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在成熟的拉索上通过广泛的乙转移酶进行代性化
Jiang Xiong1,2, Shanquan Wu1,3,4, Zi-Qi Liang1
1State Key Laboratory of Natural Product Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China.
Nature chemical biology
|March 14, 2026
概括
研究人员发现了新的酶,可以修改复杂的拉索,创造新的脂. 这一突破通过创新的工程策略扩大了核糖体合成和翻译后修饰 (RiPPs) 的多样性.
科学领域:
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 结构生物学 结构生物学
背景情况:
- 核糖体合成和翻译后改性 (RiPPs) 呈现出多样化的结构和功能.
- 传统的酶修改发生在线性上,对复杂的三维RiPPs构成挑战.
研究的目的:
- 研究一种新型的与GCN5相关的N-乙转移酶 (GNATs) 的新型类别,这些N-乙转移酶修改了拉索.
- 阐明拉索上代性乙化机制,并设计新的脂.
主要方法:
- 高分辨率冷电子显微镜 (cryo-EM) 用于确定酶结构.
- 酶溶解以研究催化活性.
- 酶活性部位的基于结构的工程.
主要成果:
- 识别了GNAT,这些GNAT在拉索环和环形图案中代性地化 lysine 残留物.
- 定义了IatT酶的基质结合口袋和关键的催化残留物.
- 通过扩大乙结合部位来制造利波拉索的IatT.
结论:
- GNATs代表了一种用于代修改复杂RiPPs的新类酶.
- 基于GNAT的结构工程使得创建新型脂成为可能.
- 这一策略促进了RiPP在各种生物合成基因集群中的多样化.
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