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SUBMITTER: Cobb SL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3326537 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cobb Steven L SL Deng Hai H McEwan Andrew R AR Naismith James H JH O'Hagan David D Robinson David A DA
Organic & biomolecular chemistry 20060308 8
The fluorinase enzyme from Streptomyces cattleya displays an unusual ability in biocatalysis in that it forms a C-F bond. We now report that the enzyme will accept 2'-deoxyadenosine in place of adenosine substrates, and structural evidence reveals a reorganisation in hydrogen bonding to accommodate this substrate series. It emerges from this study that the enzyme does not require a planar ribose conformation of the substrate to catalyse C-F bond formation. ...[more]