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CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
Volume 43, Issue -, Pages 23-29Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.10.006
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- Austrian science fund FWF [V415-B21, P28477-B21]
- Austrian BMWFW
- BMVIT
- SFG
- Standortagentur Tirol
- Government of Lower Austria
- ZIT through the Austrian FFG-COMET-Funding Program
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Carboxylate reductases (CARs) are emerging as valuable catalysts for the selective one-step reduction of carboxylic acids to their corresponding aldehydes. The substrate scope of CARs is exceptionally broad and offers potential for their application in diverse synthetic processes. Two major fields of application are the preparation of aldehydes as end products for the flavor and fragrance sector and the integration of CARs in cascade reactions with aldehydes as the key intermediates. The latest applications of CARs are dominated by in vivo cascades and chemo-enzymatic reaction sequences. The challenge to fully exploit product selectivity is discussed. Recent developments in the characterization of CARs are summarized, with a focus on aspects related to the domain architecture and protein sequences of CAR enzymes.
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