edoc

Anaerobic Origin of Ergothioneine

Burn, Reto and Misson, Laëtitia and Meury, Marcel and Seebeck, Florian P.. (2017) Anaerobic Origin of Ergothioneine. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 56 (41). pp. 12508-12511.

Full text not available from this repository.

Official URL: http://edoc.unibas.ch/58307/

Downloads: Statistics Overview

Abstract

Ergothioneine is a sulfur metabolite that occurs in microorganisms, fungi, plants, and animals. The physiological function of ergothioneine is not clear. In recent years broad scientific consensus has formed around the idea that cellular ergothioneine primarily protects against reactive oxygen species. Herein we provide evidence that this focus on oxygen chemistry may be too narrow. We describe two enzymes from the strictly anaerobic green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium limicola that mediate oxygen-independent biosynthesis of ergothioneine. This anoxic origin suggests that ergothioneine is also important for oxygen-independent life. Furthermore, one of the discovered ergothioneine biosynthetic enzymes provides the first example of a rhodanese-like enzyme that transfers sulfur to non-activated carbon.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Chemie > Chemie > Molecular Bionics (Seebeck)
05 Faculty of Science > Departement Chemie > Former Organization Units Chemistry > Organische Chemie (Gademann)
UniBasel Contributors:Seebeck, Florian Peter
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Wiley
ISSN:1433-7851
e-ISSN:1521-3773
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Identification Number:
Last Modified:25 Feb 2020 08:16
Deposited On:05 Jan 2018 13:41

Repository Staff Only: item control page