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Widner, Florian J., Lawrence, Andrew D., Deery, Evelyne, Heldt, Dana, Frank, Stefanie, Gruber, Karl, Wurst, Klaus, Warren, Martin J. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6028-6456 and Kräutler, Bernhard
(2016)
Total synthesis, structure, and biological activity of adenosylrhodibalamin, the non-natural rhodium homologue of coenzyme B12.
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 55 (37).
pp. 11281-11286.
ISSN 1433-7851
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Abstract
B12 is unique among the vitamins as it is biosynthesized only by certain prokaryotes. The complexity of its synthesis relates to its distinctive cobalt corrin structure, which is essential for B12 biochemistry and renders coenzyme B12 (AdoCbl) so intriguingly suitable for enzymatic radical reactions. However, why is cobalt so fit for its role in B12‐dependent enzymes? To address this question, we considered the substitution of cobalt in AdoCbl with rhodium to generate the rhodium analogue 5′‐deoxy‐5′‐adenosylrhodibalamin (AdoRbl). AdoRbl was prepared by de novo total synthesis involving both biological and chemical steps. AdoRbl was found to be inactive in vivo in microbial bioassays for methionine synthase and acted as an in vitro inhibitor of an AdoCbl‐dependent diol dehydratase. Solution NMR studies of AdoRbl revealed a structure similar to that of AdoCbl. However, the crystal structure of AdoRbl revealed a conspicuously better fit of the corrin ligand for RhIII than for CoIII, challenging the current views concerning the evolution of corrins.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Norwich Institute for Healthy Aging |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Sep 2020 00:04 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Mar 2024 01:09 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/76994 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/anie.201603738 |
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