Asymmetric assembly of aldose carbohydrates from formaldehyde and glycolaldehyde by tandem biocatalytic aldol reactions

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 724-729

  Szekrenyi, Anna ^a,c   Garrabou, Xavier ^a,d   Parella, Teodor ^b   Joglar, Jesús ^a   Bujons, Jordi ^a   Clapés, Pere ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED CHEMISTRY OF CATALONIA IQAC CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-HYDROXYBUTANAL; ACETALDEHYDE; ALDEHYDE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FORMALDEHYDE; FSAA PROTEIN, E COLI; GLYCOLALDEHYDE; LYASE; MONOSACCHARIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BINDING SITE; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; STEREOISOMERISM;

ACETALDEHYDE; ALDEHYDE-LYASES; ALDEHYDES; BINDING SITES; BIOCATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FORMALDEHYDE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MONOSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84939779728     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2321     Document Type: Article

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