Structural insight into the catalytic mechanism of a cis-epoxysuccinate hydrolase producing enantiomerically pure d(-)-tartaric acid.
Dong, S., Liu, X., Cui, G.Z., Cui, Q., Wang, X., Feng, Y.(2018) Chem Commun (Camb) 54: 8482-8485
- PubMed: 30003205 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c8cc04398a
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
5ZMU, 5ZMY - PubMed Abstract: 
Crystal structure determination and mutagenesis analysis of a cis-epoxysuccinate hydrolase which produces enantiomerically pure d(-)-tartaric acids revealed a zinc ion and essential residues in the stereoselective mechanism for the catalytic reaction of the small mirror symmetric substrate.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology and CAS Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Songling Road 189, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, China. [email protected] [email protected].