Issue 16, 2011

Chemically engineered papain as artificial formate dehydrogenase for NAD(P)H regeneration

Abstract

Organometallic complexes of the general formula [(η6-arene)Ru(N⁁N)Cl]+ and [(η5-Cp*)Rh(N⁁N)Cl]+ where N⁁N is a 2,2′-dipyridylamine (DPA) derivative carrying a thiol-targeted maleimide group, 2,2′-bispyridyl (bpy), 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) or ethylenediamine (en) and arene is benzene, 2-chloro-N-[2-(phenyl)ethyl]acetamide or p-cymene were identified as catalysts for the stereoselective reduction of the enzyme cofactors NAD(P)+ into NAD(P)H with formate as a hydride donor. A thorough comparison of their effectiveness towards NAD+ (expressed as TOF) revealed that the RhIII complexes were much more potent catalysts than the RuII complexes. Within the RuII complex series, both the N⁁N and arene ligands forming the coordination sphere had a noticeable influence on the activity of the complexes. Covalent anchoring of the maleimide-functionalized RuII and RhIII complexes to the cysteine endoproteinase papain yielded hybrid metalloproteins, some of them displaying formate dehydrogenase activity with potentially interesting kinetic parameters.

Graphical abstract: Chemically engineered papain as artificial formate dehydrogenase for NAD(P)H regeneration

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 Mar 2011
Accepted
11 May 2011
First published
12 May 2011

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011,9, 5720-5727

Chemically engineered papain as artificial formate dehydrogenase for NAD(P)H regeneration

P. Haquette, B. Talbi, L. Barilleau, N. Madern, C. Fosse and M. Salmain, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9, 5720 DOI: 10.1039/C1OB05482A

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