The Concerted Nature of the Enzymatic Cyclization of Rings A-D of Squalene to Hopene
2008 ◽
Vol 73
(6-7)
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pp. 786-794
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A conformational analysis of squalene encapsulated in squalene-hopene cyclase has been performed based on Schulz's X-ray structure and our DFT calculations. Based on this analysis it is concluded that the formation of rings A-D in the cyclization of squalene are likely to be a concerted but highly asynchronous reaction.