Enzyme-catalyzed cationic epoxide rearrangements in quinolone alkaloid biosynthesis

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 325-332

  Zou, Yi ^a   Garcia Borràs, Marc ^b   Tang, Mancheng C ^a   Hirayama, Yuichiro ^c   Li, Dehai H ^d   Li, Li ^a   Watanabe, Kenji ^c   Houk, K N ^b   Tang, Yi ^a,b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^d OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ASPOQUINOLONE; ASQC ENZYME; ASQG ENZYME; ASQO ENZYME; BRONSTED ACID; CARBON; CYCLOPROPANE; EPOXIDE; EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; HYDROGEN; PEND ENYZME; PENE ENZYME; PENF ENZYME; PENIGEQUINOLONE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; TETRAHYDROFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKALOID; CATION; HYDROLYASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLIZATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HYDRATION; MEINWALD REARRANGEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PENICILLIUM; QUANTUM THEORY;

ALKALOIDS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOCATALYSIS; CATIONS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; HYDRO-LYASES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PENICILLIUM; QUANTUM THEORY; QUINOLONES;

EID: 85010840251     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.2283     Document Type: Article

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