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The highly thermodynamically favorable oxidation of phosphite to phosphate by phosphite dehydrogenase (PtxD) makes the enzyme useful for cofactor regeneration (see figure). Deuterium exchange in D2O provides labeled phosphite for the preparation of deuterated products.
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Vrtis et al. (2002) studied this question.
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