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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2023

Biocatalysis in Drug Design: Engineered Reductive Aminases (RedAms) Are Used to Access Chiral Building Blocks with Multiple Stereocenters.

Arnau Rué Casamajo, Yuqi Yu, Christian Schnepel, Charlotte Morrill, Rhys Barker, Colin W Levy, James Finnigan, Victor Spelling, Kristina Westerlund, Mark Petchey and 5 more

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Arnau Rué CasamajoDepartment of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-8932-8763
Yuqi YuDepartment of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom.
Christian SchnepelSchool of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Department of Industrial Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova University Center, 11421 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-4331-2675
Charlotte MorrillDepartment of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom.
Rhys BarkerDepartment of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom.
Colin W LevyDepartment of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom.
James FinniganProzomix Ltd, Building 4, West End Ind. Estate, Haltwhistle NE49 9HA, United Kingdom.
Victor SpellingEarly Chemical Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biopharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, 431 50 Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-5976-8047
Kristina WesterlundMedicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development; Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism, Biopharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 50 Gothenburg Sweden.
Mark PetcheyCompound Synthesis and Management, Discovery Sciences, Biopharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, 431 50 Gothenburg, Sweden.
Robert J SheppardMedicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development; Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism, Biopharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Pepparedsleden 1, Mölndal, 431 50 Gothenburg Sweden.
Richard J LewisDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Research and Early Development, Respiratory and Immunology (R&I), BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, 43183 Mölndal, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-9404-8520
Francesco FalcioniEarly Chemical Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biopharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, CB21 6GP Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Martin A HayesCompound Synthesis and Management, Discovery Sciences, Biopharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Mölndal, 431 50 Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-2640-8464
Nicholas J TurnerDepartment of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-8708-0781
AstraZeneca (Sweden) · SEUniversity of Manchester · GBAlbaNova · SEAstraZeneca (United Kingdom) · GBProzomix (United Kingdom) · GB

Funding

European Research Council 742987
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Novel building blocks are in constant demand during the search for innovative bioactive small molecule therapeutics by enabling the construction of structure-activity-property-toxicology relationships. Complex chiral molecules containing multiple stereocenters are an important component in compound library expansion but can be difficult to access by traditional organic synthesis. Herein, we report a biocatalytic process to access a specific diastereomer of a chiral amine building block used in drug discovery. A reductive aminase (RedAm) was engineered following a structure-guided mutagenesis strategy to produce the desired isomer. The engineered RedAm (IR-09 W204R) was able to generate the (

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AminesDrug DesignBiocatalysisStereoisomerismAmines

Identifiers

PMID37782882
PMCPMC10571080
OpenAlexW4387245187

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