An iron (II) dependent oxygenase performs the last missing step of plant lysine catabolism
Mitchell G. Thompson, Jacquelyn M. Blake-Hedges, Jose Henrique Pereira, John A. Hangasky, Michael S. Belcher, William M. Moore, Jesus F. Barajas, Pablo Cruz‐Morales, Lorenzo J. Washington, Robert W. Haushalter, Christopher B. Eiben, Yuzhong Liu, Will Skyrud, Veronica Teixeira Benites, Tyler P. Barnum, , Jay D. Keasling
The paper identifies an iron-dependent enzyme in plants that completes the lysine catabolism pathway, showing structural and functional conservation across species.
Nature Communications · Jun 10, 2020Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology