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SUBMITTER: Zhang W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4391825 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Wei W Chen Chao C Cao Ruikai R Maurmann Leila L Li Ping P
Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology 20141113 1
Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthases (PhaCs) catalyze the formation of biodegradable PHAs that are considered to be ideal alternatives to non-biodegradable synthetic plastics. However, study of PhaCs has been challenging because the rate of PHA chain elongation is much faster than that of initiation. This difficulty, along with lack of a crystal structure, has become the main hurdle to understanding and engineering PhaCs for economical PHA production. Here we report the synthesis of two carbadet ...[more]