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SUBMITTER: Whitteck JT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3069692 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Whitteck John T JT Malova Petra P Peck Spencer C SC Cicchillo Robert M RM Hammerschmidt Friedrich F van der Donk Wilfred A WA
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20110307 12
Stereochemical investigations have shown that the conversion of 2-hydroxyethylphosphonate to hydroxymethylphosphonate by the enzyme HEPD involves removal of the pro-S hydrogen at C2 and, surprisingly, the loss of stereochemical information at C1. As a result, the mechanisms previously proposed for HEPD must be re-evaluated. ...[more]