The chloroalkaloid (−)-acutumine is biosynthesized via a Fe(II)- and 2-oxoglutarate-dependent halogenase in Menispermaceae plants
Halogenated plant natural products are rare and plant halogenation enzymes are thus far unknown. Here Kim et al. identify a dechloroacutumine halogenase from Common Moonseed that catalyzes the final chlorination step in the biosynthesis of acutumine, a chloroalkaloid with selective cytotoxicity to c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-04-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15777-w |