Chemistry & Biology 2004-01-01

Profound insights into squalene cyclization.

Karl Poralla

Index: Chem. Biol. 11(1) , 12-4, (2004)

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Abstract

In this issue of Chemistry & Biology, our understanding of the formation of pentacyclic hopene from the linear squalene is enhanced by an X-ray structure of a complex between squalene-hopene cyclase and the substrate analog 2-azasqualene.

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