Use of deuterium kinetic isotope effects to probe the cryptoregiochemistry of Δ9 desaturation

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 118, Issue 26, 1996, Pages 6295-6296

  Buist, Peter H ^a   Behrouzian, Behnaz ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; YEAST;

EID: 0030018325     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja953262n     Document Type: Article

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