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ArticleOrganic & biomolecular chemistry2020

Modular control of l-tryptophan isotopic substitution via an efficient biosynthetic cascade.

Clayton M Thompson, Allwin D McDonald, Hanming Yang, Silvia Cavagnero, Andrew R Buller

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Article in Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Nuclear-Spin Hyperpolarization of Biomolecules by Optically Enhanced NMR at Ultra-High Field.Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society. Zhongguo hua xue hui (Taipei, Taiwan) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Clayton M ThompsonDepartment of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave, Madison, WI. 53706, USA. cavagnero@chem.wisc.edu arbuller@wisc.edu.
Allwin D McDonaldDepartment of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave, Madison, WI. 53706, USA. cavagnero@chem.wisc.edu arbuller@wisc.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9559-0856
Hanming YangDepartment of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave, Madison, WI. 53706, USA. cavagnero@chem.wisc.edu arbuller@wisc.edu.
Silvia CavagneroDepartment of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave, Madison, WI. 53706, USA. cavagnero@chem.wisc.edu arbuller@wisc.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-4290-2331
Andrew R BullerDepartment of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave, Madison, WI. 53706, USA. cavagnero@chem.wisc.edu arbuller@wisc.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-9635-4844

Funding

Development of LED-Assisted NMR Technologies for the Atomic-Resolution Analysis of Medically Relevant Biomolecules in Solution at Submicromolar ConcentrationR01GM125995 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI CAVAGNERO, SILVIA · 2018 to 2025
$2.8M
Engineering in vivo biomolecular synthesis with non-standard building blocksDP2GM137417 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI BULLER, ANDREW · 2019 to 2019
$2.2M
Laser-Enhanced NMR Instrumentation for Chemical and Biochemical ResearchS10OD012245 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI CAVAGNERO, SILVIA · 2013 to 2013
$1.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS DP2 GM137417NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM125995NIH HHS S10 OD012245
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Isotopologs are powerful tools for investigating biological systems. We report a biosynthetic-cascade synthesis of Trp isotopologs starting from indole, glycine, and formaldehyde using the enzymes l-threonine aldolase and an engineered β-subunit of tryptophan synthase. This modular route to Trp isotopologs is simple and inexpensive, enabling facile access to these compounds.

Indexed as

Carbon IsotopesDeuteriumGlycine HydroxymethyltransferasePyrococcus furiosusTryptophanTryptophan SynthaseCarbon-13Carbon IsotopesDeuteriumGlycine HydroxymethyltransferaseTryptophanTryptophan Synthase

Identifiers

PMID32452506
PMCPMC7418710

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