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SUBMITTER: Hu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4062580 | biostudies-other | 2014 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Hu Youcai Y Dietrich David D Xu Wei W Patel Ashay A Thuss Justin A J JA Wang Jingjing J Yin Wen-Bing WB Qiao Kangjian K Houk K N KN Vederas John C JC Tang Yi Y
Nature chemical biology 20140518 7
Despite the remarkable versatility displayed by flavin-dependent monooxygenases (FMOs) in natural product biosynthesis, one notably missing activity is the oxidative generation of carbonate functional groups. We describe a multifunctional Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase, CcsB, which catalyzes the formation of an in-line carbonate in the macrocyclic portion of cytochalasin E. This study expands the repertoire of activities of FMOs and provides a possible synthetic strategy for transformation of ket ...[more]