Reversible Product Release and Recapture by a Fungal Polyketide Synthase Using a Carnitine Acyltransferase Domain

Autor: Nicholas Liu, Leibniz Hang, Claire G. Page, Yi Tang, Maureen E. Hillenmeyer, Yiu-Sun Hung, Man-Cheng Tang, Jian Li, Colin J. B. Harvey
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Angewandte Chemie. 129:9684-9688
ISSN: 0044-8249
DOI: 10.1002/ange.201705237
Popis: Fungal polyketides have significant biological activities, yet the biosynthesis by highly reducing polyketide synthases (HRPKSs) remains enigmatic. An uncharacterized group of HRPKSs was found to contain a C-terminal domain with significant homology to carnitine O-acyltransferase (cAT). Characterization of one such HRPKS (Tv6-931) from Trichoderma virens showed that the cAT domain is capable of esterifying the polyketide product with polyalcohol nucleophiles. This process is readily reversible, as confirmed through the holo ACP-dependent transesterification of the released product. The methyltransferase (MT) domain of Tv6-931 can perform two consecutive α-methylation steps on the last β-keto intermediate to yield an α,α-gem-dimethyl product, a new programing feature among HRPKSs. Recapturing of the released product by cAT domain is suggested to facilitate complete gem-dimethylation by the MT.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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