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NATURE
Volume 543, Issue 7643, Pages 78-+Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nature21427
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- Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [LA2412/6-1]
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) [68/B19356, BB/I012079]
- BBSRC [BB/L010208/1, BB/E013007/1, BB/K009249/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/K009249/1, BB/L010208/1, B19356/2, BB/E013007/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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Methane biogenesis in methanogens is mediated by methyl-coenzyme M reductase, an enzyme that is also responsible for the utilization of methane through anaerobic methane oxidation. The enzyme uses an ancillary factor called coenzyme F-430, a nickel-containing modified tetrapyrrole that promotes catalysis through a methyl radical/Ni( ii)-thiolate intermediate. However, it is unclear how coenzyme F-430 is synthesized from the common primogenitor uroporphyrinogen iii, incorporating 11 steric centres into the macrocycle, although the pathway must involve chelation, amidation, macrocyclic ring reduction, lactamization and carbocyclic ring formation. Here we identify the proteins that catalyse the biosynthesis of coenzyme F-430 from sirohydrochlorin, termed CfbA-CfbE, and demonstrate their activity. The research completes our understanding of how the repertoire of tetrapyrrole-based pigments are constructed, permitting the development of recombinant systems to use these metalloprosthetic groups more widely.
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