シナミシン生物合成中の9つの翻訳後の修正
Ayşe Ökesli1, Lisa E Cooper, Emily J Fogle
1Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|July 21, 2011
まとめ
この研究は,ランチビオティックであるシナマイシンの生合成を解明しています. 主要な酵素であるCinXとCinMは,Cinorf7と共に,抗菌活動に不可欠な独特のチオエーテルとリシノアラニンブリッジの形成に不可欠である.
科学分野:
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 微生物学 微生物学とは
背景:
- ランチバイオティクスは,独特のチオエーテルクロスリンクを持つ抗菌性ペプチドです.
- シナミシンは,ランチオニン,メチランチオニン,リシノアラニンブリッジ,およびヒドロキシアスパルチン酸を有する.
- シナミシンバイオシンセシスの理解は,その抗菌機能の鍵です.
研究 の 目的:
- シナマイシンの生物合成機構を調査する.
- 翻訳後の修正におけるCinX,CinM,Cinorf7の役割について説明する.
- 酵素活動の順序と要件を決定する.
主な方法:
- インビトロ酵素測定法.
- エシェリキア・コリアの異質表現.
- 先駆体ペプチドの改変の分析.
主要な成果:
- CinXヒドロキシラートAsp15; CinMはSer/Thrを脱水し, (Me) ランブリッジのためのCys残基をサイクルする.
- CinXとCinMの活性度の順序は,in vitroでは互換性がある.
- シノルフ7は,ライシノアラニンのブリッジ形成に不可欠であり,Lys19とデヒドロアラニン6が関与しています.
結論:
- シナマイシン生物合成遺伝子クラスターは,そのユニークな改変のために不可欠な酵素をコードします.
- 水酸化,チオエーテルブリッジ形成,およびリシノアラニンのクロスリンクには特定の酵素が必要です.
- ヘテロロゴス発現は,ランティビオティック生物合成の研究を容易にする.
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