Directed Evolution of Alcohol Dehydrogenase for Improved Stereoselective Redox Transformations of 1-Phenylethane-1,2-diol and Its Corresponding Acyloin.
Emil HamnevikDirk MaurerThilak Reddy EnugalaThao ChuRobin LöfgrenDoreen DobritzschMikael WiderstenPublished in: Biochemistry (2018)
Laboratory evolution of alcohol dehydrogenase produced enzyme variants with improved turnover numbers with a vicinal 1,2-diol and its corresponding hydroxyketone. Crystal structure and transient kinetics analysis aids in rationalizing the new functions of these variants.