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NATURE CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages 209-+Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/NCHEMBIO.1438
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- National Institutes of Health [GM-69657]
- National Science Foundation [MCB-642058, CHE-724084]
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Iron-dependent halogenases employ cis-halo-Fe(IV)-oxo (haloferryl) complexes to functionalize unactivated aliphatic carbon centers, a capability elusive to synthetic chemists. Halogenation requires (i) coordination of a halide anion (Cl- or Br-) to the enzyme's Fe(II) cofactor, (ii) coupled activation of O-2 and decarboxylation of a-ketoglutarate to generate the haloferryl intermediate, (iii) abstraction of hydrogen (H-center dot) from the substrate by the ferryl and (iv) transfer of the cis halogen as Cl-center dot or Br-center dot to the substrate radical. This enzymatic solution to an unsolved chemical challenge is potentially generalizable to installation of other functional groups, provided that the corresponding anions can support the four requisite steps. We show here that the wild-type halogenase SyrB2 can indeed direct aliphatic nitration and azidation reactions by the same chemical logic. The discovery and enhancement by mutagenesis of these previously unknown reaction types suggest unrecognized or untapped versatility in ferryl-mediated enzymatic C-H bond activation.
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