- Hu, Youcai;
- Dietrich, David;
- Xu, Wei;
- Patel, Ashay;
- Thuss, Justin AJ;
- Wang, Jingjing;
- Yin, Wen-Bing;
- Qiao, Kangjian;
- Houk, KN;
- Vederas, John C;
- Tang, Yi
Despite the remarkable versatility displayed by flavin-dependent monooxygenases (FMOs) in natural product biosynthesis, one notably missing activity is the oxidative generation of carbonate functional groups. We describe a multifunctional Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase, CcsB, which catalyzes the formation of an in-line carbonate in the macrocyclic portion of cytochalasin E. This study expands the repertoire of activities of FMOs and provides a possible synthetic strategy for transformation of ketones into carbonates.