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Nitrile Reductases: A Forthcoming Wave in Biocatalysis?
Author(s) -
Domínguez de María Pablo
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201100220
Subject(s) - biocatalysis , nitrile , chemistry , nanotechnology , combinatorial chemistry , catalysis , organic chemistry , materials science , reaction mechanism
A new toy? The discovery of oxidoreductases enabling the four‐electron reduction of nitriles to primary amines may open new, unprecedented, and exciting leads in (asymmetric) biocatalysis.