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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 31.
Published in final edited form as: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2010 Jun 7;49(25):4166–4168. doi: 10.1002/anie.201000597

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1.

Active site (“H cluster”) of the [FeFe]-hydrogenases. The three types of cofactors of unknown origin are highlighted. Roach and co-workers recently showed that at least one cyanide ligand is derived from tyrosine via the intermediacy of dehydroglycine.[4]