The Power of Deception: Using Decoy Molecules to Manipulate P450BM3 Biotransformations
- 5 December 2021
- journal article
- review article
- Published by The Chemical Society of Japan in Chemistry Letters
- Vol. 50 (12), 2025-2031
- https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.210584
Abstract
Cytochrome P450BM3 is a haemoenzyme that catalyses the monooxygenation of unactivated C—H bonds. In the absence of an appropriate substrate, however, P450BM3 remains in an inactive state and catalysis does not proceed. Traditionally, mutagenesis has been the mainstay technique employed to overcome this limitation, opening P450BM3 up for non-native substrate hydroxylation. This highlight review will discuss a different approach, wherein native substrate mimics (decoy molecules) are employed to trick P450BM3 into mistakenly hydroxylating non-native substrates. This decoy molecule system has the advantage that the wild-type enzyme can be utilised, and laborious mutagenesis can be avoided. Major developments from the first discovery of decoy molecules to the present day will be briefly covered herein.Keywords
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