发现了用于cispentacin生物合成的II型多基酸合成酶类酶
Genki Hibi1, Taro Shiraishi1,2, Tatsuki Umemura1
1Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan.
Nature communications
|December 5, 2023
概括
这项研究揭示了一种新型II型多基酸合成酶 (PKS) 途径,用于创建五个成员的非芳香环,扩大PKS酶在天然产品生物合成中的已知功能.
科学领域:
- 生物化学 生化学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 自然产品的合成自然产品的合成
背景情况:
- 第二种类型的多基合成酶 (PKSs) 以合成多环芳香化合物而闻名.
- 最近,PKSs的聚烯子组已经显示出创造多样化骨的潜力.
- 非蛋白质氨基酸的生物合成,如cispentacin和植物毒素,如冠状酸,涉及到独特的骨结构.
研究的目的:
- 为了阐明负责五个成员非芳香骨生物合成的II型PKS机器.
- 描述参与形成西斯潘塔辛和冠胺骨的酶反应.
- 扩大II型PKS的定义,并确定天然产品的新遗传资源.
主要方法:
- 异种生产的cispentacin.
- 使用七种重组蛋白质进行生物合成途径的体外重建.
- 单个酶和蛋白质复合物的生物化学分析.
主要成果:
- 确定了一种新的II型PKS机器,用于合成五个组成的非芳香骨.
- 一种类型IIPKS类酶的异构体 (AmcF-AmcG) 已被证明可催化C2延长和循环.
- 在乙载体蛋白 (AmcB) 上形成了一个具有五个成员环的关键中间体.
- 由其他II型PKS类酶催化后续反应的特征.
结论:
- 这项研究扩展了已知的II型PKS酶的功能表,超出了芳香化合物合成的范围.
- 为五个成员的非芳香骨发现了一种独特的生物合成途径.
- 这项工作提供了对西斯潘塔辛和冠氨酸的生物合成的见解,突出了新的酶机制.
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