Discovery and Biosynthesis of Sulfenicin and Its New-to-Nature Acylsulfenic Acid Functional Group
Dan Xue, Hongbin Zou, Yanping Qiu, Wei Lv, Michael D. Madden, Mingming Xu, Xiaoying Lian, Conor Pulliam, Ethan A. Older, Lukuan Hou, Andrew Campbell, Tristan de Rond, Takayoshi Awakawa, Chunhua Yuan, Bradley S. Moore, Jie Li
The paper discovers sulfenicin, a novel natural product with a unique acylsulfenic acid functional group, and identifies the enzymes involved in its biosynthesis.
Nature Chemistry · May 20, 2025Peer-reviewedBiochemistry