Enzymatic formation of isochamigrene, a novel sesquiterpene, by alteration of the aspartate-rich region of trichodiene synthase

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 118, Issue 35, 1996, Pages 8499-8500

  Cane, David E ^a   Xue, Qun ^a   Van Epp, James E ^a   Tsantrizos, Youla S ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOCHAMIGRENE; SESQUITERPENE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0029836353     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja961897w     Document Type: Article

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