A versatile procedure for the generation of nucleoside 5'-carboxylic acids using nucleoside oxidase
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-08, 19:31authored byMahmoud Mahmoudian, Brian A M Rudd, Brian Cox, Chris S Drake, Richard M Hall, Paul Stead, Michael J Dawson, Malcolm Chandler, David G Livermore, Nicholas J Turner, Gareth Jenkins
The nucleoside oxidase from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (FERM BP-2252) has been used to generate 5'-carboxylic acid derivatives of nucleoside analogues. The enzyme, which has a surprisingly broad substrate specificity for unnatural nucleosides, has been immobilised and used at preparative scale.