Oxidative diversification of amino acids and peptides by small-molecule iron catalysis

Nature

Volumn 537, Issue 7619, 2016, Pages 214-219

  Osberger, Thomas J ^a   Rogness, Donald C ^a   Kohrt, Jeffrey T ^b   Stepan, Antonia F ^b   White, M Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AMINE; AMINO ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; HYDROXYPROLINE; IRON; LEUCINE; PEPTIDE; PROLINE; TETRAPEPTIDE; TRIPEPTIDE; TYROSINE; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND;

ALCOHOL; AMINO ACID; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CATALYSIS; ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; IRON; OXIDATION; PEPTIDE; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

AMINATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ARYLATION; CATALYST; HYDROXYLATION; OLEFINATION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; HYDROXYLATION; IRON; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEPTIDES; PROLINE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84984622717     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature18941     Document Type: Article

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