| Literature DB >> 22396126 |
Michael J Abrahamson1, Eduardo Vázquez-Figueroa, Nicholas B Woodall, Jeffrey C Moore, Andreas S Bommarius.
Abstract
A leucine dehydrogenase has been successfully altered through several rounds of protein engineering to an enantioselective amine dehydrogenase. Instead of the wild-type α-keto acid, the new amine dehydrogenase now accepts the analogous ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK), which corresponds to exchange of the carboxy group by a methyl group to produce chiral (R)-1,3-dimethylbutylamine.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22396126 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201107813
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ISSN: 1433-7851 Impact factor: 15.336