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- Title
Aminoacyl chain translocation catalysed by a type II thioesterase domain in an unusual non-ribosomal peptide synthetase.
- Authors
Wang, Shan; Brittain, William D. G.; Zhang, Qian; Lu, Zhou; Tong, Ming Him; Wu, Kewen; Kyeremeh, Kwaku; Jenner, Matthew; Yu, Yi; Cobb, Steven L.; Deng, Hai
- Abstract
Non-Ribosomal Peptide Synthetases (NRPSs) assemble a diverse range of natural products with important applications in both medicine and agriculture. They consist of several multienzyme subunits that must interact with each other in a highly controlled manner to facilitate efficient chain transfer, thus ensuring biosynthetic fidelity. Several mechanisms for chain transfer are known for NRPSs, promoting structural diversity. Herein, we report the first biochemically characterized example of a type II thioesterase (TEII) domain capable of catalysing aminoacyl chain transfer between thiolation (T) domains on two separate NRPS subunits responsible for installation of a dehydrobutyrine moiety. Biochemical dissection of this process reveals the central role of the TEII-catalysed chain translocation event and expands the enzymatic scope of TEII domains beyond canonical (amino)acyl chain hydrolysis. The apparent co-evolution of the TEII domain with the NRPS subunits highlights a unique feature of this enzymatic cassette, which will undoubtedly find utility in biosynthetic engineering efforts. Non-Ribosomal Peptide Synthetases (NRPSs) are responsible for the construction of many types of natural products. Here the authors characterize a key type II thioesterase domain that sheds light on the chain translocation processes of legonmycin NRPSs.
- Subjects
PEPTIDES; NONRIBOSOMAL peptide synthetases; THIOESTERASE; NATURAL products
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2022, Vol 13, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-021-27512-0