Chemistry of Coenzyme F420 in Environment

SMS Chauhan - Journal of Molecular Chemistry, 2024 - pubs.thesciencein.org
Coenzyme F420 is one of the ancient and rare coenzymes. The unique electrochemical
properties of F420 are compared with the ubiquitous flavin coenzymes FMN (flavin …

Chemistry and Biology of Coenzyme F420 in Tuberculosis treatment

SMS Chauhan - Chemical Biology Letters, 2024 - pubs.thesciencein.org
Coenzyme F420 is one of the ancient and rare coenzymes in biology. The unique
electrochemical properties of F420 are compared with the ubiquitous flavin coenzymes FMN …

F420-dependent enzymes–potential for applications in biotechnology

M Taylor, C Scott, G Grogan - Trends in Biotechnology, 2013 - cell.com
The unusual deazaflavin coenzyme F420 is being found in an increasingly diverse range of
organisms, environments, and biochemical contexts. Developments in our understanding of …

Cofactor F420: an expanded view of its distribution, biosynthesis and roles in bacteria and archaea

R Grinter, C Greening - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Many bacteria and archaea produce the redox cofactor F420. F420 is structurally similar to
the cofactors FAD and FMN but is catalytically more similar to NAD and NADP. These …

Convergent pathways to biosynthesis of the versatile cofactor F420

G Bashiri, EN Baker - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Cofactor F 420 acts as a carrier in hydride transfer reactions.•F 420 is widely
distributed across archaea and bacteria.•Naturally occurring F 420 derivatives have recently …

Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of an Unnatural Deazaflavin Cofactor That Can Fuel F420-Dependent Enzymes

J Drenth, M Trajkovic, MW Fraaije - ACS Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
F420-dependent enzymes are found in many microorganisms and can catalyze a wide
range of redox reactions, including those with some substrates that are otherwise …

Natural flavins: occurrence, role, and noncanonical chemistry

J Drenth, MW Fraaije - Flavin‐Based Catalysis: Principles and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Flavoproteins are of key importance to all life on earth for both primary and secondary
metabolism. Most flavin‐dependent enzymes utilize flavin mononucleotide (FMN) or flavin …

[HTML][HTML] F420-dependent transformations in biosynthesis of secondary metabolites

G Bashiri - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Cofactor F 420 has been historically known as the “methanogenic redox cofactor”. It is now
recognised that F 420 has essential roles in the primary and secondary metabolism of …

Proposed structure for coenzyme F420 from methanobacterium

LD Eirich, GD Vogels, RS Wolfe - Biochemistry, 1978 - ACS Publications
-L he purification and properties of a fluorescent compound, Factor42o (F420) from
Methanobacterium strain MoH, were reported by Cheeseman et al.(1972). The yellow …

Si‐face stereospecificity at C5 of coenzyme F420 for F420H2 oxidase from methanogenic Archaea as determined by mass spectrometry

H Seedorf, J Kahnt, AJ Pierik, RK Thauer - The FEBS journal, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Coenzyme F420 is a 5‐deazaflavin. Upon reduction, 1, 5 dihydro‐coenzyme F420 is formed
with a prochiral centre at C5. All the coenzyme F420‐dependent enzymes investigated to …