Biocompatible chemistry represents a new way of merging chemical and biological synthesis by interfacing nonenzymatic reactions with metabolic pathways. This approach can enable the production of nonnatural molecules directly from renewable starting materials via microbial fermentation. When developing a new biocompatible reaction certain criteria must be satisfied, i.e., the reaction must be (1) functional in aqueous growth media at ambient temperature and pH, (2) nontoxic to the producing microorganism, and (3) have negligible effects on the targeted metabolic pathway. This chapter provides a detailed outline of two biocompatible reaction procedures (hydrogenation and cyclopropanation), and describes some of the chemical and microbiological experiments and considerations required during biocompatible reaction development.
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Wallace, S., & Balskus, E. P. (2017). Interfacing Biocompatible Reactions with Engineered Escherichia coli. In Methods in Molecular Biology (Vol. 1586, pp. 409–421). Humana Press Inc. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6887-9_27
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