Y. Vijayendar Reddy, Abbas H. K. Al Temimi and Jasmin Mecinović
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2017,15, 1350-1354
DOI:
10.1039/C6OB02683D,
Communication
Trimethyllysine hydroxylase (TMLH) catalyses C-3 hydroxylation of Nε-trimethyllysine in the first step of carnitine biosynthesis in humans. Studies on TMLH have been hampered by the lack of established chemical methods. We report that an Nε-trimethyllysine analogue that contains the fluoromethyl group can be used as a 1H and 19F NMR probe for studies on TMLH catalysis.