Transforming an esterase into an enantioselective catecholase through bioconjugation of a versatile metal-chelating inhibitor.
Fernandez-Lopez, L., Cea-Rama, I., Alvarez-Malmagro, J., Ressmann, A.K., Gonzalez-Alfonso, J.L., Coscolin, C., Shahgaldian, P., Plou, F.J., Modregger, J., Pita, M., Sanz-Aparicio, J., Ferrer, M.(2023) Chem Commun (Camb) 59: 9469-9472
- PubMed: 37376994 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cc01946b
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
8PC7 - PubMed Abstract: 
Metal complexes introduced into protein scaffolds can generate versatile biomimetic catalysts endowed with a variety of catalytic properties. Here, we synthesized and covalently bound a bipyridinyl derivative to the active centre of an esterase to generate a biomimetic catalyst that shows catecholase activity and enantioselective catalytic oxidation of (+)-catechin.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Instituto de Catalisis y Petroleoquimica (ICP), CSIC, Madrid 28049, Spain. mferrer@icp.csic.es.