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Purinyl-cobamide is a native prosthetic group of reductive dehalogenases

November 6th, 2017 by Jun Yan

Purinyl-cobamide is a native prosthetic group of reductive dehalogenases

Purinyl-cobamide is a native prosthetic group of reductive dehalogenases, Published online: 06 November 2017; doi:10.1038/nchembio.2512

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In organohalide-respiring bacteria, reductive dehalogenases cleave carbon–halogen bonds using cobamide prosthetic groups. Desulfitobacterium hafniense uses an unprecedented cobamide variant, which includes unsubstituted purine, for this function.

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