Biosynthesis of selenium-containing small molecules in diverse microorganisms

An Alternative Active Site Architecture for O2 Activation in the Ergothioneine Biosynthetic EgtB from Chloracidobacterium thermophilum

(2019) Anja R. Stampfli et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Crystal Structure of the Ergothioneine Sulfoxide Synthase from Candidatus Chloracidobacterium thermophilum and Structure-Guided Engineering To Modulate Its Substrate Selectivity

(2019) Nathchar Naowarojna et al.   ACS Catalysis

Selenocysteine as a substrate, an inhibitor and a mechanistic probe for bacterial and fungal iron‐dependent sulfoxide synthases.

(2019) Kristina V. Goncharenko et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Total Synthesis and Functional Characterization of Selenoneine

(2019) David Lim et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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(2019) Ammar Tareen et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Why Nature Chose Selenium

(2016) Hans J. Reich et al.   ACS Chemical Biology

Structure of the Sulfoxide Synthase EgtB from the Ergothioneine Biosynthetic Pathway

(2015) Kristina V. Goncharenko et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Structure of the Ergothioneine-Biosynthesis Amidohydrolase EgtC

(2015) Allegra Vit et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Comparative Genomics Reveals New Candidate Genes Involved in Selenium Metabolism in Prokaryotes

(2015) Jie Lin et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Mechanistic studies of a novel C-S lyase in ergothioneine biosynthesis: the involvement of a sulfenic acid intermediate

(2015) Heng Song et al.   Scientific Reports

Ergothioneine Biosynthetic Methyltransferase EgtD Reveals the Structural Basis of Aromatic Amino Acid Betaine Biosynthesis

(2014) Allegra Vit et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Genetic and Metabolomic Dissection of the Ergothioneine and Selenoneine Biosynthetic Pathway in the Fission Yeast, S. pombe, and Construction of an Overproduction System

(2014) Tomáš Pluskal et al.   PLoS One

Which form is that? The importance of selenium speciation and metabolism in the prevention and treatment of disease

(2013) Claire M. Weekley et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

CD-HIT: accelerated for clustering the next-generation sequencing data

(2012) Limin Fu et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Convenient syntheses of 1,2-trans selenoglycosides using isoselenuronium salts as glycosylselenenyl transfer reagents

(2012) Ambati Ashok Kumar et al.   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

Ergothioneine; antioxidant potential, physiological function and role in disease

(2011) Irwin K. Cheah et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE

Selenoneine, total selenium, and total mercury content in the muscle of fishes

(2011) Yumiko Yamashita et al.   FISHERIES SCIENCE

Insights into Function, Catalytic Mechanism, and Fold Evolution of Selenoprotein Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase B1 through Structural Analysis

(2010) Finn L. Aachmann et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Identification of a Novel Selenium-containing Compound, Selenoneine, as the Predominant Chemical Form of Organic Selenium in the Blood of Bluefin Tuna

(2010) Yumiko Yamashita et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

In Vitro Reconstitution of Mycobacterial Ergothioneine Biosynthesis

(2010) Florian P. Seebeck   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Structural Studies of Thiamin Monophosphate Kinase in Complex with Substrates and Products†,‡

(2008) Kathryn M. McCulloch et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY