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ArticleNature chemical biology2016

Carbon extension in peptidylnucleoside biosynthesis by radical SAM enzymes.

Edward A Lilla, Kenichi Yokoyama

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Article in Nature chemical biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Edward A LillaDepartment of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Kenichi YokoyamaDepartment of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Duke Medical Center · USDuke University Hospital · US

Funding

Biosynthesis of peptidyl nucleoside antifungal antibioticsR01GM115729 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI YOKOYAMA, KENICHI · 2015 to 2023
$3.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM115729
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nikkomycins and polyoxins are antifungal peptidylnucleoside antibiotics active against human and plant pathogens. Here we report that during peptidylnucleoside biosynthesis in Streptomyces cacaoi and S. tendae, the C5' extension of the nucleoside essential for downstream structural diversification is catalyzed by a conserved radical S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) enzyme, PolH or NikJ. This is distinct from the nucleophilic mechanism reported for antibacterial nucleosides and represents a new mechanism of nucleoside natural product biosynthesis.

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CarbonFree RadicalsMolecular ConformationNucleosidesPeptidesProtein MethyltransferasesS-AdenosylmethionineStreptomycesCarbonFree RadicalsNucleosidesPeptidesProtein MethyltransferasesS-Adenosylmethionine

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PMID27642865
PMCPMC5069167
OpenAlexW2522464044

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