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Wohlgemuth R. Synthesis of Metabolites and Metabolite-like Compounds Using Biocatalytic Systems. Metabolites 2023; 13:1097. [PMID: 37887422 PMCID: PMC10608848 DOI: 10.3390/metabo13101097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2023] [Revised: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023] Open
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Methodologies for the synthesis and purification of metabolites, which have been developed following their discovery, analysis, and structural identification, have been involved in numerous life science milestones. The renewed focus on the small molecule domain of biological cells has also created an increasing awareness of the rising gap between the metabolites identified and the metabolites which have been prepared as pure compounds. The design and engineering of resource-efficient and straightforward synthetic methodologies for the production of the diverse and numerous metabolites and metabolite-like compounds have attracted much interest. The variety of metabolic pathways in biological cells provides a wonderful blueprint for designing simplified and resource-efficient synthetic routes to desired metabolites. Therefore, biocatalytic systems have become key enabling tools for the synthesis of an increasing number of metabolites, which can then be utilized as standards, enzyme substrates, inhibitors, or other products, or for the discovery of novel biological functions.
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- Roland Wohlgemuth
- MITR, Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Zeromskiego Street 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland;
- Swiss Coordination Committee Biotechnology (SKB), 8021 Zurich, Switzerland
- European Society of Applied Biocatalysis (ESAB), 1000 Brussels, Belgium
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Wohlgemuth R, Littlechild J. Complexity reduction and opportunities in the design, integration and intensification of biocatalytic processes for metabolite synthesis. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022; 10:958606. [PMID: 35935499 PMCID: PMC9355135 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.958606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The biosynthesis of metabolites from available starting materials is becoming an ever important area due to the increasing demands within the life science research area. Access to metabolites is making essential contributions to analytical, diagnostic, therapeutic and different industrial applications. These molecules can be synthesized by the enzymes of biological systems under sustainable process conditions. The facile synthetic access to the metabolite and metabolite-like molecular space is of fundamental importance. The increasing knowledge within molecular biology, enzyme discovery and production together with their biochemical and structural properties offers excellent opportunities for using modular cell-free biocatalytic systems. This reduces the complexity of synthesizing metabolites using biological whole-cell approaches or by classical chemical synthesis. A systems biocatalysis approach can provide a wealth of optimized enzymes for the biosynthesis of already identified and new metabolite molecules.
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- Roland Wohlgemuth
- Institute of Molecular and Industrial Biotechnology, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland
- Swiss Coordination Committee for Biotechnology, Zurich, Switzerland
- *Correspondence: Roland Wohlgemuth, ; Jennifer Littlechild,
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- Henry Wellcome Building for Biocatalysis, Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
- *Correspondence: Roland Wohlgemuth, ; Jennifer Littlechild,
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Zhang J, Cui Z, Zhu Y, Zhu Z, Qi Q, Wang Q. Recent advances in microbial production of high-value compounds in the tetrapyrrole biosynthesis pathway. Biotechnol Adv 2022; 55:107904. [PMID: 34999139 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2021.107904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 12/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Tetrapyrroles are essential metabolic components produced by almost all organisms, and they participate in various fundamental biological processes. Tetrapyrroles are used as pharmaceuticals, food additives, and nutraceuticals, as well as in agricultural applications. However, their production is limited by their low extraction yields from natural resources and by the complex reaction steps involved in their chemical synthesis. Through advances in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology strategies, microbial cell factories were developed as an alternative method for tetrapyrrole production. Herein, we review recent developments in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology strategies that promote the microbial production of high-value compounds in the tetrapyrrole biosynthesis pathway (e.g., 5-aminolevulinic acid, heme, bilins, chlorophyll, and vitamin B12). Furthermore, outstanding challenges to the microbial production of tetrapyrrole compounds, as well as their possible solutions, are discussed.
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- Jian Zhang
- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China; CAS Key Lab of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, PR China.
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- National Glycoengineering Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China; CAS Key Lab of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, PR China.
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Maity R, Birenheide BS, Breher F, Sarkar B. Cooperative Effects in Multimetallic Complexes Applied in Catalysis. ChemCatChem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202001951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Ramananda Maity
- Department of Chemistry University of Calcutta 92, A. P. C. Road Kolkata 700009 India
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Engesserstr. 15 76131 Karlsruhe Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Engesserstr. 15 76131 Karlsruhe Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Koordinationschemie Institut für Anorganische Chemie Universität Stuttgart Pfaffenwaldring 55 D 70569 Stuttgart Germany
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Ismail FMD, Nahar L, Sarker SD. Application of INADEQUATE NMR techniques for directly tracing out the carbon skeleton of a natural product. PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS : PCA 2021; 32:7-23. [PMID: 32671944 DOI: 10.1002/pca.2976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2020] [Revised: 06/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurement of 1 JCC coupling by two-dimensional (2D) INADEQUATE (incredible natural abundance double quantum transfer experiment), which is a special case of double-quantum (DQ) spectroscopy that offers unambiguous determination of 13 C-13 C spin-spin connectivities through the DQ transitions of the spin system, is especially suited to solving structures rich in quaternary carbons and poor in hydrogen content (Crews rule). OBJECTIVE To review published literature on the application of NMR methods to determine structure in the liquid-state, which specifically considers the interaction of a pair of carbon-13 (13 C) nuclei adjacent to one another, to allow direct tracing out of contiguous carbon connectivity using 2D INADEQUATE. METHODOLOGY A comprehensive literature search was implemented with various databases: Web of Knowledge, PubMed and SciFinder, and other relevant published materials including published monographs. The keywords used, in various combinations, with INADEQUATE being present in all combinations, in the search were 2D NMR, 1 JCC coupling, natural product, structure elucidation, 13 C-13 C connectivity, cryoprobe and CASE (computer-assisted structure elucidation)/PANACEA (protons and nitrogen and carbon et alia). RESULTS The 2D INADEQUATE continues to solve "intractable" problems in natural product chemistry, and using milligram quantities with cryoprobe techniques combined with CASE/PANACEA experiments can increase machine time efficiency. The 13 C-13 C-based structural elucidation by dissolution single-scan dynamic nuclear polarisation NMR can overcome disadvantages of 13 C insensitivity at natural abundance. Selected examples have demonstrated the trajectory of INADEQUATE spectroscopy from structural determination to clarification of metabolomics analysis and use of DFT (density functional theory) and coupling constants to clarify the connectivity, hybridisation and stereochemistry within natural products. CONCLUSIONS Somewhat neglected over the years because of perceived lack of sensitivity, the 2D INADEQUATE NMR technique has re-emerged as a useful tool for solving natural products structures, which are rich in quaternary carbons and poor in hydrogen content.
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- Fyaz M D Ismail
- Centre for Natural Products Discovery, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 3AF, UK
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- Centre for Natural Products Discovery, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 3AF, UK
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Institute of Experimental Botany ASCR & Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Centre for Natural Products Discovery, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 3AF, UK
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Modified tetrapyrroles are large macrocyclic compounds, consisting of diverse conjugation and metal chelation systems and imparting an array of colors to the biological structures that contain them. Tetrapyrroles represent some of the most complex small molecules synthesized by cells and are involved in many essential processes that are fundamental to life on Earth, including photosynthesis, respiration, and catalysis. These molecules are all derived from a common template through a series of enzyme-mediated transformations that alter the oxidation state of the macrocycle and also modify its size, its side-chain composition, and the nature of the centrally chelated metal ion. The different modified tetrapyrroles include chlorophylls, hemes, siroheme, corrins (including vitamin B12), coenzyme F430, heme d1, and bilins. After nearly a century of study, almost all of the more than 90 different enzymes that synthesize this family of compounds are now known, and expression of reconstructed operons in heterologous hosts has confirmed that most pathways are complete. Aside from the highly diverse nature of the chemical reactions catalyzed, an interesting aspect of comparative biochemistry is to see how different enzymes and even entire pathways have evolved to perform alternative chemical reactions to produce the same end products in the presence and absence of oxygen. Although there is still much to learn, our current understanding of tetrapyrrole biogenesis represents a remarkable biochemical milestone that is summarized in this review.
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- Donald A Bryant
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NJ, United Kingdom
- Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UQ, United Kingdom
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This review summarizes research performed over the last 23 years on the genetics, enzyme structures and functions, and regulation of the expression of the genes encoding functions involved in adenosylcobalamin (AdoCbl, or coenzyme B12) biosynthesis. It also discusses the role of coenzyme B12 in the physiology of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium LT2 and Escherichia coli. John Roth's seminal contributions to the field of coenzyme B12 biosynthesis research brought the power of classical and molecular genetic, biochemical, and structural approaches to bear on the extremely challenging problem of dissecting the steps of what has turned out to be one of the most complex biosynthetic pathways known. In E. coli and serovar Typhimurium, uro'gen III represents the first branch point in the pathway, where the routes for cobalamin and siroheme synthesis diverge from that for heme synthesis. The cobalamin biosynthetic pathway in P. denitrificans was the first to be elucidated, but it was soon realized that there are at least two routes for cobalamin biosynthesis, representing aerobic and anaerobic variations. The expression of the AdoCbl biosynthetic operon is complex and is modulated at different levels. At the transcriptional level, a sensor response regulator protein activates the transcription of the operon in response to 1,2-Pdl in the environment. Serovar Typhimurium and E. coli use ethanolamine as a source of carbon, nitrogen, and energy. In addition, and unlike E. coli, serovar Typhimurium can also grow on 1,2-Pdl as the sole source of carbon and energy.
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Mehta AP, Abdelwahed SH, Fenwick MK, Hazra AB, Taga ME, Zhang Y, Ealick SE, Begley TP. Anaerobic 5-Hydroxybenzimidazole Formation from Aminoimidazole Ribotide: An Unanticipated Intersection of Thiamin and Vitamin B₁₂ Biosynthesis. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:10444-7. [PMID: 26237670 PMCID: PMC4753784 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b03576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Comparative genomics of the bacterial thiamin pyrimidine synthase (thiC) revealed a paralogue of thiC (bzaF) clustered with anaerobic vitamin B12 biosynthetic genes. Here we demonstrate that BzaF is a radical S-adenosylmethionine enzyme that catalyzes the remarkable conversion of aminoimidazole ribotide (AIR) to 5-hydroxybenzimidazole (5-HBI). We identify the origin of key product atoms and propose a reaction mechanism. These studies represent the first step in solving a long-standing problem in anaerobic vitamin B12 assembly and reveal an unanticipated intersection of thiamin and vitamin B12 biosynthesis.
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- Angad P. Mehta
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX-77843, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX-77843, USA
- herapeutic chemistry department, National research center, Dokki, Cario, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, 120 Baker Lab, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, 120 Baker Lab, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, 120 Baker Lab, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX-77843, USA
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Rupakula A, Lu Y, Kruse T, Boeren S, Holliger C, Smidt H, Maillard J. Functional genomics of corrinoid starvation in the organohalide-respiring bacterium Dehalobacter restrictus strain PER-K23. Front Microbiol 2015; 5:751. [PMID: 25610435 PMCID: PMC4285132 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2014] [Accepted: 12/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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De novo corrinoid biosynthesis represents one of the most complicated metabolic pathways in nature. Organohalide-respiring bacteria (OHRB) have developed different strategies to deal with their need of corrinoid, as it is an essential cofactor of reductive dehalogenases, the key enzymes in OHR metabolism. In contrast to Dehalococcoides mccartyi, the genome of Dehalobacter restrictus strain PER-K23 contains a complete set of corrinoid biosynthetic genes, of which cbiH appears to be truncated and therefore non-functional, possibly explaining the corrinoid auxotrophy of this obligate OHRB. Comparative genomics within Dehalobacter spp. revealed that one (operon-2) of the five distinct corrinoid biosynthesis associated operons present in the genome of D. restrictus appeared to be present only in that particular strain, which encodes multiple members of corrinoid transporters and salvaging enzymes. Operon-2 was highly up-regulated upon corrinoid starvation both at the transcriptional (346-fold) and proteomic level (46-fold on average), in line with the presence of an upstream cobalamin riboswitch. Together, these data highlight the importance of this operon in corrinoid homeostasis in D. restrictus and the augmented salvaging strategy this bacterium adopted to cope with the need for this essential cofactor.
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- Aamani Rupakula
- Laboratory for Environmental Biotechnology, ENAC-IIE-LBE, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Wageningen University Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Wageningen University Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Wageningen University Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Environmental Biotechnology, ENAC-IIE-LBE, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Wageningen University Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Environmental Biotechnology, ENAC-IIE-LBE, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland
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Mechanisms postulated to link folate and B12 metabolism with cancer, including genome-wide hypomethylation, gene-specific promoter hypermethylation, and DNA uracil misincorporation, have been observed in prostate tumor cells. However, epidemiological studies of prostate cancer risk, based on dietary intakes and blood levels of folate and vitamin B12 and on folate-pathway gene variants, have generated contradictory findings. In a meta-analysis, circulating concentrations of B12 (seven studies, OR = 1.10; 95% CI 1.01, 1.19; P = 0.002) and (in cohort studies) folate (five studies, OR = 1.18; 95% CI 1.00, 1.40; P = 0.02) were positively associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer. Homocysteine was not associated with risk of prostate cancer (four studies, OR = 0.91; 95% CI 0.69, 1.19; P = 0.5). In a meta-analysis of folate-pathway polymorphisms, MTR 2756A > G (eight studies, OR = 1.06; 95% CI 1.00, 1.12; P = 0.06) and SHMT1 1420C > T (two studies, OR = 1.11; 95% CI 1.00, 1.22; P = 0.05) were positively associated with prostate cancer risk. There were no effects due to any other polymorphisms, including MTHFR 677C > T (12 studies, OR = 1.04; 95% CI 0.97, 1.12; P = 0.3). The positive association of circulating B12 with an increased risk of prostate cancer could be explained by reverse causality. However, given current controversies over mandatory B12 fortification, further research to eliminate a causal role of B12 in prostate cancer initiation and/or progression is required. Meta-analysis does not entirely rule out a positive association of circulating folate with increased prostate cancer risk. As with B12, even a weak positive association would be a significant public health issue, given the high prevalence of prostate cancer and concerns about the potential harms versus benefits of mandatory folic acid fortification.
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Padmanabhan B, Yokoyama S, Bessho Y. Crystal structure of putative CbiT from Methanocaldococcus jannaschii: an intermediate enzyme activity in cobalamin (vitamin B12) biosynthesis. BMC STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2013; 13:10. [PMID: 23688113 PMCID: PMC3672029 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6807-13-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2013] [Accepted: 05/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND In the anaerobic pathway of cobalamin (vitamin B12) synthesis, the CbiT enzyme plays two roles, as a cobalt-precorrin-7 C15-methyltransferase and a C12-decarboxylase, to produce the intermediate, cobalt-precorrin 8. RESULTS The primary structure of the hypothetical protein MJ0391, from Methanocaldococcus jannaschii, suggested that MJ0391 is a putative CbiT. Here, we report the crystal structure of MJ0391, solved by the MAD procedure and refined to final R-factor and R-free values of 19.8 & 27.3%, respectively, at 2.3 Å resolution. The asymmetric unit contains two NCS molecules, and the intact tetramer generated by crystallographic symmetry may be functionally important. The overall tertiary structure and the tetrameric arrangements are highly homologous to those found in MT0146/CbiT from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. CONCLUSIONS The conservation of functional residues in the binding site for the co-factor, AdoMet, and in the putative precorrin-7 binding pocket suggested that MJ0391 may also possess CbiT activity. The putative function of MJ0391 is discussed, based on structural homology.
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- Balasundaram Padmanabhan
- Department of Biophysics, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore 560029, India,RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan,Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan,RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Harima Institute, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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Wang ZJ, Wang P, Liu YW, Zhang YM, Chu J, Huang MZ, Zhuang YP, Zhang SL. Metabolic flux analysis of the central carbon metabolism of the industrial vitamin B12 producing strain Pseudomonas denitrificans using 13C-labeled glucose. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2011.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Speranza G, Buckel W, Golding BT. CoenzymeB12-dependent enzymatic dehydration of 1,2-diols: simple reaction, complex mechanism! J PORPHYR PHTHALOCYA 2012. [DOI: 10.1142/s1088424604000271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The conversion of glycerol to acrolein is an undesirable event in whisky production, caused by infection of the broth with Klebsiella pneumoniae. This organism uses glycerol dehydratase to transform glycerol into 3-hydroxypropanal, which affords acrolein on distillation. The enzyme requires adenosylcobalamin (coenzyme B12) as cofactor and a monovalent cation (e.g. K+). Diol dehydratase is a similar enzyme that converts 1,2-diols ( C2- C4) including glycerol into an aldehyde and water. The subtle stereochemical features of these enzymes are exemplified by propane-1,2-diol: both enantiomers are substrates but different hydrogen and oxygen atoms are abstracted. The mechanism of action of the dehydratases has been elucidated by protein crystallography and ab initio molecular orbital calculations, aided by stereochemical and model studies. The 5'-deoxyadenosyl (adenosyl) radical from homolysis of the coenzyme's Co - C σ-bond abstracts a specific hydrogen atom from C -1 of diol substrate giving a substrate radical that rearranges to a product radical by 1,2-shift of hydroxyl from C -2 to C -1. The rearrangement mechanism involves an acid-base 'push-pull' in which migration of OH is facilitated by partial protonation by Hisα143, synergistically assisted by partial deprotonation of the non-migrating ( C -1) OH by the carboxylate of Gluα170. The active site K+ion holds the two hydroxyl groups in the correct conformation, whilst not significantly contributing to catalysis. Recently, diol dehydratases not dependent on coenzyme B12have been discovered. These enzymes utilize the same kind of diol radical chemistry as the coenzyme B12-dependent enzymes and they also use the adenosyl radical as initiator, but this is generated from S-adenosylmethionine.
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- Giovanna Speranza
- Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Industriale, Università di Milano, via Venezian 21, 20133 Milano, Italia
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- Laboratorium für Mikrobiologie, Fachbereich Biologie, Philipps-Universität, D-35032 Marburg, Germany
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- School of Natural Sciences - Chemistry, Bedson Building, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom
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Neier R, Journot G, R. Jones C, Blangy V. The Hydrogenation of Heterocyclic Calix[4]arenes, a Transformation Leading to Novel Macrocyclic Ligands. HETEROCYCLES 2012. [DOI: 10.3987/rev-11-sr(p)8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Eschenmoser A. Ätiologie potentiell primordialer Biomolekül-Strukturen: Vom Vitamin B12 zu den Nukleinsäuren und der Frage nach der Chemie der Entstehung des Lebens - ein Rückblick. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201103672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Eschenmoser A. Etiology of potentially primordial biomolecular structures: from vitamin B12 to the nucleic acids and an inquiry into the chemistry of life's origin: a retrospective. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011; 50:12412-72. [PMID: 22162284 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201103672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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"We'll never be able to know" is a truism that leads to resignation with respect to any experimental effort to search for the chemistry of life's origin. But such resignation runs radically counter to the challenge imposed upon chemistry as a natural science. Notwithstanding the prognosis according to which the shortest path to understanding the metamorphosis of the chemical into the biological is by way of experimental modeling of "artificial chemical life", the scientific search for the route nature adopted in creating the life we know will arguably never truly end. It is, after all, part of the search for our own origin.
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- Albert Eschenmoser
- Organisch-chemisches Laboratorium der ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg, Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 10, CHI H309, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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LeBlanc JG, Laiño JE, del Valle MJ, Vannini V, van Sinderen D, Taranto MP, de Valdez GF, de Giori GS, Sesma F. B-group vitamin production by lactic acid bacteria--current knowledge and potential applications. J Appl Microbiol 2011; 111:1297-309. [PMID: 21933312 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.05157.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 242] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Although most vitamins are present in a variety of foods, human vitamin deficiencies still occur in many countries, mainly because of malnutrition not only as a result of insufficient food intake but also because of unbalanced diets. Even though most lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are auxotrophic for several vitamins, it is now known that certain strains have the capability to synthesize water-soluble vitamins such as those included in the B-group (folates, riboflavin and vitamin B(12) amongst others). This review article will show the current knowledge of vitamin biosynthesis by LAB and show how the proper selection of starter cultures and probiotic strains could be useful in preventing clinical and subclinical vitamin deficiencies. Here, several examples will be presented where vitamin-producing LAB led to the elaboration of novel fermented foods with increased and bioavailable vitamins. In addition, the use of genetic engineering strategies to increase vitamin production or to create novel vitamin-producing strains will also be discussed. This review will show that the use of vitamin-producing LAB could be a cost-effective alternative to current vitamin fortification programmes and be useful in the elaboration of novel vitamin-enriched products.
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- J G LeBlanc
- Centro de Referencia para Lactobacilos (CERELA-CONICET), Chacabuco 145, Tucumán, Argentina.
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Wang XL, Quan JM. Intermediate-assisted multifunctional catalysis in the conversion of flavin to 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole by BluB: a density functional theory study. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:4079-91. [PMID: 21344938 DOI: 10.1021/ja1106207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BluB is a distinct flavin destructase that catalyzes a complex oxygen-dependent conversion of reduced flavin mononucleotide (FMNH(2)) to form 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole (DMB), the lower ligand of vitamin B(12). The catalyzed mechanism remains a challenge due to the discrepancy between the complexity of the conversion and the relative simplicity of the active site of BluB. In this study, we have explored the detailed conversion mechanism by using the hybrid density functional method B3LYP on an active site model of BluB consisting of 144 atoms. The results indicate that the conversion involves more than 14 sequential steps in two distinct stages. In the first stage, BluB catalyzes the incorporation of dioxygen, and the fragmentation of the isoalloxazine ring of FMNH(2) to form alloxan and the ribityl dimethylphenylenediimine (DMPDI); in the second stage, BluB exploits alloxan as a multifunctional cofactor, such as a proton donor, a proton acceptor, and a hydride acceptor, to catalyze the remaining no fewer than 10 steps of the reaction. The retro-aldol cleavage of the C1'-C2' bond of DMPDI is the rate-determining step with a barrier of about 21.6 kcal/mol, which produces D-erythrose 4-phosphate (E4P) and the ring-closing precursor of DMB. The highly conserved residue Asp32 plays critical roles in multiple steps of the conversion by serving as a proton acceptor or a proton shuttle, and another conserved residue Ser167 plays its catalytic role mainly in the rate-determining step by stabilizing the protonated retro-aldol precursor. These results are consistent with the available experimental observations. More significantly, the novel intermediate-assisted mechanism not only provides significant insights into understanding the mechanism underlying the power of the simple BluB catalyzing the complex conversion of FMNH(2) to DMB, but also represents a new type of intermediate-assisted multifunctional catalysis in an enzymatic reaction.
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- Xiao-Lei Wang
- Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Ramachary DB, Jain S. Sequential one-pot combination of multi-component and multi-catalysis cascade reactions: an emerging technology in organic synthesis. Org Biomol Chem 2010; 9:1277-300. [PMID: 21120241 DOI: 10.1039/c0ob00611d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Creating sequential one-pot combinations of multi-component reactions (MCRs) and multi-catalysis cascade (MCC) reactions is a challenging task that has already emerged as a new technology in synthetic organic chemistry. Through one-pot sequential combination of MCRs/MCC reactions, the chemical products (fine chemicals, agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals) that add value to our lives can be produced with less waste and greater economic benefits. Within this Emerging Area, we describe our recent developments and designs for sequential one-pot MCRs/MCC reactions to facilitate their realization as biomimetics in organic chemistry.
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Journot G, Letondor C, Neier R, Stoeckli-Evans H, Savoia D, Gualandi A. Catalytic Hydrogenation ofmeso-Octamethylporphyrinogen (Calix[4]pyrrole). Chemistry 2010; 16:4224-30. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.200903464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Bacterial vitamin B2, B11 and B12 overproduction: An overview. Int J Food Microbiol 2009; 133:1-7. [PMID: 19467724 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2009.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2008] [Revised: 04/12/2009] [Accepted: 04/14/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Consumers are becoming increasingly health conscious and therefore more discerning in their food choices. The production of fermented food products with elevated levels of B-vitamins increase both their commercial and nutritional value, and eliminate the need for subsequent fortification with these essential vitamins. Such novel products could reduce the incidence of inadequate vitamin intake which is common in many parts of the world, not only in developing countries, but also in many industrialised countries. Moreover, the concept of in situ fortification by bacterial fermentation opens the way for development of food products targeted at specific groups in society such as the elderly and adolescents. This review looks at how vitamin overproduction strategies have been developed, some of which have successfully been tested in animal models. Such innovative strategies could be relatively easily adapted by the food industry to develop novel vitamin-enhanced functional foods with enhanced consumer appeal.
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Blangy V, Heiss C, Khlebnikov V, Letondor C, Stoeckli-Evans H, Neier R. Synthese, Struktur und Komplexierungseigenschaften von partiell und vollständig reduziertenmeso-Octamethylporphyrinogenen (Calix[4]pyrrolen). Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200804937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Wohlgemuth R. The locks and keys to industrial biotechnology. N Biotechnol 2009; 25:204-13. [PMID: 19429540 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2009.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2008] [Revised: 01/07/2009] [Accepted: 01/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The sustainable use of resources by Nature to synthesize the required products at the right place, when they are needed, continues to be the role model for total synthesis and production in general. The combination of molecular and engineering science and technology in the biotechnological approach needs no protecting groups at all and has therefore been established for numerous large-scale routes to both natural and synthetic products in industry. The use of biobased raw materials for chemical synthesis, and the economy of molecular transformations like atom economy and step economy are of growing importance. As safety, health and environmental issues are key drivers for process improvements in the chemical industry, the development of biocatalytic reactions or pathways replacing hazardous reagents is a major focus. The integration of the biocatalytic reaction and downstream processing with product isolation has led to a variety of in situ product recovery techniques and has found numerous successful applications. With the growing collection of biocatalytic reactions, the retrosynthetic thinking can be applied to biocatalysis as well. The introduction of biocatalytic reactions is uniquely suited to cost reductions and higher quality products, as well as to more sustainable processes. The transfer of Nature's simple and robust sensing and control principles as well as its reaction and separation organization into useful technical systems can be applied to different fermentations, biotransformations and downstream processes. Biocatalyst and pathway discovery and development is the key towards new synthetic transformations in industrial biotechnology.
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- Roland Wohlgemuth
- Sigma-Aldrich, Research Specialities, Industriestrasse 25, 9470 Buchs, Switzerland.
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Blangy V, Heiss C, Khlebnikov V, Letondor C, Stoeckli-Evans H, Neier R. Synthesis, Structure, and Complexation Properties of Partially and Completely Reduced meso-Octamethylporphyrinogens (Calix[4]pyrroles). Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2008; 48:1688-91. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.200804937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Lundberg P, Hawker CJ, Hult A, Malkoch M. Click Assisted One‐Pot Multi‐Step Reactions in Polymer Science: Accelerated Synthetic Protocols. Macromol Rapid Commun 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/marc.200800181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Peering inside the black box to find enzyme-bound intermediates. Nat Chem Biol 2008; 4:390-1. [DOI: 10.1038/nchembio0708-390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Fan C, Bobik TA. The PduX enzyme of Salmonella enterica is an L-threonine kinase used for coenzyme B12 synthesis. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:11322-9. [PMID: 18308727 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m800287200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Here, the PduX enzyme of Salmonella enterica is shown to be an L-threonine kinase used for the de novo synthesis of coenzyme B(12) and the assimilation of cobyric acid (Cby). PduX with a C-terminal His tag (PduX-His(6)) was produced at high levels in Escherichia coli, purified by nickel affinity chromatography, and partially characterized. (31)P NMR spectroscopy established that purified PduX-His(6) catalyzed the conversion of l-threonine and ATP to L-threonine-O-3-phosphate and ADP. Enzyme assays showed that ATP was the preferred substrate compared with GTP, CTP, or UTP. PduX displayed Michaelis-Menten kinetics with respect to both ATP and l-threonine and nonlinear regression was used to determine the following kinetic constants: V(max) = 62.1 +/- 3.6 nmol min(-1) mg of protein(-1); K(m)(, ATP) = 54.7 +/- 5.7 microm and K(m)(,Thr) = 146.1 +/- 8.4 microm. Growth studies showed that pduX mutants were impaired for the synthesis of coenzyme B(12) de novo and from Cby, but not from cobinamide, which was the expected phenotype for an L-threonine kinase mutant. The defect in Cby assimilation was corrected by ectopic expression of pduX or by supplementation of growth medium with L-threonine-O-3-phosphate, providing further support that PduX is an L-threonine kinase. In addition, a bioassay showed that a pduX mutant was impaired for the de novo synthesis of coenzyme B(12) as expected. Collectively, the genetic and biochemical studies presented here show that PduX is an L-threonine kinase used for AdoCbl synthesis. To our knowledge, PduX is the first enzyme shown to phosphorylate free L-threonine and the first L-threonine kinase shown to function in coenzyme B(12) synthesis.
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- Chenguang Fan
- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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Ramachary DB, Sakthidevi R. Combining multi-catalysis and multi-component systems for the development of one-pot asymmetric reactions: stereoselective synthesis of highly functionalized bicyclo[4.4.0]decane-1,6-diones. Org Biomol Chem 2008; 6:2488-92. [DOI: 10.1039/b806243a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Zayas CL, Escalante-Semerena JC. Reassessment of the late steps of coenzyme B12 synthesis in Salmonella enterica: evidence that dephosphorylation of adenosylcobalamin-5'-phosphate by the CobC phosphatase is the last step of the pathway. J Bacteriol 2007; 189:2210-8. [PMID: 17209023 PMCID: PMC1899380 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01665-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We report that cobC strains of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium are impaired in the ability to salvage cobyric acid (Cby), a de novo corrin ring biosynthetic intermediate, under aerobic growth conditions. In vivo and in vitro evidence support the conclusion that this new phenotype of cobC strains is due to the inability of serovar Typhimurium to dephosphorylate adenosylcobalamin-5'-phosphate (AdoCbl-5'-P), the product of the condensation of alpha-ribazole-5'-phosphate (alpha-RP) and adenosylcobinamide-GDP by the AdoCbl-5'-P synthase (CobS, EC 2.7.8.26) enzyme. Increased flux through the 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole and cobinamide (Cbi) activation branches of the nucleotide loop assembly pathway in cobC strains restored AdoCbl-5'-P synthesis from Cby in a cobC strain. The rate of the CobS-catalyzed reaction was at least 2 orders of magnitude higher with alpha-RP than with alpha-ribazole as substrate. On the basis of the data reported herein, we conclude that removal of the phosphoryl group from AdoCbl-5'-P is the last step in AdoCbl biosynthesis in serovar Typhimurium and that the reaction is catalyzed by the AdoCbl-5'-P phosphatase (CobC) enzyme. Explanations for the correction of the Cby salvaging phenotype are discussed.
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- Carmen L Zayas
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, 144A Enzyme Institute, 1710 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726-4087, USA
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Scott AI, Roessner CA. Recent discoveries in the pathways to cobalamin (coenzyme B12) achieved through chemistry and biology. PURE APPL CHEM 2007. [DOI: 10.1351/pac200779122179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The genetic engineering of Escherichia coli for the over-expression of enzymes of the aerobic and anaerobic pathways to cobalamin has resulted in the in vivo and in vitro biosynthesis of new intermediates and other products that were isolated and characterized using a combination of bioorganic chemistry and high-resolution NMR. Analyses of these products were used to deduct the functions of the enzymes that catalyze their synthesis. CobZ, another enzyme for the synthesis of precorrin-3B of the aerobic pathway, has recently been described, as has been BluB, the enzyme responsible for the oxygen-dependent biosynthesis of dimethylbenzimidazole. In the anaerobic pathway, functions have recently been experimentally confirmed for or assigned to the CbiMNOQ cobalt transport complex, CbiA (a,c side chain amidation), CbiD (C-1 methylation), CbiF (C-11 methylation), CbiG (lactone opening, deacylation), CbiP (b,d,e,g side chain amidation), and CbiT (C-15 methylation, C-12 side chain decarboxylation). The dephosphorylation of adenosylcobalamin-phosphate, catalyzed by CobC, has been proposed as the final step in the biosynthesis of adenosylcobalamin.
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- A. Ian Scott
- 1Center for Biological NMR, Department of Chemistry, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843-3255, USA
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- 1Center for Biological NMR, Department of Chemistry, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843-3255, USA
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Wada K, Harada J, Yaeda Y, Tamiaki H, Oh-Oka H, Fukuyama K. Crystal structures of CbiL, a methyltransferase involved in anaerobic vitamin B12 biosynthesis, and CbiL in complex with S-adenosylhomocysteine − implications for the reaction mechanism. FEBS J 2006; 274:563-73. [PMID: 17229157 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05611.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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During anaerobic cobalamin (vitamin B12) biosynthesis, CbiL catalyzes methylation at the C-20 position of a cyclic tetrapyrrole ring using S-adenosylmethionine as a methyl group source. This methylation is a key modification for the ring contraction process, by which a porphyrin-type tetrapyrrole ring is converted to a corrin ring through elimination of the modified C-20 and direct bonding of C-1 to C-19. We have determined the crystal structures of Chlorobium tepidum CbiL and CbiL in complex with S-adenosylhomocysteine (the S-demethyl form of S-adenosylmethionine). CbiL forms a dimer in the crystal, and each subunit consists of N-terminal and C-terminal domains. S-Adenosylhomocysteine binds to a cleft between the two domains, where it is specifically recognized by extensive hydrogen bonding and van der Waals interactions. The orientation of the cobalt-factor II substrate was modeled by simulation, and the predicted model suggests that the hydroxy group of Tyr226 is located in close proximity to the C-20 atom as well as the C-1 and C-19 atoms of the tetrapyrrole ring. These configurations allow us to propose a catalytic mechanism: the conserved Tyr226 residue in CbiL catalyzes the direct transfer of a methyl group from S-adenosylmethionine to the substrate through an S(N)2-like mechanism. Furthermore, the structural model of CbiL binding to its substrate suggests the axial residue coordinated to the central cobalt of cobalt-factor II.
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- Kei Wada
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan.
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The design and implementation of cascade reactions is a challenging facet of organic chemistry, yet one that can impart striking novelty, elegance, and efficiency to synthetic strategies. The application of cascade reactions to natural products synthesis represents a particularly demanding task, but the results can be both stunning and instructive. This Review highlights selected examples of cascade reactions in total synthesis, with particular emphasis on recent applications therein. The examples discussed herein illustrate the power of these processes in the construction of complex molecules and underscore their future potential in chemical synthesis.
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- K C Nicolaou
- Department of Chemistry and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Zayas CL, Woodson JD, Escalante-Semerena JC. The cobZ gene of Methanosarcina mazei Go1 encodes the nonorthologous replacement of the alpha-ribazole-5'-phosphate phosphatase (CobC) enzyme of Salmonella enterica. J Bacteriol 2006; 188:2740-3. [PMID: 16547066 PMCID: PMC1428423 DOI: 10.1128/jb.188.7.2740-2743.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Open reading frame (ORF) Mm2058 of the methanogenic archaeon Methanosarcina mazei strain Gö1 was shown in vivo and in vitro to encode the nonorthologous replacement of the alpha-ribazole-phosphate phosphatase (CobC; EC 3.1.3.73) enzyme of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium LT2. Bioinformatics analysis of sequences available in databases tentatively identified ORF Mm2058, which was cloned under the control of an inducible promoter and was used to support growth of an S. enterica strain under conditions that demanded CobC-like activity. The Mm2058 protein was expressed with a decahistidine tag at its N terminus and was purified to homogeneity using nickel affinity chromatography. High-performance liquid chromatography followed by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry showed that the Mm2058 protein had phosphatase activity that converted alpha-ribazole-5'-phosphate to alpha-ribazole, as reported for the bacterial CobC enzyme. On the basis of the data reported here, we refer to ORF Mm2058 as cobZ. We tested the prediction by Rodionov et al. (D. A. Rodionov, A. G. Vitreschak, A. A. Mironov, and M. S. Gelfand, J. Biol. Chem. 278:41148-41159, 2003) that ORF HSL01294 (also called Vng1577) encoded the nonorthologous replacement of the bacterial CobC enzyme in the extremely halophilic archaeon Halobacterium sp. strain NRC-1. A strain of the latter carrying an in-frame deletion of ORF Vng1577 was not a cobalamin auxotroph, suggesting that either there is redundancy of this function in Halobacterium or the gene was misannotated.
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- Carmen L Zayas
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, 144A Enzyme Institute, 1710 University Ave., Madison, WI 53726-4087, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Kameta N, Nagawa Y, Karikomi M, Hiratani K. Chiral sensing for amino acid derivative based on a [2]rotaxane composed of an asymmetric rotor and an asymmetric axle. Chem Commun (Camb) 2006:3714-6. [PMID: 17047821 DOI: 10.1039/b607251h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A racemic [2]rotaxane, composed of an asymmetric rotor and an asymmetric axle, formed a diastereomer with an amino acid derivative, and showed an optical response for the chiral recognition.
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- Naohiro Kameta
- Nanoarchitectonics Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan.
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Heldt D, Lawrence AD, Lindenmeyer M, Deery E, Heathcote P, Rigby SE, Warren MJ. Aerobic synthesis of vitamin B12: ring contraction and cobalt chelation. Biochem Soc Trans 2005; 33:815-9. [PMID: 16042605 DOI: 10.1042/bst0330815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The aerobic biosynthetic pathway for vitamin B12 (cobalamin) biosynthesis is reviewed. Particular attention is focused on the ring contraction process, whereby an integral carbon atom of the tetrapyrrole-derived macrocycle is removed. Previous work had established that this chemically demanding step is facilitated by the action of a mono-oxygenase called CobG, which generates a hydroxy lactone intermediate. This mono-oxygenase contains both a non-haem iron and an Fe-S centre, but little information is known about its mechanism. Recent work has established that in bacteria such as Rhodobacter capsulatus, CobG is substituted by an isofunctional protein called CobZ. This protein has been shown to contain flavin, haem and Fe-S centres. A mechanism is proposed to explain the function of CobZ. Another interesting aspect of the aerobic cobalamin biosynthetic pathway is cobalt insertion, which displays some similarity to the process of magnesium chelation in chlorophyll synthesis. The genetic requirements of cobalt chelation and the subsequent reduction of the metal ion are discussed.
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio University, Athens, 45701, USA.
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Frank S, Brindley AA, Deery E, Heathcote P, Lawrence AD, Leech HK, Pickersgill RW, Warren MJ. Anaerobic synthesis of vitamin B12: characterization of the early steps in the pathway. Biochem Soc Trans 2005; 33:811-4. [PMID: 16042604 DOI: 10.1042/bst0330811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The anaerobic biosynthesis of vitamin B12 is slowly being unravelled. Recent work has shown that the first committed step along the anaerobic route involves the sirohydrochlorin (chelation of cobalt into factor II). The following enzyme in the pathway, CbiL, methylates cobalt-factor II to give cobalt-factor III. Recent progress on the molecular characterization of this enzyme has given a greater insight into its mode of action and specificity. Structural studies are being used to provide insights into how aspects of this highly complex biosynthetic pathway may have evolved. Between cobalt-factor III and cobyrinic acid, only one further intermediate has been identified. A combination of molecular genetics, recombinant DNA technology and bioorganic chemistry has led to some recent advances in assigning functions to the enzymes of the anaerobic pathway.
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK.
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Janosik T, Bergman J, Pelkey ET. Chapter 5.2 Five-membered ring systems: Pyrroles and benzo derivatives. A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE 2003 LITERATURE PRECEDED BY TWO CHAPTERS ON CURRENT HETEROCYCLIC TOPICS 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-6380(05)80048-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Woodson JD, Zayas CL, Escalante-Semerena JC. A new pathway for salvaging the coenzyme B12 precursor cobinamide in archaea requires cobinamide-phosphate synthase (CbiB) enzyme activity. J Bacteriol 2004; 185:7193-201. [PMID: 14645280 PMCID: PMC296239 DOI: 10.1128/jb.185.24.7193-7201.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The ability of archaea to salvage cobinamide has been under question because archaeal genomes lack orthologs to the bacterial nucleoside triphosphate:5'-deoxycobinamide kinase enzyme (cobU in Salmonella enterica). The latter activity is required for cobinamide salvaging in bacteria. This paper reports evidence that archaea salvage cobinamide from the environment by using a pathway different from the one used by bacteria. These studies demanded the functional characterization of two genes whose putative function had been annotated based solely on their homology to the bacterial genes encoding adenosylcobyric acid and adenosylcobinamide-phosphate synthases (cbiP and cbiB, respectively) of S. enterica. A cbiP mutant strain of the archaeon Halobacterium sp. strain NRC-1 was auxotrophic for adenosylcobyric acid, a known intermediate of the de novo cobamide biosynthesis pathway, but efficiently salvaged cobinamide from the environment, suggesting the existence of a salvaging pathway in this archaeon. A cbiB mutant strain of Halobacterium was auxotrophic for adenosylcobinamide-GDP, a known de novo intermediate, and did not salvage cobinamide. The results of the nutritional analyses of the cbiP and cbiB mutants suggested that the entry point for cobinamide salvaging is adenosylcobyric acid. The data are consistent with a salvaging pathway for cobinamide in which an amidohydrolase enzyme cleaves off the aminopropanol moiety of adenosylcobinamide to yield adenosylcobyric acid, which is converted by the adenosylcobinamide-phosphate synthase enzyme to adenosylcobinamide-phosphate, a known intermediate of the de novo biosynthetic pathway. The existence of an adenosylcobinamide amidohydrolase enzyme would explain the lack of an adenosylcobinamide kinase in archaea.
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- Jesse D Woodson
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53726, USA
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Leech HK, Raux E, McLean KJ, Munro AW, Robinson NJ, Borrelly GPM, Malten M, Jahn D, Rigby SEJ, Heathcote P, Warren MJ. Characterization of the cobaltochelatase CbiXL: evidence for a 4Fe-4S center housed within an MXCXXC motif. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:41900-7. [PMID: 12917443 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m306112200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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CbiX is a cobaltochelatase required for the biosynthesis of vitamin B12 and is found in Archaea as a short form (CbiXS containing 120-145 amino acids) and in some bacteria as a longer version (CbiXL containing 300-350 amino acids). Purification of either recombinant Bacillus megaterium or Synechocystis CbiXL in Escherichia coli, which is facilitated by the presence of a naturally occurring histidine-rich region of the protein, results in the isolation of a dark brown protein solution. The UV/visible spectrum of the protein is consistent with the presence of a redox group, and the lack of definition within the spectrum is suggestive of a 4Fe-4S center. The presence of an iron-sulfur center was confirmed by EPR analysis of the proteins, which produces a pseudoaxial spectrum with g values at 2.04, 1.94, and 1.90. The EPR spectrum was absent at 70 K, an observation that is diagnostic of a 4Fe-4S center. Redox potentiometry coupled with optical spectroscopy allowed the midpoint potential of the redox center to be determined for the CbiXL from both B. megaterium and Synechocystis. Sequence analysis of CbiXL proteins reveals only two conserved cysteine residues within the CbiXL proteins, which are part of an MXCXXC motif. Mutagenesis of the two cysteines leads to loss of both the EPR spectrum and UV/visible spectral features of the Fe-S center in the protein, clearly indicating that these residues are involved in ligating the cofactor to the apoprotein possibly in a butterfly arrangement. The potential physiological role of the iron-sulfur center is discussed.
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- Helen K Leech
- School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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