2021 journal article

Deciphering Pyrrolidine and Olefin Formation Mechanism in Kainic Acid Biosynthesis

ACS CATALYSIS, 11(1), 278–282.

By: T. Chen n, S. Xue*, W. Tsai*, T. Chien*, Y. Guo* & W. Chang n

author keywords: metalloenzyme; C-H activation; cyclization; desaturation; enzyme mechanism
TL;DR: A comparison of C–H bond activation and cyclization in the isodomoic acid and kainic acid biosynthesis experiments shows that the former is superior to the latter in terms of both molecular complexity and physical properties. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Metalloenzyme-catalyzed cyclization involving C–H bond activation is a powerful strategy to construct molecular complexity found in natural product biosynthesis. In the isodomoic acid and kainic ac...