Issue 3, 2002

Mechanistic aspects of enzymatic carbohydrate epimerization

Abstract

Covering: up to October 2001.

Carbohydrate epimerases are enzymes that catalyze an inversion of stereochemistry at a stereogenic center in a sugar. This review focuses on the mechanistic strategies that are employed by this diverse family of enzymes, and is divided into the following sections: deprotonation/reprotonation, transient oxidation, cofactor independent, and mutarotation. The review is comprehensive up to Oct. 2001 and contains 216 references.

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
27 Nov 2001
First published
27 Mar 2002

Nat. Prod. Rep., 2002,19, 261-277

Mechanistic aspects of enzymatic carbohydrate epimerization

J. Samuel and M. E. Tanner, Nat. Prod. Rep., 2002, 19, 261 DOI: 10.1039/B100492L

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