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ReviewBiochemistry2026

Nature's Anaerobic Toolkit: Glycyl Radical Enzymes and Their Expanding Functional and Mechanistic Diversity.

Christa N Imrich, Ankush Chakraborty, Lindsey R F Backman, Mary C Andorfer, Catherine L Drennan

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Review in Biochemistry, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Christa N ImrichDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Ankush ChakrabortyDepartment of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States.
Lindsey R F BackmanThe Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0323-1336
Mary C AndorferDepartment of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3406-2341
Catherine L DrennanDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5486-2755

Funding

TRAINING GRANTS IN ENVIROMENTAL TOXICOLOGYT32ES007020 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI ESSIGMANN, JOHN M · 1985 to 2024
$13.1M
Metalloenzyme structure, function and assemblyR35GM126982 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI CATHERINE L DRENNAN · 2018 to 2026
$3.4M
Investigation and application of hydrocarbon-degrading enzymes using cryo-electron microscopy and directed evolutionR00GM145910 · NIGMS · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ANDORFER, MARY CATHERINE · 2023 to 2025
$855k
Engineering radical enzymes for asymmetric olefin hydroalkylationR35GM162132 · NIGMS · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Mary Catherine Andorfer · 2026 to 2026
$336k
NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007020NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM145910NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM126982NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM162132
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nature has devised an array of enzymatic cofactors that enable challenging chemical transformations to occur on a time scale compatible with biological life. The glycyl radical enzyme (GRE) superfamily, for example, highlights the catalytic power of protein-based amino acid radicals. GREs utilize a persistent radical housed on the α-carbon of a C-terminally conserved glycine residue to accomplish diverse chemical reactions in anaerobic environments. This radical cofactor is post-translationally installed on the mature, folded protein by a radical

Indexed as

GlycineAcetyltransferasesAnaerobiosisFree RadicalsS-AdenosylmethionineAcetyltransferasesFree RadicalsGlycinepyruvate formate-lyase activating enzymeS-Adenosylmethioninebacterial microcompartmentsC–C bond formationdecarboxylaseeliminaseglycyl radicallyaseradical S-adenosyl-L-methioninethiyl radical

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PMID42361324
PMCPMC13450708

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