A copper-containing oxidase catalyzes C-nitrosation in nitrosobenzamide biosynthesis
- 1 August 2010
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Chemical Biology
- Vol. 6 (9) , 641-643
Abstract
A variety of natural C-nitroso compounds are known, but the path to these important functional groups has been a mystery. Elucidation of the biosynthetic route to an iron chelator now reveals a tyrosinase-like copper-containing monooxygenase as responsible for the transformation.Keywords
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