This family is a metalloenzyme which is involved in the biosynthesis of antibiotic aureothin by catalysing the formation of p-nitrobenzoic acid from p-aminobenzoic acid. AurF is a non-heme di-iron monooxygenase which creates nitroarenes via the sequential oxidation of aminoarenes [1].

1: In vitro reconstitution and crystal structure of p-aminobenzoate N-oxygenase (AurF) involved in aureothin biosynthesis. Choi YS, Zhang H, Brunzelle JS, Nair SK, Zhao H; Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008;105:6858-6863. PMID:18458342