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Figure 1.
FIG. 1. Chemical structure of relevant compounds. A, oxazolinium ion reaction intermediate. B, HM508 (N,N'-diacetyl-chitobionoxime-N-phenylcarbamate) (M[r] = 556). C, chitobionolactone (M[r] = 421). D, the putative structure of the transition state (11-13, 40).

The above figure is reprinted by permission from the ASBMB: J Biol Chem (2004, 279, 3612-3619) copyright 2004.