拉索异酶的结构 确定处理线状基质的拓
Jonathan R Chekan1,2, Joseph D Koos1,2, Chuhan Zong1,2
1Department of Biochemistry, ‡Institute for Genomic Biology and §Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States and.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|December 22, 2016
概括
研究人员阐明了拉索异酶的结构和功能,揭示了其独特的结构和基质识别机制. 这一发现有助于通过基因组挖掘识别新的生物活性拉索.
科学领域:
- 生物化学
- 结构生物学
- 分子生物学
背景情况:
- 拉索是一种生物活性分子,具有由异键形成的独特螺纹结结构.
- 一些拉索生物合成集群含有酶,异酶,可将这种结合溶解,产生线性.
研究的目的:
- 确定拉索异酶的结构并了解其作用机制.
- 调查异酶如何识别和处理拉索基质.
- 开发一种基因组挖掘策略,用于识别新型拉索集群.
主要方法:
- 使用X射线结晶学来确定异酶的2.4 Å分辨率结构和与基质的2.2 Å分辨率共晶结构.
- 进行了基于结构的突变分析,以探讨酶基质相互作用.
- 采用基于网络的基因组挖掘,使用异酶基因序列.
- 使用异构表达来验证已识别的生物合成集群.
主要成果:
- 拉索异酶具有新的二域结构 (β-螺旋和α/β酶).
- 结晶显示了基质变形和活性部位重组,促进了异结合的水解.
- 激素对激光的识别是基于形状的互补性,而不是序列的特异性.
- 基因组挖掘发现了87个假定的拉索集群,
- 异质表达证实了从两个已识别的中产生激光.
结论:
- 确定的结构提供了关于拉索异酶的催化机制的见解.
- 酶的形状补充识别机制对其功能至关重要.
- 开发的基因组挖掘策略有效地发现了新的拉索生物合成集群,并扩大了这些生物活性分子的已知多样性.
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