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Reed KB, d'Oelsnitz S, Brooks SM, Wells J, Zhao M, Trivedi A, Eshraghi S, Alper HS. Fluorescence-Based Screens for Engineering Enzymes Linked to Halogenated Tryptophan. ACS Synth Biol 2024; 13:1373-1381. [PMID: 38533851 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.3c00616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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Directed evolution is often limited by the throughput of accurate screening methods. Here we demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing a singular transcription factor (TF)-system that can be refactored in two ways (both as an activator and repressor). Specifically, we showcase the use of previously evolved 5-halo- or 6-halo-tryptophan-specific TF biosensors suitable for the detection of a halogenated tryptophan molecule in vivo. We subsequently validate the biosensor's utility for two halogenase-specific halo-tryptophan accumulation screens. First, we isolated 5-tryptophan-halogenase, XsHal, from a mixed pool of halogenases with 100% efficiency. Thereafter, we generated a targeted library of the catalytic residue of 6-tryptophan halogenase, Th-Hal, and isolated functioning halogenases with 100% efficiency. Lastly, we refactor the TF circuit to respond to the depletion of halogenated tryptophan and prototype a high-throughput biosensor-directed evolution scheme to screen for downstream enzyme variants capable of promiscuously converting halogenated tryptophan. Altogether, this work takes a significant step toward the rapid and higher throughput screening of halogenases and halo-tryptophan converting enzymes to further reinforce efforts to enable high-level bioproduction of halogenated chemicals.
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- Kevin B Reed
- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 E. Dean Keeton Street Stop C0400, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2500 Speedway Avenue, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 E. Dean Keeton Street Stop C0400, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 E. Dean Keeton Street Stop C0400, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 E. Dean Keeton Street Stop C0400, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 E. Dean Keeton Street Stop C0400, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 E. Dean Keeton Street Stop C0400, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2500 Speedway Avenue, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Yao XR, Jia MZ, Miao XL, Chen YR, Pan JQ, Zhang J. One-pot Tandem Synthesis and Spontaneous Product Separation of N-heterocycles based on Bifunctional Small-molecule Photocatalyst. ChemSusChem 2024; 17:e202301495. [PMID: 38086787 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202301495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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Homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions wherein the resulting products remain dissolved in solvents generally require complicated separation and purification process, despite the advantage of heterogeneous systems allowing retrieval of catalysts. Herein, we have developed an efficient approach for the one-pot tandem synthesis of quinazolines, quinazolinones and benzothiadiazine 1,1-dioxides from alcohols and amines utilizing a bifunctional bipyridinium photocatalyst with redox and Lewis acid sites using air as an oxidant. Through solvent-modulation strategy, the photocatalytic system exhibits high performance and enables most products to separate spontaneously. Consequently, the homogeneous catalyst can be reused by direct centrifugation isolation of the products. Notably, the method is also applicable to the less active substrates, such as heterocyclic alcohols and aliphatic alcohols, and thus provides an efficient and environmentally friendly photocatalytic route with spontaneous separation of N-heterocycles to reduce production costs and meet the needs of atomic economy and green chemistry.
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- Xin-Rong Yao
- MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 102488, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 102488, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 102488, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 102488, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 102488, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 102488, P. R. China
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Jiang Y, Kim A, Olive C, Lewis JC. Selective C-H Halogenation of Alkenes and Alkynes Using Flavin-Dependent Halogenases. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202317860. [PMID: 38280216 PMCID: PMC10947852 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202317860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 01/29/2024]
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Single component flavin-dependent halogenases (FDHs) possess both flavin reductase and FDH activity in a single enzyme. We recently reported that the single component FDH AetF catalyzes site-selective bromination and iodination of a variety of aromatic substrates and enantioselective bromolactonization and iodoetherification of styrenes bearing pendant carboxylic acid or alcohol substituents. Given this inherent reactivity and selectivity, we explored the utility of AetF as catalyst for alkene and alkyne C-H halogenation. We find that AetF catalyzes halogenation of a range of 1,1-disubstituted styrenes, often with high stereoselectivity. Despite the utility of haloalkenes for cross-coupling and other applications, accessing these compounds in a stereoselective manner typically requires functional group interconversion processes, and selective halogenation of 1,1'-disubstituted olefins remains rare. We also establish that AetF and homologues of this enzyme can halogenate terminal alkynes. Mutagenesis studies and deuterium kinetic isotope effects are used to support a mechanistic proposal involving covalent catalysis for halogenation of unactivated alkynes by AetF homologues. These findings expand the scope of FDH catalysis and continue to show the unique utility of single component FDHs for biocatalysis.
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- Yuhua Jiang
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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Hendricks AR, Cohen RS, McEwen GA, Tien T, Guilliams BF, Alspach A, Snow CD, Ackerson CJ. Laboratory Evolution of Metalloid Reductase Substrate Recognition and Nanoparticle Product Size. ACS Chem Biol 2024; 19:289-299. [PMID: 38295274 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.3c00493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
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Glutathione reductase-like metalloid reductase (GRLMR) is an enzyme that reduces selenodiglutathione (GS-Se-SG), forming zerovalent Se nanoparticles (SeNPs). Error-prone polymerase chain reaction was used to create a library of ∼10,000 GRLMR variants. The library was expressed in BL21Escherichia coli in liquid culture with 50 mM of SeO32- present, under the hypothesis that the enzyme variants with improved GS-Se-SG reduction kinetics would emerge. The selection resulted in a GRLMR variant with two mutations. One of the mutations (D-E) lacks an obvious functional role, whereas the other mutation is L-H within 5 Å of the enzyme active site. This mutation places a second H residue within 5 Å of an active site dicysteine. This GRLMR variant was characterized for NADPH-dependent reduction of GS-Se-SG, GSSG, SeO32-, SeO42-, GS-Te-SG, and TeO32-. The evolved enzyme demonstrated enhanced reduction of SeO32- and gained the ability to reduce SeO42-. This variant is named selenium reductase (SeR) because of its emergent broad activity for a wide variety of Se substrates, whereas the parent enzyme was specific for GS-Se-SG. This study overall suggests that new biosynthetic routes are possible for inorganic nanomaterials using laboratory-directed evolution methods.
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- Alexander R Hendricks
- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1872, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1872, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1872, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1872, United States
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1872, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1872, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1872, United States
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1872, United States
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Besse C, Niemann HH, Sewald N. Increasing the Stability of Flavin-Dependent Halogenases by Disulfide Engineering. Chembiochem 2024; 25:e202300700. [PMID: 37917145 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202300700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Revised: 10/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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Flavin-dependent halogenases allow halogenation of electron-rich aromatic compounds under mild reaction conditions even at electronically unfavored positions with high regioselectivity. In order to expand the application of halogenases, the enzymes need to be improved in terms of stability and efficiency. A previous study with the tryptophan 6-halogenase Thal demonstrated that thermostable Thal variants tend to form dimers in solution while the wild type is present as a monomer. Based on this a dimeric Thal variant was generated that is covalently linked by disulfide bonds. Introducing two cysteine residues at the dimer interface resulted in the variant Thal CC with significantly increased thermostability (▵T50 =15.7 K) and stability over time at elevated temperature compared to the wild type. By introducing the homologous mutations into the tryptophan 5-halogenase PyrH, we were able to show that the stabilization by covalent dimerization can also be transferred to other halogenases. Moreover, it was possible to further increase the thermostability of PyrH by inserting cysteine mutations at alternative sites of the dimer interface.
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- Caroline Besse
- Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Structural Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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Qu HY, Zheng WH. Synthesis of Chiral Biphenyl Monophosphines as Ligands in Enantioselective Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling. Org Lett 2023; 25:9119-9123. [PMID: 38112557 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c03487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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Herein, we describe our design and synthesis of novel chiral monophosphine ligands by the short-step addition of chiral lactates as side chains to the well-known ligand SPhos/RuPhos. The new chiral ligands were shown to be highly efficient in palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura coupling, providing a series of axially chiral biphenyl products in high yield and high enantioselectivity. Furthermore, the gram-scale reaction and the diverse conversions of the products demonstrated the potential utility of the approach.
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- Hong-Yu Qu
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, China
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Zou JY, Yang YY, Gu J, Liu F, Ye Z, Yi W, He Y. Asymmetric Allylic Substitution-Isomerization for the Modular Synthesis of Axially Chiral N-Vinylquinazolinones. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202310320. [PMID: 37582683 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202310320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Revised: 08/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/17/2023]
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Axially chiral N-substituted quinazolinones are important bioactive molecules, which are presented in many synthetic drugs. However, most strategies toward their atroposelective synthesis are mainly limited to the axially chiral arylquinazolinone frameworks. The development of modular synthetic methods to access diverse quinazolinone-based atropisomers remains scarce and challenging. Herein, we report the regio- and atroposelective synthesis of axially chiral N-vinylquinazolinones via the strategy of asymmetric allylic substitution-isomerization. The catalysis system utilized both asymmetric transition-metal catalysis and organocatalysis to efficiently afford trisubstituted and tetrasubstituted N-vinylquinazolinone atropisomers, respectively. With the meticulous design of β-substituted allylic substrates, both Z- and E-tetrasubstituted axially chiral N-vinylquinazolinones were obtained in good yields and high enantioselectivities.
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- Jia-Yu Zou
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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Roos CB, Chiang CH, Murray LAM, Yang D, Schulert L, Narayan ARH. Stereodynamic Strategies to Induce and Enrich Chirality of Atropisomers at a Late Stage. Chem Rev 2023; 123:10641-10727. [PMID: 37639323 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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Enantiomers, where chirality arises from restricted rotation around a single bond, are atropisomers. Due to the unique nature of the origins of their chirality, synthetic strategies to access these compounds in an enantioselective manner differ from those used to prepare enantioenriched compounds containing point chirality arising from an unsymmetrically substituted carbon center. In particular stereodynamic transformations, such as dynamic kinetic resolutions, thermodynamic dynamic resolutions, and deracemizations, which rely on the ability to racemize or interconvert enantiomers, are a promising set of transformations to prepare optically pure compounds in the late stage of a synthetic sequence. Translation of these synthetic approaches from compounds with point chirality to atropisomers requires an expanded toolbox for epimerization/racemization and provides an opportunity to develop a new conceptual framework for the enantioselective synthesis of these compounds.
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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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Arunachalampillai A, Chandrappa P, Cherney A, Crockett R, Doerfler J, Johnson G, Kommuri VC, Kyad A, McManus J, Murray J, Myren T, Fine Nathel N, Ndukwe I, Ortiz A, Reed M, Rui H, Silva Elipe MV, Tedrow J, Wells S, Yacoob S, Yamamoto K. Atroposelective Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Photocyclization to Access Chiral N-Aryl Quinolones with Low Rotational Barriers. Org Lett 2023; 25:5856-5861. [PMID: 37499637 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c02117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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Herein, a novel route to atropisomeric N-aryl quinolones with low rotational barriers is demonstrated, leveraging a dual photochemical/organocatalytic approach to the required ring closure in up to 94% yield and up to >99% ee. The use of a continuous flow system allows for impurity suppression and enables rapid scale-up to a decagram scale.
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- Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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- Amgen, One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, United States
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He Y, Yang Z, Luo D, Luo X, Chen X, Yang W. An Oxidant-Free and Mild Strategy for Quinazolin-4(3 H)-One Synthesis via CuAAC/Ring Cleavage Reaction. Molecules 2023; 28:5734. [PMID: 37570705 PMCID: PMC10420183 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28155734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
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An oxidant-free and highly efficient synthesis of phenolic quinazolin-4(3H)-ones was achieved by simply stirring a mixture of 2-aminobenzamides, sulfonyl azides, and terminal alkynes. The intermediate N-sulfonylketenimine underwent two nucleophilic additions and the sulfonyl group eliminated through the power of aromatization. The natural product 2-(4-hydroxybenzyl)quinazolin-4(3H)-one can be synthesized on a large scale under mild conditions with this method.
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- Yueling He
- The Marine Biomedical Research Institute of Guangdong Zhanjiang, Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang 524023, China; (Y.H.); (Z.Y.); (D.L.)
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- The Marine Biomedical Research Institute of Guangdong Zhanjiang, Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang 524023, China; (Y.H.); (Z.Y.); (D.L.)
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- The Marine Biomedical Research Institute of Guangdong Zhanjiang, Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang 524023, China; (Y.H.); (Z.Y.); (D.L.)
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- The Marine Biomedical Research Institute of Guangdong Zhanjiang, Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang 524023, China; (Y.H.); (Z.Y.); (D.L.)
- Hunan Province Key Laboratory for Synthetic Biology of Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hunan University of Medicine, Huaihua 418000, China
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- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhanjiang), Zhanjiang 524023, China
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- The Marine Biomedical Research Institute of Guangdong Zhanjiang, Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang 524023, China; (Y.H.); (Z.Y.); (D.L.)
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhanjiang), Zhanjiang 524023, China
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Jiang Y, Lewis JC. Asymmetric catalysis by flavin-dependent halogenases. Chirality 2023. [PMID: 36916449 DOI: 10.1002/chir.23550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
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In nature, flavin-dependent halogenases (FDHs) catalyze site-selective chlorination and bromination of aromatic natural products. This ability has led to extensive efforts to engineer FDHs for selective chlorination, bromination, and iodination of electron rich aromatic compounds. On the other hand, FDHs are unique among halogenases and haloperoxidases that exhibit catalyst-controlled site selectivity in that no examples of enantioselective FDH catalysis in natural product biosynthesis have been characterized. Over the past several years, our group has established that FDHs can catalyze enantioselective reactions involving desymmetrization, atroposelective halogenation, and halocyclization. Achieving high activity and selectivity for these reactions has required extensive mutagenesis and mitigation of problems resulting from hypohalous acid generated during FDH catalysis. The single-component flavin reductase/FDH AetF is unique among the wild type enzyme we have studied in that it provides high activity and selectivity toward several asymmetric transformations. These results highlight the ability of FDH active sites to tolerate different substrate topologies and suggest that they could be useful for a broad range of oxidative halogenations.
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- Yuhua Jiang
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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Jiang Y, Snodgrass HM, Zubi YS, Roof CV, Guan Y, Mondal D, Honeycutt NH, Lee JW, Lewis RD, Martinez CA, Lewis JC. The Single-Component Flavin Reductase/Flavin-Dependent Halogenase AetF is a Versatile Catalyst for Selective Bromination and Iodination of Arenes and Olefins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202214610. [PMID: 36282507 PMCID: PMC9772203 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202214610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Flavin-dependent halogenases (FDHs) natively catalyze selective halogenation of electron rich aromatic and enolate groups. Nearly all FDHs reported to date require a separate flavin reductase to supply them with FADH2 , which complicates biocatalysis applications. In this study, we establish that the single component flavin reductase/flavin dependent halogenase AetF catalyzes halogenation of a diverse set of substrates using a commercially available glucose dehydrogenase to drive its halogenase activity. High site selectivity, activity on relatively unactivated substrates, and high enantioselectivity for atroposelective bromination and bromolactonization was demonstrated. Site-selective iodination and enantioselective cycloiodoetherification was also possible using AetF. The substrate and reaction scope of AetF suggest that it has the potential to greatly improve the utility of biocatalytic halogenation.
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- Yuhua Jiang
- Department of ChemistryIndiana UniversityBloomingtonIN 47405USA
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- Department of ChemistryIndiana UniversityBloomingtonIN 47405USA
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- Department of ChemistryIndiana UniversityBloomingtonIN 47405USA
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- Chemical Research & DevelopmentPfizer Worldwide Research & DevelopmentGrotonConnecticut 06340USA
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- Department of ChemistryIndiana UniversityBloomingtonIN 47405USA
- Kalsec Inc.3713W. Main St.KalamazooMichigan 49006USA
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- Chemical Research & DevelopmentPfizer Worldwide Research & DevelopmentGrotonConnecticut 06340USA
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- Chemical Research & DevelopmentPfizer Worldwide Research & DevelopmentGrotonConnecticut 06340USA
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- Chemical Research & DevelopmentPfizer Worldwide Research & DevelopmentGrotonConnecticut 06340USA
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- Department of ChemistryIndiana UniversityBloomingtonIN 47405USA
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Abstract
Atropisomeric compounds are found extensively as natural products, as ligands for asymmetric transition-metal catalysis, and increasingly as bioactive and pharmaceutically relevant targets. Their enantioselective synthesis is therefore an important ongoing research target. While a vast majority of known atropisomeric structures are (hetero)biaryls, which display hindered rotation around a C-C single bond, our group's long-standing interest in the control of molecular conformation has led to the identification and stereoselective preparation of a variety of other classes of "nonbiaryl" atropisomeric compounds displaying restricted rotation around C-C, C-N, C-O, and C-S single bonds.Biocatalytic transformations are finding increasing application in both academic and industrial contexts as a result of a significant broadening of the range of biocatalytic reactions and sources of enzymes available to the synthetic chemist. In this Account, we summarize the main biocatalytic strategies currently available for the asymmetric synthesis of biaryl, heterobiaryl, and nonbiaryl atropisomers. As is the case with more traditional synthetic approaches to these compounds, most biocatalytic methodologies for the construction of enantioenriched atropisomers follow one of two distinct strategies. The first of these is the direct asymmetric construction of atropisomeric bonds. Synthetically applicable biocatalytic methodologies for this type of transformation are limited, despite the extensive research into the biosynthesis of (hetero)biaryls by oxidative homocoupling or cross-coupling of electron-rich arenes. The second of these is the asymmetric transformation of a molecule in which the bond that will form the axis already exists, and this approach represents the majority of biocatalytic strategies available to the synthetic organic chemist. This strategy encompasses a variety of stereoselective techniques including kinetic resolution (KR), desymmetrization, dynamic kinetic resolution (DKR), and dynamic kinetic asymmetric transformation (DYKAT).Nondynamic kinetic resolution (KR) of conformationally stable biaryl derivatives has provided the earliest and most numerous examples of synthetically useful methodologies for the enantioselective preparation of atropisomeric compounds. Lipases (i.e., enzymes that mediate the formation or hydrolysis of esters) are particularly effective and have attracted broad attention. This success has led researchers to broaden the scope of lipase-mediated transformations to desymmetrization reactions, in addition to a limited number of DKR and DYKAT examples. By contrast, our group has used redox enzymes, including an engineered galactose oxidase (GOase) and commercially available ketoreductases (KREDs), to desymmetrize prochiral atropisomeric diaryl ether and biaryl derivatives. Building on this experience and our long-standing interest in dynamic conformational processes, we later harnessed intramolecular noncovalent interactions to facilitate bond rotation at ambient temperatures, which allowed the development of the efficient DKR of heterobiaryl aldehydes using KREDs. With this Account we provide an overview of the current and prospective biocatalytic strategies available to the synthetic organic chemist for the enantioselective preparation of atropisomeric molecules.
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Jiang Y, Mondal D, Lewis JC. Expanding the Reactivity of Flavin-Dependent Halogenases toward Olefins via Enantioselective Intramolecular Haloetherification and Chemoenzymatic Oxidative Rearrangements. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yuhua Jiang
- 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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