Squalene hopene cyclases: Highly promiscuous and evolvable catalysts for stereoselective CC and CX bond formation

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 293-300

  Hammer, Stephan C ^a   Syrén, Per Olof ^a   Seitz, Miriam ^a   Nestl, Bettina M ^a   Hauer, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENE; NUCLEOPHILE; SQUALENE; TERPENE;

CATALYST; CYCLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84876731984     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.01.016     Document Type: Review

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