Unusual reactions mediated by FMN-dependent ene- and nitro-reductases

The Structure of Glycerol Trinitrate Reductase NerA fromAgrobacterium radiobacterReveals the Molecular Reason for Nitro- and Ene-Reductase Activity in OYE Homologues

(2013) Gustav Oberdorfer et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

A Three-Enzyme System Involving an Ene-Reductase for Generating Valuable Chiral Building Blocks

(2012) David Mangan et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Unusual CC Bond Isomerization of an α,β-Unsaturated γ-Butyrolactone Catalysed by Flavoproteins from the Old Yellow Enzyme Family

(2012) Katharina Durchschein et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Rhodium-catalysed asymmetric hydrogenation as a valuable synthetic tool for the preparation of chiral drugs

(2012) Pablo Etayo et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Lewis Acid Promoted Double Bond Isomerization of Tetrahydroxanthones

(2012) Anna M. Linsenmeier et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Noncanonical Reactions of Flavoenzymes

(2012) Pablo Sobrado   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Asymmetric bioreduction of activated alkenes to industrially relevant optically active compounds

(2012) Christoph K. Winkler et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Mimicking Nature: Synthetic Nicotinamide Cofactors for C═C Bioreduction Using Enoate Reductases

(2012) Caroline E. Paul et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Reductive dehalogenation of β-haloacrylic ester derivatives mediated by ene-reductases

(2012) Gábor Tasnádi et al.   Catalysis Science & Technology

Stereochemical Studies of the Type II Isopentenyl Diphosphate-Dimethylallyl Diphosphate Isomerase Implicate the FMN Coenzyme in Substrate Protonation

(2011) Jordi Calveras et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Enantioenriched Compounds via Enzyme-Catalyzed Redox Reactions

(2011) Mélanie Hall et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Enzymatic reductions for the chemist

(2011) Frank Hollmann et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Plant Carotene Cis-Trans Isomerase CRTISO

(2011) Qiuju Yu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Light-activated Cryptochrome Reacts with Molecular Oxygen to Form a Flavin–Superoxide Radical Pair Consistent with Magnetoreception

(2011) Pavel Müller et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

General and Selective Iron-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of Nitroarenes without Base

(2011) Gerrit Wienhöfer et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Reductive biotransformation of nitroalkenes via nitroso-intermediates to oxazetes catalyzed by xenobiotic reductase A (XenA)

(2011) Katharina Durchschein et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Biotechnological Development of a Practical Synthesis of Ethyl (S)-2-Ethoxy-3-(p-methoxyphenyl)propanoate (EEHP): Over 100-Fold Productivity Increase from Yeast Whole Cells to Recombinant Isolated Enzymes

(2011) Matthias Bechtold et al.   ORGANIC PROCESS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases: an update on perspectives for synthetic application

(2011) Vlada B. Urlacher et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Microbial 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene degradation: could we learn from (bio)chemistry for bioremediation and vice versa?

(2010) Ben A. Stenuit et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Necessary and sufficient conditions for the asymmetric synthesis of chiral amines using ω-aminotransferases

(2010) Joo-Hyun Seo et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Biocatalytic Redox Reactions for Organic Synthesis: Nonconventional Regeneration Methods

(2010) Frank Hollmann et al.   ChemCatChem

Biocatalytic Reductions and Chemical Versatility of the Old Yellow Enzyme Family of Flavoprotein Oxidoreductases

(2010) Helen S. Toogood et al.   ChemCatChem

Towards preparative-scale, biocatalytic alkene reductions

(2010) Despina J. Bougioukou et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Practical chiral alcohol manufacture using ketoreductases

(2010) Gjalt W Huisman et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Dehydrogenases/Reductases for the Synthesis of Chiral Pharmaceutical Intermediates

(2010) Yan Huang et al.   CURRENT ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

The flavoprotein-catalyzed reduction of aliphatic nitro-compounds represents a biocatalytic equivalent to the Nef-reaction

(2010) Katharina Durchschein et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

The Lycopene Cyclase CrtY fromPantoea ananatis(FormerlyErwinia uredovora) Catalyzes an FADred-dependent Non-redox Reaction

(2010) Qiuju Yu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Monooxygenases as biocatalysts: Classification, mechanistic aspects and biotechnological applications

(2010) D.E. Torres Pazmiño et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Linear Free Energy Relationships Demonstrate a Catalytic Role for the Flavin Mononucleotide Coenzyme of the Type II Isopentenyl Diphosphate:Dimethylallyl Diphosphate Isomerase

(2010) Christopher J. Thibodeaux et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Nitroreductase from Salmonella typhimurium: characterization and catalytic activity

(2010) Yanto Yanto et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

ω-Transaminases for the synthesis of non-racemic α-chiral primary amines

(2010) Dominik Koszelewski et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Photoenzymatic Reduction of CC Double Bonds

(2009) Maria Mifsud Grau et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Ruthenium-Catalyzed Isomerization of Terminal Olefins: Applications to Synthesis

(2009) Timothy J. Donohoe et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Mechanism of CB1954 reduction byEscherichia colinitroreductase

(2009) Andrew Christofferson et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

New Role of Flavin as a General Acid-Base Catalyst with No Redox Function in Type 2 Isopentenyl-diphosphate Isomerase

(2009) Hideaki Unno et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Epoxidation of conjugated CC-bonds and sulfur-oxidation of thioethers mediated by NADH:FMN-dependent oxidoreductases

(2009) Nicole Jasmin Mueller et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

The Role of Oxophytodienoate Reductases in the Detoxification of the Explosive 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene by Arabidopsis

(2009) E. R. Beynon et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Nicotinamide-independent asymmetric bioreduction of CC-bonds via disproportionation of enones catalyzed by enoate reductases

(2009) Clemens Stueckler et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Catalytic mechanisms, basic roles, and biotechnological and environmental significance of halogenating enzymes

(2008) Xianping Chen et al.   ACTA BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA SINICA

Subfunctionality of Hydride Transferases of the Old Yellow Enzyme Family of Flavoproteins of Pseudomonas putida

(2008) P. van Dillewijn et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

OYE Flavoprotein Reductases Initiate the Condensation of TNT-Derived Intermediates to Secondary Diarylamines and Nitrite

(2008) Rolf-Michael Wittich et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Reduction of aliphatic nitroesters and N-nitramines by Enterobacter cloacae PB2 pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase

(2008) Henrikas Nivinskas et al.   FEBS Journal