Abstract
We report novel artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs), containing tris(pyridylmethyl)amine (TPA), for the atom economic oxidation of lignin β-O-4 model compounds, using hydrogen peroxide. The protein scaffold alters the selectivity of the reaction from a low yielding cleavage reaction when using the parent Fe-tpa complex to a high yielding benzylic alcohol oxidation when using the complex incorporated into a protein scaffold, SCP-2L A100C. Engineering the protein scaffold to incorporate glutamic acid was found to improve the ArM activity, showing that rational design of the protein environment using metal binding amino acids can be a first step towards improving the overall activity of an artificial metalloenzyme.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 15100-15107 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| Early online date | 10 Oct 2018 |
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| Publication status | Published - 5 Nov 2018 |
Keywords
- Lignin
- Artificial metalloenzymes
- Catalytic oxidation
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Artoxizymes: Artificial Oxidation Enzymes for Highly Selective Waste Free Hydroxylation of Alkanes
Kamer, P. C. J. (PI)
Joint Research Centre European Commission
1/10/15 → 30/09/17
Project: Fellowship
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Clean catalysis for sustainable develop: Clean catalysis for sustainable development
Buehl, M. (PI)
1/11/12 → 31/10/17
Project: Standard
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Colburn, J. D. (Creator), Goetze, J. P. (Creator) & Buehl, M. (Creator), University of St Andrews, 2018
DOI: 10.17630/259affa7-75ae-495f-8d2a-7d9742d3ef13
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