The selective addition of water to CC bonds; enzymes are the best chemists

Purification, characterization, and cloning of a bifunctional molybdoenzyme with hydratase and alcohol dehydrogenase activity

(2010) Jianfeng Jin et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

MhyADH catalysed Michael addition of water and in situ oxidation

(2010) Jianfeng Jin et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A DFT study of the possible role of vinylidene and carbene intermediates in the mechanism of the enzyme acetylene hydratase

(2010) Mark A. Vincent et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Discovery of the Michael Reaction

(2010) Takashi Tokoroyama   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Chemoenzymatic Conversion of Linoleic Acid into Conjugated Linoleic Acid

(2010) Ayhan S. Demir et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Linalool Dehydratase-Isomerase, a Bifunctional Enzyme in the Anaerobic Degradation of Monoterpenes

(2010) Danny Brodkorb et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Catalytic enantioselective syn hydration of enones in water using a DNA-based catalyst

(2010) Arnold J. Boersma et al.   Nature Chemistry

Mutations of fumarase that distinguish between the active site and a nearby dicarboxylic acid binding site

(2010) Todd Weaver et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Biocatalytic Access to α,α-Dialkyl-α-amino Acids by a Mechanism-Based Approach

(2009) Kateryna Fesko et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Catalytic enantioselective boron conjugate addition to cyclic carbonyl compounds: a new approach to cyclic β-hydroxy carbonyls

(2009) Xinhui Feng et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Biosynthesis of Vanillin via Ferulic Acid in Vanilla planifolia

(2009) Osamu Negishi et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Oleate Hydratase Catalyzes the Hydration of a Nonactivated Carbon-Carbon Bond

(2009) L. E. Bevers et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Theoretical Studies of Models of the Active Site of the Tungstoenzyme Acetylene Hydratase

(2009) Sonia Antony et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

A ternary complex of hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA hydratase–lyase (HCHL) with acetyl-CoA and vanillin gives insights into substrate specificity and mechanism

(2008) Joseph P. Bennett et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

A Common Catalytic Mechanism for Proteins of the HutI Family†

(2008) Rajiv Tyagi et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY