Mechanism of the Intramolecular Claisen Condensation Reaction Catalyzed by MenB, a Crotonase Superfamily Member.
Li, H.J., Li, X., Liu, N., Zhang, H., Truglio, J.J., Mishra, S., Kisker, C., Garcia-Diaz, M., Tonge, P.J.(2011) Biochemistry 50: 9532-9544
- PubMed: 21830810 
- DOI: 10.1021/bi200877x
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3T88, 3T89, 3T8A, 3T8B - PubMed Abstract: 
MenB, the 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoyl-CoA synthase from the bacterial menaquinone biosynthesis pathway, catalyzes an intramolecular Claisen condensation (Dieckmann reaction) in which the electrophile is an unactivated carboxylic acid. Mechanistic studies on this crotonase family member have been hindered by partial active site disorder in existing MenB X-ray structures ...