Download MendeleyBiocatalytic enantioselective formation and ring-opening of oxetanes.
Hua, X., Wang, Y.F., Jin, X., Yu, H.Y., Wang, H.H., Chen, Y.Z., Wan, N.W.(2025) Nat Commun 16: 1170-1170
- PubMed: 39885154
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56463-z
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8XXB - PubMed Abstract:
Although biocatalysis offers complementary or alternative approaches to traditional synthetic methods, the limited range of available enzymatic reactions currently poses challenges in synthesizing a diverse array of desired compounds. Consequently, there is a significant demand for developing novel biocatalytic processes to enable reactions that were previously unattainable. Herein, we report the discovery and subsequent protein engineering of a unique halohydrin dehalogenase to develop a biocatalytic platform for enantioselective formation and ring-opening of oxetanes. This biocatalytic platform, exhibiting high efficiency, excellent enantioselectivity, and broad scopes, facilitates the preparative-scale synthesis of chiral oxetanes and a variety of chiral γ-substituted alcohols. Additionally, both the enantioselective oxetane formation and ring-opening processes are proven scalable for large-scale transformations at high substrate concentrations, and can be integrated efficiently in a one-pot, one-catalyst cascade system. This work expands the enzymatic toolbox for non-natural reactions and will promote further exploration of the catalytic repertoire of halohydrin dehalogenases in synthetic and pharmaceutical chemistry.
- School of Pharmacy, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, 563000, China.
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