Unleashing the synthetic power of plant oxygenases: from mechanism to application

AJ Mitchell, JK Weng - Plant Physiology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
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How human TET2 enzyme catalyzes the oxidation of unnatural cytosine modifications in double-stranded DNA

SO Waheed, A Varghese, SS Chaturvedi… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Methylation of cytosine bases is strongly linked to gene expression, imprinting, aging, and
carcinogenesis. The ten-eleven translocation (TET) family of enzymes, which are Fe (II)/2 …

Advances and opportunities in epigenetic chemical biology

JN Beyer, NR Raniszewski, GM Burslem - ChemBioChem, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The study of epigenetics has greatly benefited from the development and application of
various chemical biology approaches. In this review, we highlight the key targets for …

2-Oxoglutarate derivatives can selectively enhance or inhibit the activity of human oxygenases

Y Nakashima, L Brewitz, A Tumber, E Salah… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Oxoglutarate (2OG) oxygenases are validated agrochemical and human drug targets. The
potential for modulating their activity with 2OG derivatives has not been explored, possibly …

Selectivity and promiscuity in TET-mediated oxidation of 5-methylcytosine in DNA and RNA

JE DeNizio, MY Liu, EM Leddin, GA Cisneros… - Biochemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
Enzymes of the ten-eleven translocation (TET) family add diversity to the repertoire of
nucleobase modifications by catalyzing the oxidation of 5-methylcytosine (5mC). TET …

Copper‐Mediated Synthesis of N‐Aryl‐Oxamic Acids

M Badufle, F Robert, Y Landais - Chemistry–A European …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Cu‐catalyzed Ullmann‐Goldberg cross‐coupling between aryl iodides and
oxamates is shown to afford the corresponding N‐aryloxamates with yields ranging from …

Catalytic Space Engineering as a Strategy to Activate C–H Oxidation on 5-Methylcytosine in Mammalian Genome

S Sappa, D Dey, B Sudhamalla… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conditional remodeling of enzyme catalysis is a formidable challenge in protein
engineering. Herein, we have undertaken a unique active site engineering tactic to …

MOG analogues to explore the MCT2 pharmacophore, α-ketoglutarate biology and cellular effects of N-oxalylglycine

L Fets, N Bevan, PM Nunes, S Campos… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract α-ketoglutarate (αKG) is a central metabolic node with a broad influence on cellular
physiology. The αKG analogue N-oxalylglycine (NOG) and its membrane-permeable pro …

Light-activatable TET-dioxygenases reveal dynamics of 5-methylcytosine oxidation and transcriptome reorganization

S Palei, B Buchmuller, J Wolffgramm… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Ten-eleven-translocation (TET) dioxygenases catalyze the oxidation of 5-methylcytosine
(5mC), the central epigenetic regulator of mammalian DNA. This activity dynamically …

Synthesis of 2-oxoglutarate derivatives and their evaluation as cosubstrates and inhibitors of human aspartate/asparagine-β-hydroxylase

L Brewitz, Y Nakashima, CJ Schofield - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
2-Oxoglutarate (2OG) is involved in biological processes including oxidations catalyzed by
2OG oxygenases for which it is a cosubstrate. Eukaryotic 2OG oxygenases have roles in …