title: How to break the rules of dioxygen activation.
abstract: In this issue of Chemistry & Biology, Thierbach and colleagues establish the chemical mechanism for a cofactor-independent dioxygenase enzyme, a member of a small group of enzymes that can activate dioxygen without requiring a metal ion or redox cofactor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. Electronic address: t.d.bugg@warwick.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Timothy D H
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Bugg
mesh_terms: D049308:Dioxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D049308:Dioxygenases; D010100:Oxygen