Recent advances in repurposing natural enzymes for new-to-nature asymmetric photobiotransformations

2025/01/01 by Fulu Liu, Xichao Peng, Jinhai Yu +1 · 1 voice · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics · #Biology #Chemistry #Ecology #Fluorine in Organic Chemistry #Geography #Natural (archaeology) #Radical Photochemical Reactions #Repurposing #bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research

paper · doi:10.1039/d5qo00470e

openalex publication_date 2025/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/25

Abstract

Photobiocatalysis combines the advantages of photocatalytic and enzymatic processes, enabling diverse non-natural asymmetric transformations. We highlight recent advances in asymmetric photobiocatalysis categorized by light-enzyme coupling modes.

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