Aminofutalosine Synthase: Evidence for Captodative and Aryl Radical Intermediates Using β-Scission and SRN1 Trapping Reactions.

Aminofutalosine synthase (MqnE) is a radical SAM enzyme involved in the menaquinone biosynthetic pathway. In this communication, we propose a novel mechanism for this reaction involving the addition of the adenosyl radical to the substrate double bond to form a captodative radical followed by rearrangement and decarboxylation to form an aryl radical anion which is then oxidized by the [4Fe-4S]+2 cluster. Consistent with this proposal, we describe the trapping of the captodative radical and the aryl radical anion using radical triggered C-Br fragmentation reactions. We also describe the trapping of the captodative radical by replacing the vinylic carboxylic acid with an amide.

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