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The reactivity and relative rarity of most cofactors pose challenges for their delivery to target enzymes. Using kinetic analyses, we demonstrate that adenosyltransferase, which catalyzes the final step in the assimilation of coenzyme B12, directly transfers the cofactor to methylmalonyl coenzyme A mutase. The strategy of using the final enzyme in an assimilation pathway for tailoring a cofactor and delivering it to a dependent enzyme may be general for cofactor trafficking.
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This work was supported in part by a grant from the US National Institutes of Health (DK45776).
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D.P. designed and performed the kinetic experiments, analyzed the data and helped write the paper. T.L. made the H596A and H596N mutants of MCM. B.A.P. and D.P.B. helped with the kinetic simulations, and R.B. helped design the experiments, analyze the data and write the paper.
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Padovani, D., Labunska, T., Palfey, B. et al. Adenosyltransferase tailors and delivers coenzyme B12. Nat Chem Biol 4, 194–196 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.67
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