The structure of a bacterial cocaine esterase provides important new insight into the selectivity of the carboxylesterase enzyme family and the information gained from this work could lead to improved catalytic antibody-based therapies for cocaine toxicity.
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Bosron, W., Hurley, T. Lessons from a bacterial cocaine esterase. Nat Struct Mol Biol 9, 4–5 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb0102-4
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