Chemical diversity through biotransformations
Speaker
Michael Müller
Institute
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
Time & Place
Wed, 25 Jul 2018 12:00:00 NZST in Jack Erskine Building Room 441
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Abstract
Diversity-oriented strategies are widespread in biosynthesis, or it may be more appropriate to state that biosynthesis is the archetype of diversity-oriented synthesis. We work towards the elucidation and application of diversity-oriented aspects of biosynthesis and biocatalysis, such as stereoselective phenolic coupling, chorismate-derived microbial products,[1] or the use of multi purpose biocatalysts for C-C bond formation.
By using biosynthetic strategies we introduced novel biocatalytic and biomimetic syntheses of small bioactive molecules, e.g., HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, antiviral compounds, and antibiotics.[2] The long-term goal of this project is the identification of advantageous trajectories[3-4] for the synthesis of putative new bioactivities without the need for the synthesis of huge compound libraries.
[1] J. Bongaerts et al., Diversity-oriented production of metabolites derived from chorismate and their use in organic synthesis, Angew. Chem. 2011, 123, 7927.
[2] M. Müller, Chemical diversity through biotransformations, Current Opin. Biotechnol. 2004, 15, 591.
[3] M. Beigi et al., Regio- and Stereoselective Aliphatic–Aromatic Cross-Benzoin Reaction: Enzymatic Divergent Catalysis, Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 13999.
[4] D. Conradt et al., Diversity in Reduction with Short-Chain Dehydrogenases: Tetrahydroxynaphthalene Reductase, Trihydroxynaphthalene Reductase, and Glucose Dehydrogenase, ChemCatChem 2015, 7, 3116.
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