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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2024

Enzymatic Synthesis of Unprotected α,β-Diamino Acids via Direct Asymmetric Mannich Reactions.

Shaonan Liu, Jinmin Gao, Yike Zou, Yang Hai

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Promiscuity-Guided Enzyme Evolution via Substrate Multiplexed Screening.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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  7. Pyridoxal 5'-Phosphate-Dependent Enzymatic Decarboxylative Annulation.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026
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  10. Engineering a PLP-dependent Mannichase.Methods in enzymology · 2025
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4 authors.

Shaonan LiuDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States.
Jinmin GaoDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States.
Yike ZouSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4380-7827
Yang HaiDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2039-5367

Funding

A Synchrotron Radiation Structural Biology ResourcesP30GM133894 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Ritimukta Sarangi · 2020 to 2026
$43.3M
Understanding the specificity and non-native catalytic activity of PLP-dependent enzymesR35GM151205 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA · PI Yang Hai · 2023 to 2026
$1.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM133894NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM151205
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

α,β-Diamino acids are important structural motifs and building blocks for numerous bioactive natural products, peptidomimetics, and pharmaceuticals, yet efficient asymmetric synthesis to access these stereoarrays remains a challenge. Herein, we report the development of a pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzyme that is engineered to catalyze stereoselective Mannich-type reactions between free α-amino acids and enolizable cyclic imines. This biocatalyst enabled one-step asymmetric enzymatic synthesis of the unusual pyrrolidine-containing amino acid L-tambroline at gram-scale with high enantio- and diastereocontrol. Furthermore, this enzymatic platform is capable of utilizing a diverse range of α-amino acids as the Mannich donor and various cyclic imines as the acceptor. By coupling with different imine-generating enzymes, we established versatile biocatalytic cascades and demonstrated a general, concise, versatile, and atom-economic approach to access unprotected α,β-diamino acids, including structurally complex α,α-disubstituted α,β-diamino acids with contiguous stereocenters.

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Amino AcidsIminesBiocatalysisMolecular StructurePyridoxal PhosphateStereoisomerismAmino AcidsIminesPyridoxal Phosphate

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PMID39001849
PMCPMC11369767

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