Oxidative biocatalytic reactions performed by cytochrome P450 enzymes (P450s) are of high interest for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. CYP267B1 is a P450 enzyme from myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum So ce56 displaying a broad substrate scope. In this work, a search for new substrates was performed, combined with product characterization and a structural analysis of substrate-bound complexes using X-ray crystallography and computational docking. The results demonstrate the ability of CYP267B1 to perform in-chain hydroxylations of medium-chain saturated fatty acids (decanoic acid, dodecanoic acid and tetradecanoic acid) and a regioselective hydroxylation of flavanone. The fatty acids are mono-hydroxylated at different in-chain positions, with decanoic acid displaying the highest regioselectivity towards ω-3 hydroxylation. Flavanone is preferably oxidized to 3-hydroxyflavanone. High-resolution crystal structures of CYP267B1 revealed a very spacious active site pocket, similarly to other P450s capable of converting macrocyclic compounds. The pocket becomes more constricted near to the heme and is closed off from solvent by residues of the F and G helices and the B-C loop. The crystal structure of the tetradecanoic acid-bound complex displays the fatty acid bound near to the heme, but in a nonproductive conformation. Molecular docking allowed modeling of the productive binding modes for the four investigated fatty acids and flavanone, as well as of two substrates identified in a previous study (diclofenac and ibuprofen), explaining the observed product profiles. The obtained structures of CYP267B1 thus serve as a valuable prediction tool for substrate hydroxylations by this highly versatile enzyme and will encourage future selectivity changes by rational protein engineering.
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Le‐Huu P, Rekow D, Krüger C, Bokel A, Heidt T, Schaubach S, Claasen B, Hölzel S, Frey W, Laschat S, Urlacher VB. Chemoenzymatic Route to Oxyfunctionalized Cembranoids Facilitated by Substrate and Protein Engineering. Chemistry 2018; 24:12010-12021. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201802250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2018] [Revised: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Priska Le‐Huu
- Institute of BiochemistryHeinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf Universitätsstrasse 1 40225 Düsseldorf Germany
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- Institute of Organic ChemistryUniversity Stuttgart Pfaffenwaldring 55 70569 Stuttgart Germany
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- Institute of Organic ChemistryUniversity Stuttgart Pfaffenwaldring 55 70569 Stuttgart Germany
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- Institute of BiochemistryHeinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf Universitätsstrasse 1 40225 Düsseldorf Germany
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- Institute of Organic ChemistryUniversity Stuttgart Pfaffenwaldring 55 70569 Stuttgart Germany
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- Institute of Organic ChemistryUniversity Stuttgart Pfaffenwaldring 55 70569 Stuttgart Germany
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- Institute of Organic ChemistryUniversity Stuttgart Pfaffenwaldring 55 70569 Stuttgart Germany
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- Institute of BiochemistryHeinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf Universitätsstrasse 1 40225 Düsseldorf Germany
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- Institute of Organic ChemistryUniversity Stuttgart Pfaffenwaldring 55 70569 Stuttgart Germany
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- Institute of Organic ChemistryUniversity Stuttgart Pfaffenwaldring 55 70569 Stuttgart Germany
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- Institute of BiochemistryHeinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf Universitätsstrasse 1 40225 Düsseldorf Germany
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This chapter describes the asymmetric hydroxylation of steroids on laboratory preparative scale, using engineered variants of P450BM3 (CYP102A1) as enzyme catalyst. The following protocol covers the creation of an Escherichia coli BL21-Gold (DE3) expression strain, including necessary control experiments like plasmid preparation, test expression, and creation of storage cultures, to verify successful experimental access to recombinant expressed P450BM3 variants. The recombinant expressed P450BM3 variants are obtained as cleared cell lysate and used in a biotransformation setup to hydroxylate 2.8 mg and up to 15 mg testosterone in the presented protocol. Since P450BM3 depends on NADPH as an electron source for the reaction, a glucose and glucose dehydrogenate based recycling system is added to the reaction. The protocol further includes liquid-liquid extraction of hydroxytestosterone and directs the experimenter to compound purification via column chromatography.
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Li RJ, Xu JH, Chen Q, Zhao J, Li AT, Yu HL. Enhancing the Catalytic Performance of a CYP116B Monooxygenase by Transdomain Combination Mutagenesis. ChemCatChem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201800054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Ren-Jie Li
- Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Synthetic Biotechnology; State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering; East China University of Science and Technology; 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 P.R. China
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- Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Synthetic Biotechnology; State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering; East China University of Science and Technology; 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 P.R. China
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- Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Synthetic Biotechnology; State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering; East China University of Science and Technology; 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 P.R. China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Tianjin 300308 P.R. China
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for, Green Transformation of Bio-resources; Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology; College of Life Sciences; Hubei University; Wuhan 430062 P.R. China
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- Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Synthetic Biotechnology; State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering; East China University of Science and Technology; 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 P.R. China
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Petrović D, Bokel A, Allan M, Urlacher VB, Strodel B. Simulation-Guided Design of Cytochrome P450 for Chemo- and Regioselective Macrocyclic Oxidation. J Chem Inf Model 2018. [PMID: 29522682 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.8b00043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Engineering high chemo-, regio-, and stereoselectivity is a prerequisite for enzyme usage in organic synthesis. Cytochromes P450 can oxidize a broad range of substrates, including macrocycles, which are becoming popular scaffolds for therapeutic agents. However, a large conformational space explored by macrocycles not only reduces the selectivity of oxidation but also impairs computational enzyme design strategies based on docking and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. We present a novel design workflow that uses enhanced-sampling Hamiltonian replica exchange (HREX) MD and focuses on quantifying the substrate binding for suggesting the mutations to be made. This computational approach is applied to P450 BM3 with the aim to shift regioselectively toward one of the numerous possible positions during β-cembrenediol oxidation. The predictions are experimentally tested and the resulting product distributions validate our design strategy, as single mutations led up to 5-fold regioselectivity increases. We thus conclude that the HREX-MD-based workflow is a promising tool for the identification of positions for mutagenesis aiming at P450 enzymes with improved regioselectivity.
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- Dušan Petrović
- Institute of Complex Systems: Structural Biochemistry , Forschungszentrum Jülich , 52425 Jülich , Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry , Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf , Universitätsstraße 1 , 40225 Düsseldorf , Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems: Structural Biochemistry , Forschungszentrum Jülich , 52425 Jülich , Germany.,Schreyer Honors College , The Pennsylvania State University , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
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- Institute of Biochemistry , Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf , Universitätsstraße 1 , 40225 Düsseldorf , Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems: Structural Biochemistry , Forschungszentrum Jülich , 52425 Jülich , Germany.,Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry , Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf , Universitätsstraße 1 , 40225 Düsseldorf , Germany
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Acevedo-Rocha CG, Gamble CG, Lonsdale R, Li A, Nett N, Hoebenreich S, Lingnau JB, Wirtz C, Fares C, Hinrichs H, Deege A, Mulholland AJ, Nov Y, Leys D, McLean KJ, Munro AW, Reetz MT. P450-Catalyzed Regio- and Diastereoselective Steroid Hydroxylation: Efficient Directed Evolution Enabled by Mutability Landscaping. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b00389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Carlos G. Acevedo-Rocha
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Muelheim, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Muelheim, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
- Centre for Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, U.K
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Muelheim, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Transformation of Bio-resources, Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University 368 Youyi Road, Wuchang Wuhan 430062, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Muelheim, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Muelheim, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Muelheim, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Muelheim, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Muelheim, Germany
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- Centre for Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, U.K
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- Department of Statistics, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Muelheim, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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Li Y, Qin B, Li X, Tang J, Chen Y, Zhou L, You S. Selective Oxidations of Cyperenoic Acid by Slightly Reshaping the Binding Pocket of Cytochrome P450 BM3. ChemCatChem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201701088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Yuxin Li
- School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics; Shenyang Pharmaceutical University; 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 P.R. China
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- Wuya College of Innovation; Shenyang Pharmaceutical University; 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 P.R. China
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- School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics; Shenyang Pharmaceutical University; 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 P.R. China
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- School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics; Shenyang Pharmaceutical University; 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 P.R. China
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- School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics; Shenyang Pharmaceutical University; 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 P.R. China
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- School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics; Shenyang Pharmaceutical University; 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 P.R. China
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- School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics; Shenyang Pharmaceutical University; 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 P.R. China
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Crystal structure and iterative saturation mutagenesis of ChKRED20 for expanded catalytic scope. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 101:8395-8404. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-017-8556-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2017] [Revised: 09/05/2017] [Accepted: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Harris KL, Thomson RES, Strohmaier SJ, Gumulya Y, Gillam EMJ. Determinants of thermostability in the cytochrome P450 fold. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2017; 1866:97-115. [PMID: 28822812 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2017.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2017] [Revised: 07/19/2017] [Accepted: 08/07/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Cytochromes P450 are found throughout the biosphere in a wide range of environments, serving a multitude of physiological functions. The ubiquity of the P450 fold suggests that it has been co-opted by evolution many times, and likely presents a useful compromise between structural stability and conformational flexibility. The diversity of substrates metabolized and reactions catalyzed by P450s makes them attractive starting materials for use as biocatalysts of commercially useful reactions. However, process conditions impose different requirements on enzymes to those in which they have evolved naturally. Most natural environments are relatively mild, and therefore most P450s have not been selected in Nature for the ability to withstand temperatures above ~40°C, yet industrial processes frequently require extended incubations at much higher temperatures. Thus, there has been considerable interest and effort invested in finding or engineering thermostable P450 systems. Numerous P450s have now been identified in thermophilic organisms and analysis of their structures provides information as to mechanisms by which the P450 fold can be stabilized. In addition, protein engineering, particularly by directed or artificial evolution, has revealed mutations that serve to stabilize particular mesophilic enzymes of interest. Here we review the current understanding of thermostability as it applies to the P450 fold, gleaned from the analysis of P450s characterized from thermophilic organisms and the parallel engineering of mesophilic forms for greater thermostability. We then present a perspective on how this information might be used to design stable P450 enzymes for industrial application. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Cytochrome P450 biodiversity and biotechnology, edited by Erika Plettner, Gianfranco Gilardi, Luet Wong, Vlada Urlacher, Jared Goldstone.
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- Kurt L Harris
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia 4072, Australia.
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Loskot SA, Romney DK, Arnold FH, Stoltz BM. Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Nigelladine A via Late-Stage C-H Oxidation Enabled by an Engineered P450 Enzyme. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:10196-10199. [PMID: 28721734 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b05196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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An enantioselective total synthesis of the norditerpenoid alkaloid nigelladine A is described. Strategically, the synthesis relies on a late-stage C-H oxidation of an advanced intermediate. While traditional chemical methods failed to deliver the desired outcome, an engineered cytochrome P450 enzyme was employed to effect a chemo- and regioselective allylic C-H oxidation in the presence of four oxidizable positions. The enzyme variant was readily identified from a focused library of three enzymes, allowing for completion of the synthesis without the need for extensive screening.
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- Steven A Loskot
- 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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Belsare KD, Andorfer MC, Cardenas FS, Chael JR, Park HJ, Lewis JC. A Simple Combinatorial Codon Mutagenesis Method for Targeted Protein Engineering. ACS Synth Biol 2017; 6:416-420. [PMID: 28033708 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.6b00297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Directed evolution is a powerful tool for optimizing enzymes, and mutagenesis methods that improve enzyme library quality can significantly expedite the evolution process. Here, we report a simple method for targeted combinatorial codon mutagenesis (CCM). To demonstrate the utility of this method for protein engineering, CCM libraries were constructed for cytochrome P450BM3, pfu prolyl oligopeptidase, and the flavin-dependent halogenase RebH; 10-26 sites were targeted for codon mutagenesis in each of these enzymes, and libraries with a tunable average of 1-7 codon mutations per gene were generated. Each of these libraries provided improved enzymes for their respective transformations, which highlights the generality, simplicity, and tunability of CCM for targeted protein engineering.
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- Ketaki D. Belsare
- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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Sarkar MR, Hall EA, Dasgupta S, Bell SG. The Use of Directing Groups Enables the Selective and Efficient Biocatalytic Oxidation of Unactivated Adamantyl C-H Bonds. ChemistrySelect 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201601615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Md. Raihan Sarkar
- Department of Chemistry; University Adelaide; Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia
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- Department of Chemistry; University Adelaide; Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia
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- Department of Chemistry; University Adelaide; Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia
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- Department of Chemistry; University Adelaide; Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia
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Le-Huu P, Petrović D, Strodel B, Urlacher VB. One-Pot, Two-Step Hydroxylation of the Macrocyclic Diterpenoid β-Cembrenediol Catalyzed by P450 BM3 Mutants. ChemCatChem 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201600973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Priska Le-Huu
- Institute of Biochemistry; Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf; Universitätsstrasse 1, Bldg. 26.42.U1 40225 Düsseldorf Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems: Structural Biochemistry (ICS-6); Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH; 52425 Jülich Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems: Structural Biochemistry (ICS-6); Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH; 52425 Jülich Germany
- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry; Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf; Universitätsstrasse 1 40225 Düsseldorf Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry; Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf; Universitätsstrasse 1, Bldg. 26.42.U1 40225 Düsseldorf Germany
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Genovino J, Sames D, Hamann LG, Touré BB. Die Erschließung von Wirkstoffmetaboliten durch übergangsmetallkatalysierte C-H-Oxidation: die Leber als Inspiration für die Synthese. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201602644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Julien Genovino
- Pfizer Inc.; Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, Cardiovascular, Metabolic, and Endocrine Diseases (CVMED); 558 Eastern Point Road Groton CT 06340 USA
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- Columbia University; Department of Chemistry and Neurotechnology Center; 3000 Broadway MC3101 New York NY 10027 USA
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- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Sciences (NIBR), Global Discovery Chemistry (GDC); 181 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge MA 02139 USA
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- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Sciences (NIBR), Global Discovery Chemistry (GDC); 100 Technology Square Cambridge MA 02139 USA
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Genovino J, Sames D, Hamann LG, Touré BB. Accessing Drug Metabolites via Transition-Metal Catalyzed C-H Oxidation: The Liver as Synthetic Inspiration. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:14218-14238. [PMID: 27723189 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201602644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2016] [Revised: 06/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Can classical and modern chemical C-H oxidation reactions complement biotransformation in the synthesis of drug metabolites? We have surveyed the literature in an effort to try to answer this important question of major practical significance in the pharmaceutical industry. Drug metabolites are required throughout all phases of the drug discovery and development process; however, their synthesis is still an unsolved problem. This Review, not intended to be comprehensive or historical, highlights relevant applications of chemical C-H oxidation reactions, electrochemistry and microfluidic technologies to drug templates in order to access drug metabolites, and also highlights promising reactions to this end. Where possible or appropriate, the contrast with biotransformation is drawn. In doing so, we have tried to identify gaps where they exist in the hope to spur further activity in this very important research area.
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- Julien Genovino
- Pfizer Inc., Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, Cardiovascular, Metabolic, and Endocrine Diseases (CVMED), 558 Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA
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- Columbia University, Department of Chemistry and Neurotechnology Center, 3000 Broadway MC3101, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Sciences (NIBR), Global Discovery Chemistry (GDC), 181 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Sciences (NIBR), Global Discovery Chemistry (GDC), 100 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
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Giovani S, Alwaseem H, Fasan R. Aldehyde and Ketone Synthesis by P450-Catalyzed Oxidative Deamination of Alkyl Azides. ChemCatChem 2016; 8:2609-2613. [PMID: 27867424 DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201600487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Heme-containing proteins have recently attracted increasing attention for their ability to promote synthetically valuable transformations not found in nature. Following the recent discovery that engineered variants of myoglobin can catalyze the direct conversion of organic azides to aldehydes, we investigated the azide oxidative deamination reactivity of a variety of hemoproteins featuring different heme coordination environments. Our studies show that although several heme-containing enzymes possess basal activity in this reaction, an engineered variant of the bacterial cytochrome P450 CYP102A1 constitutes a particularly efficient biocatalyst for promoting this transformation, exhibiting a broad substrate scope along with high catalytic activity (up to 11,300 TON), excellent chemoselectivity, and enhanced reactivity toward secondary alkyl azides to yield ketones. Mechanistic studies and Michaelis-Menten analyses provided insights into the mechanism of the reaction and the impact of active site mutations on the catalytic properties of the P450. Altogether, these studies demonstrate that engineered P450 variants represent promising biocatalysts for the synthesis of aryl aldehydes and ketones via the oxidative deamination of alkyl azides under mild reaction conditions.
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- Simone Giovani
- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, 120 Trustee Road, Rochester, NY 14627, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, 120 Trustee Road, Rochester, NY 14627, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, 120 Trustee Road, Rochester, NY 14627, United States
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Holec C, Neufeld K, Pietruszka J. P450 BM3 Monooxygenase as an Efficient NAD(P)H-Oxidase for Regeneration of Nicotinamide Cofactors in ADH-Catalysed Preparative Scale Biotransformations. Adv Synth Catal 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201600241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Sun Z, Wikmark Y, Bäckvall JE, Reetz MT. New Concepts for Increasing the Efficiency in Directed Evolution of Stereoselective Enzymes. Chemistry 2016; 22:5046-54. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201504406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Zhoutong Sun
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung; Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
- Fachbereich Chemie; Philipps-Universität Marburg; Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4 35032 Marburg Germany
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- Department of Organic Chemistry; Arrhenius Laboratory; Stockholm University; 106 91 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Organic Chemistry; Arrhenius Laboratory; Stockholm University; 106 91 Stockholm Sweden
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung; Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
- Fachbereich Chemie; Philipps-Universität Marburg; Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4 35032 Marburg Germany
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Holtmann D, Fraaije MW, Arends IWCE, Opperman DJ, Hollmann F. The taming of oxygen: biocatalytic oxyfunctionalisations. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 50:13180-200. [PMID: 24902635 DOI: 10.1039/c3cc49747j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The scope and limitations of oxygenases as catalysts for preparative organic synthesis is discussed.
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- Dirk Holtmann
- DECHEMA Research Institute, Theodor-Heuss-Allee 25, 60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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