P450-BM3 VARIANTS WITH IMPROVED ACTIVITY

1 . An engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant comprising a polypeptide sequence having at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 92, 2, 96, 142, 162, 216, 288, 314, 546, 578, or 680, or a functional fragment thereof, wherein the polypeptide sequence of said engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant comprises at least one substitution or substitution set and wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO: 92, 2, 96, 142, 162, 216, 288, 314, 546, 578, or 680.

2 . The engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant of claim 1 , wherein said polypeptide sequence has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2, and wherein the polypeptide sequence of said engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant comprises at least one substitution or substitution set at one or more positions in said polypeptide sequence selected from 105/256/433/453/853, 75, 75/607, 78, 86, 105/256/433/550, 105/256/433/550/600/683/760/825, 105/256/550, 105/453/574, 147, 151, 154, 159, 179, 182, 182/573, 186, 254, 256, 256/433/453/550/663/685, 256/433/550/574/853, 256/433/574/584/663/748/825, 256/433/574/600, 256/663/915, 256/748/853, 330, 333, 349/574/600/623/825/853/915, 433/550, 433/561/574/600/663, 434, 437, 453/729, 561/574/663/915, 574/600/748, 584, 729, and 748, wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO: 2.

3 . The engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant of claim 1 , wherein said polypeptide sequence has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 92, and wherein the polypeptide sequence of said engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant comprises at least one substitution or substitution set at one or more positions in said polypeptide sequence selected from 75, 75/404, 75/404/437, 75/437, 147, 147/154, 147/254/331, 147/331, 151, 154/185, 179, 179/186, 179/186/437, 179/404, 185/237/331/434, 186, 186/404, 217/437, 259/437, 331, 404, and 437, wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO: 92.

4 . The engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant of claim 1 , wherein said polypeptide sequence has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 96, and wherein the polypeptide sequence of said engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant comprises at least one substitution or substitution set at one or more positions in said polypeptide sequence selected from 75, 178/618, 209, 213, and 259, wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO: 96.

5 . The engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant of claim 1 , wherein said polypeptide sequence has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 142, and wherein the polypeptide sequence of said engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant comprises at least one substitution or substitution set at one or more positions in said polypeptide sequence selected from 29/209/210/435/437, 29/213/333/435, 209/210/259/435, 209/213/355/435/437, 333/435, 349/618, 454, 458, 458/618, 511/792, 553, 618/748, 655, 885, 888, 930, and 994, wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO: 142.

6 . The engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant of claim 1 , wherein said polypeptide sequence has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 162, and wherein the polypeptide sequence of said engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant comprises at least one substitution or substitution set at one or more positions in said polypeptide sequence selected from 39/53/55/81/216/253, 53/55/59/79/81/253, 53/55/81/206/253, 53/59, 55/59, 55/59/125/206, 55/59/206, 59/81/216/253, 66/209/349, 66/209/349/458, 66/355/435/454/458/553/613/770/888, 66/355/454/458/553/888/930, 66/435/458/613/770/885/888/930, 66/458/553/930, 76/79/83/182/268/329, 76/83/329, 79/182, 79/185/216, 79/253, 79/264/268/329, 79/329, 81, 82/83, 82/86/88/209/213, 82/86/178/209/210/213/261, 83/86/88/210/213, 83/178/210, 86/178/209/210, 88, 178/209/210/213, 178/209/213/260/261, 178/209/260, 179, 181, 182/329, 185/206/216/253, 209, 209/210/261, 209/260, 210/213, 260/261, 209/349/355/435/770/888, 209/355/454/458/770, 209/435/454/458/613/770/885, 209/435/613, 209/458/553/613, 329, 329/439, and 437, wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO: 162.

7 . The engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant of claim 1 , wherein said polypeptide sequence has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 216, and wherein the polypeptide sequence of said engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant comprises at least one substitution or substitution set at one or more positions in said polypeptide sequence selected from 75, 81, 177, 178, 181, 185, and 437, wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO: 216.

8 . The engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant of claim 1 , wherein said polypeptide sequence has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 288, and wherein the polypeptide sequence of said engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant comprises at least one substitution or substitution set at one or more positions in said polypeptide sequence selected from 66/79, 66/79/81, 66/79/81/181/210/435/437, 66/79/81/185/435/437/458, 66/79/81/206/435/437/613, 66/79/81/206/437/458, 66/79/81/435/437/458, 66/79/81/437/613, 66/79/177/206/435/458/613, 66/79/181, 66/79/181/185/210/437/458/613, 66/79/185/210/437/458/613, 66/79/206, 66/79/206/435/437, 66/79/206/435/613, 66/79/209/210/437/613, 66/79/435, 66/79/435/437, 66/79/435/458, 66/79/437/458, 66/79/458/613, 66/178/435/437/458, 66/181/185/437, 66/181/185/458, 66/206/435/437, 66/206/437/458, 66/435/437, 66/435/437/458, 66/435/437/613, 66/437/458, 66/458, 79, 79/81/177/206/437/458/613, 79/81/181/437/458/613, 79/81/206/435/437, 79/81/206/613, 79/81/435/458/613, 79/81/437/613, 79/81/613, 79/177/206/437/458/613, 79/177/435/437/458, 79/181/185/209/210/437/458/613, 79/181/185/210/435/437, 79/181/185/210/435/437/458, 79/181/185/437, 79/181/209/437/613, 79/181/209/458/613, 79/181/210/458, 79/185/458, 79/206, 79/206/213/437/613, 79/206/435/437, 79/206/435/613, 79/206/458, 79/206/458/613, 79/210/437/458/613, 79/213/437/458, 79/435, 79/435/437/458, 79/435/437/613, 79/435/613, 79/437, 79/437/458, 79/458, 79/458/613, 79/613, 81/181/185/209/210/437/458/613, 95/177/437, 177/206/435/437/458, 177/435/437/613, 177/437, 178/437/458, 181/185/435/437, 181/185/435/437/613, 181/185/437, 181/185/437/458, 185/208/437/458, 185/435/437, 206/435/437, 206/437, 206/437/458/613, 435/437, 435/437/458, 435/437/458/613, 435/437/613, 437, 437/458, 437/458/613, 437/613, and 437/621, wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO: 288.

9 . The engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant of claim 1 , wherein said polypeptide sequence has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 314, and wherein the polypeptide sequence of said engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant comprises at least one substitution or substitution set at one or more positions in said polypeptide sequence selected from 66/111/114/177/181/185/374/603/613/726/853/896/897/999, 66/111/114/177/181/374/603/613/853/897/999, 66/111/114/177/181/374/603/644/853/896/999, 66/111/114/177/181/601/603/604/613/726/1026, 66/111/114/181/185/374, 66/111/114/181/185/374/603/604/897, 66/111/114/181/185/601/603/604/896, 66/111/114/181/185/601/603/604/896/1026, 66/111/114/181/374/601/603/604/644/726/896, 66/111/114/181/374/601/604/623/853/999/1026, 66/111/114/181/374/601/604/726/1026, 66/111/114/181/601/613/896/897/999, 66/111/114/181/603/613/726/853/897/999, 66/111/114/374/604/613/896/897/999, 66/177/181/185/374/601/604, 66/185/601/604/613/726/853/1026, 66/185/603/896/897, 66/374/601/603/604/853/897/1026, 66/601/604/896/897, 111/114/177/181/185/374/601/603/613/896, 111/114/181/185/374/603/604/999/1026, 111/114/181/185/601/604/853, 111/114/181/374, and 177/181/603/604, wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO: 314.

10 . The engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant of claim 1 , wherein said polypeptide sequence has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 546, and wherein the polypeptide sequence of said engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant comprises at least one substitution or substitution set at one or more positions in said polypeptide sequence selected from 66/97/180/437/613, 66/180/404/458, 66/209/404/437/613, 66/404/437/458, 67, 74, 97/404/437/458/613, 111, 114, 121, 125, 136/437/613, 171, 180/181, 180/181/404/437/458, 180/404/458/613, 180/404/613, 180/613, 209/404/458/613, 228, 245, 260, 336, 341, 372, 374, 404/437/458/613, 408, 412, 483, 502, 522, 529, 530, and 547, wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO: 546.

11 . The engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant of claim 1 , wherein said polypeptide sequence has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 578, and wherein the polypeptide sequence of said engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant comprises at least one substitution or substitution set at one or more positions in said polypeptide sequence selected from 66/111, 66/111/114/171/547, 66/111/114/245, 66/111/114/260/412/547, 66/111/114/412/437, 66/111/171/245/547, 66/111/341/374, 66/111/372/547, 66/111/437, 111, 111/114, 111/114/171/260/341, 111/114/245/260, 111/114/245/372, 111/114/260/372/374/437, 111/114/412, 111/171/372/374, 111/171/374, 111/260/372, 337/624, 601, 603, and 623, wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO: 578.

12 . The engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant of claim 1 , wherein said polypeptide sequence has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 680, and wherein the polypeptide sequence of said engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant comprises at least one substitution or substitution set at one or more positions in said polypeptide sequence selected from 66/111/601/604/623/726/853, 66/111/601/604/853, 66/111/603/726, 66/114/601/604/726/999, 66/374/601/603/604/726/853/1026, 66/374/601/604/726, 66/374/726/999, 66/601/603/604/896, 66/603/623/726/853/896/897, 66/623, 111/114/374/603/604/726/896/897, 111/114/601/623/726, 111/374/603/604/623/726, 111/603/604/623/726/896, 111/603/604/726/853, 111/603/604/896, 111/623, 114/374/603/604/623/726/853/897, 114/601/603/604, 374/601/603/726/896/897, 374/603/604/644, 374/603/604/726/853/999, 374/623/726/853/896/999, 374/853/897/999/1026, 601/604/726, 601/604/726/897, 603/604/726/896/897, 604/726/853/999/1026, 623/644/726/1026, and 726/897, wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO: 680.

13 . The engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant of claim 1 , wherein said engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant comprises a polypeptide sequence that:

(a) is at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more identical to the sequence of at least one engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant set forth in Table 2.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1, 7.3, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 11.2, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, and 14.1;

(b) is at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more identical to SEQ ID NO: 2, 92, 96, 142, 162, 216, 288, 314, 546, 578, or 680;

(c) comprises a sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 92, 96, 142, 162, 216, 288, 314, 546, 578, or 680;

(d) is at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more identical to the sequence of at least one engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant set forth in the even numbered sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 4-784; and/or

(e) comprises a polypeptide sequence forth in at least one of the even numbered sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 4-784.

14 . The engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant of claim 1 , wherein said engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant comprises at least one improved property compared to a wild-type Bacillus megaterium cytochrome P450-BM3 variant.

15 . The engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant of claim 14 , wherein said improved property comprises:

(a) improved activity on a substrate; optionally, wherein said substrate comprises 4-O-aryl-7-methylsulfonyl-indanone (compound (1)), 4-methoxy-7-methylsulfonyl-indanone (compound (3)), or indanone (compound (5)); and/or

(b) improved production of 3-hydroxy-4-methoxy-7-methylsulfonyl-indanone (compound (2)), 3-hydroxy-4-O-aryl-7-methylsulfonyl-indanone (compound (4)), or 3-hydroxy-1-indanone (compound (6)).

16 . A composition comprising at least one engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant of claim 1 .

17 . A polynucleotide sequence encoding at least one engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant of claim 1 .

18 . The polynucleotide sequence of claim 17 , wherein said polynucleotide sequence:

(a) is operably linked to a control sequence;

(b) is codon optimized; and/or

(c) comprises a polynucleotide sequence forth in the odd numbered sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 3-783.

19 . A host cell comprising at least one polynucleotide sequence of claim 18 .

20 . A method of producing an engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant in a host cell, comprising culturing the host cell of claim 19 , under suitable conditions, such that at least one engineered cytochrome P450-BM3 variant is produced.