ACS Catalysis p. 1514 - 1524 (2019)
Update date:2022-09-26
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Tinoco, Antonio
Wei, Yang
Bacik, John-Paul
Carminati, Daniela M.
Moore, Eric J.
Ando, Nozomi
Zhang, Yong
Fasan, Rudi
Recent advances in metalloprotein engineering have led to the development of a myoglobin-based catalyst, Mb(H64V,V68A), capable of promoting the cyclopropanation of vinylarenes with high efficiency and high diastereo- and enantioselectivity. Whereas many enzymes evolved in nature often exhibit catalytic proficiency and exquisite stereoselectivity, how these features are achieved for a non-natural reaction has remained unclear. In this work, the structural determinants responsible for chiral induction and high stereocontrol in Mb(H64V,V68A)-catalyzed cyclopropanation were investigated via a combination of crystallographic, computational (DFT), and structure-activity analyses. Our results show the importance of steric complementarity and noncovalent interactions involving first-sphere active site residues, heme-carbene, and the olefin substrate in dictating the stereochemical outcome of the cyclopropanation reaction. High stereocontrol is achieved through two major mechanisms: first, by enforcing a specific conformation of the heme-bound carbene within the active site, and second, by controlling the geometry of attack of the olefin on the carbene via steric occlusion, attractive van der Waals forces, and protein-mediated π-π interactions with the olefin substrate. These insights could be leveraged to expand the substrate scope of the myoglobin-based cyclopropanation catalyst toward nonactivated olefins and to increase its cyclopropanation activity in the presence of a bulky α-diazo-ester. This work sheds light on the origin of enzyme-catalyzed enantioselective cyclopropanation, furnishing a mechanistic framework for both understanding the reactivity of current systems and guiding the future development of biological catalysts for this class of synthetically important, abiotic transformations.
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