Mechanistic evidence for a front-side, SNi-type reaction in a retaining glycosyltransferase

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 631-638

  Lee, Seung Seo ^a   Hong, Sung You ^a,c   Errey, James C ^a   Izumi, Atsushi ^b   Davies, Gideon J ^b   Davis, Benjamin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONSTED ACID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOPHILE; OXOCARBENIUM ION; OXYGEN; TREHALOSE; TREHALOSE 6 PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME MECHANISM; HYDROGEN BOND; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84860389788     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.628     Document Type: Article

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