Harnessing methylation and AdoMet-utilising enzymes for selective modification in cascade reactions. Issue 17 (7th April 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Michailidou, Freideriki; Rentmeister, Andrea
• Is Part Of: Organic & biomolecular chemistry. Volume 19:Issue 17(2021)
• Page Start: 3756
• Page End: 3762
• Publication Date: 2021-04-07
• Subjects: Chemistry, Organic -- Periodicals; Bioorganic chemistry -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Physical organic -- Periodicals; 547
• DOI: 10.1039/d1ob00354b
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1477-0520

Abstract

Abstract : This review summarizes the recent findings and developments in the emerging area of (chemo)-enzymatic cascades using MTases and AdoMet-generating enzymes. Abstract : Enzyme-mediated methylation is a very important reaction in nature, yielding a wide range of modified natural products, diversifying small molecules and fine-tuning the activity of biomacromolecules. The field has attracted much attention over the recent years and interesting applications of the dedicated enzymes in biocatalysis and biomolecular labelling have emerged. In this review article, we summarise the concepts and recent advances in developing (chemo)-enzymatic cascades for selective methylation, alkylation and photocaging as tools to study biological methylation and as biotransformations to generate site-specifically alkylated products.