Chemical and chemoenzymatic syntheses of bacillithiol, a unique low molecular weight thiol amongst low G + C Gram positive bacteria

Sunil V. Sharma, Vishnu K. Jothivasan, Gerald L. Newton, Heather Upton, Judy I. Wakabayashi, Melissa G. Kane, Alexandra A. Roberts, Mamta Rawat, James J. La Clair, Chris J. Hamilton

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    Abstract

    The full monty: The recently discovered thiol cofactor bacillithiol (BSH), its biosynthetic precursors, and its symmetrical disulfide are prepared in two ways. The fosfomycin resistance protein (FosB) is shown to be a BSH-utilizing enzyme. It displays bacillithiol-S-transferase activity with a strong preference for BSH over L-cysteine as its thiol substrate.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)7101-7104
    Number of pages4
    JournalAngewandte Chemie-International Edition
    Volume50
    Issue number31
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 25 Jul 2011

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