Norcoclaurine synthase: Mechanism of an enantioselective pictet-spengler catalyzing enzyme

Molecules

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2070-2078

  Bonamore, Alessandra ^a   Barba, Marco ^a   Botta, Bruno ^a   Boffi, Alberto ^a   Macone, Alberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

(S) norcoclaurine; Bifunctional catalysis; Green synthetic process; Norcoclaurine synthase; Pictet Spengler condensation

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYPHENYLACETALDEHYDE; 4-HYDROXYPHENYLACETALDEHYDE; ACETALDEHYDE; ALKALOID; BENZYLISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; DOPAMINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HIGENAMINE; LIGASE; NORCOCLAURINE SYNTHASE; TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

BIOCATALYSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

ACETALDEHYDE; ALKALOIDS; BENZYLISOQUINOLINES; BIOCATALYSIS; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DOPAMINE; TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINES;

EID: 77951848665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules15042070     Document Type: Review

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