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SUBMITTER: Mader SL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5862883 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mader Sophie L SL Bräuer Alois A Groll Michael M Kaila Ville R I VRI
Nature communications 20180321 1
The recently discovered Fe<sup>II</sup>/α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase AsqJ from Aspergillus nidulans stereoselectively catalyzes a multistep synthesis of quinolone alkaloids, natural products with significant biomedical applications. To probe molecular mechanisms of this elusive catalytic process, we combine here multi-scale quantum and classical molecular simulations with X-ray crystallography, and in vitro biochemical activity studies. We discover that methylation of the substrate is e ...[more]