Enzymes on Steroids

Nat Synth. 2023 Aug;2(8):699-700. doi: 10.1038/s44160-023-00287-6. Epub 2023 Apr 17.

Abstract

Efficient assembly and functionalization of biologically active steroids continue to pose a significant synthetic hurdle. The mining and engineering of selective P450 C-H hydroxylases combined with chemoenzymatic synthesis furnished a new solution to this challenging problem.