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Xu H, Rinkel J, Chen X, Köllner TG, Chen F, Dickschat JS. Mechanistic divergence between (4 S,7 R)-germacra-(1(10) E,5 E)-dien-11-ol synthases from Dictyostelium purpureum and Streptomyces coelicolor. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:370-374. [PMID: 33337456 DOI: 10.1039/d0ob02361b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The main product of DpTPS9 from the social amoeba Dictyostelium purpureum was identified as (4S,7R)-germacra-(1(10)E,5E)-dien-11-ol that is also known as an intermediate of bacterial geosmin synthase, but the experimentally verified cyclisation mechanisms differ. Together with the low sequence identity this points to convergent evolution. The functionality of selected residues in DpTPS9 was investigated via site-directed mutagenesis experiments.
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Yin Z, Dickschat JS. Cis double bond formation in polyketide biosynthesis. Nat Prod Rep 2021; 38:1445-1468. [PMID: 33475122 DOI: 10.1039/d0np00091d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Covering: up to 2020Polyketides form a large group of bioactive secondary metabolites that usually contain one or more double bonds. Although most of the double bonds found in polyketides are trans or E-configured, several cases are known in which cis or Z-configurations are observed. Double bond formation by polyketide synthases (PKSs) is widely recognised to be catalysed by ketoreduction and subsequent dehydration of the acyl carrier protein (ACP)-tethered 3-ketoacyl intermediate in the PKS biosynthetic assembly line with a specific stereochemical course in which the ketoreduction step determines the usual trans or more rare cis double bond configuration. Occasionally, other mechanisms for the installation of cis double bonds such as double bond formation during chain release or post-PKS modifications including, amongst others, isomerisations or double bond installations by oxidation are observed. This review discusses the peculiar mechanisms of cis double bond formation in polyketide biosynthesis.
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Lackus ND, Morawetz J, Xu H, Gershenzon J, Dickschat JS, Köllner TG. The Sesquiterpene Synthase PtTPS5 Produces (1 S,5 S,7 R,10 R)-Guaia-4(15)-en-11-ol and (1 S,7 R,10 R)-Guaia-4-en-11-ol in Oomycete-Infected Poplar Roots. Molecules 2021; 26:555. [PMID: 33494506 PMCID: PMC7866031 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26030555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Revised: 01/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Pathogen infection often leads to the enhanced formation of specialized plant metabolites that act as defensive barriers against microbial attackers. In this study, we investigated the formation of potential defense compounds in roots of the Western balsam poplar (Populus trichocarpa) upon infection with the generalist root pathogen Phytophthora cactorum (Oomycetes). P. cactorum infection led to an induced accumulation of terpenes, aromatic compounds, and fatty acids in poplar roots. Transcriptome analysis of uninfected and P. cactorum-infected roots revealed a terpene synthase gene PtTPS5 that was significantly induced upon pathogen infection. PtTPS5 had been previously reported as a sesquiterpene synthase producing two unidentified sesquiterpene alcohols as major products and hedycaryol as a minor product. Using heterologous expression in Escherichia coli, enzyme assays with deuterium-labeled substrates, and NMR analysis of reaction products, we could identify the major PtTPS5 products as (1S,5S,7R,10R)-guaia-4(15)-en-11-ol and (1S,7R,10R)-guaia-4-en-11-ol, with the former being a novel compound. The transcript accumulation of PtTPS5 in uninfected and P. cactorum-infected poplar roots matched the accumulation of (1S,5S,7R,10R)-guaia-4(15)-en-11-ol, (1S,7R,10R)-guaia-4-en-11-ol, and hedycaryol in this tissue, suggesting that PtTPS5 likely contributes to the pathogen-induced formation of these compounds in planta.
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The product of a terpene synthase from Streptomyces lincolnensis has been identified as the new natural product isoishwarane. The enzyme mechanism was studied by isotopic labelling experiments and site-directed mutagenesis.
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Xu H, Dickschat JS. Germacrene A-A Central Intermediate in Sesquiterpene Biosynthesis. Chemistry 2020; 26:17318-17341. [PMID: 32442350 PMCID: PMC7821278 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Revised: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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This review summarises known sesquiterpenes whose biosyntheses proceed through the intermediate germacrene A. First, the occurrence and biosynthesis of germacrene A in Nature and its peculiar chemistry will be highlighted, followed by a discussion of 6-6 and 5-7 bicyclic compounds and their more complex derivatives. For each compound the absolute configuration, if it is known, and the reasoning for its assignment is presented.
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Xu H, Dickschat JS. Frontispiece: Germacrene A–A Central Intermediate in Sesquiterpene Biosynthesis. Chemistry 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202087262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Lauterbach L, Dickschat JS. Volatiles from the Psychrotolerant Bacterium Chryseobacterium polytrichastri. Chembiochem 2020; 21:3608-3617. [PMID: 32789965 PMCID: PMC7756357 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202000503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Revised: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The flavobacterium Chryseobacterium polytrichastri was investigated for its volatile profile by use of a closed-loop stripping apparatus (CLSA) and subsequent GC-MS analysis. The analyses revealed a rich headspace extract with 71 identified compounds. Compound identification was based on a comparison to library mass spectra for known compounds and on a synthesis of authentic standards for unknowns. Important classes were phenylethyl amides and a series of corresponding imines and pyrroles.
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Li G, Guo Y, Dickschat JS. Diterpen‐Biosynthese in
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: Über den Mechanismus der Catenul‐14‐en‐6‐ol‐Synthase. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202014180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Li G, Guo YW, Dickschat JS. Diterpene Biosynthesis in Catenulispora acidiphila: On the Mechanism of Catenul-14-en-6-ol Synthase. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 60:1488-1492. [PMID: 33169911 PMCID: PMC7839432 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202014180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Revised: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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A new diterpene synthase from the actinomycete Catenulispora acidiphila was identified and the structures of its products were elucidated, including the absolute configurations by an enantioselective deuteration approach. The mechanism of the cationic terpene cyclisation cascade was deeply studied through the use of isotopically labelled substrates and of substrate analogues with partially blocked reactivity, resulting in derailment products that gave further insights into the intermediates along the cascade. Their chemistry was studied, leading to the biomimetic synthesis of a diterpenoid analogue of a brominated sesquiterpene known from the red seaweed Laurencia microcladia.
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Hou A, Dickschat JS. On the mass spectrometric fragmentations of the bacterial sesterterpenes sestermobaraenes A-C. Beilstein J Org Chem 2020; 16:2807-2819. [PMID: 33281984 PMCID: PMC7684692 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.16.231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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A 13C-labelling was introduced into each individual carbon of the recently discovered sestermobaraenes by the enzymatic conversion of the correspondingly 13C-labelled isoprenyl diphosphate precursors with the sestermobaraene synthase from Streptomyces mobaraensis. The main compounds sestermobaraenes A, B, and C were analysed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), allowing for a deep mechanistic investigation of the electron impact mass spectrometry (EIMS) fragmentation reactions of these sesterterpene hydrocarbons.
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Hou A, Dickschat JS. The Biosynthetic Gene Cluster for Sestermobaraenes-Discovery of a Geranylfarnesyl Diphosphate Synthase and a Multiproduct Sesterterpene Synthase from Streptomyces mobaraensis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:19961-19965. [PMID: 32749032 PMCID: PMC7693059 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202010084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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A biosynthetic gene cluster from Streptomyces mobaraensis encoding the first cases of a bacterial geranylfarnesyl diphosphate synthase and a type I sesterterpene synthase was identified. The structures of seven sesterterpenes produced by these enzymes were elucidated, including their absolute configurations. The enzyme mechanism of the sesterterpene synthase was investigated by extensive isotope labeling experiments.
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Quan Z, Dickschat JS. Biosynthetic Gene Cluster for Asperterpenols A and B and the Cyclization Mechanism of Asperterpenol A Synthase. Org Lett 2020; 22:7552-7555. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c02748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Hou A, Dickschat JS. Biosynthesegencluster für Sestermobaraene – Entdeckung einer Geranylfarnesyldiphosphatsynthase und einer Multiprodukt‐Sesterterpensynthase aus
Streptomyces mobaraensis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202010084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Quan Z, Dickschat JS. On the mechanism of ophiobolin F synthase and the absolute configuration of its product by isotopic labelling experiments. Org Biomol Chem 2020; 18:6072-6076. [PMID: 32725018 DOI: 10.1039/d0ob01470b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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An ophiobolin F synthase homolog was discovered from Aspergillus calidoustus CBS121601. The cyclisation mechanism of this terpene synthase was investigated by extensive isotopic labelling experiments and the absolute configuration of its product ophiobolin F was elucidated by enantioselective deuteration.
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Cao X, Shi Y, Wu S, Wu X, Wang K, Sun H, He S, Dickschat JS, Wu B. Polycyclic meroterpenoids, talaromyolides E − K for antiviral activity against pseudorabies virus from the endophytic fungus Talaromyces purpureogenus. Tetrahedron 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2020.131349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Lauterbach L, Dickschat JS. Sesquiterpene synthases for bungoene, pentalenene and epi-isozizaene from Streptomyces bungoensis. Org Biomol Chem 2020; 18:4547-4550. [PMID: 32253407 DOI: 10.1039/d0ob00606h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A sesquiterpene synthase from Streptomyces bungoensis was characterised and produces the new compound bungoene. The enzyme mechanism was deeply investigated using isotopically labelled substrates. Two other enzymes from S. bungoensis made epi-isozizaene and pentalenene. Synthetic oxidative chemistry towards structurally related fusagramineol and pentalenal was explored.
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Lauterbach L, Goldfuss B, Dickschat JS. Zwei Diterpensynthasen aus
Chryseobacterium
: Chryseodien‐Synthase und Wanjudien‐Synthase. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202004691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Lauterbach L, Goldfuss B, Dickschat JS. Two Diterpene Synthases from Chryseobacterium: Chryseodiene Synthase and Wanjudiene Synthase. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:11943-11947. [PMID: 32342621 PMCID: PMC7383580 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202004691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Two bacterial diterpene synthases (DTSs) from Chryseobacterium were characterised. The first enzyme yielded the new compound chryseodiene that closely resembles the known fusicoccane diterpenes from fungi, but its experimentally and computationally studied cyclisation mechanism is fundamentally different to the mechanism of fusicoccadiene synthase. The second enzyme produced wanjudiene, a diterpene hydrocarbon with a new skeleton, besides traces of the enantiomer of bonnadiene that was recently discovered from Allokutzneria albata.
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Lin FL, Lauterbach L, Zou J, Wang YH, Lv JM, Chen GD, Hu D, Gao H, Yao XS, Dickschat JS. Mechanistic Characterization of the Fusicoccane-type Diterpene Synthase for Myrothec-15(17)-en-7-ol. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c00377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Rinkel J, Dickschat JS. Mechanistic Studies on Trichoacorenol Synthase from Amycolatopsis benzoatilytica. Chembiochem 2020; 21:807-810. [PMID: 31553510 PMCID: PMC7155024 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201900584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Isotopic labeling experiments performed with a newly identified bacterial trichoacorenol synthase established a 1,5-hydride shift occurring in the cyclization mechanism. During EI-MS analysis, major fragments of the sesquiterpenoid were shown to arise via cryptic hydrogen movements. Therefore, the interpretation of earlier results regarding the cyclization mechanism obtained by feeding experiments in Trichoderma is revised.
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Rinkel J, Steiner ST, Bian G, Chen R, Liu T, Dickschat JS. A Family of Related Fungal and Bacterial Di- and Sesterterpenes: Studies on Fusaterpenol and Variediene. Chembiochem 2020; 21:486-491. [PMID: 31476106 PMCID: PMC7065159 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201900462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The absolute configuration of fusaterpenol (GJ1012E) has been revised by an enantioselective deuteration strategy. A bifunctional enzyme with a terpene synthase and a prenyltransferase domain from Aspergillus brasiliensis was characterised as variediene synthase, and the absolute configuration of its product was elucidated. The uniform absolute configurations of these and structurally related di- and sesterterpenes together with a common stereochemical course for the geminal methyl groups of GGPP unravel a similar conformational fold of the substrate in the active sites of the terpene synthases. For variediene, a thermal reaction observed during GC/MS analysis was studied in detail for which a surprising mechanism was uncovered.
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Hou A, Lauterbach L, Dickschat JS. Enzymatic Synthesis of Methylated Terpene Analogues Using the Plasticity of Bacterial Terpene Synthases. Chemistry 2020; 26:2178-2182. [PMID: 31898827 PMCID: PMC7065205 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201905827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Methylated analogues of isopentenyl diphosphate were synthesised and enzymatically incorporated into methylated terpenes. A detailed stereochemical analysis of the obtained products is presented. The methylated terpene precursors were also used in conjunction with various isotopic labellings to gain insights into the mechanisms of their enzymatic formation.
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Richter AA, Kobus S, Czech L, Hoeppner A, Zarzycki J, Erb TJ, Lauterbach L, Dickschat JS, Bremer E, Smits SHJ. The architecture of the diaminobutyrate acetyltransferase active site provides mechanistic insight into the biosynthesis of the chemical chaperone ectoine. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:2822-2838. [PMID: 31969391 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.011277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Revised: 01/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Ectoine is a solute compatible with the physiologies of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and is widely synthesized by bacteria as an osmotic stress protectant. Because it preserves functional attributes of proteins and macromolecular complexes, it is considered a chemical chaperone and has found numerous practical applications. However, the mechanism of its biosynthesis is incompletely understood. The second step in ectoine biosynthesis is catalyzed by l-2,4-diaminobutyrate acetyltransferase (EctA; EC 2.3.1.178), which transfers the acetyl group from acetyl-CoA to EctB-formed l-2,4-diaminobutyrate (DAB), yielding N-γ-acetyl-l-2,4-diaminobutyrate (N-γ-ADABA), the substrate of ectoine synthase (EctC). Here, we report the biochemical and structural characterization of the EctA enzyme from the thermotolerant bacterium Paenibacillus lautus (Pl). We found that (Pl)EctA forms a homodimer whose enzyme activity is highly regiospecific by producing N-γ-ADABA but not the ectoine catabolic intermediate N-α-acetyl-l-2,4-diaminobutyric acid. High-resolution crystal structures of (Pl)EctA (at 1.2-2.2 Å resolution) (i) for its apo-form, (ii) in complex with CoA, (iii) in complex with DAB, (iv) in complex with both CoA and DAB, and (v) in the presence of the product N-γ-ADABA were obtained. To pinpoint residues involved in DAB binding, we probed the structure-function relationship of (Pl)EctA by site-directed mutagenesis. Phylogenomics shows that EctA-type proteins from both Bacteria and Archaea are evolutionarily highly conserved, including catalytically important residues. Collectively, our biochemical and structural findings yielded detailed insights into the catalytic core of the EctA enzyme that laid the foundation for unraveling its reaction mechanism.
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Li G, Dickschat JS, Guo YW. Diving into the world of marine 2,11-cyclized cembranoids: a summary of new compounds and their biological activities. Nat Prod Rep 2020; 37:1367-1383. [DOI: 10.1039/d0np00016g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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This review summarises new marine 2,11-cyclized cembranoids from the past decade in a structured presentation according to their hypothetical biosynthesis.
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