Synthesis of trimethyl (2S,3R)- and (2R,3R)-[2-2H 1]-homocitrates and the corresponding dimethyl ester lactones-towards elucidating the stereochemistry of the reaction catalysed by homocitrate synthase and by the Nif-V protein

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2093-2096

  Tavassoli, Ali ^a   Duffy, James E S ^a   Young, Douglas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enzymes; Homocitrate; Shikimate; Stereospecific; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; HOMOCITRATE SYNTHASE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN NIF V; SHIKIMIC ACID; SHIKIMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHIRALITY; GENE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 14644397268     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.01.134     Document Type: Article

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