Structure and Properties of an Engineered Transketolase from Maize 1

Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, D–85747 Garching, Germany (S.G., S.E., A.B., M.F.); Bayer CropScience AG, Research-Target Research, Building 6240, Alfred-Nobel-Strasse 50, D–40789 Monheim, Germany (M.B., J.F., G.A.), Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Abteilung Strukturforschung, Am Klopferspitz 18a, D–82152 Martinsried, Germany (G.B., R.H.); Institut für Genetik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Spielmannstrasse 7, D–38106 Braunschweig, Germany (W.F.M.)

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