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Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Synthetic Biology

Background:

Microbial polyketides are diverse secondary metabolites with medicinal potential.
Type II polyketide synthases (PKS) produce aromatic polyketides but are poorly understood in vitro.
Heterologous expression of PKS components often faces challenges with enzyme activation.

Purpose of the Study:

To enable in vitro studies of minimal type II PKS by overcoming activation barriers.
To develop a generalizable method for activating previously incompatible PKS components.

Main Methods:

High-yield heterologous expression of cyanobacterial type II PKS (gloPKS) components in E. coli.
Investigated phosphopantetheinylation of gloACP by Sfp.
Utilized sequence analysis to identify key residues in gloACP for Sfp activation.
Introduced analogous mutations in other PKS ACPs to test generalizability.

Main Results:

Successfully expressed gloPKS KS-CLF and gloACP in E. coli.
Identified two key residues in gloACP that, upon mutation, enabled Sfp-mediated phosphopantetheinylation.
Demonstrated that these mutations render previously Sfp-incompatible ACPs activatable by Sfp.

Conclusions:

Developed a generalizable strategy to activate type II PKS ACPs using Sfp.
Overcame a significant barrier to in vitro characterization of type II PKS.
This work facilitates the study and bioengineering of complex polyketide biosynthetic pathways.