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Abstract
Diels this Alder your thinking? Electrocyclization reactions are exceedingly rare in metabolic pathways. Why is this so? Recently a [4+2] cycloaddition catalyzed by a monofunctional "Diels-Alderase" has been characterized. How does a 500-fold rate enhancement shown by this enzyme stack up?Mesh:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21796752 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201100431
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chembiochem ISSN: 1439-4227 Impact factor: 3.164