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Zhang L, Liu X, Wang X, Zhu G, Song H, Cheng R, Naowarojna N, Costello CE, Liu P. Correspondence on "Structural Insight into the Catalytic Mechanism of the Endoperoxide Synthase FtmOx1". Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202218643. [PMID: 37541669 PMCID: PMC10528348 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202218643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/06/2023]
Abstract
In their recent Angewandte Chemie publication (doi: 10.1002/anie.202112063), Cen, Wang, Zhou et al. reported the crystal structure of a ternary complex of the non-heme iron endoperoxidase FtmOx1 (PDB entry 7ETK). The biochemical data assessed in this study were from a retracted study (doi: 10.1038/nature15519) by Zhang, Liu, Zhang et al.; no additional biochemical data were included, yet there was no discussion on the source of the biochemical data in the report by Cen, Wang, Zhou et al. Based on this new crystal structure and subsequent QM/MM-MD calculations, Cen, Wang, Zhou et al. concluded that their work provided evidence supporting the CarC-like mechanistic model for FtmOx1 catalysis. However, the authors did not accurately describe either the CarC-like model or the COX-like model, and they did not address the differences between them. Further, and contrary to their interpretations in the manuscript, the authors' data are consistent with the COX-like model once the details of the CarC-like and COX-like models have been carefully analyzed.
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- Lixin Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China,
University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237 (China)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China,
University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237 (China)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China,
University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237 (China)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China,
University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237 (China)
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University,
Wuhan 430072 (China)
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, 02215 MA
(USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, 02215 MA
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SIGNIFICANCE Ferroptosis is featured by the accumulation of polyunsaturated-lipid peroxidation on cellular membranes in an iron-dependent manner. Ferroptosis has been implicated in various pathophysiological processes including cancer, neurodegeneration, and ischemia-reperfusion tissue injury. However, our understanding about the dynamic and context-specific regulation of ferroptosis remains incomplete. RECENT ADVANCES As the major substrate for peroxidation, the cellular lipidome regulates ferroptosis sensitivity and execution by controlling the abundance and availability of polyunsaturated-lipids for peroxidative modifications. In turn, the cellular lipidome is regulated by a complex network of enzymes and transporters, as well as upstream layers of receptors, kinases and transcription factors. A number of research has shed light on the link between lipid metabolism and ferroptosis. Here we summarize our current knowledge on the role of the lipidome and associated protein regulators in various stages of ferroptosis, ranging from initiation, execution to cell death evasion by cells experiencing ferroptotic stress. CRITICAL ISSUES This review provides an overview of the mechanisms underlying lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis by discussing the lipid species that directly contribute to lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis, how cells regulate the abundances of these pro-ferroptosis lipids, how lipid peroxidation causes cell death, and how cells prevent and repair membrane lipid damage under ferroptotic conditions. FUTURE DIRECTIONS Cell fate regulation in vivo could be different from in vitro culture settings. We envision that a comprehensive and detailed understanding about these important questions in the dynamic regulation of ferroptosis in vivo will accelerate our development of ferroptosis-targeted therapies to improve human health.
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- Yilong Zou
- Westlake University School of Life Sciences, 572147, School of Life Sciences, Shilongshan Road #18, Cloud Town, Xihu District, Hangzhou, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310024;
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- Westlake University, 557712, Hangzhou, China;
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- Westlake University, 557712, Hangzhou, China;
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Wang F, Naowarojna N, Zou Y. Stratifying Ferroptosis Sensitivity in Cells and Tissues with PALP. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2712:9-17. [PMID: 37578692 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3433-2_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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Ferroptosis is emerging as a promising strategy for suppressing multiple types of human cancers. Rapid and accurate assessment of the relative sensitivity to ferroptosis in biological samples will accelerate the development of ferroptosis-targeted therapies. We previously demonstrated that photochemical activation of membrane lipid peroxidation (PALP) that uses high-power lasers to induce localized polyunsaturated fatty acyl (PUFA)-lipid peroxidation can efficiently report ferroptosis sensitivity in live cells and tissues in situ. Here, we describe the experimental details for PALP analysis, including preparation of tissue sections, preparation of fluorescent lipid peroxidation reporter, sample staining, lipid peroxidation induced by laser source, and data processing. We envision predicting the relative sensitivity to ferroptosis of cellular and tissue samples is potentially useful for basic research and clinical investigations.
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- Fengxiang Wang
- Westlake Four-Dimensional Dynamic Metabolomics (Meta4D) Laboratory, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Research Center for Industries of the Future, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Westlake Four-Dimensional Dynamic Metabolomics (Meta4D) Laboratory, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Research Center for Industries of the Future, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Westlake Four-Dimensional Dynamic Metabolomics (Meta4D) Laboratory, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
- School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
- Research Center for Industries of the Future, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
- Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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Hu WY, Li K, Weitz A, Wen A, Kim H, Murray JC, Cheng R, Chen B, Naowarojna N, Grinstaff MW, Elliott SJ, Chen JS, Liu P. Light-Driven Oxidative Demethylation Reaction Catalyzed by a Rieske-Type Non-heme Iron Enzyme Stc2. ACS Catal 2022; 12:14559-14570. [PMID: 37168530 PMCID: PMC10168674 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c04232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Rieske-type non-heme iron oxygenases/oxidases catalyze a wide range of transformations. Their applications in bioremediation or biocatalysis face two key barriers: the need of expensive NAD(P)H as a reductant and a proper reductase to mediate the electron transfer from NAD(P)H to the oxygenases. To bypass the need of both the reductase and NAD(P)H, using Rieske-type oxygenase (Stc2) catalyzed oxidative demethylation as the model system, we report Stc2 photocatalysis using eosin Y/sulfite as the photosensitizer/sacrificial reagent pair. In a flow-chemistry setting to separate the photo-reduction half-reaction and oxidation half-reaction, Stc2 photo-biocatalysis outperforms the Stc2-NAD(P)H-reductase (GbcB) system. In addition, in a few other selected Rieske enzymes (NdmA, CntA, and GbcA), and a flavin-dependent enzyme (iodotyrosine deiodinase, IYD), the eosin Y/sodium sulfite photo-reduction pair could also serve as the NAD(P)H-reductase surrogate to support catalysis, which implies the potential applicability of this photo-reduction system to other redox enzymes.
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- Wei-Yao Hu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200240, P. R. China
- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts02215, United States
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200240, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts02215, United States
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Zhu G, Yan W, Wang X, Cheng R, Naowarojna N, Wang K, Wang J, Song H, Wang Y, Liu H, Xia X, Costello CE, Liu X, Zhang L, Liu P. Dissecting the Mechanism of the Nonheme Iron Endoperoxidase FtmOx1 Using Substrate Analogues. JACS Au 2022; 2:1686-1698. [PMID: 35911443 PMCID: PMC9326825 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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FtmOx1 is a nonheme iron (NHFe) endoperoxidase, catalyzing three disparate reactions, endoperoxidation, alcohol dehydrogenation, and dealkylation, under in vitro conditions; the diversity complicates its mechanistic studies. In this study, we use two substrate analogues to simplify the FtmOx1-catalyzed reaction to either a dealkylation or an alcohol dehydrogenation reaction for structure-function relationship analysis to address two key FtmOx1 mechanistic questions: (1) Y224 flipping in the proposed COX-like model vs α-ketoglutarate (αKG) rotation proposed in the CarC-like mechanistic model and (2) the involvement of a Y224 radical (COX-like model) or a Y68 radical (CarC-like model) in FtmOx1-catalysis. When 13-oxo-fumitremorgin B (7) is used as the substrate, FtmOx1-catalysis changes from the endoperoxidation to a hydroxylation reaction and leads to dealkylation. In addition, consistent with the dealkylation side-reaction in the COX-like model prediction, the X-ray structure of the FtmOx1•CoII•αKG•7 ternary complex reveals a flip of Y224 to an alternative conformation relative to the FtmOx1•FeII•αKG binary complex. Verruculogen (2) was used as a second substrate analogue to study the alcohol dehydrogenation reaction to examine the involvement of the Y224 radical or Y68 radical in FtmOx1-catalysis, and again, the results from the verruculogen reaction are more consistent with the COX-like model.
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- Guoliang Zhu
- State
Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- School
of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- State
Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- School
of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200237, China
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- College
of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan
University, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430072, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key
Biosensor Laboratory of Shandong Province, Biology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy
of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong Province 250013, China
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- Key
Biosensor Laboratory of Shandong Province, Biology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy
of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong Province 250013, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- State
Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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Wang F, Naowarojna N, Zou Y. Stratifying ferroptosis sensitivity in cells and mouse tissues by photochemical activation of lipid peroxidation and fluorescent imaging. STAR Protoc 2022; 3:101189. [PMID: 35345595 PMCID: PMC8956817 DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2022.101189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
Abstract
Ferroptosis is a non-apoptotic iron-dependent cell death. Here we present a protocol for stratifying ferroptosis sensitivity in cells and mouse tissues. This protocol uses photochemical activation of lipid peroxidation (PALP) coupled with fluorescent imaging to assess the relative sensitivity to ferroptosis. Using commercial reagents and common equipment, PALP is readily accessible to most laboratories. One remaining challenge is the inability to multiplex this technique in analyzing multiple tissues or regions simultaneously. This protocol may have applications in developing ferroptosis-targeted therapies. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Wang et al. (2021). Protocol for photochemical activation of membrane lipid peroxidation Estimation of sensitivity to ferroptosis in live cell and tissue in situ Enabling study of lipid peroxidation on specific cellular membrane
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- Fengxiang Wang
- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058 China.,Westlake Four-Dimensional Dynamic Metabolomics (Meta4D) Lab, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024 China.,School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024 China.,Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024 China
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- Westlake Four-Dimensional Dynamic Metabolomics (Meta4D) Lab, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024 China.,School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024 China.,Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024 China
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- Westlake Four-Dimensional Dynamic Metabolomics (Meta4D) Lab, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024 China.,School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024 China.,Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024 China
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Pan Z, Naowarojna N, Wang Y, Hu M, Zou Y. Neutrophil ferroptotic death promotes autoimmune pathogenesis. Sci China Life Sci 2022; 65:846-848. [PMID: 34716854 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-021-2014-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Zijian Pan
- School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China
- Westlake Institute for Advanced study, Hangzhou, 310024, China
- Westlake Four-Dimensional Dynamic Metabolomics (Meta4D) Lab, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, 310024, China
- Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China
- Westlake Institute for Advanced study, Hangzhou, 310024, China
- Westlake Four-Dimensional Dynamic Metabolomics (Meta4D) Lab, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, 310024, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China
- Westlake Institute for Advanced study, Hangzhou, 310024, China
- Westlake Four-Dimensional Dynamic Metabolomics (Meta4D) Lab, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, 310024, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China
- Westlake Institute for Advanced study, Hangzhou, 310024, China
- Westlake Four-Dimensional Dynamic Metabolomics (Meta4D) Lab, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, 310024, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China.
- Westlake Institute for Advanced study, Hangzhou, 310024, China.
- Westlake Four-Dimensional Dynamic Metabolomics (Meta4D) Lab, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, 310024, China.
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Cheng R, Weitz AC, Paris J, Tang Y, Zhang J, Song H, Naowarojna N, Li K, Qiao L, Lopez J, Grinstaff MW, Zhang L, Guo Y, Elliott S, Liu P. OvoA Mtht from Methyloversatilis thermotolerans ovothiol biosynthesis is a bifunction enzyme: thiol oxygenase and sulfoxide synthase activities. Chem Sci 2022; 13:3589-3598. [PMID: 35432880 PMCID: PMC8943887 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc05479a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Mononuclear non-heme iron enzymes are a large class of enzymes catalyzing a wide-range of reactions. In this work, we report that a non-heme iron enzyme in Methyloversatilis thermotolerans, OvoAMtht, has two different activities, as a thiol oxygenase and a sulfoxide synthase. When cysteine is presented as the only substrate, OvoAMtht is a thiol oxygenase. In the presence of both histidine and cysteine as substrates, OvoAMtht catalyzes the oxidative coupling between histidine and cysteine (a sulfoxide synthase). Additionally, we demonstrate that both substrates and the active site iron's secondary coordination shell residues exert exquisite control over the dual activities of OvoAMtht (sulfoxide synthase vs. thiol oxygenase activities). OvoAMtht is an excellent system for future detailed mechanistic investigation on how metal ligands and secondary coordination shell residues fine-tune the iron-center electronic properties to achieve different reactivities. Modulation of OvoAMtht's dual activities: sulfoxide synthase and thiol oxygenase.![]()
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- Ronghai Cheng
- Department of Chemistry, Boston University 590 Commonwealth Ave. Boston MA 02215 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University 590 Commonwealth Ave. Boston MA 02215 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University 4400 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh PA 1521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University 4400 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh PA 1521 USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology 130 Meilong Rd Shanghai 200237 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University 590 Commonwealth Ave. Boston MA 02215 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University 590 Commonwealth Ave. Boston MA 02215 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University 590 Commonwealth Ave. Boston MA 02215 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University 590 Commonwealth Ave. Boston MA 02215 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University 590 Commonwealth Ave. Boston MA 02215 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University 590 Commonwealth Ave. Boston MA 02215 USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology 130 Meilong Rd Shanghai 200237 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University 4400 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh PA 1521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University 590 Commonwealth Ave. Boston MA 02215 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University 590 Commonwealth Ave. Boston MA 02215 USA
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Wang F, Graham ET, Naowarojna N, Shi Z, Wang Y, Xie G, Zhou L, Salmon W, Jia JM, Wang X, Huang Y, Schreiber SL, Zou Y. PALP: A rapid imaging technique for stratifying ferroptosis sensitivity in normal and tumor tissues in situ. Cell Chem Biol 2022; 29:157-170.e6. [PMID: 34813762 PMCID: PMC8792350 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2021.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Revised: 09/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
Ferroptosis is an emerging cancer suppression strategy. However, how to select cancer patients for treating with ferroptosis inducers remains challenging. Here, we develop photochemical activation of membrane lipid peroxidation (PALP), which uses targeted lasers to induce localized polyunsaturated fatty acyl (PUFA)-lipid peroxidation for reporting ferroptosis sensitivity in cells and tissues. PALP captured by BODIPY-C11 can be suppressed by lipophilic antioxidants and iron chelation, and is dependent on PUFA-lipid levels. Moreover, we develop PALPv2, for studying lipid peroxidation on selected membranes along the z axis in live cells using two-photon microscopes. Using PALPv1, we detect PUFA-lipids in multiple tissues, and validate a PUFA-phospholipid reduction during muscle aging as previously reported. Patterns of PALPv1 signals across multiple cancer cell types in vitro and in vivo are concordant with their ferroptosis susceptibility and PUFA-phospholipid levels. We envision that PALP will enable rapid stratification of ferroptosis sensitivity in cancer patients and facilitate PUFA-lipid research.
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- Fengxiang Wang
- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China; Westlake Four-Dimensional Dynamic Metabolomics (Meta4D) Lab, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China; School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China; Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
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- Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Westlake Four-Dimensional Dynamic Metabolomics (Meta4D) Lab, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China; School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China; Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
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- Westlake Four-Dimensional Dynamic Metabolomics (Meta4D) Lab, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China; School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China; Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
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- Westlake Four-Dimensional Dynamic Metabolomics (Meta4D) Lab, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China; School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China; Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China; Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China; Westlake Genomics and Bioinformatics Lab, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China; Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
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- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China; Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China; Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China; Westlake Genomics and Bioinformatics Lab, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, MA 02138, USA.
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- Westlake Four-Dimensional Dynamic Metabolomics (Meta4D) Lab, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China; School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China; Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China.
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Abstract
The cyst(e)ine/glutathione (GSH)/glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) axis is the most frequently targeted pathway to trigger the ferroptosis cascade and suppress tumor growth. Two recent studies present additional mechanisms underlying cystine starvation-induced ferroptosis apart from impaired GSH synthesis.
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- Zhennan Shi
- grid.494629.40000 0004 8008 9315Westlake Four-Dimensional Dynamic Metabolomics (Meta4D) Lab, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang China ,grid.494629.40000 0004 8008 9315School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang China ,Institute of Biology, Westlake Institute of Advanced Studies, Hangzhou, Zhejiang China
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- grid.494629.40000 0004 8008 9315Westlake Four-Dimensional Dynamic Metabolomics (Meta4D) Lab, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang China ,grid.494629.40000 0004 8008 9315School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang China ,Institute of Biology, Westlake Institute of Advanced Studies, Hangzhou, Zhejiang China
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- grid.494629.40000 0004 8008 9315School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang China ,Institute of Biology, Westlake Institute of Advanced Studies, Hangzhou, Zhejiang China
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- Westlake Four-Dimensional Dynamic Metabolomics (Meta4D) Lab, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. .,School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. .,Institute of Biology, Westlake Institute of Advanced Studies, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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Yan W, Song H, Song F, Guo Y, Wu CH, Her AS, Pu Y, Wang S, Naowarojna N, Weitz A, Hendrich MP, Costello CE, Zhang L, Liu P, Zhang YJ. Retraction Note: Endoperoxide formation by an α-ketoglutarate-dependent mononuclear non-haem iron enzyme. Nature 2021; 593:612. [PMID: 34012118 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03527-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Wupeng Yan
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712, Texas, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, 02215, Massachusetts, USA
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15213, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, 02215, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, 02215, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, 02215, Massachusetts, USA.,Center for Biomedical Mass Spectrometry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, 02118, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, 02215, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, 02215, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15213, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15213, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, 02215, Massachusetts, USA.,Center for Biomedical Mass Spectrometry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, 02118, Massachusetts, USA
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, 02215, Massachusetts, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712, Texas, USA. .,Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712, Texas, USA.
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Cheng R, Lai R, Peng C, Lopez J, Li Z, Naowarojna N, Li K, Wong C, Lee N, Whelan SA, Qiao L, Grinstaff MW, Wang J, Cui Q, Liu P. Implications for an imidazol-2-yl carbene intermediate in the rhodanase-catalyzed C-S bond formation reaction of anaerobic ergothioneine biosynthesis. ACS Catal 2021; 11:3319-3334. [PMID: 34745712 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c04886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
In the anaerobic ergothioneine biosynthetic pathway, a rhodanese domain containing enzyme (EanB) activates tne hercynine's sp2 ε-C-H Dona ana replaces it with a C-S bond to produce ergothioneine. The key intermediate for this trans-sulfuration reaction is the Cys412 persulfide. Substitution of the EanB-Cys412 persulfide with a Cys412 perselenide does not yield the selenium analog of ergothioneine, selenoneine. However, in deuterated buffer, the perselenide-modified EanB catalyzes the deuterium exchange between hercynine's sp2 ε-C-H bond and D2O. Results from QM/MM calculations suggest that the reaction involves a carbene intermediate and that Tyr353 plays a key role. We hypothesize that modulating the pKa of Tyr353 will affect the deuterium-exchange rate. Indeed, the 3,5-difluoro tyrosine containing EanB catalyzes the deuterium exchange reaction with k ex of ~10-fold greater than the wild-type EanB (EanBWT). With regards to potential mechanisms, these results support the involvement of a carbene intermediate in EanB-catalysis, rendering EanB as one of the few carbene-intermediate involving enzymatic systems.
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- Ronghai Cheng
- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai, Zhangjiang Lab, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai, Zhangjiang Lab, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Naowarojna N, Cheng R, Lopez J, Wong C, Qiao L, Liu P. Chemical modifications of proteins and their applications in metalloenzyme studies. Synth Syst Biotechnol 2021; 6:32-49. [PMID: 33665390 PMCID: PMC7897936 DOI: 10.1016/j.synbio.2021.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 01/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Protein chemical modifications are important tools for elucidating chemical and biological functions of proteins. Several strategies have been developed to implement these modifications, including enzymatic tailoring reactions, unnatural amino acid incorporation using the expanded genetic codes, and recognition-driven transformations. These technologies have been applied in metalloenzyme studies, specifically in dissecting their mechanisms, improving their enzymatic activities, and creating artificial enzymes with non-natural activities. Herein, we summarize some of the recent efforts in these areas with an emphasis on a few metalloenzyme case studies.
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, United States
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Cheng R, Wu L, Lai R, Peng C, Naowarojna N, Hu W, Li X, Whelan SA, Lee N, Lopez J, Zhao C, Yong Y, Xue J, Jiang X, Grinstaff MW, Deng Z, Chen J, Cui Q, Zhou J, Liu P. Single-step Replacement of an Unreactive C-H Bond by a C-S Bond Using Polysulfide as the Direct Sulfur Source in Anaerobic Ergothioneine Biosynthesis. ACS Catal 2020; 10:8981-8994. [PMID: 34306804 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c01809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Ergothioneine, a natural longevity vitamin and antioxidant, is a thiol-histidine derivative. Recently, two types of biosynthetic pathways were reported. In the aerobic ergothioneine biosynthesis, a non-heme iron enzyme incorporates a sulfoxide to an sp2 C-H bond in trimethyl-histidine (hercynine) through oxidation reactions. In contrast, in the anaerobic ergothioneine biosynthetic pathway in a green sulfur bacterium, Chlorobium limicola, a rhodanese domain containing protein (EanB) directly replaces this unreactive hercynine C-H bond with a C-S bond. Herein, we demonstrate that polysulfide (HSSnSR) is the direct sulfur-source in EanB-catalysis. After identifying EanB's substrates, X-ray crystallography of several intermediate states along with mass spectrometry results provide additional mechanistic details for this reaction. Further, quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) calculations reveal that protonation of Nπ of hercynine by Tyr353 with the assistance of Thr414 is a key activation step for the hercynine sp2 C-H bond in this trans-sulfuration reaction.
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- Ronghai Cheng
- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
- College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai, Zhangjiang Lab, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Key Laboratory of Combinatory Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Hubei 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Process, East China Normal University, 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai 200062, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Process, East China Normal University, 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai 200062, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatory Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Hubei 430072, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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Photocatalytic compounds and complexes, such as tris(bipyridine)ruthenium(II), [Ru(bpy)3]2+, have recently attracted attention as light-mediated bactericides that can help to address the need for new antibacterial strategies. We demonstrate in this work that the bactericidal efficacy of [Ru(bpy)3]2+ and the control of its antibacterial function can be significantly enhanced through combination with a plasmonic nanoantenna. We report strong, visible light-controlled bacterial inactivation with a nanocomposite design that incorporates [Ru(bpy)3]2+ as a photocatalyst and a Ag nanoparticle (NP) core as a light-concentrating nanoantenna into a plasmonic hybrid photoreactor. The hybrid photoreactor platform is facilitated by a self-assembled lipid membrane that encapsulates the Ag NP and binds the photocatalyst. The lipid membrane renders the nanocomposite biocompatible in the absence of resonant illumination. Upon illumination, the plasmon-enhanced photoexcitation of the metal-to-ligand charge-transfer band of [Ru(bpy)3]2+ prepares the reactive excited state of the complex that oxidizes the nanocomposite membrane and increases its permeability. The photooxidation induces the release of [Ru(bpy)3]2+, Ag+, and peroxidized lipids into the ambient medium, where they interact synergistically to inactivate bacteria. We measured a 7 order of magnitude decrease in Gram-positive Arthrobacter sp. and a 4 order of magnitude decrease in Gram-negative Escherichia coli colony forming units with the photoreactor bactericides after visible light illumination for 1 h. In both cases, the photoreactor exceeds the bactericidal standard of a log reduction value of 3 and surpasses the antibacterial effect of free Ag NPs or [Ru(bpy)3]2+ by >4 orders of magnitude. We also implement the inactivation of a bacterial thin film in a proof-of-concept study.
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- Xingda An
- Department of Chemistry , Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts 02215 , United States
- Photonics Center , Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts 02215 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts 02215 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts 02215 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts 02215 , United States
- Photonics Center , Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts 02215 , United States
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Song H, Naowarojna N, Cheng R, Lopez J, Liu P. Non-heme iron enzyme-catalyzed complex transformations: Endoperoxidation, cyclopropanation, orthoester, oxidative C-C and C-S bond formation reactions in natural product biosynthesis. Adv Protein Chem Struct Biol 2019; 117:1-61. [PMID: 31564305 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apcsb.2019.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Non-heme iron enzymes catalyze a wide range of chemical transformations, serving as one of the key types of tailoring enzymes in the biosynthesis of natural products. Hydroxylation reaction is the most common type of reactions catalyzed by these enzymes and hydroxylation reactions have been extensively investigated mechanistically. However, the mechanistic details for other types of transformations remain largely unknown or unexplored. In this paper, we present some of the most recently discovered transformations, including endoperoxidation, orthoester formation, cyclopropanation, oxidative C-C and C-S bond formation reactions. In addition, many of them are multi-functional enzymes, which further complicate their mechanistic investigations. In this work, we summarize their biosynthetic pathways, with special emphasis on the mechanistic details available for these newly discovered enzymes.
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- Heng Song
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
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Deng Q, Liu Y, Chen L, Xu M, Naowarojna N, Lee N, Chen L, Zhu D, Hong X, Deng Z, Liu P, Zhao C. Biochemical Characterization of a Multifunctional Mononuclear Nonheme Iron Enzyme (PtlD) in Neopentalenoketolactone Biosynthesis. Org Lett 2019; 21:7592-7596. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b02872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Qian Deng
- Key Laboratory of Combinatory Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Hubei 430072, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatory Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Hubei 430072, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatory Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Hubei 430072, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatory Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Hubei 430072, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatory Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Hubei 430072, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatory Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Hubei 430072, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatory Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Hubei 430072, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatory Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Hubei 430072, People’s Republic of China
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Naowarojna N, Irani S, Hu W, Cheng R, Zhang L, Li X, Chen J, Zhang YJ, Liu P. Crystal Structure of the Ergothioneine Sulfoxide Synthase from Candidatus Chloracidobacterium thermophilum and Structure-Guided Engineering To Modulate Its Substrate Selectivity. ACS Catal 2019; 9:6955-6961. [PMID: 32257583 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b02054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
Ergothioneine is a thiohistidine derivative with potential benefits on many aging-related diseases. The central step of aerobic ergothioneine biosynthesis is the oxidative C-S bond formation reaction catalyzed by mononuclear nonheme iron sulfoxide synthases (EgtB and Egt1). Thus far, only the Mycobacterium thermoresistibile EgtB (EgtB Mth ) crystal structure is available, while the structural information for the more industrially attractive Egt1 enzyme is not. Herein, we reported the crystal structure of the ergothioneine sulfoxide synthase (EgtB Cth ) from Candidatus Chloracidobacterium thermophilum. EgtB Cth has both EgtB- and Egt1-type of activities. Guided by the structural information, we conducted Rosetta Enzyme Design calculations, and we biochemically demonstrated that EgtB Cth can be engineered more toward Egt1-type of activity. This study provides information regarding the factors governing the substrate selectivity in Egt1- and EgtB-catalysis and lays the groundwork for future sulfoxide synthase engineering toward the development of an effective ergothioneine process through a synthetic biology approach.
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- Nathchar Naowarojna
- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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Chen L, Naowarojna N, Chen B, Xu M, Quill M, Wang J, Deng Z, Zhao C, Liu P. Mechanistic Studies of a Nonheme Iron Enzyme OvoA in Ovothiol Biosynthesis Using a Tyrosine Analogue, 2-Amino-3-(4-hydroxy-3-(methoxyl) phenyl) Propanoic Acid (MeOTyr). ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b03903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Li Chen
- Key Laboratory of Combinatory Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Hubei 430072, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatory Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Hubei 430072, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatory Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Hubei 430072, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatory Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Hubei 430072, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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Naowarojna N, Huang P, Cai Y, Song H, Wu L, Cheng R, Li Y, Wang S, Lyu H, Zhang L, Zhou J, Liu P. In Vitro Reconstitution of the Remaining Steps in Ovothiol A Biosynthesis: C–S Lyase and Methyltransferase Reactions. Org Lett 2018; 20:5427-5430. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b02332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Nathchar Naowarojna
- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products & Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, 3 Taicheng Road, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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Gao SS, Naowarojna N, Cheng R, Liu X, Liu P. Recent examples of α-ketoglutarate-dependent mononuclear non-haem iron enzymes in natural product biosyntheses. Nat Prod Rep 2018; 35:792-837. [PMID: 29932179 PMCID: PMC6093783 DOI: 10.1039/c7np00067g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Covering: up to 2018 α-Ketoglutarate (αKG, also known as 2-oxoglutarate)-dependent mononuclear non-haem iron (αKG-NHFe) enzymes catalyze a wide range of biochemical reactions, including hydroxylation, ring fragmentation, C-C bond cleavage, epimerization, desaturation, endoperoxidation and heterocycle formation. These enzymes utilize iron(ii) as the metallo-cofactor and αKG as the co-substrate. Herein, we summarize several novel αKG-NHFe enzymes involved in natural product biosyntheses discovered in recent years, including halogenation reactions, amino acid modifications and tailoring reactions in the biosynthesis of terpenes, lipids, fatty acids and phosphonates. We also conducted a survey of the currently available structures of αKG-NHFe enzymes, in which αKG binds to the metallo-centre bidentately through either a proximal- or distal-type binding mode. Future structure-function and structure-reactivity relationship investigations will provide crucial information regarding how activities in this large class of enzymes have been fine-tuned in nature.
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- Shu-Shan Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA. and State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Naowarojna N, Cheng R, Chen L, Quill M, Xu M, Zhao C, Liu P. Mini-Review: Ergothioneine and Ovothiol Biosyntheses, an Unprecedented Trans-Sulfur Strategy in Natural Product Biosynthesis. Biochemistry 2018; 57:3309-3325. [PMID: 29589901 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
Abstract
As one of the most abundant elements on earth, sulfur is part of many small molecular metabolites and is key to their biological activities. Over the past few decades, some general strategies have been discovered for the incorporation of sulfur into natural products. In this review, we summarize recent efforts in elucidating the biosynthetic details for two sulfur-containing metabolites, ergothioneine and ovothiol. Their biosyntheses involve an unprecedented trans-sulfur strategy, a combination of a mononuclear non-heme iron enzyme-catalyzed oxidative C-S bond formation reaction and a PLP enzyme-mediated C-S lyase reaction.
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- Nathchar Naowarojna
- Department of Chemistry , Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts 02215 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts 02215 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts 02215 , United States.,Key Laboratory of Combinatory Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Wuhan University , Wuhan , Hubei 430072 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry , Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts 02215 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts 02215 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts 02215 , United States.,Key Laboratory of Combinatory Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Wuhan University , Wuhan , Hubei 430072 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry , Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts 02215 , United States
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Chen L, Naowarojna N, Song H, Wang S, Wang J, Deng Z, Zhao C, Liu P. Use of a Tyrosine Analogue To Modulate the Two Activities of a Nonheme Iron Enzyme OvoA in Ovothiol Biosynthesis, Cysteine Oxidation versus Oxidative C-S Bond Formation. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:4604-4612. [PMID: 29544051 PMCID: PMC5884719 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b13628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Ovothiol is a histidine thiol derivative. The biosynthesis of ovothiol involves an extremely efficient trans-sulfuration strategy. The nonheme iron enzyme OvoA catalyzed oxidative coupling between cysteine and histidine is one of the key steps. Besides catalyzing the oxidative coupling between cysteine and histidine, OvoA also catalyzes the oxidation of cysteine to cysteine sulfinic acid (cysteine dioxygenase activity). Thus far, very little mechanistic information is available for OvoA-catalysis. In this report, we measured the kinetic isotope effect (KIE) in OvoA-catalysis using the isotopically sensitive branching method. In addition, by replacing an active site tyrosine (Tyr417) with 2-amino-3-(4-hydroxy-3-(methylthio)phenyl)propanoic acid (MtTyr) through the amber suppressor mediated unnatural amino acid incorporation method, the two OvoA activities (oxidative coupling between cysteine and histidine, and cysteine dioxygenase activity) can be modulated. These results suggest that the two OvoA activities branch out from a common intermediate and that the active site tyrosine residue plays some key roles in controlling the partitioning between these two pathways.
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- Li Chen
- Key Laboratory of Combinatory Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Hubei 430072, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Hubei 430072, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatory Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Hubei 430072, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatory Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Hubei 430072, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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Irani S, Naowarojna N, Liu P, Zhang Y. Snapshots of C‐S cleavage in Egt2 reveals substrate specificity and reaction mechanism. FASEB J 2018. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2018.32.1_supplement.792.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Hu W, Song H, Sae Her A, Bak DW, Naowarojna N, Elliott SJ, Qin L, Chen X, Liu P. Bioinformatic and biochemical characterizations of C-S bond formation and cleavage enzymes in the fungus Neurospora crassa ergothioneine biosynthetic pathway. Org Lett 2014; 16:5382-5. [PMID: 25275953 PMCID: PMC4201327 DOI: 10.1021/ol502596z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
Ergothioneine is a histidine thiol derivative. Its mycobacterial biosynthetic pathway has five steps (EgtA-E catalysis) with two novel reactions: a mononuclear nonheme iron enzyme (EgtB) catalyzed oxidative C-S bond formation and a PLP-mediated C-S lyase (EgtE) reaction. Our bioinformatic and biochemical analyses indicate that the fungus Neurospora crassa has a more concise ergothioneine biosynthetic pathway because its nonheme iron enzyme, Egt1, makes use of cysteine instead of γ-Glu-Cys as the substrate. Such a change of substrate preference eliminates the competition between ergothioneine and glutathione biosyntheses. In addition, we have identified the N. crassa C-S lyase (NCU11365) and reconstituted its activity in vitro, which makes the future ergothioneine production through metabolic engineering feasible.
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- Wen Hu
- State
Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine
and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, P. R. China
- Department
of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- State
Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine
and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine
and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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