Stereoselective C-C bond formation catalysed by engineered carboxymethylproline synthases

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 365-371

  Hamed, Refaat B ^a,b   Gomez Castellanos, J Ruben ^a   Thalhammer, Armin ^a   Harding, Daniel ^a   Ducho, Christian ^a,c   Claridge, Timothy D W ^a   Schofield, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBOXYMETHYLPROLINE SYNTHASE; LYASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBON; CARBON-CARBON LYASES; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 79955123072     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1011     Document Type: Article

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