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Radical SAM enzymes in methylation and methylthiolation.


ABSTRACT: Radical S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM) enzymes are a large and diverse superfamily with functions ranging from enzyme activation through a single H atom abstraction to complex organic and metal cofactor synthesis involving a series of steps. Though these enzymes carry out a variety of functions, they share common structural and mechanistic characteristics. All of them contain a site-differentiated [4Fe-4S] cluster, ligated by a CX(3)CX(2)C or similar motif, which binds SAM at the unique iron. The [4Fe-4S](1+) state of the cluster reductively cleaves SAM to produce a 5'-deoxyadenosyl radical, which serves to initiate the diverse reactions catalyzed by these enzymes. Recent highlights in the understanding of radical SAM enzymes will be presented, with a particular emphasis on enzymes catalyzing methylation and methythiolation reactions.

SUBMITTER: Hutcheson RU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4012327 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Radical SAM enzymes in methylation and methylthiolation.

Hutcheson Rachel U RU   Broderick Joan B JB  

Metallomics : integrated biometal science 20120919 11


Radical S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM) enzymes are a large and diverse superfamily with functions ranging from enzyme activation through a single H atom abstraction to complex organic and metal cofactor synthesis involving a series of steps. Though these enzymes carry out a variety of functions, they share common structural and mechanistic characteristics. All of them contain a site-differentiated [4Fe-4S] cluster, ligated by a CX(3)CX(2)C or similar motif, which binds SAM at the unique iron. The  ...[more]

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