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The radical SAM enzyme NosL catalyzes the conversion of L-Trp to 3-methyl-2-indolic acid, and this reaction is initiated by the 5'-deoxyadenosyl (dAdo) radical-mediated hydrogen abstraction from the L-Trp amino group. We demonstrate here that when D-Trp was used in the NosL reaction, hydrogen abstraction occurs promiscuously at both the amino group and C alpha of D-Trp. These results inspired us to establish the detailed mechanism of L-Trp amine dehydrogenation catalyzed by a NosL mutant, and to engineer a novel radical SAM-dependent L-Tyr amine dehydrogenase from the thiamine biosynthesis enzyme ThiH.
Urs von Gunten, Karim-Alexandre Essaied, Lucy Victoria Brown
Klaus Kern, Uta Schlickum, Stephan Rauschenbach, Sabine Abb, Daniel Pablo Rosenblatt, Sebastian Koslowski