PMID: 16604208

Authors:

Cobb SL, Deng H, McEwan AR, Naismith JH, O'Hagan D, Robinson DA

Title:

Substrate specificity in enzymatic fluorination. The fluorinase from Streptomyces cattleya accepts 2'-deoxyadenosine substrates.

Journal:

Org Biomol Chem. 2006 Apr 21;4(8):1458-60. Epub 2006 Mar 8.

Abstract:

The fluorinase enzyme from Streptomyces cattleya displays an unusual ability in biocatalysis in that it forms a C-F bond. We now report that the enzyme will accept 2'-deoxyadenosine in place of adenosine substrates, and structural evidence reveals a reorganisation in hydrogen bonding to accommodate this substrate series. It emerges from this study that the enzyme does not require a planar ribose conformation of the substrate to catalyse C-F bond formation.