Tailoring theS-Selectivity of 2-Succinyl-5-enolpyruvyl-6-hydroxy-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxylate Synthase (MenD) fromEscherichia coli

(S)-Selective MenD variants from Escherichia coli provide access to new functionalized chiral α-hydroxy ketones

(2013) Robert Westphal et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

CC bond formation using ThDP-dependent lyases

(2013) Michael Müller et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

TCA Cycle Involved Enzymes SucA and Kgd, as well as MenD: Efficient Biocatalysts for Asymmetric C–C Bond Formation

(2013) Maryam Beigi et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

A standard numbering scheme for thiamine diphosphate-dependent decarboxylases

(2012) Constantin Vogel et al.   BMC BIOCHEMISTRY

Avogadro: an advanced semantic chemical editor, visualization, and analysis platform

(2012) Marcus D Hanwell et al.   Journal of Cheminformatics

Using Substrate Analogues To Probe the Kinetic Mechanism and Active Site ofEscherichia coliMenD

(2011) Maohai Fang et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

S-Selective Mixed Carboligation by Structure-Based Design of the Pyruvate Decarboxylase from Acetobacter pasteurianus

(2011) Dörte Rother neé Gocke et al.   ChemCatChem

Cation–π interactions: Complexes of guanidinium and simple aromatic systems

(2011) Fernando Blanco et al.   CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS

First stereoselective total synthesis of pectinolide A

(2011) J.S. Yadav et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Succinylphosphonate Esters Are Competitive Inhibitors of MenD That Show Active-Site Discrimination between Homologous α-Ketoglutarate-Decarboxylating Enzymes

(2010) Maohai Fang et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

The Thiamine diphosphate dependent Enzyme Engineering Database: A tool for the systematic analysis of sequence and structure relations

(2010) Michael Widmann et al.   BMC BIOCHEMISTRY

Structure and Reactivity of Bacillus subtilis MenD Catalyzing the First Committed Step in Menaquinone Biosynthesis

(2010) Alice Dawson et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Highly Chemoselective Direct Crossed Aliphatic−Aromatic Acyloin Condensations with Triazolium-Derived Carbene Catalysts

(2010) Sarah E. O’Toole et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Biocatalytic Strategies for the Asymmetric Synthesis of α-Hydroxy Ketones

(2009) Pilar Hoyos et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Thiamin diphosphate in biological chemistry: exploitation of diverse thiamin diphosphate-dependent enzymes for asymmetric chemoenzymatic synthesis

(2009) Michael Müller et al.   FEBS Journal

MenD as a versatile catalyst for asymmetric synthesis

(2009) Anja Kurutsch et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS B-ENZYMATIC

Rational Protein Design of ThDP-Dependent Enzymes—Engineering Stereoselectivity

(2008) Dörte Gocke et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Specificity and Reactivity in Menaquinone Biosynthesis: The Structure of Escherichia coli MenD (2-Succinyl-5-Enolpyruvyl-6-Hydroxy-3-Cyclohexadiene-1-Carboxylate Synthase)

(2008) Alice Dawson et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY