Biocatalysis » chiral amines http://www.bio-catalyst.com Information and Commentary About Biofuels and Biotechnology Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:12:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Hot Article http://www.bio-catalyst.com/2009/03/17/hot-article/ http://www.bio-catalyst.com/2009/03/17/hot-article/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:13:52 +0000 David http://www.bio-catalyst.com/?p=139 The Journal Chem. Comm. just designated a scientific paper by Nicholas Turner, Matthew Truppo, and J. David Rozzell (Hey, that’s me!) as a Hot Article.  The communication describes a two-enzyme system for producing enantiomerically-pure amines, something which is difficult to do by other means. The link is here. The reaction sheme is below for those chemically inclined.

The resolution of a racemic amine using a transaminase with catalytic quantities of pyruvate and an amino acid oxidase.

OK, I know it’s a shameless plug.

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