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Recombinant silicateins as model biocatalysts in organosiloxane chemistry.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 3 Jul 2017
Tabatabaei Dakhili S Yasin, Caslin Stephanie A, Faponle Abayomi S, Quayle Peter, de Visser Sam P, Wong Lu Shin
Abstract excerpt
The family of silicatein enzymes from marine sponges (phylum Porifera) is unique in nature for catalyzing the formation of inorganic silica structures, which the organisms incorporate into their skeleton. However, the synthesis of organosiloxanes catalyzed by these enzymes has thus far remained largely unexplored. To investigate the reactivity of these enzymes in relation to this important class of compounds,...
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