title: Aromatic dioxygenases: molecular biocatalysis and applications.
abstract: Aromatic dioxygenases have been found to catalyse single and tandem oxidation reactions of conjugated polyenes. Rational selection and design of dioxygenases, allied to substrate shape, size and substitution pattern, has been used to control regiochemistry and stereochemistry during the oxygenation process. The resulting enantiopure bioproducts have been increasingly utilised as precursors for new and alternative routes in chiral synthesis.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT9 5AG, UK. dr.boyd@qub.ac.uk
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Boyd
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D001665:Binding Sites; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D002384:Catalysis; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D049308:Dioxygenases; D006900:Hydroxylation; D008956:Models, Chemical; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000737:chemistry; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000737:chemistry*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D010105:Oxygenases; D049308:Dioxygenases; C038703:naphthalene dioxygenase; D010100:Oxygen