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ArticleNature communications2021

Functional and structural characterization of a flavoprotein monooxygenase essential for biogenesis of tryptophylquinone cofactor.

Toshinori Oozeki, Tadashi Nakai, Kazuki Kozakai, Kazuki Okamoto, Shun'ichi Kuroda, Kazuo Kobayashi, Katsuyuki Tanizawa, Toshihide Okajima

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Toshinori Oozeki *Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
Tadashi Nakai *Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9770-8168
Kazuki KozakaiInstitute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
Kazuki OkamotoInstitute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
Shun'ichi KurodaInstitute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
Kazuo KobayashiInstitute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
Katsuyuki TanizawaInstitute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
Toshihide OkajimaInstitute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. tokajima@sanken.osaka-u.ac.jp.ORCID 0000-0003-1733-9580
Osaka Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology · JPHiroshima Institute of Technology · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bioconversion of peptidyl amino acids into enzyme cofactors is an important post-translational modification. Here, we report a flavoprotein, essential for biosynthesis of a protein-derived quinone cofactor, cysteine tryptophylquinone, contained in a widely distributed bacterial enzyme, quinohemoprotein amine dehydrogenase. The purified flavoprotein catalyzes the single-turnover dihydroxylation of the tryptophylquinone-precursor, tryptophan, in the protein substrate containing triple intra-peptidyl crosslinks that are pre-formed by a radical S-adenosylmethionine enzyme within the ternary complex of these proteins. Crystal structure of the peptidyl tryptophan dihydroxylase reveals a large pocket that may dock the protein substrate with the bound flavin adenine dinucleotide situated close to the precursor tryptophan. Based on the enzyme-protein substrate docking model, we propose a chemical reaction mechanism of peptidyl tryptophan dihydroxylation catalyzed by the flavoprotein monooxygenase. The diversity of the tryptophylquinone-generating systems suggests convergent evolution of the peptidyl tryptophan-derived cofactors in different proteins.

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Bacterial ProteinsCatalysisCoenzymesDipeptidesFlavin-Adenine DinucleotideFlavoproteinsIndolequinonesMixed Function OxygenasesParacoccus denitrificansTryptophanBacterial ProteinsCoenzymescysteine tryptophylquinoneDipeptidesFlavin-Adenine DinucleotideFlavoproteinsIndolequinonesMixed Function OxygenasesTryptophan

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PMID33568660
PMCPMC7876137
OpenAlexW3128819514

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