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Yi-Ling Du1,2, Hai-Yan He2, Melanie A Higgins2, Katherine S Ryan2.
Abstract
Molecules containing a nitrogen-nitrogen (N-N) linkage have a variety of structures and biological activities; however, no enzyme has yet been demonstrated to catalyze N-N bond formation in an organic molecule. Here we report that the heme-dependent enzyme KtzT from Kutzneria sp. 744 catalyzes N-N bond formation in the biosynthesis of piperazate, a building block for nonribosomal peptides.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28628093 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.2411
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Chem Biol ISSN: 1552-4450 Impact factor: 15.040