Mechanistic insights into Diels-Alder reactions in natural product biosynthesis

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2016, Pages 117-123

  Hashimoto, Takuya ^a   Kuzuyama, Tomohisa ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT; POLYKETIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ABYU; PROTEIN PYRI4; PROTEIN SPNF; SPIROTETRAMATE; SPIROTETRONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; ENZYME;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYCLOADDITION; DIELS ALDER REACTION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYCLOADDITION REACTION; ENZYMES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84988978638     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2016.09.015     Document Type: Review

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