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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2016

Effects of Active-Site Modification and Quaternary Structure on the Regioselectivity of Catechol-O-Methyltransferase.

Brian J C Law, Matthew R Bennett, Mark L Thompson, Colin Levy, Sarah A Shepherd, David Leys, Jason Micklefield

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Tailoring the Regioselectivity ofJournal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2025
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  7. Methyltransferases: Functions and Applications.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2022
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  8. New Trends and Future Opportunities in the Enzymatic Formation of C-C, C-N, and C-O bonds.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2022
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  9. EngineeredFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022
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  10. From Natural Methylation to Versatile Alkylations Using Halide Methyltransferases.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2021
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  13. Enzymatic Late-Stage Modifications: Better Late Than Never.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2021
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  14. Enzymkatalysierte späte Modifizierungen: Besser spät als nie.Angewandte Chemie (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2021
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  15. Microbial synthesis of vanillin from waste poly(ethylene terephthalate).Green chemistry : an international journal and green chemistry resource : GC · 2021
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  16. Interaction of silver nanoparticles with catecholBiochemistry and biophysics reports · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brian J C LawSchool of Chemistry & Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.
Matthew R BennettSchool of Chemistry & Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.
Mark L ThompsonSchool of Chemistry & Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.
Colin LevySchool of Chemistry & Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.
Sarah A ShepherdSchool of Chemistry & Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.
David LeysSchool of Chemistry & Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.
Jason MicklefieldSchool of Chemistry & Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK. Jason.micklefield@manchester.ac.uk.
University of Manchester · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/H015914/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/I008055/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT), an important therapeutic target in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, is also being developed for biocatalytic processes, including vanillin production, although lack of regioselectivity has precluded its more widespread application. By using structural and mechanistic information, regiocomplementary COMT variants were engineered that deliver either meta- or para-methylated catechols. X-ray crystallography further revealed how the active-site residues and quaternary structure govern regioselectivity. Finally, analogues of AdoMet are accepted by the regiocomplementary COMT mutants and can be used to prepare alkylated catechols, including ethyl vanillin.

Indexed as

Catalytic DomainCatechol O-MethyltransferaseCrystallography, X-RayProtein Structure, QuaternaryCatechol O-Methyltransferasebiocatalysisenzyme structuremethyltransferasesprotein engineeringregioselectivity

Identifiers

PMID26797714
PMCPMC4770447
OpenAlexW2274762721

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