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SUBMITTER: Liang AD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4666740 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liang Alexandria Deliz AD Lippard Stephen J SJ
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20150812 33
Toluene/o-xylene monooxygenase (ToMO) is a non-heme diiron protein that activates O2 for subsequent arene oxidation. ToMO utilizes four protein components, a catalytic hydroxylase, a regulatory protein, a Rieske protein, and a reductase. O2 activation and substrate hydroxylation in the presence of all four protein components is examined. These studies demonstrate the importance of native reductants by revealing reactivity unobserved when dithionite and mediators are used as the reductant. This r ...[more]