ラジカルS-アデノシル-L-メチオニントリプトファンライアゼによるラジカルベースの反応の微調整

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Published on: September 26, 2020

Giuseppe Sicoli¹, Jean-Marie Mouesca¹, Laura Zeppieri²

¹Université Grenoble-Alpes, Institut Nanosciences et Cryogénie (INAC)-Service de Chimie Inorganique et Biologique (SCIB)/Laboratoire de Résonance Magnétique (LRM), F-38000 Grenoble, France. Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), INAC-SCIB/LRM, F-38000 Grenoble, France.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

|March 19, 2016

まとめ

酵素NOSLは,L-トリプトファンをノシヘプチド抗生物質前駆体に変換するために,基質化学を使用します. 酵素の進化を強調する,断片再結合ではなく,カルボキシル断片の移動を経由して進行する.

科学分野:

生物化学
酵素学
化学生物学

背景:

ノシヘプチドのようなチオペプチドは,重要な臨床用途を持つ複雑な抗生物質です.
ラジカルS-アデノシル-L-メチオニン (SAM) 酵素は,困難な化学変換を触媒化する.
トリプトファンリアゼ (NosL) はノシヘプチド生物合成に関与する.

研究の目的:

ラジカル酵素NOSLによるL-トリプトファン変換のメカニズムを解明する.
NosL反応で形成される中間素の性質を調査する.
提案されたメカニズムと代替手段を比較する

主な方法:

電子パラマグネティック共振 (EPR) スペクトロスコピーは,過激な種を検出し,特徴づけるために使用されました.
反応経路を追跡するために,同位体で標識されたL-トリプトファンの変種を使用した.
酵素の運動学と構造分析は機械的な解釈を促した.

主要な成果:

反応メカニズムの直接的な証拠を提供するために,ラジカル中間物質を捕まえて特徴づけました.
この結果は,以前提案された断片再結合経路に異議を唱え,カルボキシル断片移動メカニズムを支持する.
NosLはL-トリプトファンのCα-C結合を選択的に切断し,関連するチロシンライアゼとは異なる.

結論:

NosLは,L-トリプトファンの活性化のためのユニークなカルボキシル断片移動メカニズムを使用しています.
酵素活性部位のダイナミクスと構造的な制約が,特定の基質化学と結合分裂を決定する.
この研究は,進化的適応が酵素に新しい機能を果たすことができる方法を示しています.

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