Evidence that the CysG protein catalyzes the first reaction specific to B12 synthesis in Salmonella typhimurium, insertion of cobalt.

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The cysG gene of Salmonella typhimurium is involved in synthesis of both cobalamin (B12) and siroheme (a cofactor required for SO3(2-) and NO2(2-) reductases). The failure to reduce SO3(2-) leads to cysteine auxotrophy, for which the enzyme is named. Although Escherichia coli does not synthesize B12 de novo, it possesses a very similar CysG enzyme which has been shown to catalyze two methylations...

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