YedY: A Mononuclear Molybdenum Enzyme with a Redox-Active Ligand?

Chembiochem. 2016 Mar 15;17(6):453-5. doi: 10.1002/cbic.201600004. Epub 2016 Feb 10.

Chi Chung Lee¹, Nathaniel S Sickerman¹, Yilin Hu², Markus W Ribbe^{3

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¹ Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California in Irvine, 2230/2236 McGaugh Hall, Irvine, CA, 92697-3900, USA.
² Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California in Irvine, 2230/2236 McGaugh Hall, Irvine, CA, 92697-3900, USA. yilinh@uci.edu.
³ Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California in Irvine, 2230/2236 McGaugh Hall, Irvine, CA, 92697-3900, USA. mribbe@uci.edu.
⁴ Department of Chemistry, University of California in Irvine, 2236 McGaugh Hall, Irvine, CA, 92697-2025, USA. mribbe@uci.edu.

Abstract

A recent electrochemical investigation suggests that the mononuclear molybdenum enzyme YdeY utilizes redox-active ligands during catalysis.

Keywords: FTacV; YedY; cyclic voltammetry; electrochemistry; molybdenum; pterin.