Highly efficient preparation of active S-phenyl-L-cysteine with tryptophan synthase using a chemoenzymatic method

Abstract Background S-Phenyl-L-cysteine is regarded as having potential applicability as an antiretroviral/protease inhibitor for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In the present study, optically active S-phenyl-L-cysteine was prepared in a highly efficient manner from inexpensive bromobenzene usi...

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Main Authors: Lisheng Xu, Xingtao Zhang, Guizhen Gao, Sun Yue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Biotechnology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12896-019-0538-2