Right on the money!
JPK
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:28 PM, David Schuller <[log in to unmask]> 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.
>
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