An Epoxide Intermediate in Glycosidase Catalysis

L.F. Sobala, Gaetano Speciale, Sha Zhu, Lluı́s Raich, Natalia Sannikova, Andrew J. Thompson, Z. Hakki, Dan Lu, Saeideh Shamsi Kazem Abadi, Andrew R. Lewis,

ACS Central Science · 2020 · 54 citations · 27 references

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O (1.052 ± 0.006) directly implicates nucleophilic participation by the C2-hydroxyl. Collectively, these data substantiate this unprecedented and long-imagined enzymatic mechanism.

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