Autocatalytic generation of dopa in the engineered protein R2 F208Y from Escherichia coli ribonucleotide reductase and crystal structure of the dopa-208 protein.
Aberg A, Ormö M, Nordlund P, Sjöberg BM.
Aberg A, et al.
Biochemistry. 1993 Sep 21;32(37):9845-50. doi: 10.1021/bi00088a040.
Biochemistry. 1993.
PMID: 8373782
The mutant form Phe-208-->Tyr of the R2 protein of Escherichia coli ribonucleotide reductase contains an intrinsic ferric-Dopa cofactor with characteristic absorption bands at 460 and ca. 700 nm [Ormo, M., de Mare, F., Regnstrom, K., Aberg, A., Sahlin, M., Ling, …
The mutant form Phe-208-->Tyr of the R2 protein of Escherichia coli ribonucleotide reductase contains an intrinsic ferric-Dopa cofactor w …