| Literature DB >> 27590337 |
Hui Xu1, Yindrila Chakrabarty1, Benjamin Philmus1, Angad P Mehta1, Dhananjay Bhandari1, Hans-Peter Hohmann1, Tadhg P Begley2.
Abstract
Riboflavin is a common cofactor, and its biosynthetic pathway is well characterized. However, its catabolic pathway, despite intriguing hints in a few distinct organisms, has never been established. This article describes the isolation of a Microbacterium maritypicum riboflavin catabolic strain, and the cloning of the riboflavin catabolic genes. RcaA, RcaB, RcaD, and RcaE were overexpressed and biochemically characterized as riboflavin kinase, riboflavin reductase, ribokinase, and riboflavin hydrolase, respectively. Based on these activities, a pathway for riboflavin catabolism is proposed.Entities:
Keywords: Vitamin B2; catabolism; cloning; enzyme mechanism; flavoprotein; lyase; quorum sensing; reconstitution; riboflavin
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27590337 PMCID: PMC5095406 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M116.729871
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biol Chem ISSN: 0021-9258 Impact factor: 5.157