Saccharomyces cerevisiae THI4p is a suicide thiamine thiazole synthase.
Chatterjee, A., Abeydeera, N.D., Bale, S., Pai, P.J., Dorrestein, P.C., Russell, D.H., Ealick, S.E., Begley, T.P.(2011) Nature 478: 542-546
- PubMed: 22031445 
- DOI: 10.1038/nature10503
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3FPZ - PubMed Abstract: 
Thiamine pyrophosphate 1 is an essential cofactor in all living systems. Its biosynthesis involves the separate syntheses of the pyrimidine 2 and thiazole 3 precursors, which are then coupled. Two biosynthetic routes to the thiamine thiazole have been identified ...