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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-36977-x
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- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) under the project PROMYS [IZ11Z0_166543]
- NKFI (Budapest, Hungary) [SNN-125637]
- Higher Education Excellence Program of the Ministry of Human Capacities (Budapest, Hungary)
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [IZ11Z0_166543] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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Ferulic acid decarboxylase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ScFDC1) was described to possess a novel, prenylated flavin mononucleotide cofactor (prFMN) providing the first enzymatic 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition mechanism. The high tolerance of the enzyme towards several non-natural substrates, combined with its high quality, atomic resolution structure nominates FDC1 an ideal candidate as flexible biocatalyst for decarboxylation reactions leading to synthetically valuable styrenes. Herein the substrate scope of ScFDC1 is explored on substituted cinnamic acids bearing different functional groups (-OCH3, -CF3 or -Br) at all positions of the phenyl ring (o-, m-, p-), as well as on several biaryl and heteroaryl cinnamic acid analogues or derivatives with extended alkyl chain. It was found that E. coli whole cells expressing recombinant ScFDC1 could transform a large variety of substrates with high conversion, including several bulky aryl and heteroaryl cinnamic acid analogues, that characterize ScFDC1 as versatile and highly efficient biocatalyst. Computational studies revealed energetically favoured inactive binding positions and limited active site accessibility for bulky and non-linear substrates, such as 2-phenylthiazol-4-yl-, phenothiazine-2-yl- and 5-(4-bromophenyl)furan-2-yl)acrylic acids. In accordance with the computational predictions, site-directed mutagenesis of residue I330 provided variants with catalytic activity towards phenothiazine-2-yl acrylic acid and provides a basis for altering the substrate specificity of ScFDC1 by structure based rational design.
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