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SUBMITTER: Korboukh VK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2772654 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Korboukh Victoria Korneeva VK Li Ning N Barr Eric W EW Bollinger J Martin JM Krebs Carsten C
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20090901 38
The amine oxygenase AurF from Streptomyces thioluteus catalyzes the six-electron oxidation of p-aminobenzoate (pABA) to p-nitrobenzoate (pNBA). In this work, we have studied the reaction of its reduced Fe(2)(II/II) cofactor with O(2), which results in generation of a peroxo-Fe(2)(III/III) intermediate. In the absence of substrate, this intermediate is unusually stable (t(1/2) = 7 min at 20 degrees C), allowing for its accumulation to almost stoichiometric amounts. Its decay is accelerated approx ...[more]