Gao_2017_J.Am.Chem.Soc_139_3639

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Title : Enzyme-Catalyzed Intramolecular Enantioselective Hydroalkoxylation - Gao_2017_J.Am.Chem.Soc_139_3639
Author(s) : Gao SS , Garcia-Borras M , Barber JS , Hai Y , Duan A , Garg NK , Houk KN , Tang Y
Ref : Journal of the American Chemical Society , 139 :3639 , 2017
Abstract :

Hydroalkoxylation is a powerful and efficient method of forming C-O bonds and cyclic ethers in synthetic chemistry. In studying the biosynthesis of the fungal natural product herqueinone, we identified an enzyme that can perform an intramolecular enantioselective hydroalkoxylation reaction. PhnH catalyzes the addition of a phenol to the terminal olefin of a reverse prenyl group to give a dihydrobenzofuran product. The enzyme accelerates the reaction by 3 x 10(5)-fold compared to the uncatalyzed reaction. PhnH belongs to a superfamily of proteins with a domain of unknown function (DUF3237), of which no member has a previously verified function. The discovery of PhnH demonstrates that enzymes can be used to promote the enantioselective hydroalkoxylation reaction and form cyclic ethers.

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Gene_locus related to this paper: penhr-phna

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Gao SS, Garcia-Borras M, Barber JS, Hai Y, Duan A, Garg NK, Houk KN, Tang Y (2017)
Enzyme-Catalyzed Intramolecular Enantioselective Hydroalkoxylation
Journal of the American Chemical Society 139 :3639

Gao SS, Garcia-Borras M, Barber JS, Hai Y, Duan A, Garg NK, Houk KN, Tang Y (2017)
Journal of the American Chemical Society 139 :3639