A copper-containing oxidase catalyzes C-nitrosation in nitrosobenzamide biosynthesis

作者:Noguchi Akio*; Kitamura Takeshi; Onaka Hiroyasu; Horinouchi Sueharu; Ohnishi Yasuo
来源:Nature Chemical Biology, 2010, 6(9): 641-643.
DOI:10.1038/NCHEMBIO.418

摘要

Although C-nitroso aromatic compounds have several bioactivities of medicinal interest, the biosynthetic enzymes involved in C-nitrosation have remained unknown until now. Here, we report the entire biosynthesis pathway of 4-hydroxy-3-nitrosobenzamide in Streptomyces murayamaensis, in which a tyrosinase-like copper-containing monooxygenase is responsible for the C-nitrosation. This finding indicates diverse catalytic functions of tyrosinase-like copper-containing monooxygenases in nature.

  • 出版日期2010-9