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BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 13, Issue -, Pages 1168-1173Publisher
BEILSTEIN-INSTITUT
DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.13.115
Keywords
alkaloid biogenesis; biosynthetic divergency; C-H activation; halogenase; non-heme iron enzyme
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- University of Pittsburgh
- National Institute of Health
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The in vitro biochemical characterization revealed that iron/2-oxoglutarate (Fe/2OG)-dependent aliphatic halogenase WelO5* in Hapalosiphon welwitschii IC-52-3 has an enhanced substrate specificity towards 12-epi-hapalindole C (1) in comparison to WelO5 in H. welwitschii UTEX B1830. This allowed us to define the origin of the varied chlorinated versus dechlorinated alkaloid structural diversity between the two welwitindolinone producers. Furthermore, this study, along with the recent characterization of the AmbO5 protein, collectively confirmed the presence of a signature sequence motif in the C-terminus of this newly discovered halogenase enzyme family that confers substrate promiscuity and specificity. These observations may guide the rational engineering and evolution of these proteins for biocatalyst application.
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