Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1372158 Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2011 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

It was previously reported that DHAP-dependent aldolase RhaD selectively chooses l-glyceraldehyde from racemic glyceraldehyde to produce l-fructose exclusively. Contrastingly, we discovered that d-glyceraldehyde is also tolerated as an acceptor and the stereoselectivity of the enzyme is lost in the corresponding aldol addition. Furthermore, we applied this property to efficiently synthesize two rare sugars d-sorbose and d-psicose.

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