Rational design of enzyme activity and enantioselectivity

Z Song, Q Zhang, W Wu, Z Pu, H Yu - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The strategy of rational design to engineer enzymes is to predict the potential mutants based
on the understanding of the relationships between protein structure and function, and …

Advances in ultrahigh-throughput screening for directed enzyme evolution

U Markel, KD Essani, V Besirlioglu, J Schiffels… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Enzymes are versatile catalysts and their synthetic potential has been recognized for a long
time. In order to exploit their full potential, enzymes often need to be re-engineered or …

Iron-and cobalt-catalyzed C (sp 3)–H bond functionalization reactions and their application in organic synthesis

Y Liu, T You, HX Wang, Z Tang, CY Zhou… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Direct C–H bond functionalization catalyzed by non-precious transition metals is an
attractive strategy in synthetic chemistry. Compared with the precious metals rhodium …

Enzymatic Primary Amination of Benzylic and Allylic C(sp3)–H Bonds

ZJ Jia, S Gao, FH Arnold - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Aliphatic primary amines are prevalent in natural products, pharmaceuticals, and functional
materials. While a plethora of processes are reported for their synthesis, methods that …

Scalable biocatalytic C–H oxyfunctionalization reactions

S Chakrabarty, Y Wang, JC Perkins… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Catalytic C–H oxyfunctionalization reactions have garnered significant attention in recent
years with their ability to streamline synthetic routes toward complex molecules …

Alcohol dehydrogenases as catalysts in organic synthesis

AS de Miranda, CDF Milagre, F Hollmann - Frontiers in Catalysis, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs) have become important catalysts for stereoselective
oxidation and reduction reactions of alcohols, aldehydes and ketones. The aim of this …

Integrating enzymes with supramolecular polymers for recyclable photobiocatalytic catalysis

J Ouyang, Z Zhang, J Li, C Wu - … Chemie International Edition, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical modifications of enzymes excel in the realm of enzyme engineering due to its
directness, robustness, and efficiency; however, challenges persist in devising versatile and …

Designing ASSMD strategy for exploring and engineering extreme thermophilic ancestral nitrilase for nitriles biocatalysis

ZK Wang, DT Feng, C Su, H Li, ZM Rao, YJ Rao… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Enzyme thermostability is vital for prolonged reactions and reusability. Extremozymes,
known for their high thermal stability, have gained biocatalysis prominence. Extremozymes …

[HTML][HTML] Mirror, mirror on the wall, which is the greenest of them all? A critical comparison of chemo-and biocatalytic oxyfunctionalisation reactions

Y Wu, CE Paul, F Hollmann - Green Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
This review article critically compares two widely used types of catalysis, chemo-and
biocatalysis, and provides insights on their greenness according to specified parameters. A …

Mechanism and stereoselectivity in metal and enzyme catalyzed carbene insertion into X–H and C (sp 2)–H bonds

R Balhara, R Chatterjee, G **dal - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Constructing highly proficient C–X (X= O, N, S, etc.) and C–C bonds by leveraging TMs
(transition metals)(Fe, Cu, Pd, Rh, Au, etc.) and enzymes to catalyze carbene insertion into X …