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Attempts to develop an enzyme converting DHIV to KIV.
Protein engineering, design & selection : PEDS - 31 Dec 2019
Oki Kenji, Lee Frederick S, Mayo Stephen L
Abstract excerpt
Dihydroxy-acid dehydratase (DHAD) catalyzes the dehydration of R-2,3-dihydroxyisovalerate (DHIV) to 2-ketoisovalerate (KIV) using an Fe-S cluster as a cofactor, which is sensitive to oxidation and expensive to synthesize. In contrast, sugar acid dehydratases catalyze the same chemical reactions using a magnesium ion. Here, we attempted to substitute the high-cost DHAD with a cost-efficient engineered sugar acid...
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