Bacterial Metallostasis: Metal Sensing, Metalloproteome Remodeling, and Metal Trafficking

DA Capdevila, JJ Rondón, KA Edmonds… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Transition metals function as structural and catalytic cofactors for a large diversity of proteins
and enzymes that collectively comprise the metalloproteome. Metallostasis considers all …

The inorganic chemistry of the cobalt corrinoids–an update

HM Marques - Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
The inorganic chemistry of the cobalt corrinoids, derivatives of vitamin B 12, is reviewed, with
particular emphasis on equilibrium constants for, and kinetics of, their axial ligand …

Methylations in vitamin B12 biosynthesis and catalysis

Y Mathur, AB Hazra - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Vitamin B 12 is an essential biomolecule that assists in the catalysis of methyl transfer and
radical-based reactions in cellular metabolism. The structure of B 12 is characterized by a …

Fluorescent riboswitch-controlled biosensors for the genome scale analysis of metabolic pathways

A Michaud, D Garneau, JP Côté, DA Lafontaine - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Fluorescent detection in cells has been tremendously developed over the years and now
benefits from a large array of reporters that can provide sensitive and specific detection in …

[HTML][HTML] A cobalt concentration sensitive Btu-like system facilitates cobalamin uptake in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

J Graf, L Fresenborg, HM Seitz, R Pernil, E Schleiff - Microbial Cell, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Metal homeostasis is central to all forms of life, as metals are essential micronutrients with
toxic effects at elevated levels. Macromolecular machines facilitate metal uptake into the …

Targeting Riboswitches with Beta-Axial-Substituted Cobalamins

SR Lennon, AJ Wierzba, SH Siwik, D Gryko… - ACS chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
RNA-targeting small-molecule therapeutics is an emerging field hindered by an incomplete
understanding of the basic principles governing RNA–ligand interactions. One way to …

Genetic dissection of regulation by a repressing and novel activating corrinoid riboswitch enables engineering of synthetic riboswitches

RR Procknow, KJ Kennedy, M Kluba, LJ Rodriguez… - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The ability to sense and respond to intracellular metabolite levels enables cells to adapt to
environmental conditions. Many prokaryotes use riboswitches—structured RNA elements …

Fluorescent Ligand Equilibrium Displacement: A High-Throughput Method for Identification of FMN Riboswitch-Binding Small Molecules

ED Tidwell, IR Kilde, S Leskaj, M Koutmos - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Antibiotic resistance remains a pressing global concern, with most antibiotics targeting the
bacterial ribosome or a limited range of proteins. One class of underexplored antibiotic …

Corrin Ring Modifications Reveal the Chemical and Spatial Requirements for the B12btuB Riboswitch Interaction

A Musiari, M Reichenbach, S Gallo… - … –A European Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The btuB riboswitch is a regulatory RNA sequence controlling gene expression of the outer
membrane B12 transport protein BtuB by specifically binding coenzyme B12 (AdoCbl) as its …

Solution, Crystal and in Silico Structures of the Organometallic Vitamin B12‐Derivative Acetylcobalamin and of its Novel Rhodium‐Analogue Acetylrhodibalamin

M Wiedemair, C Kieninger, K Wurst… - Helvetica Chimica …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The natural vitamin B12‐derivatives are intriguing complexes of cobalt that entrap the metal
within the strikingly skewed and ring‐contracted corrin ligand. Here, we describe the …