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. 2005 Sep;272(17):4506-20.
doi: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04871.x.

Utility of epimerization domains for the redesign of nonribosomal peptide synthetases

Daniel B Stein  1 , Uwe Linne, Mohamed A Marahiel
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Utility of epimerization domains for the redesign of nonribosomal peptide synthetases

Daniel B Stein et al. FEBS J. 2005 Sep.
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Abstract

Many pharmacologically important agents are assembled on multimodular nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) whose modules comprise a set of core domains with all essential catalytic functions necessary for the incorporation and modification of one building block. Very often, d-amino acids are found in such products which, with few exceptions, are generated by the action of NRPS integrated epimerization (E) domains that alter the stereochemistry of the corresponding peptidyl carrier protein (PCP) bound l-intermediate. In this study we present a quantitative investigation of substrate specificity of four different E domains (two 'peptidyl-' and two 'aminoacyl-'E domains) derived from different NRPSs towards PCP bound peptides. The respective PCP-E bidomain apo-proteins (TycB(3)-, FenD(2)-, TycA- and GrsA-PCP-E) were primed with various peptidyl-CoA precursors by utilizing the promiscuous phosphopantetheinyl transferase Sfp. PCP bound peptidyl-S-Ppant epimerization products were chemically cleaved and analyzed for their l/d-ratios by LCMS. We were able to show that all four E domains tolerate a broad variety of peptidyl-S-Ppant-substrates as evaluated by k(obs) values and final l/d-product equilibria determined for each reaction. The two C-terminal amino acids of the substrate seem to be recognized by 'peptidyl-'E domains. Interestingly, the 'aminoacyl-'E domains GrsA- and TycA-E were also able to convert the elongated intermediates. All four E domains accepted an N-methylated precursor as well and epimerized this substrate with high efficiency. Finally, we could demonstrate that the condensation (C) domain of TycB(1) is also able to process peptidyl substrates transferred by TycA. In conclusion, these findings are of great impact on future engineering attempts.

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