Artificial metalloenzyme created with improved stereoselectivity (IMAGE)

Osaka Metropolitan University

Artificial metalloenzyme created with improved stereoselectivity

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The flexible copper (Cu) center, created using a modified 2-his-1-carboxylate metal-binding motif, gives the artificial metalloenzyme improved stereoselectivity as the copper, possibly by allowing the copper ion to move into the position where it is most likely to bind.

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Nobutaka Fujieda, Osaka Metropolitan University

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