[HTML][HTML] Biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: The role of ligninolytic enzymes and advances of biosensors for in-situ monitoring

EL Tesfaye, FM Bogale, TA Aragaw - Emerging Contaminants, 2024 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their derivatives are common pollutants that
require effective remediation techniques. PAH biodegradation using bacterial and fungal …

Asymmetric bio‐epoxidation of unactivated alkenes

J Li, W Gu, Z Wang, X Zhou, Y Chen - ChemBioChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Optically active epoxides play important roles in pharmaceutical, agricultural and fine
chemical syntheses. There are many chiral medications with pharmacodynamic activity in …

Lactones from unspecific peroxygenase-catalyzed in-chain hydroxylation of saturated fatty acids

AC Ebrecht, TM Mofokeng, F Hollmann, MS Smit… - Organic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
γ-and δ-lactones are valuable flavor and fragrance compounds. Their synthesis depends on
the availability of suitable hydroxy fatty acid precursors. Three short unspecific …

Catalyzing the Development of Self-Efficacy and Science Identity: A Green Organic Chemistry CURE

LA Wilczek, AJ Clarke… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
To remain globally competitive, education in the United States must focus on retaining
students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). As laboratory …

Peroxygenase-catalyzed selective synthesis of calcitriol starting from alfacalcidol

Y Li, P Zhang, Z Sun, H Li, R Ge, X Sheng, W Zhang - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Calcitriol is an active analog of vitamin D3 and has excellent physiological activities in
regulating healthy immune function. To synthesize the calcitriol compound, the concept of …

Functionally Diverse Peroxygenases by AlphaFold2, Design, and Signal Peptide Shuffling

J Münch, N Dietz, S Barber-Zucker, F Seifert… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Unspecific peroxygenases (UPOs) are fungal enzymes that attract significant attention for
their ability to perform versatile oxyfunctionalization reactions using H2O2. Unlike other …

Review of key issues and potential strategies in bio-degradation of polyolefins

D Kong, L Wang, Y Yuan, W **a, Z Liu, M Shi… - Bioresource …, 2024 - Elsevier
Polyolefins are the most widely used plastic product and a major contributor to white
pollution. Currently, studies on polyolefin degradation systems are mainly focused on …

Identification of characteristic volatiles and metabolomic pathways during the fermentation of red grapefruit by Monascus purpureus using HS-SPME-GC–MS and …

C Zhang, C Wang, H Wang, A Ablimit, Q Sun, H Dong… - Food Chemistry, 2025 - Elsevier
Fermentation of red grapefruit by Monascus purpureus (M. purpureus) results in complex
changes in flavor compounds and metabolic profiles, but the specifics of these alterations …

Vesicle-based cell-free synthesis of short and long unspecific peroxygenases

RM Walter, A Zemella, M Schramm, J Kiebist… - … in bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Unspecific peroxygenases (UPOs, EC 1.11. 2.1) are fungal enzymes that catalyze the
oxyfunctionalization of non-activated hydrocarbons, making them valuable biocatalysts …

Mechanistic Details of the Sharpless Epoxidation of Allylic Alcohols—A Combined URVA and Local Mode Study

M Freindorf, E Kraka - Catalysts, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this work, we investigated the catalytic effects of a Sharpless dimeric titanium (IV)–tartrate–
diester catalyst on the epoxidation of allylalcohol with methyl–hydroperoxide considering …