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ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS
Volume 348, Issue 6, Pages 763-772Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200505465
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alkanes; biocatalysis; cytochrome P450BM3; directed evolution; high throughput screening; terminal hydroxylation
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Enzymes that catalyze the terminal hydroxylation of alkanes could be used to produce more valuable chemicals from hydrocarbons. Cytochrome P450 BM3 from Bacillus megaterium hydroxylates medium-chain fatty acids at subterminal positions at high rates. To engineer BM3 for terminal alkane hydroxylation, we performed saturation Mutagenesis at selected active-site residues of a BM3 variant that hydroxylates alkanes. Recombination of beneficial mutations generated a library of BM3 mutants that hydroxylate linear alkanes with a wide range of regiose-lectivities. Mutant 77-9H exhibits 52% selectivity for the terminal position of octane. This regioselectivity is octane-specific and does not transfer to other substrates, including shorter and longer hydrocarbons or fatty acids. These results show that BM3 can be readily molded for regioselective oxidation.
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