Issue 17, 2021

Harnessing methylation and AdoMet-utilising enzymes for selective modification in cascade reactions

Abstract

Enzyme-mediated methylation is a very important reaction in nature, yielding a wide range of modified natural products, diversifying small molecules and fine-tuning the activity of biomacromolecules. The field has attracted much attention over the recent years and interesting applications of the dedicated enzymes in biocatalysis and biomolecular labelling have emerged. In this review article, we summarise the concepts and recent advances in developing (chemo)-enzymatic cascades for selective methylation, alkylation and photocaging as tools to study biological methylation and as biotransformations to generate site-specifically alkylated products.

Graphical abstract: Harnessing methylation and AdoMet-utilising enzymes for selective modification in cascade reactions

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
24 Feb 2021
Accepted
31 Mac 2021
First published
31 Mac 2021

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2021,19, 3756-3762

Harnessing methylation and AdoMet-utilising enzymes for selective modification in cascade reactions

F. Michailidou and A. Rentmeister, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2021, 19, 3756 DOI: 10.1039/D1OB00354B

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