scholarly journals In Vitro Characterization of a Heterologously Expressed Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Involved in Phosphinothricin Tripeptide Biosynthesis

Biochemistry ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 48 (23) ◽  
pp. 5054-5056 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin-Hee Lee ◽  
Bradley S. Evans ◽  
Gongyong Li ◽  
Neil L. Kelleher ◽  
Wilfred A. van der Donk
Keyword(s):  
Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase ◽  
Nonribosomal Peptide ◽  
In Vitro Characterization ◽  
Peptide Synthetase

scholarly journals Characterization of the Saframycin A Gene Cluster from Streptomyces lavendulae NRRL 11002 Revealing a Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase System for Assembling the Unusual Tetrapeptidyl Skeleton in an Iterative Manner

2007 ◽  
Vol 190 (1) ◽  
pp. 251-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Li ◽  
Wei Deng ◽  
Jie Song ◽  
Wei Ding ◽  
Qun-Fei Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Cluster ◽  
Biosynthetic Gene Cluster ◽  
Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase ◽  
Combinatorial Biosynthesis ◽  
Common Mechanism ◽  
Nonribosomal Peptide ◽  
Streptomyces Lavendulae ◽  
Peptide Synthetase

ABSTRACT Saframycin A (SFM-A), produced by Streptomyces lavendulae NRRL 11002, belongs to the tetrahydroisoquinoline family of antibiotics, and its core is structurally similar to the core of ecteinascidin 743, which is a highly potent antitumor drug isolated from a marine tunicate. In this study, the biosynthetic gene cluster for SFM-A was cloned and localized to a 62-kb contiguous DNA region. Sequence analysis revealed 30 genes that constitute the SFM-A gene cluster, encoding an unusual nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) system and tailoring enzymes and regulatory and resistance proteins. The results of substrate prediction and in vitro characterization of the adenylation specificities of this NRPS system support the hypothesis that the last module acts in an iterative manner to form a tetrapeptidyl intermediate and that the colinearity rule does not apply. Although this mechanism is different from those proposed for the SFM-A analogs SFM-Mx1 and safracin B (SAC-B), based on the high similarity of these systems, it is likely they share a common mechanism of biosynthesis as we describe here. Construction of the biosynthetic pathway of SFM-Y3, an aminated SFM-A, was achieved in the SAC-B producer (Pseudomonas fluorescens). These findings not only shed new insight on tetrahydroisoquinoline biosynthesis but also demonstrate the feasibility of engineering microorganisms to generate structurally more complex and biologically more active analogs by combinatorial biosynthesis.

scholarly journals A Highly Conserved Basidiomycete Peptide Synthetase Produces a Trimeric Hydroxamate Siderophore

2017 ◽  
Vol 83 (21) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen Brandenburger ◽  
Markus Gressler ◽  
Robin Leonhardt ◽  
Gerald Lackner ◽  
Andreas Habel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aspergillus Niger ◽  
Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase ◽  
Full Length ◽  
Amide Bond ◽  
White Rot ◽  
Mass Spectrometry Analysis ◽  
Nonribosomal Peptide ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Peptide Synthetase

ABSTRACT The model white-rot basidiomycete, Ceriporiopsis (Gelatoporia) subvermispora B, encodes putative natural product biosynthesis genes. Among them is the gene for the seven-domain nonribosomal peptide synthetase CsNPS2. It is a member of the as-yet-uncharacterized fungal type VI siderophore synthetase family, which is highly conserved and widely distributed among the basidiomycetes. These enzymes include only one adenylation (A) domain, i.e., one complete peptide synthetase module, and two thiolation/condensation (T-C) didomain partial modules which together constitute an AT1C1T2C2T3C3 domain setup. The full-length CsNPS2 enzyme (274.5 kDa) was heterologously produced as a polyhistidine fusion in Aspergillus niger as a soluble and active protein. N 5-acetyl-N 5-hydroxy-l-ornithine (l-AHO) and N 5-cis-anhydromevalonyl-N 5 -hydroxy-l-ornithine (l-AMHO) were accepted as the substrates, based on results of an in vitro substrate-dependent [32P]ATP-pyrophosphate radioisotope exchange assay. Full-length holo-CsNPS2 catalyzed amide bond formation between three l-AHO molecules to release the linear l-AHO trimer, called basidioferrin, as the product in vitro, which was verified by liquid chromatography–high-resolution electrospray ionization–mass spectrometry analysis. Phylogenetic analyses suggested that type VI family siderophore synthetases are widespread in mushrooms and evolved in a common ancestor of basidiomycetes. IMPORTANCE The basidiomycete nonribosomal peptide synthetase CsNPS2 represents a member of a widely distributed but previously uninvestigated class (type VI) of fungal siderophore synthetases. Genes orthologous to CsNPS2 are highly conserved across various phylogenetic clades of the basidiomycetes. Hence, our work serves as a broadly applicable model for siderophore biosynthesis and iron metabolism in higher fungi. Also, our results on the amino acid substrate preference of CsNPS2 support a further understanding of the substrate selectivity of fungal adenylation domains. Methodologically, this report highlights the Aspergillus niger/SM-Xpress-based system as a suitable platform to heterologously express multimodular basidiomycete biosynthesis enzymes in the >250-kDa range in soluble and active form.

scholarly journals Characterization of AusA: A Dimodular Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Responsible for the Production of Aureusimine Pyrazinones

Biochemistry ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 926-937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Wilson ◽  
Ce Shi ◽  
Aaron M. Teitelbaum ◽  
Andrew M. Gulick ◽  
Courtney C. Aldrich
Keyword(s):  
Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase ◽  
Nonribosomal Peptide ◽  
Peptide Synthetase

scholarly journals Agrobacterium-Mediated Disruption of a Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Gene in the Invertebrate Pathogen Metarhizium anisopliae Reveals a Peptide Spore Factor

2008 ◽  
Vol 74 (14) ◽  
pp. 4366-4380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong-Sun Moon ◽  
Bruno G. G. Donzelli ◽  
Stuart B. Krasnoff ◽  
Heather McLane ◽  
Mike H. Griggs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metarhizium Anisopliae ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Cyclic Peptide ◽  
Pathogenic Fungus ◽  
Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase ◽  
Dna Polymorphisms ◽  
Beet Armyworm ◽  
Nonribosomal Peptide ◽  
Peptide Synthetase

ABSTRACT Numerous secondary metabolites have been isolated from the insect pathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae, but the roles of these compounds as virulence factors in disease development are poorly understood. We targeted for disruption by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation a putative nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NPS) gene, MaNPS1. Four of six gene disruption mutants identified were examined further. Chemical analyses showed the presence of serinocyclins, cyclic heptapeptides, in the extracts of conidia of control strains, whereas the compounds were undetectable in ΔManps1 mutants treated identically or in other developmental stages, suggesting that MaNPS1 encodes a serinocyclin synthetase. Production of the cyclic depsipeptide destruxins, M. anisopliae metabolites also predicted to be synthesized by an NPS, was similar in ΔManps1 mutant and control strains, indicating that MaNPS1 does not contribute to destruxin biosynthesis. Surprisingly, a MaNPS1 fragment detected DNA polymorphisms that correlated with relative destruxin levels produced in vitro, and MaNPS1 was expressed concurrently with in vitro destruxin production. ΔManps1 mutants exhibited in vitro development and responses to external stresses comparable to control strains. No detectable differences in pathogenicity of the ΔManps1 mutants were observed in bioassays against beet armyworm and Colorado potato beetle in comparison to control strains. This is the first report of targeted disruption of a secondary metabolite gene in M. anisopliae, which revealed a novel cyclic peptide spore factor.

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