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Insights into the mechanisms of adenosylcobalamin (coenzyme B12)-dependent enzymes from rapid chemical quench experiments.

Oxidosqualene cyclase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Trypanosoma cruzi, Pneumocystis carinii and Arabidopsis thaliana expressed in yeast: a model for the development of novel antiparasitic agents.

Probing UDP-galactopyranose mutase binding pocket: a dramatic effect on substitution of the 6-position of UDP-galactofuranose.

Sugar nucleotide recognition by Klebsiella pneumoniae UDP-D-galactopyranose mutase: fluorinated substrates, kinetics and equilibria.

Potent ligands for prokaryotic UDP-galactopyranose mutase that exploit an enzyme subsite.

Reviewing the polyolefin cyclization reaction of the c(35) polyprene catalyzed by squalene-hopene cyclase.

Aspergillus nidulans UDP-galactopyranose mutase, encoded by ugmA plays key roles in colony growth, hyphal morphogensis, and conidiation

Interactions between coenzyme B12 analogs and adenosylcobalamin-dependent glutamate mutase from Clostridium tetanomorphum.

Characterization of Arabidopsis mur3 mutations that result in constitutive activation of defence in petioles, but not leaves.

Ethylmalonyl-CoA mutase from Rhodobacter sphaeroides defines a new subclade of coenzyme B12-dependent acyl-CoA mutases.

Importance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae oxidosqualene-lanosterol cyclase tyrosine 707 residue for chair-boat bicyclic ring formation and deprotonation reactions.

The genetic network controlling the Arabidopsis transcriptional response to Pseudomonas syringae pv. maculicola: roles of major regulators and the phytotoxin coronatine.

Disease-associated carbohydrate-recognising proteins and structure-based inhibitor design.

Signaling pathways that regulate the enhanced disease resistance of Arabidopsis defense, no death mutants.

Recent knowledge and innovations related to hexofuranosides: structure, synthesis and applications.

Genetic analyses involving interactions between the ergosterol biosynthetic enzymes, lanosterol synthase (Erg7p) and 3-ketoreductase (Erg27p), in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

[Engineering of squalene cyclizing enzymes].

Contribution of galactofuranose to the virulence of the opportunistic pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus.

GRIND-based 3D-QSAR to predict inhibitory activity for similar enzymes, OSC and SHC.

Characterization and biological function of the ISOCHORISMATE SYNTHASE2 gene of Arabidopsis.