Imine reductases are promising catalysts, facilitating a direct stereoselective route to secondary amines. Now, protein engineering has created stable and efficient variants that allow their application in kilogram-scale synthesis.
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Höhne, M. Engineering imine reductases for industrial applications. Nat Catal 2, 841–842 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-019-0366-8
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