Asymmetric bioreduction of activated alkenes to industrially relevant optically active compounds

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 381-389

  Winkler, Christoph K ^b   Tasnádi, Gábor ^a,b   Clay, Dorina ^b   Hall, Mélanie ^b   Faber, Kurt ^b  

^a AUSTRIAN CENTRE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Asymmetric reduction; Biocatalysis; Chiral building blocks; Ene reductase; Old Yellow Enzyme

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC REDUCTION; BIOCATALYSIS; CHIRAL BUILDING BLOCKS; ENE-REDUCTASE; OLD YELLOW ENZYMES;

AMIDES; AMINO ACIDS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; OLEFINS;

STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ALKENE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ENE REDUCTASE; FLAVOPROTEIN; FRAGRANCE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOCATALYST; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHIRALITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; REDUCTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ALKENES; AMINO ACIDS; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRILES; PERFUME; STEREOISOMERISM; TERPENES;

EID: 84871651706     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.03.023     Document Type: Article

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