D. A. Carlin, S. J. Bertolani and J. B. Siegel
Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 2283-2285
DOI:
10.1039/C4CC08802F,
Communication
Mutants of toluene o-xylene monooxygenase are demonstrated to oxidize ethylene to ethylene oxide in vivo at yields of >99%. The best mutant increases ethylene oxidation activity by >5500-fold relative to the native enzyme. This is the first report of a recombinant enzyme capable of carrying out this industrially significant chemical conversion.