Stereochemistry of the cyclization-rearrangement of (+)-copalyl diphosphate to (-)-abietadiene catalyzed by recombinant abietadiene synthase from Abies grandis

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Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 573-576

  Ravn, Matthew M ^a   Coates, Robert M ^a   Flory, Janice E ^b   Peters, Reuben J ^b   Croteau, Rodney ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIETA 7(8),13(14) DIENE; ABIETA-7(8),13(14)-DIENE; ABIETADIENE CYCLASE; ABIETANE DERIVATIVE; COPALYL DIPHOSPHATE; ISOMERASE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; STEREOISOMERISM; TREE;

CATALYSIS; DITERPENES, ABIETANE; ISOMERASES; PHENANTHRENES; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STEREOISOMERISM; TREES;

EID: 0034624597     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol991230p     Document Type: Article

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