Biocatalytic reductions and chemical versatility of the old yellow enzyme family of flavoprotein oxidoreductases

HS Toogood, JM Gardiner, NS Scrutton - ChemCatChem, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The old yellow enzyme (OYE) family is a large group of flavin‐dependent redox biocatalysts
with major applications in the industrial reduction of activated alkenes. These enzymes have …

Enantioenriched compounds via enzyme-catalyzed redox reactions

M Hall, AS Bommarius - Chemical reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
Redox reactions are essential to any currently known form of life and are at the core of a
majority of metabolic processes, such as cellular respiration or photosynthesis. As about …

Tailored photoenzymatic systems for selective reduction of aliphatic and aromatic nitro compounds fueled by light

AP Luján, MF Bhat, S Tsaturyan, R van Merkerk… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The selective enzymatic reduction of nitroaliphatic and nitroaromatic compounds to aliphatic
amines and amino-, azoxy-and azo-aromatics, respectively, remains a persisting challenge …

Old yellow enzyme-catalysed asymmetric hydrogenation: linking family roots with improved catalysis

A Scholtissek, D Tischler, AH Westphal… - Catalysts, 2017 - mdpi.com
Asymmetric hydrogenation of activated alkenes catalysed by ene-reductases from the old
yellow enzyme family (OYEs) leading to chiral products is of potential interest for industrial …

Directed evolution of an enantioselective enoate‐reductase: testing the utility of iterative saturation mutagenesis

DJ Bougioukou, S Kille, A Taglieber… - Advanced synthesis & …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Directed evolution utilizing iterative saturation mutagenesis (ISM) has been applied to the
old yellow enzyme homologue YqjM in the quest to broaden its substrate scope, while …

Asymmetric catalysis with an inert chiral-at-metal iridium complex

LA Chen, W Xu, B Huang, J Ma, L Wang… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The development of a chiral-at-metal iridium (III) complex for the highly efficient catalytic
asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of β, β′-disubstituted nitroalkenes is reported. Catalysis …

Catalytic asymmetric conjugate reduction

G Lonardi, R Parolin, G Licini… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Enantioselective reduction reactions are privileged transformations for the construction of
trisubstituted stereogenic centers. While these include established synthetic strategies, such …

Biocatalysis with thermostable enzymes: structure and properties of a thermophilic 'ene'‐reductase related to old yellow enzyme

BV Adalbjörnsson, HS Toogood… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
We report the crystal structure of a thermophilic “ene” reductase (TOYE) isolated from
Thermoanaerobacter pseudethanolicus E39. The crystal structure reveals a tetrameric …

H2-driven biocatalysis for flavin-dependent ene-reduction in a continuous closed-loop flow system utilizing H2 from water electrolysis

G Lim, D Calabrese, A Wolder, PRF Cordero… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Despite the increasing demand for efficient and sustainable chemical processes, the
development of scalable systems using biocatalysis for fine chemical production remains a …

Asymmetric reduction of activated alkenes by pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase: specificity and control of stereochemical outcome by reaction optimisation

A Fryszkowska, H Toogood, M Sakuma… - … synthesis & catalysis, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We show that pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase (PETNR), a member of the 'ene'reductase
old yellow enzyme family, catalyses the asymmetric reduction of a variety of industrially …