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Highly Selective Hydroxylation of Benzene to Phenol by Wild‐type Cytochrome P450BM3 Assisted by Decoy Molecules
Author(s) -
Shoji Osami,
Kunimatsu Tatsuya,
Kawakami Norifumi,
Watanabe Yoshihito
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201300282
Subject(s) - decoy , hydroxylation , benzene , cytochrome , chemistry , phenol , molecule , photochemistry , biochemistry , organic chemistry , enzyme , receptor
Playing tricks on enzymes : Direct hydroxylation of benzene to phenol was catalyzed by wild‐type P450BM3 in the presence of perfluorinated carboxylic acids as decoy molecules. The catalytic turnover rate reached 120 min −1 per P450. The selectivity towards phenol production was very high and no overoxidation products were detected.