TY - JOUR AU - Bommer, Martin AU - Kunze, C. AU - Fesseler, J. AU - Schubert, T. AU - Diekert, G. AU - Dobbek, H. TI - Structural basis for organohalide respiration JO - Science VL - 346 IS - 6208 SN - 1095-9203 CY - Washington, DC [u.a.] PB - American Association for the Advancement of Science M1 - PUBDB-2014-03806 SP - 455-458 PY - 2014 AB - Organohalide-respiring microorganisms can use a variety of persistent pollutants including trichloroethene (TCE) as terminal electron acceptors. The final two-electron transfer step in organohalide respiration is catalyzed by reductive dehalogenases. Here we report the x-ray crystal structure of PceA, an archetypal dehalogenase from Sulfurospirillum multivorans, as well as structures of PceA in complex with TCE and product analogs. The active site harbors a deeply buried norpseudo-B12 cofactor within a nitroreductase fold, also found in a mammalian B12 chaperone. The structures of PceA reveal how a cobalamin supports a reductive haloelimination exploiting a conserved B12-binding scaffold capped by a highly variable substrate-capturing region. LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000343822900039 C6 - pmid:25278505 DO - DOI:10.1126/science.1258118 UR - https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/172577 ER -