Engineering of Halogenases towards Synthetic Applications

Hannah Minges

ISBN 10: 3658184094 / ISBN 13: 9783658184094

Published by Berlin Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Springer Mai 2017, 2017

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Hannah Minges focuses on the investigation of two different FAD-dependent halogenases in order to analyze and improve their applicability for chemoenzymatic approaches in chemistry. Owing to beneficial features, like high selectivity and benign reaction conditions, nature's toolkit for halogenation provides several advantages, whereas conventional chemical strategies require hazardous reagents and suffer from low selectivity. Therefore, enzymatic halogenation arises as promising alternative in the synthesis of valuable chemicals. One project focuses on the generation of a thermostable variant of the tryptophan halogenase Thal by means of directed evolution. The second project deals with the investigation of the marine halogenase Bmp5. This enzyme is of synthetic interest because it preferably introduces bromine into phenol compounds, whereas chlorination cannot take place. 116 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Engineering of Halogenases towards Synthetic Applications
• Publisher: Berlin Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Springer Mai 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3658184094
• ISBN 13: 9783658184094
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 151H x 9D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 151 millimeters height by 9 millimeters depth
• Weight: 178 grams

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Synopsis

Hannah Minges focuses on the investigation of two different FAD-dependent halogenases in order to analyze and improve their applicability for chemoenzymatic approaches in chemistry. Owing to beneficial features, like high selectivity and benign reaction conditions, nature’s toolkit for halogenation provides several advantages, whereas conventional chemical strategies require hazardous reagents and suffer from low selectivity. Therefore, enzymatic halogenation arises as promising alternative in the synthesis of valuable chemicals. One project focuses on the generation of a thermostable variant of the tryptophan halogenase Thal by means of directed evolution. The second project deals with the investigation of the marine halogenase Bmp5. This enzyme is of synthetic interest because it preferably introduces bromine into phenol compounds, whereas chlorination cannot take place. 

About the Author

Hannah Minges, a Ph.D student at Bielefeld University, works on the optimization of tryptophan halogenases by means of directed evolution.