Same substrate, many reactions: oxygen activation in flavoenzymes

E Romero, JR Gómez Castellanos, G Gadda… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Over time, organisms have evolved strategies to cope with the abundance of dioxygen on
Earth. Oxygen-utilizing enzymes tightly control the reactions involving O2 mostly by …

Flavin dependent monooxygenases

MME Huijbers, S Montersino, AH Westphal… - Archives of biochemistry …, 2014 - Elsevier
Flavin-dependent monooxygenases catalyze a wide variety of chemo-, regio-and
enantioselective oxygenation reactions. As such, they are involved in key biological …

An overview of microbial indigo-forming enzymes

AN Fabara, MW Fraaije - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2020 - Springer
Indigo is one of the oldest textile dyes and was originally prepared from plant material.
Nowadays, indigo is chemically synthesized at a large scale to satisfy the demand for dyeing …

The enigmatic reaction of flavins with oxygen

P Chaiyen, MW Fraaije, A Mattevi - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2012 - cell.com
The reaction of flavoenzymes with oxygen remains a fascinating area of research because
of its relevance for reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. Several exciting recent …

Unifying and versatile features of flavin-dependent monooxygenases: Diverse catalysis by a common C4a-(hydro) peroxyflavin

A Phintha, P Chaiyen - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2023 - ASBMB
Flavin-dependent monooxygenases (FDMOs) are known for their remarkable versatility and
for their crucial roles in various biological processes and applications. Extensive research …

Flavin-mediated dual oxidation controls an enzymatic Favorskii-type rearrangement

R Teufel, A Miyanaga, Q Michaudel, F Stull, G Louie… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Flavoproteins catalyse a diversity of fundamental redox reactions and are one of the most
studied enzyme families,. As monooxygenases, they are universally thought to control …

Two-component FAD-dependent monooxygenases: current knowledge and biotechnological opportunities

T Heine, WJH Van Berkel, G Gassner, KH Van Pée… - Biology, 2018 - mdpi.com
Flavoprotein monooxygenases create valuable compounds that are of high interest for the
chemical, pharmaceutical, and agrochemical industries, among others. Monooxygenases …

New frontiers in flavin-dependent monooxygenases

RAG Reis, H Li, M Johnson, P Sobrado - Archives of Biochemistry and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Flavin-dependent monooxygenases catalyze a wide variety of redox reactions in important
biological processes and are responsible for the synthesis of highly complex natural …

Monooxygenation of aromatic compounds by flavin‐dependent monooxygenases

P Chenprakhon, T Wongnate, P Chaiyen - Protein Science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Many flavoenzymes catalyze hydroxylation of aromatic compounds especially phenolic
compounds have been isolated and characterized. These enzymes can be classified as …

Mechanism of oxygen activation in a flavin-dependent monooxygenase: a nearly barrierless formation of C4a-hydroperoxyflavin via proton-coupled electron transfer

S Visitsatthawong, P Chenprakhon… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Understanding how flavin-dependent enzymes activate oxygen for their oxidation and
oxygenation reactions is one of the most challenging issues in flavoenzymology. Density …