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SUBMITTER: Heath RS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9303356 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Heath Rachel S RS Sangster Jack J JJ Turner Nicholas J NJ
Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology 20220222 7
The enantioselective oxidation of 2° alcohols to ketones is an important reaction in synthetic chemistry, especially if it can be achieved using O<sub>2</sub> -driven alcohol oxidases under mild reaction conditions. However to date, oxidation of secondary alcohols using alcohol oxidases has focused on activated benzylic or allylic substrates, with unactivated secondary alcohols showing poor activity. Here we show that cholesterol oxidase (EC 1.1.3.6) could be engineered for activity towards a ra ...[more]