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ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2025

Diversity-oriented photobiocatalytic synthesis via stereoselective three-component radical coupling.

Chen Zhang, Jun Zhou, Pei-Pei Xie, Silvia M Rivera, Turki M Alturaifi, James Finnigan, Simon Charnock, Peng Liu, Yang Yang

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Promiscuity-Guided Enzyme Evolution via Substrate Multiplexed Screening.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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  6. Harnessing Photoenzymatic Systems for Intermolecular C-H Fluorination.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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  8. Enantioselective radical chemistry: a bright future ahead.Beilstein journal of organic chemistry · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Chen Zhang *Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-8917-0280
Jun Zhou *Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-9664-6766
Pei-Pei XieDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7801-5232
Silvia M RiveraDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9857-3565
Turki M AlturaifiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6379-1669
James FinniganProzomix, Haltwhistle, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8514-784X
Simon CharnockProzomix, Haltwhistle, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4437-7419
Peng LiuDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8188-632X
Yang YangDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4956-2034

Funding

Pyridoxal Radical Biocatalysis for the Stereoselective Production of Non-Canonical Amino AcidsR01EB036084 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA · PI Yang Yang · 2025 to 2026
$1.0M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB036084
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enzymatic multicomponent carbon-carbon (C-C) bond-forming reactions for diversity-oriented synthesis remain rare. Using cooperative photobiocatalysis, we developed a stereoselective three-component radical-mediated C-C coupling previously unknown in both organic chemistry and biochemistry. Directed evolution of repurposed pyridoxal decarboxylases enabled full fragment variability in this three-component coupling, giving rise to six classes of valuable products, many of which were inaccessible with other methods, even in a racemic fashion. This enzymatic platform integrates a range of asymmetric catalysis principles, including remote stereocenter construction, stereodivergent catalysis, kinetic resolution, and parallel kinetic resolution, achieving excellent diastereo- and enantiocontrol over radical intermediates. The broad substrate scope and complementary specificities of evolved enzyme variants enabled combinatorial library synthesis, affording structurally and stereochemically diverse scaffolds for medicinal chemistry.

Indexed as

BiocatalysisCarboxy-LyasesCombinatorial Chemistry TechniquesCarbonDirected Molecular EvolutionFree RadicalsKineticsStereoisomerismCarbonCarboxy-LyasesFree Radicals

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PMID40743317
PMCPMC12741818

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