Right on the money! JPK
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:28 PM, David Schuller <[email protected]> wrote: > On 02/15/12 12:41, Jacob Keller wrote: >>> >>> Are there any all-D proteins out there, of known structure or >>> otherwise? If so, do enantiomer-specific catalyses become inverted? >>> >>> JPK >>> > I looked a little harder, and at least one D-enantiomeric protein was an > enzyme: > > Total chemical synthesis of a D-enzyme: the enatiomers of HIV-1 protease > show demonstration of reciprocal chiral substrate specificty > R.C. deL. Milton, S.C.F. Milton, S.B.H. Kent (1992) Science 256(5062) > 1445-1448. > > I guess that answers your question. > > > -- > ======================================================================= > All Things Serve the Beam > ======================================================================= > David J. Schuller > modern man in a post-modern world > MacCHESS, Cornell University > [email protected] -- ******************************************* Jacob Pearson Keller Northwestern University Medical Scientist Training Program email: [email protected] *******************************************
