Abstract
Cofactors assist enzymes to catalyze reactions and are indispensable and ubiquitous in nature, playing a central role in metabolic pathways. In biocatalysis, common redox cofactors such as nicotinamide, flavin and heme can be activated by light or synthetized to vary redox potentials, leading to different types of reactions for the formation of interesting chiral products, unattainable through classical chemical methods. This chapter will focus on light-driven cell-free biocatalytic reactions activated via their redox cofactors.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Autotrophic Biorefinery |
Subtitle of host publication | Raw Materials from Biotechnology |
Editors | Robert Kourist, Sandy Schmidt |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter |
Pages | 247-276 |
Number of pages | 30 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-311055060-3 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-311054988-1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Keywords
- flavin
- nicotinamide cofactor
- oxidoreductases
- photobiocatalysis
- redox reactions