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SUBMITTER: Wang ZJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3906682 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Z Jane ZJ Peck Nicole E NE Renata Hans H Arnold Frances H FH
Chemical science 20140201 2
Expanding nature's catalytic repertoire to include reactions important in synthetic chemistry will open new opportunities for 'green' chemistry and biosynthesis. We demonstrate enzyme-catalyzed insertion of carbenoids into N-H bonds. This type of bond disconnection, which has no counterpart in nature, can be mediated by variants of the cytochrome P450 from <i>Bacillus megaterium</i>. The N-H insertion reaction takes place in water, provides the desired products in 26-83% yield, forms the single ...[more]