| Literature DB >> 30311924 |
Cooper S Jamieson1, Masao Ohashi, Fang Liu, Yi Tang, K N Houk.
Abstract
Covering: 2000 to 2018 Pericyclic reactions are a distinct class of reactions that have wide synthetic utility. Before the recent discoveries described in this review, enzyme-catalyzed pericyclic reactions were not widely known to be involved in biosynthesis. This situation is changing rapidly. We define the scope of pericyclic reactions, give a historical account of their discoveries as biosynthetic reactions, and provide evidence that there are many enzymes in nature that catalyze pericyclic reactions. These enzymes, the "pericyclases," are the subject of this review.Entities:
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Year: 2019 PMID: 30311924 PMCID: PMC6461539 DOI: 10.1039/c8np00075a
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Prod Rep ISSN: 0265-0568 Impact factor: 13.423