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Employing a biochemical protecting group for a sustainable indigo dyeing strategy
- Hsu, Tammy M;
- Welner, Ditte H;
- Russ, Zachary N;
- Cervantes, Bernardo;
- Prathuri, Ramya L;
- Adams, Paul D;
- Dueber, John E
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https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.2552Abstract
An environmentally friendly approach to indigo production is facilitated by the characterization of a plant indoxyl glucosyltransferase, which converts the unstable indoxyl precursor into indican by addition of a glucose protecting group.
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