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ArticleNature chemistry2025

Efficient and selective energy transfer photoenzymes powered by visible light.

Rebecca Crawshaw, Ross Smithson, Johannes Hofer, Florence J Hardy, George W Roberts, Jonathan S Trimble, Anna R Kohn, Colin W Levy, Deborah A Drost, Christian Merten and 4 more

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Article in Nature chemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Rebecca Crawshaw *Department of Chemistry & Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1574-6687
Ross Smithson *Department of Chemistry & Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6480-6933
Johannes HoferDepartment of Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, School of Natural Sciences, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.
Florence J HardyDepartment of Chemistry & Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0671-0209
George W RobertsDepartment of Chemistry & Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Jonathan S TrimbleDepartment of Chemistry & Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Anna R KohnDepartment of Chemistry & Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Colin W LevyDepartment of Chemistry & Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Deborah A DrostRuhr-Universität Bochum, Faculty for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Bochum, Germany.ORCID 0009-0002-9691-8491
Christian MertenRuhr-Universität Bochum, Faculty for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Bochum, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4106-1905
Derren J HeyesDepartment of Chemistry & Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7453-1571
Richard ObexerDepartment of Chemistry & Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4940-3543
Thorsten BachDepartment of Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, School of Natural Sciences, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany. thosten.bach@ch.tum.de.ORCID 0000-0002-1342-0202
Anthony P GreenDepartment of Chemistry & Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. anthony.green@manchester.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-0454-1798

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) Ba 1372/23Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) ME 4267/5-1RCUK | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) BB/W014483/1RCUK | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) BB/X010724/1RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/W524347/1RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/Z531157/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of [2 + 2] cyclases containing benzophenone triplet sensitizers highlights the potential of engineered enzymes as a platform for stereocontrolled energy transfer photocatalysis. However, the suboptimal photophysical features of benzophenone necessitates the use of ultraviolet light, limits photochemical efficiency and restricts the range of chemistries accessible. Here we engineer an orthogonal Methanococcus jannaschii tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase/tRNA pair for encoding thioxanthone triplet sensitizers into proteins, which can efficiently harness visible light to drive photochemical conversions. Initially, we developed an enantioselective [2 + 2] cyclase that is orders of magnitude more efficient than our previously developed photoenzymes (k

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LightBenzophenonesEnergy TransferMethanocaldococcusPhotochemical ProcessesbenzophenoneBenzophenones

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PMID40329013
PMCPMC12226345

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