LC-MS chromatograms from the reactions of wild-type FtmOx1
(black) and its Y140F (purple), Y74F
(blue), Y224F (green) and Y68F
(red) variants. Reactions contained 0.010 mM protein, 0.010
mM Fe(NH4)2(SO4)2, 1.0 mM 2OG, 0.50
mM 2, and 1.0 mM ascorbate. The red arrow highlights the
drastically diminished yield of verruculogen (3) uniquely in the
reaction of the Y68F variant, and the asterisk marks the new major
(as-yet-uncharacterized) product generated by this variant. The apparatus and
conditions for the chromatographic analysis are provided in Experimental
Procedures.