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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2018

Isonitrile Formation by a Non-Heme Iron(II)-Dependent Oxidase/Decarboxylase.

Nicholas C Harris, David A Born, Wenlong Cai, Yaobing Huang, Joelle Martin, Ryan Khalaf, Catherine L Drennan, Wenjun Zhang

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Copper-chelating natural products.Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry · 2025
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  9. Biosynthesis of isonitrile lipopeptides.Current opinion in chemical biology · 2024
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  18. Biosynthesis of Isonitrile- and Alkyne-Containing Natural Products.Annual review of chemical and biomolecular engineering · 2022
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  20. Kupyaphores are zinc homeostatic metallophores required for colonization ofProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Nicholas C HarrisDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
David A BornDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Wenlong CaiDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
Yaobing HuangDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
Joelle MartinDepartment of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
Ryan KhalafDepartment of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
Catherine L DrennanDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Wenjun ZhangDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9348-972X

Funding

MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS TRAINING GRANTT32GM008313 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI MURTHY, VENKATESH N · 1989 to 2023
$14.6M
Overall EvaluationP41GM103403 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI EALICK, STEVEN E · 2012 to 2017
$14.3M
In Situ Natural Product Labeling and ApplicationsDP2AT009148 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI ZHANG, WENJUN · 2015 to 2020
$2.8M
Pixel Array Detector for X-ray CrystallographyS10RR029205 · NCRR · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI EALICK, STEVEN E · 2010 to 2010
$1.8M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCCIH NIH HHS DP2 AT009148NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR029205NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103403NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008313
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The electron-rich isonitrile is an important functionality in bioactive natural products, but its biosynthesis has been restricted to the IsnA family of isonitrile synthases. We herein provide the first structural and biochemical evidence of an alternative mechanism for isonitrile formation. ScoE, a putative non-heme iron(II)-dependent enzyme from Streptomyces coeruleorubidus, was shown to catalyze the conversion of (R)-3-((carboxymethyl)amino)butanoic acid to (R)-3-isocyanobutanoic acid through an oxidative decarboxylation mechanism. This work further provides a revised scheme for the biosynthesis of a unique class of isonitrile lipopeptides, of which several members are critical for the virulence of pathogenic mycobacteria.

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BiocatalysisCarboxy-LyasesFerrous CompoundsModels, MolecularMolecular StructureNitrilesOxidoreductasesStreptomycesCarboxy-LyasesFerrous CompoundsNitrilesOxidoreductasesacyl-acyl carrier protein ligasebiosynthesisisocyanideoxidoreductaseprotein structures

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PMID29906336
PMCPMC6191297

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