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DOI 10.1002/anie.201706886
Title (Primary) Overcoming the gas-liquid mass transfer of oxygen by coupling photosynthetic water oxidation with biocatalytic oxyfunctionalization
Author Hoschek, A.; Bühler, B.; Schmid, A.
Source Titel Angewandte Chemie-International Edition
Year 2017
Department SOMA
Volume 56
Issue 47
Page From 15146
Page To 15149
Language englisch
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Keywords oxygen mass transfer; oxyfunctionalization
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Abstract Gas-liquid mass transfer of gaseous reactants is a major limitation for high space-time yields, especially for O₂-dependent (bio)catalytic reactions in aqueous solutions. Oxygenic photosynthesis was used for homogeneous O₂-supply via in situ generation in the liquid phase to overcome gas-liquid mass transfer limitations. The phototrophic cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 was engineered to synthesize alkane monooxygenase AlkBGT, originating from Pseudomonas putida GPo1. With light, but without external addition of O₂, the chemo- and regioselective hydroxylation of nonanoic acid methyl ester to ω-hydroxynonanoic acid methyl ester was driven by O₂ generated via photosynthetic water oxidation. Photosynthesis also delivered the necessary reduction equivalents regenerating Fe2+ in AlkB for oxygen transfer to the terminal methyl group. The in situ coupling of oxygenic photosynthesis to O₂-transferring enzymes now allows the design of fast hydrocarbon oxyfunctionalization reactions.
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Hoschek, A., Bühler, B., Schmid, A. (2017):
Overcoming the gas-liquid mass transfer of oxygen by coupling photosynthetic water oxidation with biocatalytic oxyfunctionalization
Angew. Chem.-Int. Edit. 56 (47), 15146 - 15149 10.1002/anie.201706886