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Andler O, Kazmaier U. Synthesis and biological evaluation of moiramide B derivatives. Org Biomol Chem 2024; 22:5284-5288. [PMID: 38864222 DOI: 10.1039/d4ob00856a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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Moiramide B is a peptide-polyketide hybrid with a bacterial origin and interesting antibiotic activity. Besides its structurally conserved peptide part, it contains a highly variable fatty acid side chain. We modified this part of the molecule by introducing a terminal alkyne, and we then subjected it to click reactions and Sonogashira couplings. This provided a library of moiramide B derivatives with high and selective in vivo activities against S. aureus.
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- Oliver Andler
- Organic Chemistry, Saarland University, P.O. Box 151150, 66041 Saarbrücken, Germany.
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- Organic Chemistry, Saarland University, P.O. Box 151150, 66041 Saarbrücken, Germany.
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Zhao L, Ge T, Cheng T, Wang Q, Cui M, Yuan H, Zhao L. Fine-tuning gene expression of regulator AdmX for improved biosynthesis of andrimid in Erwinia persicina BST187. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2023; 107:6775-6788. [PMID: 37715803 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-023-12770-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/18/2023]
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Andrimid is a potent antibiotic that inhibits acetyl-CoA carboxylase. However, its low biological yield and complex chemical synthesis have hindered its large-scale application. In this study, we found that the LysR-type transcriptional activator AdmX controls andrimid yield by adjusting its expression level in the andrimid-producing bacterium Erwinia persicina strain BST187. Our results showed that gradually increasing of admX transcriptional levels significantly improved andrimid yield, while the yield declined when admX was overexpressed excessively. To further estimate the effect of AdmX on andrimid promotion, we fitted and developed a model which was y = -0.5576x2 + 61.945x + 800.63 (R2 = 0.9591), where x represents the admX transcriptional level and y represents andrimid yield. Andrimid yield of admX overexpression strain BST187ΔadmX/pET28a-Pgap-1::admX was greatly improved by 260%, which was reported for the first time that andrimid yield could be promoted by genetic engineering. Thus, this study provides important insights that the biosynthesis of andrimid would be improved by bioengineering and sheds lights on the potential application of andrimid in both biomedicine and bioagricultural manipulation with its large-scale production in the future. KEY POINTS: • Andrimid production can be greatly promoted by genetic engineering on non-model chassis. • The relationship between AdmX abundance and andrimid yield in Erwinia persicina strain BST187 might be parabolic. • Erwinia persicina BST187 combined with chassis modification enable the promising applications in andrimid industrialization.
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- Lunqiang Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West 7th Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin, 300308, China
- College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West 7th Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin, 300308, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West 7th Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin, 300308, China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West 7th Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin, 300308, China
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West 7th Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin, 300308, China
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- College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West 7th Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin, 300308, China.
- National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin, China.
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Mordhorst S, Ruijne F, Vagstad AL, Kuipers OP, Piel J. Emulating nonribosomal peptides with ribosomal biosynthetic strategies. RSC Chem Biol 2023; 4:7-36. [PMID: 36685251 PMCID: PMC9811515 DOI: 10.1039/d2cb00169a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Peptide natural products are important lead structures for human drugs and many nonribosomal peptides possess antibiotic activity. This makes them interesting targets for engineering approaches to generate peptide analogues with, for example, increased bioactivities. Nonribosomal peptides are produced by huge mega-enzyme complexes in an assembly-line like manner, and hence, these biosynthetic pathways are challenging to engineer. In the past decade, more and more structural features thought to be unique to nonribosomal peptides were found in ribosomally synthesised and posttranslationally modified peptides as well. These streamlined ribosomal pathways with modifying enzymes that are often promiscuous and with gene-encoded precursor proteins that can be modified easily, offer several advantages to produce designer peptides. This review aims to provide an overview of recent progress in this emerging research area by comparing structural features common to both nonribosomal and ribosomally synthesised and posttranslationally modified peptides in the first part and highlighting synthetic biology strategies for emulating nonribosomal peptides by ribosomal pathway engineering in the second part.
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- Silja Mordhorst
- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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Messiha HL, Payne KAP, Scrutton NS, Leys D. A Biological Route to Conjugated Alkenes: Microbial Production of Hepta-1,3,5-triene. ACS Synth Biol 2021; 10:228-235. [PMID: 33535752 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.0c00464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Conjugated alkenes such as dienes and polyenes have a range of applications as pharmaceutical agents and valuable building blocks in the polymer industry. Development of a renewable route to these compounds provides an alternative to fossil fuel derived production. The enzyme family of the UbiD decarboxylases offers substantial scope for alkene production, readily converting poly unsaturated acids. However, biochemical pathways producing the required substrates are poorly characterized, and UbiD-application has hitherto been limited to biological styrene production. Herein, we present a proof-of-principle study for microbial production of polyenes using a bioinspired strategy employing a polyketide synthase (PKS) in combination with a UbiD-enzyme. Deconstructing a bacterial iterative type II PKS enabled repurposing the broad-spectrum antibiotic andrimid biosynthesis pathway to access the metabolic intermediate 2,4,6-octatrienoic acid, a valuable chemical for material and pharmaceutical industry. Combination with the fungal ferulic acid decarboxylase (Fdc1) led to a biocatalytic cascade-type reaction for the production of hepta-1,3,5-triene in vivo. Our approach provides a novel route to generate unsaturated hydrocarbons and related chemicals and provides a blue-print for future development and application.
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- Hanan L. Messiha
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
- Future Biomanufacturing Research Hub (Future BRH), Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
- Future Biomanufacturing Research Hub (Future BRH), Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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Bernhardt M, Berman S, Zechel D, Bechthold A. Role of Two Exceptional trans Adenylation Domains and MbtH-like Proteins in the Biosynthesis of the Nonribosomal Peptide WS9324A from Streptomyces calvus ATCC 13382. Chembiochem 2020; 21:2659-2666. [PMID: 32333627 PMCID: PMC7539972 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202000142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS) are organized in a modular arrangement. Usually, the modular order corresponds to the assembly of the amino acids in the respective peptide, following the collinearity rule. The WS9326A biosynthetic gene cluster from Streptomyces calvus shows deviations from this rule. Most interesting is the presence of two trans adenylation domains that are located downstream of the modular NRPS arrangement. Adenylation domains are responsible for the activation of their respective amino acids. In this study, we confirmed the involvement of the trans adenylation domains in WS9326A biosynthesis by performing gene knockout experiments and by observing the selective adenylation of their predicted amino acid substrates in vitro. We conclude that the trans adenylation domains are essential for WS9326A biosynthesis. Moreover, both adenylation domains are observed to have MbtH‐like protein dependency. Overall, we conclude that the trans adenylation domains are essential for WS9326A biosynthesis.
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- Mirjam Bernhardt
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, University of Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Strass 19, 79104, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, University of Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Strass 19, 79104, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, 90 Bader Lane, Kingston, Ontario, K7 L 3 N6, Canada
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, University of Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Strass 19, 79104, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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Investigation into isomerization reaction of phenylalanine aminomutase from Pantoea agglomerans. Enzyme Microb Technol 2019; 132:109428. [PMID: 31731949 DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2019.109428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2019] [Revised: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Phenylalanine aminomutase (PaPAM) from Pantoea agglomerans is a member of the MIO (4-methylene-imidazol-5-one) family of enzymes, which isomerizes α-phenylalanine to β-phenylalanine, and could be used to synthesize unnatural β-arylalanine. However, the mechanism of isomerization reaction is not clear. To investigate the mechanism, the gene (pam), which encodes PaPAM, was first expressed in E.coli, and recombinant PaPAM was prepared using affinity chromatography. Then, 15N-(2S)-α-phenylalanine, (2S)-(3-2H2)-α-phenylalanine and (2S,3S)-[2,3-2H2]-α-phenylalanine were used as substrates to analyze the mechanism of isomerization reaction. The results of MS and NMR showed that the isomerization reaction was performed through the intramolecular exchange of NH2 with pro-3R hydrogen of α-phenylalanine. The PaPAM shuttles the α-NH2 of α-phenylalanine to β site to replace the pro-3R hydrogen. Simultaneously, the pro-3R hydrogen is shifted to α site to produce β-phenylalanine. Furthermore, a key residue, Phe at position 455 in the active site, was determined to control the exchange way using molecular docking and sequence alignment of MIO family enzymes. The results indicated that the key 455 Phe residue is involved in changing the binding orientation of the carboxyl group of the intermediate trans-cinnamic acid to control the NH2-H pair exchange.
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Morgan GL, Kretsch AM, Santa Maria KC, Weeks SJ, Li B. Specificity of Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases in the Biosynthesis of the Pseudomonas virulence factor. Biochemistry 2019; 58:5249-5254. [PMID: 31243997 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The Pseudomonas virulence factor (pvf) biosynthetic operon has been implicated in bacterial virulence and signaling. We identified 308 bacterial strains containing pvf homologues that likely produce signaling molecules with distinct structures and biological activities. Several homologues of the nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS), PvfC, were biochemically characterized and shown to activate l-Val or l-Leu. The amino acid selectivity of PvfC and its homologues likely direct pvf signaling activity. We explored the natural diversity of the active site residues present in 92% of the adenylation domains of PvfC homologues and identified key residues for substrate selection and catalysis. Sequence similarity network (SSN) analysis revealed grouping of PvfC homologues that harbor the same active site residues and activate the same amino acids. Our work identified PvfC as a gatekeeper for the structure and bioactivity of the pvf-produced signaling molecules. The combination of active site residue identification and SSN analysis can improve the prediction of aliphatic amino acid substrates for NRPS adenylation domains.
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- Gina L Morgan
- Department of Chemistry , The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , United States
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Structural basis of the nonribosomal codes for nonproteinogenic amino acid selective adenylation enzymes in the biosynthesis of natural products. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 46:515-536. [DOI: 10.1007/s10295-018-2084-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Nonproteinogenic amino acids are the unique building blocks of nonribosomal peptides (NRPs) and hybrid nonribosomal peptide–polyketides (NRP–PKs) and contribute to their diversity of chemical structures and biological activities. In the biosynthesis of NRPs and NRP–PKs, adenylation enzymes select and activate an amino acid substrate as an aminoacyl adenylate, which reacts with the thiol of the holo form of the carrier protein to afford an aminoacyl thioester as the electrophile for the condensation reaction. Therefore, the substrate specificity of adenylation enzymes is a key determinant of the structure of NRPs and NRP–PKs. Here, we focus on nonproteinogenic amino acid selective adenylation enzymes, because understanding their unique selection mechanisms will lead to accurate functional predictions and protein engineering toward the rational biosynthesis of designed molecules containing amino acids. Based on recent progress in the structural analysis of adenylation enzymes, we discuss the nonribosomal codes of nonproteinogenic amino acid selective adenylation enzymes.
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Dunbar KL, Büttner H, Molloy EM, Dell M, Kumpfmüller J, Hertweck C. Genome Editing Reveals Novel Thiotemplated Assembly of Polythioamide Antibiotics in Anaerobic Bacteria. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201807970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Kyle L. Dunbar
- Dept. of Biomolecular Chemistry; Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI; Beutenbergstrasse 11a 07745 Jena Germany
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- Dept. of Biomolecular Chemistry; Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI; Beutenbergstrasse 11a 07745 Jena Germany
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- Dept. of Biomolecular Chemistry; Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI; Beutenbergstrasse 11a 07745 Jena Germany
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- Dept. of Biomolecular Chemistry; Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI; Beutenbergstrasse 11a 07745 Jena Germany
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- Dept. of Biomolecular Chemistry; Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI; Beutenbergstrasse 11a 07745 Jena Germany
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- Dept. of Biomolecular Chemistry; Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI; Beutenbergstrasse 11a 07745 Jena Germany
- Natural Product Chemistry; Friedrich Schiller University; 07743 Jena Germany
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Dunbar KL, Büttner H, Molloy EM, Dell M, Kumpfmüller J, Hertweck C. Genome Editing Reveals Novel Thiotemplated Assembly of Polythioamide Antibiotics in Anaerobic Bacteria. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:14080-14084. [PMID: 30193003 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201807970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2018] [Revised: 08/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Closthioamide (CTA) is a unique symmetric nonribosomal peptide with six thioamide moieties that is produced by the Gram-positive obligate anaerobe Ruminiclostridium cellulolyticum. CTA displays potent inhibitory activity against important clinical pathogens, making it a promising drug candidate. Yet, the biosynthesis of this DNA gyrase-targeting antibiotic has remained enigmatic. Using a combination of genome mining, genome editing (targeted group II intron, CRISPR/Cas9), and heterologous expression, we show that CTA biosynthesis involves specialized enzymes for starter unit biosynthesis, amide bond formation, thionation, and dimerization. Surprisingly, CTA biosynthesis involves a novel thiotemplated peptide assembly line that markedly differs from known nonribosomal peptide synthetases. These findings provide the first insights into the biosynthesis of thioamide-containing nonribosomal peptides and offer a starting point for the discovery of related natural products.
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- Kyle L Dunbar
- Dept. of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Dept. of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Dept. of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Dept. of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Dept. of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Dept. of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745, Jena, Germany.,Natural Product Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University, 07743, Jena, Germany
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Attanayake G, Walter T, Walker KD. Understanding Which Residues of the Active Site and Loop Structure of a Tyrosine Aminomutase Define Its Mutase and Lyase Activities. Biochemistry 2018; 57:3503-3514. [PMID: 29757631 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Site-directed mutations and substrate analogues were used to gain insights into the branch-point reaction of the 3,5-dihydro-5-methylidene-4 H-imidazol-4-one (MIO)-tyrosine aminomutase from Oryza sativa ( OsTAM). Exchanging the active residues of OsTAM (Y125C/N446K) for those in a phenylalanine aminomutase TcPAM altered its substrate specificity from tyrosine to phenylalanine. The aminomutase mechanism of OsTAM surprisingly changed almost exclusively to that of an ammonia lyase making cinnamic acid (>95%) over β-phenylalanine [Walter, T., et al. (2016) Biochemistry 55, 3497-3503]. We hypothesized that the missing electronics or sterics on the aryl ring of the phenylalanine substrate, compared with the sizable electron-donating hydroxyl of the natural tyrosine substrate, influenced the unexpected lyase reactivity of the OsTAM mutant. The double mutant was incubated with 16 α-phenylalanine substituent analogues of varying electronic strengths and sterics. The mutant converted each analogue principally to its acrylate with ∼50% conversion of the p-Br substrate, making only a small amount of the β-amino acid. The inner loop structure over the entrance to the active site was also mutated to assess how the lyase and mutase activities are affected. An OsTAM loop mutant, matching the loop residues of TcPAM, still chiefly made >95% of the acrylate from each substrate. A combined active site:loop mutant was most reactive but remained a lyase, making 10-fold more acrylates than other mutants did. While mutations within the active site changed the substrate specificity of OsTAM, continued exploration is needed to fully understand the interplay among the inner loop, the substrate, and the active site in defining the mutase and lyase activities.
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- Gayanthi Attanayake
- Department of Chemistry , Michigan State University , East Lansing , Michigan 48824 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Michigan State University , East Lansing , Michigan 48824 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Michigan State University , East Lansing , Michigan 48824 , United States.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , Michigan State University , East Lansing , Michigan 48824 , United States
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Miyanaga A, Kudo F, Eguchi T. Protein–protein interactions in polyketide synthase–nonribosomal peptide synthetase hybrid assembly lines. Nat Prod Rep 2018; 35:1185-1209. [DOI: 10.1039/c8np00022k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The protein–protein interactions in polyketide synthase–nonribosomal peptide synthetase hybrids are summarized and discussed.
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- Akimasa Miyanaga
- Department of Chemistry
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Tokyo 152-8551
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Tokyo 152-8551
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Tokyo 152-8551
- Japan
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Timmermans ML, Paudel YP, Ross AC. Investigating the Biosynthesis of Natural Products from Marine Proteobacteria: A Survey of Molecules and Strategies. Mar Drugs 2017; 15:E235. [PMID: 28762997 PMCID: PMC5577590 DOI: 10.3390/md15080235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2017] [Revised: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The phylum proteobacteria contains a wide array of Gram-negative marine bacteria. With recent advances in genomic sequencing, genome analysis, and analytical chemistry techniques, a whole host of information is being revealed about the primary and secondary metabolism of marine proteobacteria. This has led to the discovery of a growing number of medically relevant natural products, including novel leads for the treatment of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and cancer. Of equal interest, marine proteobacteria produce natural products whose structure and biosynthetic mechanisms differ from those of their terrestrial and actinobacterial counterparts. Notable features of secondary metabolites produced by marine proteobacteria include halogenation, sulfur-containing heterocycles, non-ribosomal peptides, and polyketides with unusual biosynthetic logic. As advances are made in the technology associated with functional genomics, such as computational sequence analysis, targeted DNA manipulation, and heterologous expression, it has become easier to probe the mechanisms for natural product biosynthesis. This review will focus on genomics driven approaches to understanding the biosynthetic mechanisms for natural products produced by marine proteobacteria.
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- Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
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Masschelein J, Jenner M, Challis GL. Antibiotics from Gram-negative bacteria: a comprehensive overview and selected biosynthetic highlights. Nat Prod Rep 2017. [PMID: 28650032 DOI: 10.1039/c7np00010c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Covering: up to 2017The overwhelming majority of antibiotics in clinical use originate from Gram-positive Actinobacteria. In recent years, however, Gram-negative bacteria have become increasingly recognised as a rich yet underexplored source of novel antimicrobials, with the potential to combat the looming health threat posed by antibiotic resistance. In this article, we have compiled a comprehensive list of natural products with antimicrobial activity from Gram-negative bacteria, including information on their biosynthetic origin(s) and molecular target(s), where known. We also provide a detailed discussion of several unusual pathways for antibiotic biosynthesis in Gram-negative bacteria, serving to highlight the exceptional biocatalytic repertoire of this group of microorganisms.
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- J Masschelein
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, UK.
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Parmeggiani F, Weise NJ, Ahmed ST, Turner NJ. Synthetic and Therapeutic Applications of Ammonia-lyases and Aminomutases. Chem Rev 2017; 118:73-118. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Fabio Parmeggiani
- School of Chemistry, Manchester
Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, 131 Princess
Street, M1 7DN, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Manchester
Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, 131 Princess
Street, M1 7DN, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Manchester
Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, 131 Princess
Street, M1 7DN, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Manchester
Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, 131 Princess
Street, M1 7DN, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Lin CI, McCarty RM, Liu HW. The Enzymology of Organic Transformations: A Survey of Name Reactions in Biological Systems. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:3446-3489. [PMID: 27505692 PMCID: PMC5477795 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201603291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Chemical reactions that are named in honor of their true, or at least perceived, discoverers are known as "name reactions". This Review is a collection of biological representatives of named chemical reactions. Emphasis is placed on reaction types and catalytic mechanisms that showcase both the chemical diversity in natural product biosynthesis as well as the parallels with synthetic organic chemistry. An attempt has been made, whenever possible, to describe the enzymatic mechanisms of catalysis within the context of their synthetic counterparts and to discuss the mechanistic hypotheses for those reactions that are currently active areas of investigation. This Review has been categorized by reaction type, for example condensation, nucleophilic addition, reduction and oxidation, substitution, carboxylation, radical-mediated, and rearrangements, which are subdivided by name reactions.
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- Chia-I Lin
- Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, and Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78731, USA
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- Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, and Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78731, USA
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- Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, and Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78731, USA
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Lin C, McCarty RM, Liu H. Die Enzymologie organischer Umwandlungen: Namensreaktionen in biologischen Systemen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201603291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Chia‐I. Lin
- Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry College of Pharmacy, and Department of Chemistry University of Texas at Austin Austin TX 78731 USA
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- Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry College of Pharmacy, and Department of Chemistry University of Texas at Austin Austin TX 78731 USA
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- Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry College of Pharmacy, and Department of Chemistry University of Texas at Austin Austin TX 78731 USA
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Weise NJ, Ahmed ST, Parmeggiani F, Turner NJ. Kinetic Resolution of Aromatic β-Amino Acids Using a Combination of Phenylalanine Ammonia Lyase and Aminomutase Biocatalysts. Adv Synth Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201600894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Nicholas J. Weise
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology & School of Chemistry; Faculty of Science & Engineering; University of Manchester; 131 Princess Street M1 7DN Manchester United Kingdom
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology & School of Chemistry; Faculty of Science & Engineering; University of Manchester; 131 Princess Street M1 7DN Manchester United Kingdom
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology & School of Chemistry; Faculty of Science & Engineering; University of Manchester; 131 Princess Street M1 7DN Manchester United Kingdom
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology & School of Chemistry; Faculty of Science & Engineering; University of Manchester; 131 Princess Street M1 7DN Manchester United Kingdom
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Matilla MA, Nogellova V, Morel B, Krell T, Salmond GPC. Biosynthesis of the acetyl-CoA carboxylase-inhibiting antibiotic, andrimid in Serratia is regulated by Hfq and the LysR-type transcriptional regulator, AdmX. Environ Microbiol 2016; 18:3635-3650. [PMID: 26914969 PMCID: PMC5216899 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2015] [Accepted: 01/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Infections due to multidrug-resistant bacteria represent a major global health challenge. To combat this problem, new antibiotics are urgently needed and some plant-associated bacteria are a promising source. The rhizobacterium Serratia plymuthica A153 produces several bioactive secondary metabolites, including the anti-oomycete and antifungal haterumalide, oocydin A and the broad spectrum polyamine antibiotic, zeamine. In this study, we show that A153 produces a second broad spectrum antibiotic, andrimid. Using genome sequencing, comparative genomics and mutagenesis, we defined new genes involved in andrimid (adm) biosynthesis. Both the expression of the adm gene cluster and regulation of andrimid synthesis were investigated. The biosynthetic cluster is operonic and its expression is modulated by various environmental cues, including temperature and carbon source. Analysis of the genome context of the adm operon revealed a gene encoding a predicted LysR-type regulator, AdmX, apparently unique to Serratia strains. Mutagenesis and gene expression assays demonstrated that AdmX is a transcriptional activator of the adm gene cluster. At the post-transcriptional level, the expression of the adm cluster is positively regulated by the RNA chaperone, Hfq, in an RpoS-independent manner. Our results highlight the complexity of andrimid biosynthesis - an antibiotic with potential clinical and agricultural utility.
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- Miguel A. Matilla
- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeTennis Court RoadCambridgeCB2 1QWUK
- Department of Environmental ProtectionEstación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasProf. Albareda 1Granada18008Spain
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- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeTennis Court RoadCambridgeCB2 1QWUK
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- Department of Environmental ProtectionEstación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasProf. Albareda 1Granada18008Spain
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- Department of Environmental ProtectionEstación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasProf. Albareda 1Granada18008Spain
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- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeTennis Court RoadCambridgeCB2 1QWUK
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Ishikawa F, Sugimoto H, Kakeya H. In Vitro Investigation of Crosstalk between Fatty Acid and Polyketide Synthases in the Andrimid Biosynthetic Assembly Line. Chembiochem 2016; 17:2137-2142. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201600410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Fumihiro Ishikawa
- Department of System Chemotherapy and Molecular Sciences; Division of Bioinformatics and Chemical Genomics; Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Kyoto University; Sakyo Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
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- Department of System Chemotherapy and Molecular Sciences; Division of Bioinformatics and Chemical Genomics; Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Kyoto University; Sakyo Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
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- Department of System Chemotherapy and Molecular Sciences; Division of Bioinformatics and Chemical Genomics; Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Kyoto University; Sakyo Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
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Whole-cell biocatalytic production of variously substituted β-aryl- and β-heteroaryl-β-amino acids. J Biotechnol 2016; 217:12-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2015.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2015] [Revised: 09/23/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Walter T, King Z, Walker KD. A Tyrosine Aminomutase from Rice (Oryza sativa) Isomerizes (S)-α- to (R)-β-Tyrosine with Unique High Enantioselectivity and Retention of Configuration. Biochemistry 2015; 55:1-4. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b01331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, New York 11225, United States
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Weise NJ, Parmeggiani F, Ahmed ST, Turner NJ. The Bacterial Ammonia Lyase EncP: A Tunable Biocatalyst for the Synthesis of Unnatural Amino Acids. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:12977-83. [PMID: 26390197 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b07326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Enzymes of the class I lyase-like family catalyze the asymmetric addition of ammonia to arylacrylates, yielding high value amino acids as products. Recent examples include the use of phenylalanine ammonia lyases (PALs), either alone or as a gateway to deracemization cascades (giving (S)- or (R)-α-phenylalanine derivatives, respectively), and also eukaryotic phenylalanine aminomutases (PAMs) for the synthesis of the (R)-β-products. Herein, we present the investigation of another family member, EncP from Streptomyces maritimus, thereby expanding the biocatalytic toolbox and enabling the production of the missing (S)-β-isomer. EncP was found to convert a range of arylacrylates to a mixture of (S)-α- and (S)-β-arylalanines, with regioselectivity correlating to the strength of electron-withdrawing/-donating groups on the ring of each substrate. The low regioselectivity of the wild-type enzyme was addressed via structure-based rational design to generate three variants with altered preference for either α- or β-products. By examining various biocatalyst/substrate combinations, it was demonstrated that the amination pattern of the reaction could be tuned to achieve selectivities between 99:1 and 1:99 for β:α-product ratios as desired.
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- Nicholas J Weise
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology & School of Chemistry, University of Manchester , 131 Princess Street, M1 7DN Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology & School of Chemistry, University of Manchester , 131 Princess Street, M1 7DN Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology & School of Chemistry, University of Manchester , 131 Princess Street, M1 7DN Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology & School of Chemistry, University of Manchester , 131 Princess Street, M1 7DN Manchester, United Kingdom
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Ratnayake ND, Liu N, Kuhn LA, Walker KD. Ring-Substituted α-Arylalanines for Probing Substituent Effects on the Isomerization Reaction Catalyzed by an Aminomutase. ACS Catal 2014. [DOI: 10.1021/cs500474s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Nishanka Dilini Ratnayake
- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and §Computer Science & Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and §Computer Science & Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and §Computer Science & Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and §Computer Science & Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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Kovács K, Bánóczi G, Varga A, Szabó I, Holczinger A, Hornyánszky G, Zagyva I, Paizs C, Vértessy BG, Poppe L. Expression and properties of the highly alkalophilic phenylalanine ammonia-lyase of thermophilic Rubrobacter xylanophilus. PLoS One 2014; 9:e85943. [PMID: 24475062 PMCID: PMC3903478 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2013] [Accepted: 12/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The sequence of a phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL; EC: 4.3.1.24) of the thermophilic and radiotolerant bacterium Rubrobacter xylanophilus (RxPAL) was identified by screening the genomes of bacteria for members of the phenylalanine ammonia-lyase family. A synthetic gene encoding the RxPAL protein was cloned and overexpressed in Escherichia coli TOP 10 in a soluble form with an N-terminal His6-tag and the recombinant RxPAL protein was purified by Ni-NTA affinity chromatography. The activity assay of RxPAL with l-phenylalanine at various pH values exhibited a local maximum at pH 8.5 and a global maximum at pH 11.5. Circular dichroism (CD) studies showed that RxPAL is associated with an extensive α-helical character (far UV CD) and two distinctive near-UV CD peaks. These structural characteristics were well preserved up to pH 11.0. The extremely high pH optimum of RxPAL can be rationalized by a three-dimensional homology model indicating possible disulfide bridges, extensive salt-bridge formation and an excess of negative electrostatic potential on the surface. Due to these properties, RxPAL may be a candidate as biocatalyst in synthetic biotransformations leading to unnatural l- or d-amino acids or as therapeutic enzyme in treatment of phenylketonuria or leukemia.
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- Klaudia Kovács
- Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Biocatalysis Research Group, Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Biocatalysis Research Group, Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Biocatalysis Research Group, Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Applied Biotechnology and Food Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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Wang K, Hou Q, Liu Y. Insight into the mechanism of aminomutase reaction: A case study of phenylalanine aminomutase by computational approach. J Mol Graph Model 2013; 46:65-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2013.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2013] [Revised: 08/28/2013] [Accepted: 09/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Desriac F, Jégou C, Balnois E, Brillet B, Le Chevalier P, Fleury Y. Antimicrobial peptides from marine proteobacteria. Mar Drugs 2013; 11:3632-60. [PMID: 24084784 PMCID: PMC3826127 DOI: 10.3390/md11103632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2013] [Revised: 07/30/2013] [Accepted: 08/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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After years of inadequate use and the emergence of multidrug resistant (MDR) strains, the efficiency of "classical" antibiotics has decreased significantly. New drugs to fight MDR strains are urgently needed. Bacteria hold much promise as a source of unusual bioactive metabolites. However, the potential of marine bacteria, except for Actinomycetes and Cyanobacteria, has been largely underexplored. In the past two decades, the structures of several antimicrobial compounds have been elucidated in marine Proteobacteria. Of these compounds, polyketides (PKs), synthesised by condensation of malonyl-coenzyme A and/or acetyl-coenzyme A, and non-ribosomal peptides (NRPs), obtained through the linkage of (unusual) amino acids, have recently generated particular interest. NRPs are good examples of naturally modified peptides. Here, we review and compile the data on the antimicrobial peptides isolated from marine Proteobacteria, especially NRPs.
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- Florie Desriac
- University of Brest, LUBEM EA 3882, SFR 148, Quimper 29000, France.
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Wanninayake U, Walker KD. A Bacterial Tyrosine Aminomutase Proceeds through Retention or Inversion of Stereochemistry To Catalyze Its Isomerization Reaction. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:11193-204. [DOI: 10.1021/ja403918w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Udayanga Wanninayake
- Department
of Chemistry, and ‡Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan
State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, and ‡Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan
State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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Zhu JL, Li DB, Yu XP. [Cloning and function identification of gene 'admA' and up-stream regulatory sequence related to antagonistic activity of Enterobacter cloacae B8]. YI CHUAN = HEREDITAS 2012; 34:495-502. [PMID: 22522167 DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1005.2012.00495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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To reveal the antagonistic mechanism of B8 strain to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, transposon tagging method and chromosome walking were deployed to clone antagonistic related fragments around Tn5 insertion site in the mutant strain B8B. The function of up-stream regulatory sequence of gene 'admA' involved in the antagonistic activity was further identified by gene knocking out technique. An antagonistic related left fragment of Tn5 insertion site, 2 608 bp in length, was obtained by tagging with Kan resistance gene of Tn5. A 2 354 bp right fragment of Tn5 insertion site was amplified with 2 rounds of chromosome walking. The length of the B contig around the Tn5 insertion site was 4 611 bp, containing 7 open reading frames (ORFs). Bioinformatic analysis revealed that these ORFs corresponded to the partial coding regions of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, two LysR family transcriptional regulators, hypothetical protein VSWAT3-20465 of Vibrionales and admA, admB, and partial sequence of admC gene of Pantoea agglomerans biosynthetic gene cluster, respectively. Tn5 was inserted in the up-stream of 200 bp or 894 bp of the sequence corresponding to anrP ORF or admA gene on B8B, respectively. The B-1 and B-2 mutants that lost antagonistic activity were selected by homeologuous recombination technology in association with knocking out plasmid pMB-BG. These results suggested that the transcription and expression of anrP gene might be disrupted as a result of the knocking out of up-stream regulatory sequence by Tn5 in B8B strain, further causing biosythesis regulation of the antagonistic related gene cluster. Thus, the antagonistic related genes in B8 strain is a gene family similar as andrimid biosynthetic gene cluster, and the upstream regulatory region appears to be critical for the antibiotics biosynthesis.
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- Jun-Li Zhu
- Animal Science College, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China.
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Chesters C, Wilding M, Goodall M, Micklefield J. Thermal bifunctionality of bacterial phenylalanine aminomutase and ammonia lyase enzymes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:4344-8. [PMID: 22461423 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201200669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Christopher Chesters
- School of Chemistry & Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, UK
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Chesters C, Wilding M, Goodall M, Micklefield J. Thermal Bifunctionality of Bacterial Phenylalanine Aminomutase and Ammonia Lyase Enzymes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201200669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Ratnayake ND, Wanninayake U, Geiger JH, Walker KD. Stereochemistry and mechanism of a microbial phenylalanine aminomutase. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:8531-3. [PMID: 21561099 DOI: 10.1021/ja2030728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The stereochemistry of a phenylalanine aminomutase (PAM) on the andrimid biosynthetic pathway in Pantoea agglomerans (Pa) is reported. PaPAM is a member of the 4-methylidene-1H-imidazol-5(4H)-one (MIO)-dependent family of catalysts and isomerizes (2S)-α-phenylalanine to (3S)-β-phenylalanine, which is the enantiomer of the product made by the mechanistically similar aminomutase TcPAM from Taxus plants. The NH(2) and pro-(3S) hydrogen groups at C(α) and C(β), respectively, of the substrate are removed and interchanged completely intramolecularly with inversion of configuration at the migration centers to form β-phenylalanine. This is a contrast to the retention of configuration mechanism followed by TcPAM.
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Chen Y, Wendt-Pienkowski E, Ju J, Lin S, Rajski SR, Shen B. Characterization of FdmV as an amide synthetase for fredericamycin A biosynthesis in Streptomyces griseus ATCC 43944. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:38853-60. [PMID: 20926388 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.147744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Fredericamycin (FDM) A is a pentadecaketide natural product that features an amide linkage. Analysis of the fdm cluster from Streptomyces griseus ATCC 43944, however, failed to reveal genes encoding the types of amide synthetases commonly seen in natural product biosynthesis. Here, we report in vivo and in vitro characterizations of FdmV, an asparagine synthetase (AS) B-like protein, as an amide synthetase that catalyzes the amide bond formation in FDM A biosynthesis. This is supported by the findings that (i) inactivation of fdmV in vivo afforded the ΔfdmV mutant strain SB4027 that abolished FDM A and FDM E production but accumulated FDM C, a biosynthetic intermediate devoid of the characteristic amide linkage; (ii) FdmV in vitro catalyzes conversion of FDM C to FDM B, a known intermediate for FDM A biosynthesis (apparent K(m) = 162 ± 67 μM and k(cat) = 0.11 ± 0.02 min(-1)); and (iii) FdmV also catalyzes the amidation of FDM M-3, a structural analog of FDM C, to afford amide FDM M-6 in vitro, albeit at significantly reduced efficiency. Preliminary enzymatic studies revealed that, in addition to the common nitrogen sources (L-Gln and free amine) of class II glutamine amidotransferases (to which AS B belongs), FdmV can also utilize L-Asn as a nitrogen donor. The amide bond formation in FDM A biosynthesis is proposed to occur after C-8 hydroxylation but before the carbaspirocycle formation.
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- Yihua Chen
- Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53705-2222, USA
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Cooke HA, Bruner SD. Probing the active site of MIO-dependent aminomutases, key catalysts in the biosynthesis of beta-amino acids incorporated in secondary metabolites. Biopolymers 2010; 93:802-10. [PMID: 20577998 PMCID: PMC3419534 DOI: 10.1002/bip.21500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The tyrosine aminomutase SgTAM produces (S)-ss-tyrosine from L-tyrosine in the biosynthesis of the enediyne antitumor antibiotic C-1027. This conversion is promoted by the methylideneimidazole-5-one (MIO) prosthetic group. MIO was first identified in the homologous family of ammonia lyases, which deaminate aromatic amino acids to form alpha,ss-unsaturated carboxylates. Studies of substrate specificity have been described for lyases but there have been limited reports in altering the substrate specificity of aminomutases. Furthermore, it remains unclear as to what structural properties are responsible for catalyzing the presumed readdition of the amino group into the alpha,ss-unsaturated intermediates to form ss-amino acids. Attempts to elucidate specificity and mechanistic determinants of SgTAM have also proved to be difficult as it is recalcitrant to perturbations to the active site via mutagenesis. An X-ray cocrystal structure of the SgTAM mutant of the catalytic base with L-tyrosine verified important substrate binding residues as well as the enzymatic base. Further mutagenesis revealed that removal of these crucial interactions renders the enzyme inactive. Proposed structural determinants for mutase activity probed via mutagenesis, time-point assays and X-ray crystallography revealed a complicated role for these residues in maintaining key quaternary structure properties that aid in catalysis.
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- Heather A Cooke
- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3860, USA.
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Liang ZX. Complexity and simplicity in the biosynthesis of enediyne natural products. Nat Prod Rep 2010; 27:499-528. [DOI: 10.1039/b908165h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Structure and chemistry of 4-methylideneimidazole-5-one containing enzymes. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2009; 13:460-8. [PMID: 19620019 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2009] [Accepted: 06/12/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The prosthetic group 4-methylideneimidazole-5-one (MIO) is the catalytic component of the ammonia lyase class of enzymes. This family is responsible for the processing of amino acids in a variety of metabolic pathways through the elimination of ammonia to form unsaturated products. Recently, new chemistry has been attributed to this family with the discovery of MIO-based aminomutases. The mechanism of electrophilic chemistry catalyzed by MIO-based enzymes has been investigated for several decades. Recent X-ray crystal structures of members of the family have provided novel insight into the molecular basis for catalysis and substrate recognition. In addition, the inclusion of aminomutases in natural product biosynthetic pathways has spurned recent advances toward rational engineering and chemoenzymatic applications.
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