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Quantitative 1H-NMR analysis reveals steric and electronic effects on the substrate specificity of benzoate

James S Bent1, Zachary T Clark1, Jonathan A Collins1

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Whitman College, 345 Boyer Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362, USA.

Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology
|March 8, 2022
PubMed

Keywords:
Ipso,ortho-DihydrodiolsRalstonia eutropha B9Benzoate dioxygenaseReiske dearomatizing dioxygenaseSubstrate specificity

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