Photobiocatalytic strategies for organic synthesis

MA Emmanuel, SG Bender, C Bilodeau… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biocatalysis has revolutionized chemical synthesis, providing sustainable methods for
preparing various organic molecules. In enzyme-mediated organic synthesis, most reactions …

Photobiocatalysis for abiological transformations

W Harrison, X Huang, H Zhao - Accounts of chemical research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Harnessing biocatalysts for novel abiological transformations is a longstanding
goal of synthetic chemistry. Combining the merits of biocatalysis and photocatalysis allows …

[HTML][HTML] Glucose oxidase, an enzyme “Ferrari”: Its structure, function, production and properties in the light of various industrial and biotechnological applications

JA Bauer, M Zámocká, J Majtán, V Bauerová-Hlinková - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Glucose oxidase (GOx) is an important oxidoreductase enzyme with many important roles in
biological processes. It is considered an “ideal enzyme” and is often called an oxidase …

Single-electron oxidation-initiated enantioselective hydrosulfonylation of olefins enabled by photoenzymatic catalysis

Q Shi, XW Kang, Z Liu, P Sakthivel… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Controlling the enantioselectivity of hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) reactions has been a long-
standing synthetic challenge. While recent advances on photoenzymatic catalysis have …

Direct visible-light-excited flavoproteins for redox-neutral asymmetric radical hydroarylation

B Zhao, J Feng, L Yu, Z **ng, B Chen, A Liu, F Liu… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
State-of-the-art non-natural photoenzymatic catalysis typically relies on either ultraviolet light
activation or the formation of electron donor–acceptor complexes. Inspired by nature, herein …

Endogenous photosensitizers in human skin

EL Bastos, FH Quina, MS Baptista - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Endogenous photosensitizers play a critical role in both beneficial and harmful light-induced
transformations in biological systems. Understanding their mode of action is essential for …

Serial femtosecond crystallography

TRM Barends, B Stauch, V Cherezov… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
With the advent of X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs), new, high-throughput serial
crystallography techniques for macromolecular structure determination have emerged …

Stereodivergent photobiocatalytic radical cyclization through the repurposing and directed evolution of fatty acid photodecarboxylases

S Ju, D Li, BK Mai, X Liu, A Vallota-Eastman, J Wu… - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Despite their intriguing photophysical and photochemical activities, naturally occurring
photoenzymes have not yet been repurposed for new-to-nature activities. Here we …

Boron catalysis in a designer enzyme

L Longwitz, RB Leveson-Gower, HJ Rozeboom… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Enzymes play an increasingly important role in improving the benignity and efficiency of
chemical production, yet the diversity of their applications lags heavily behind chemical …

Enzyme-photo-coupled catalytic systems

S Zhang, S Liu, Y Sun, S Li, J Shi, Z Jiang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Efficient chemical transformation in a green, low-carbon way is crucial for the sustainable
development of modern society. Enzyme-photo-coupled catalytic systems (EPCS) that …