Polyamino acids as synthetic enzymes: Mechanism, applications and relevance to prebiotic catalysis

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 507-513

  Carrea, Giacomo ^a   Colonna, Stefano ^b   Kelly, David R ^c   Lazcano, Antonio ^d   Ottolina, Gianluca ^a   Roberts, Stanley M ^e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Facolta di Farmacia   (Italy)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OLEFINS;

ELECTRON-DIFICIENT ALKENES; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; POLYAMINO ACIDS; SYNTHETIC ENZYMES;

AMINO ACIDS;

CHALCONE; CYANOHYDRIN; ENZYME; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; POLYAMINOACID; PREBIOTIC AGENT;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; EPOXIDATION; GLYCOLYSIS; HEVEA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRUNUS; REVIEW; SCALE UP; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 24944439888     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2005.07.010     Document Type: Review

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