The Simplest "Enzyme"
- 6 December 2002
- journal article
- perspective
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 298 (5600) , 1904-1905
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1076547
Abstract
Chemists trying to emulate the efficiency and specificity of enzyme catalysis have focused most of their attention on organometallic catalysts. In their Perspective, Movassaghi and Jacobsen turn the spotlight on a purely organic molecule that is showing surprising versatility and specificity: the natural amino acid proline. This tiny "enzyme" shows how small a highly active and selective catalyst can be.Keywords
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