Bioinspired Cooperative Photobiocatalytic Regeneration of Oxidized Nicotinamide Cofactors for Catalytic Oxidations

Catalytic oxidations by vanadium complexes

Vanadium haloperoxidases catalyse the oxidation of halides leading to halogenation of substrates or, in the absence of suitable substrates, to oxidation of hydrogen peroxide into singlet oxygen and water. Furthermore, V-haloperoxidases are capable to give enantioselective sulfoxidation under the appropriate conditions. The most interesting model compounds that have been synthesised and studied ...

Regeneration of cofactors for use in biocatalysis.

Cofactor-dependent enzymes catalyze many synthetically useful reactions. The high cost of cofactors, however, necessitates in situ cofactor regeneration for preparative applications. After two decades of research, several cofactors can now be effectively regenerated using enzyme or whole-cell based methods. Significant advances have been made in this area in the past three years and include the...

Regeneration of Cofactors for Enzyme Biocatalysis

The purification of nicotinamide nucleotide-dependent dehydrogenases on immobilized cofactors.

1. The general applicability of affinity chromatography to the purification of nicotinamide nucleotide-dependent dehydrogenases on immobilized cofactors is illustrated with several examples taken from crude systems. 2. Methods for overcoming the inevitable loss of selectivity experienced with these polymers are suggested. Effective use of the appropriate nucleotide, the second substrate and oth...

Synthesis and utility of 14C-labeled nicotinamide cofactors.

A new method for the synthesis of the reduced form of beta-nicotinamide [U-14C]adenine dinucleotide 2(')-phosphate([Ad-14C]NADPH) is presented. The present synthesis results in a radioactive material with a specific activity that is greater than 220 mCi/mmol. This method could easily be adapted for syntheses of 14C-labeled NADH, NADP(+), or any nicotinamide cofactors with radiolabels in other p...