Wiley, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 22(41), p. 4337-4339, 2002
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3773(20021115)41:22<4337::aid-anie4337>3.0.co;2-k
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One of the last bottlenecks in the elucidation of the methylerythritol phosphate pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis has been solved. A [4Fe–4S] cluster is the prosthetic group of the GcpE protein from E. coli. This enzyme is involved in the conversion of 1 into 2, through two successive one-electron transfers.