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 …

Noncanonical amino acids in biocatalysis

Z Birch-Price, FJ Hardy, TM Lister, AR Kohn… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In recent years, powerful genetic code reprogramming methods have emerged that allow
new functional components to be embedded into proteins as noncanonical amino acid …

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 …

Noncanonical Amino Acids: Bringing New-to-Nature Functionalities to Biocatalysis

B Brouwer, F Della-Felice, JH Illies… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Biocatalysis has become an important component of modern organic chemistry, presenting
an efficient and environmentally friendly approach to synthetic transformations. Advances in …

Challenges and Future Perspectives in Photocatalysis: Conclusions from an Interdisciplinary Workshop

SB Beil, S Bonnet, C Casadevall, RJ Detz… - JACS Au, 2024 - ACS Publications
Photocatalysis is a versatile and rapidly develo** field with applications spanning artificial
photosynthesis, photo-biocatalysis, photoredox catalysis in solution or supramolecular …

Chemogenetic Evolution of Diversified Photoenzymes for Enantioselective [2+ 2] Cycloadditions in Whole Cells

J Guo, J Qian, D Cai, J Huang, X Yang… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Artificial photoenzymes with novel catalytic modes not found in nature are in high demand;
yet, they also present significant challenges in the field of biocatalysis. In this study, a …

A de novo metalloenzyme for cerium photoredox catalysis

AS Klein, F Leiss-Maier, R Mühlhofer… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Cerium photoredox catalysis has emerged as a powerful strategy to activate molecules
under mild conditions. Radical intermediates are formed using visible light and simple …

Repurposing Visible‐Light‐Excited Ene‐Reductases for Diastereo‐and Enantioselective Lactones Synthesis

J Yu, Q Zhang, B Zhao, T Wang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Repurposing enzymes to catalyze non‐natural asymmetric transformations that are difficult
to achieve using traditional chemical methods is of significant importance. Although radical …

Artificial metalloenzymes

T Vornholt, F Leiss-Maier, WJ Jeong… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The development of artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs) aims to expand the capabilities of
enzymatic catalysis, most notably towards new reaction mechanisms. Frequently, ArMs …

Photocatalytic C–O coupling enzymes that operate via intramolecular electron transfer

J Lee, WJ Song - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023 - ACS Publications
Efficient and environmentally friendly conversion of light energy for direct utilization in
chemical production has been a long-standing goal in enzyme design. Herein, we …