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Angad P Mehta1, Sameh H Abdelwahed1,2, Michael K Fenwick3, Amrita B Hazra4, Michiko E Taga4, Yang Zhang3, Steven E Ealick3, Tadhg P Begley1.
Abstract
Comparative genomics of the bacterial thiamin pyrimidine synthase (thiC) revealed a paralogue of thiC (bzaF) clustered with anaerobic vitamin B12 biosynthetic genes. Here we demonstrate that BzaF is a radical S-adenosylmethionine enzyme that catalyzes the remarkable conversion of aminoimidazole ribotide (AIR) to 5-hydroxybenzimidazole (5-HBI). We identify the origin of key product atoms and propose a reaction mechanism. These studies represent the first step in solving a long-standing problem in anaerobic vitamin B12 assembly and reveal an unanticipated intersection of thiamin and vitamin B12 biosynthesis.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26237670 PMCID: PMC4753784 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b03576
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419