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the manuscript. We acknowledge the National Science
Foundation, Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
(grant MCB-1513007) for supporting this work. C. K. P. thanks
the Resnick Sustainability Institute for a postdoctoral fellowship.
R. K. Z. was supported by a National Science Foundation
Graduate Research Fellowship, the Caltech Biotechnology
Leadership Program, and the Donna and Benjamin M. Rosen
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Keywords: Biocatalysis • Heme proteins • Directed evolution •
Amino alcohols • Alkenes • Nitrenes
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