The synthetic potential of yeast or spinach transketolases was studied, using hydroxypyruvate as a donor substrate and 31 aldehydes as acceptors. All of them react, including aromatic, heteroaromatic and alpha,beta unsaturated aldehydes.
Hobbs, Gordon R.; Lilly, Malcolm D.; Turner, Nicholas J., Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions I, 1993, # 2, p. 165 - 166
作者:Hobbs, Gordon R.、Lilly, Malcolm D.、Turner, Nicholas J.、Ward, John M.、Willets, Andrew J.、Woodley, John M.