| Literature DB >> 22615135 |
Ellen Zandvoort1, Edzard M Geertsema, Wim J Quax, Gerrit J Poelarends.
Abstract
Double play: The enzyme 4-oxalocrotonate tautomerase (4-OT) catalyzes not only the initial cross-coupling of acetaldehyde and benzaldehyde to yield 3-hydroxy-3-phenylpropanal, but also the subsequent dehydration of this aldol compound to yield cinnamaldehyde as the final product. Mechanism-inspired engineering provided an active site mutant (F50A) with strongly enhanced aldol condensation activity.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22615135 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201200225
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chembiochem ISSN: 1439-4227 Impact factor: 3.164