Evolving P450pyr hydroxylase for highly enantioselective hydroxylation at non-activated carbon atom.
Pham, S.Q., Pompidor, G., Liu, J., Li, X.D., Li, Z.(2012) Chem Commun (Camb) 48: 4618-4620
- PubMed: 22430002 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cc30779k
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3RWL - PubMed Abstract: 
Directed evolution of a monooxygenase to achieve very high enantioselectivity for hydroxylation at non-activated carbon atoms is demonstrated for the first time, where a triple mutant of P450pyr hydroxylase is obtained via determination of enzyme structure, iterative saturation mutagenesis, and high-throughput screening with a MS-based ee assay to increase the product ee from 53% to 98% for the hydroxylation of N-benzyl pyrrolidine to (S)-N-benzyl 3-hydroxypyrrolidine.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117576.