Quantum chemistry as a tool in asymmetric biocatalysis: limonene epoxide hydrolase test case

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2013 Apr 22;52(17):4563-7. doi: 10.1002/anie.201300594. Epub 2013 Mar 19.

Abstract

Cluster model: Large active-site models (see figure) are used to investigate the selectivity of limonene epoxide hydrolase, both the wild type and mutants optimized through directed evolution. Good agreement is found between theory and the experimental data, thus demonstrating that the quantum chemical cluster approach can be a powerful tool in the field of asymmetric biocatalysis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biocatalysis
  • Catalytic Domain
  • Cyclohexenes / chemistry*
  • Epoxide Hydrolases / chemistry*
  • Limonene
  • Models, Molecular
  • Quantum Theory*
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Terpenes / chemistry*
  • Thermodynamics

Substances

  • Cyclohexenes
  • Terpenes
  • Limonene
  • Epoxide Hydrolases