Knorrscheidt, Anja published the artcileAccessing chemo- and regioselective benzylic and aromatic oxidations by protein engineering of an unspecific peroxygenase, COA of Formula: C11H10O, the publication is ACS Catalysis (2021), 11(12), 7327-7338, database is CAplus and MEDLINE.
Unspecific peroxygenases (UPOs) enable oxyfunctionalizations of a broad substrate range with unparalleled activities. Tailoring these enzymes for chemo- and regioselective transformations represents a grand challenge due to the difficulties in their heterologous productions. Herein, we performed protein engineering in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using the MthUPO from Myceliophthora thermophila. More than 5300 transformants were screened. This protein engineering led to a significant reshaping of the active site as elucidated by computational modeling. The reshaping was responsible for the increased oxyfunctionalization activity, with improved kcat/Km values of up to 16.5-fold for the model substrate 5-nitro-1,3-benzodioxole. Moreover, variants were identified with high chemo- and regioselectivities in the oxyfunctionalization of aromatic and benzylic carbons, resp. The benzylic hydroxylation was demonstrated to perform with enantioselectivities of up to 95% ee. The proposed evolutionary protocol and rationalization of the enhanced activities and selectivities acquired by MthUPO variants represent a step forward toward the use and implementation of UPOs in biocatalytic synthetic pathways of industrial interest.
ACS Catalysis published new progress about 93-04-9. 93-04-9 belongs to ethers-buliding-blocks, auxiliary class Naphthalene,Ether, name is 2-Methoxynaphthalene, and the molecular formula is C11H10O, COA of Formula: C11H10O.
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