Abstract. Biotransformations are chemical reactions carried out by microorganisms on organic substrates. can be regio-, chemo-, stereo- and enantio-selective. Bioreductions of great interest to the food pharmaceutical industries as they help reduce costs impacts environment. In this work, following biotransformations chalcones were performed: (2E)-1-(4-hydroxy-phenyl)-3-(2-methoxy-phenyl)-prop-...

6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin pyrophosphokinase (HPPK) belongs to a class of catalytic enzymes involved in phosphoryl transfer and is a new target for the development of novel antimicrobial agents. In the present study, the fundamental consideration is to view the overall structure of HPPK as a network of interacting residues and to extract the most cooperative collective motions that defin...

Comparison of the crystallographic and NMR structures of 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin pyrophosphokinase (HPPK) suggests that the enzyme may undergo significant conformational change upon binding to its first substrate, ATP. Two of the three surface loops (loop 2 and loop 3) accounting for most of the conformational differences appear to be confined by crystal contacts, raising questions ab...