Terminal Alkenes from Acrylic Acid Derivatives via Non-Oxidative Enzymatic Decarboxylation by Ferulic Acid Decarboxylases
作者:Godwin A. Aleku、Christoph Prause、Ruth T. Bradshaw-Allen、Katharina Plasch、Silvia M. Glueck、Samuel S. Bailey、Karl A. P. Payne、David A. Parker、Kurt Faber、David Leys
DOI:10.1002/cctc.201800643
日期:2018.9.7
Fungal ferulic acid decarboxylases (FDCs) belong to the UbiD‐family of enzymes and catalyse the reversible (de)carboxylation of cinnamic acidderivatives through the use of a prenylated flavin cofactor. The latter is synthesised by the flavin prenyltransferase UbiX. Herein, we demonstrate the applicability of FDC/UbiX expressing cells for both isolated enzyme and whole‐cell biocatalysis. FDCs exhibit
Biocatalytic reduction of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids to allylic alcohols
作者:Godwin A. Aleku、George W. Roberts、David Leys
DOI:10.1039/d0gc00867b
日期:——
enable reduction of α,β-unsaturatedcarboxylicacids to allylic alcohols and their saturated analogues. These compounds are prevalent scaffolds in many industrial chemicals and pharmaceuticals. A substrate profiling study of a carboxylicacid reductase (CAR) investigating unexplored substrate space, such as benzo-fused (hetero)aromatic carboxylicacids and α,β-unsaturatedcarboxylicacids, revealed broad