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A R Battersby

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1 Biosynthesis of vitamin B12: identity of fragment extruded during ring contraction to the corrin macrocycle. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1981 2.60
2 Biosynthesis of the pigments of life: formation of the macrocycle. Nature 1980 1.86
3 Biosynthesis of porphyrins and related macrocycles. Part 10. Vitamin B12: biochemical derivation of cobyrinic acid from uroporphyrinogen III. Studies with corresponding ring c methyl heptacarboxylic prophyrinogen, and proof of seven intact methyl transfers. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1977 1.69
4 Biosynthesis of vitamin B12: structure of precorrin-6x octamethyl ester. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990 1.46
5 Alkaloid biosynthesis. XII. The biosynthesis of narcotine. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1968 1.23
6 Modification of hydroxymethylbilane synthase (porphobilinogen deaminase) by pyridoxal 5'-phosphate. Demonstration of an essential lysine residue. Biochem J 1984 1.20
7 Purification, N-terminal amino acid sequence and properties of hydroxymethylbilane synthase (porphobilinogen deaminase) from Escherichia coli. Biochem J 1986 1.19
8 Purification of porphobilinogen deaminase from Euglena gracilis and studies of its kinetics. Biochem J 1981 1.15
9 Studies of enzyme-mediated reactions. Part 13. Stereochemical course of the formation of histamine by decarboxylation of (2S)-histidine with enzymes from Clostridium welchii and Lactobacillus 30a. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1980 1.14
10 Evidence that the pyrromethane cofactor of hydroxymethylbilane synthase (porphobilinogen deaminase) is bound through the sulphur atom of a cysteine residue. Biochem J 1988 1.08
11 Purification and properties of uroporphyrinogen III synthase (co-synthetase) from Euglena gracilis. Biochem J 1985 1.06
12 The sequence of hemC, hemD and two additional E. coli genes. Nucleic Acids Res 1988 1.03
13 Biosynthesis of porphyrins and related macrocycles. Part VI. Nature of the rearrangement process leading to the natural type III porphyrins. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1976 1.01
14 Evidence that the pyrromethane cofactor of hydroxymethylbilane synthase (porphobilinogen deaminase) is bound to the protein through the sulphur atom of cysteine-242. Biochem J 1988 0.92
15 Evidence that pyridoxal phosphate modification of lysine residues (Lys-55 and Lys-59) causes inactivation of hydroxymethylbilane synthase (porphobilinogen deaminase). Biochem J 1989 0.92
16 Studies on the mechanism of hydroxymethylbilane synthase concerning the role of arginine residues in substrate binding. Biochem J 1991 0.91
17 Biosynthesis of terpenoid alkaloids. Biochem Soc Symp 1970 0.89
18 The discovery of nature's biosynthetic pathways. Experientia 1978 0.89
19 Determination of the structure of seleno-methionine-labelled hydroxymethylbilane synthase in its active form by multi-wavelength anomalous dispersion. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 1999 0.86
20 Investigation of putative active-site lysine residues in hydroxymethylbilane synthase. Preparation and characterization of mutants in which (a) Lys-55, (b) Lys-59 and (c) both Lys-55 and Lys-59 have been replaced by glutamine. Biochem J 1990 0.83
21 Studies of enzyme-mediated reactions. I. Syntheses of deuterium- or tritium-labelled (3S)-and (3R)-phenylalanines: stereochemical course of the elimination catalysed by L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1972 0.82
22 Biosynthesis of porphyrins and related macrocycles. Part 9. Biosynthesis of the corrin macrocycle of vitamin B12 including the sterochemistry of C-methylation in ring. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1977 0.82
23 Biosynthesis of porphyrins and related macrocycles. Part VIII. Enzymic decarboxylation of uroporphyrinogen-II: Structure of an intermediate, phyriaporphyrinogen-III, and synthesis of the corresponding porphyrin and of two isomeric porphyrins. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1976 0.81
24 Biosynthesis of porphyrins and corrins. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 1976 0.81
25 Expression, purification and characterisation of the product from the Bacillus subtilis hemD gene, uroporphyrinogen III synthase. Eur J Biochem 1995 0.79
26 Studies of enzyme-mediated reactions. Part VII. Stereospecific syntheses of tritium-labelled (2R)- and (2S)-dopamines: stereochemical course of hydroxylation of dopamine by dopamine beta-hydroxylase (E.C. 1.14.17.1). J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1976 0.79
27 1-phenethylisoquinoline alkaloids. IV. Isolation, structural elucidation, and synthesis of c-homoaporphines. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1974 0.79
28 Alkaloid biosynthesis. XVII. The structure and chemistry of androcymbine. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1972 0.79
29 Ideas and experiments in biosynthesis. Ciba Found Symp 1978 0.79
30 Biosynthesis of porphyrins and related macrocycles. Part V. Structural integrity of the type III porphyrinogen macrocycle in an active biological system; studies on the aromatisation of protoporphyrinogen-IX. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1976 0.78
31 Alkaloid biosynthesis. XVI. Colchicine: origin of the tropolone ring and studies with the C 6 -C 3 -C 6 -C 1 system. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1972 0.78
32 Alkaloid biosynthesis. 18. Biosynthesis of colchicine from the 1-phenethylisoquinoline system. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1972 0.77
33 Biosynthesis. XIX. Concerning the biosynthesis of (-)-camphor and (-)-borneol in Salvia officinalis. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1972 0.77
34 Stereochemistry of oxidation of benzylamine by the amine oxidase from beef plasma. FEBS Lett 1979 0.76
35 N-Benzoyl-L-phenylalaninol from Catharanthus pusillus (Murr.) G. Don = Vinca pusilla Murr. Tetrahedron Lett 1965 0.76
36 Studies of enzyme-mediated reactions. II. Stereochemistry of the elimination of ammonia from L-tyrosine catalysed by the enzyme from maize. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1972 0.76
37 Studies of enzyme-mediated reactions. Part VI. Stereochemical course of the dehydrogenation of stereospecifically labelled benzylamines by the amine oxidase from pea seedlings (E.C. 1.4.3.6.). J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1976 0.76
38 1-phenethylisoquinoline alkaloids. II. The structures of alkaloids from Colchicum cornigerum (Sweinf.) Tackh. et Drar. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1971 0.76
39 Biosynthesis of vitamin B12: the multi-enzyme synthesis of precorrin-4 and factor IV. Chem Biol 1997 0.75
40 Biosynthesis of vitamin B12: the preparative multi-enzyme synthesis of precorrin-3A and 20-methylsirohydrochlorin (a 2,7,20-trimethylisobacteriochlorin). Biochem J 1996 0.75
41 Biosynthesis of porphyrins and related macrocycles. I. Synthesis of 14C-labelled pyrromethanes. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1973 0.75
42 Nature's pathways to the pigments of life. Nat Prod Rep 1987 0.75
43 Biosynthesis of porphyrins and related macrocycles. IV. Synthesis of isomeric aminomethylpyrromethanes for biosynthetic study. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1974 0.75
44 1-phenethylisoquinoline alkaloids. 1. Structure and synthesis of (-)-melanthioidine, a bisphenethylisoquinoline alkaloid. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1967 0.75
45 The absolute configuration of (-)-argemonine. Tetrahedron Lett 1967 0.75
46 Alkaloid biosynthesis. 13. The structure, stereochemistry, and biosynthesis of loganin. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1969 0.75
47 Biosynthesis of the pigments of life. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1986 0.75
48 Studies of enzyme-mediated reactions. Part 10. Stereochemical course of the dehydrogenation of stereospecifically labelled 1-amino-heptanes by the amine oxidase from rat liver mitochondria (E.C. 1.4.3.4). J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1979 0.75
49 Biosynthesis of porphyrins and related macrocycles, Part 43. Isolation and characterization of intermediates of coenzyme B12 biosynthesis, a cobyrinic acid triamide, the a,c-diamide and their Co-(5'-deoxy-5'-adenosyl) derivatives, from Propionibacterium shermanii. Chem Biol 1995 0.75
50 Configuration of reticuline in the opium poppy. Tetrahedron Lett 1965 0.75
51 Biosynthesis of terpenoid alkaloids. Biochem J 1969 0.75
52 Studies of enzyme-mediated reactions. Part 12. Stereochemical course of the decarboxylation of (2S)-tyrosine to tyramine by microbial, mammalian, and plant systems. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1980 0.75
53 Purification, characterization, crystallisation and X-ray analysis of selenomethionine-labelled hydroxymethylbilane synthase from Escherichia coli. Eur J Biochem 1993 0.75
54 Alkaloid biosynthesis. IX. The ipecacuanha alkaloids. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1965 0.75
55 Ipecacuanha alkaloids. 8. Chemical correlation of the indole and ipecacuanha alkaloids. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1968 0.75
56 Biosynthesis of cactus alkaloids. Tetrahedron Lett 1967 0.75
57 Biosynthesis of pellotine. Tetrahedron Lett 1968 0.75
58 Biosynthesis of porphyrins and related macrocycles. Part 13. Structure of the protoporphyrin isomer derived from coproporphyrinogen IV by the action of beef-liver coproporphyrinogenase: synthesis of protoporphyrin XIII. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1980 0.75
59 Alkaloids of Kopsia species. II. The constitution of fruticosine and fruticosamine. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1967 0.75
60 Studies of enzyme-mediated reactions. Part II. Experiments on the dismutation of aldehyde to alcohol and carboxylic acid by the complex of liver alcohol dehydrogenase and NAD. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1979 0.75
61 The Bakerian lecture, 1984. Biosynthesis of the pigments of life. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 1985 0.75
62 Biosynthesis of the indole and Colchicum alkaloids. Pure Appl Chem 1967 0.75
63 Alkaloids of Calabash curare and Strychnos species. IV. Caracurine-II. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1967 0.75
64 Studies of enzyme-mediated reactions. 3. Stereoselective labelling at C-2 of tyramine: stereochemistry of hydroxylation at saturated carbon. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1973 0.75
65 Alkaloid biosynthesis. X. Terminal steps in the biosynthesis of the morphine alkaloids. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1967 0.75
66 Stereochemical study of formation of histamine from (2S)-histidine by mammalian histidine decarboxylase. FEBS Lett 1979 0.75
67 Biosynthesis of porphyrins and related macrocycles. Part VII. Synthesis of specifically labelled (14 C1) uroporphyrin-III and of (10,14-13C2)-uroporphyrin-III. Conversion of the latter into (10,14-13C2)protoporphyrin-ix; Biosynthetic significance of its 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1976 0.75
68 Studies of enzyme-mediated reactions. Part IV. Complementary syntheses of stereospecifically labelled (R)- and (S)-[alpha-3H1]benzyl alcohol derivatives by use of liver alcohol dehydrogenase. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1975 0.75
69 Biosynthesis. XX. Biosynthesis of c-homoaporphines in Kreysigia multiflora. J Chem Soc Perkin 1 1974 0.75
70 Enzymic synthesis of labelled chiral substances. Ciba Found Symp 1985 0.75