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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2013

A general method for fluorescent labeling of the N-termini of lanthipeptides and its application to visualize their cellular localization.

Noah A Bindman, Wilfred A van der Donk

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19 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Noah A BindmanDepartment of Chemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.
Wilfred A van der Donk

Funding

Posttranslational Modifications in Natural Product BiosynthesisR01GM058822 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI VAN DER DONK, WILFRED A. · 1999 to 2015
$3.8M
4800 Plus MALDI TOF/TOF AnalyzerS10RR027109 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI VAN DER DONK, WILFRED A. · 2010 to 2010
$395k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCRR NIH HHS S10 RR027109NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM058822
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Labeling of natural products with biophysical probes has greatly contributed to investigations of their modes of action and has provided tools for visualization of their targets. A general challenge is the availability of a suitable functional group for chemoselective modification. We demonstrate here that an N-terminal ketone is readily introduced into various lanthipeptides by the generation of a cryptic N-terminal dehydro amino acid by the cognate biosynthetic enzymes. Spontaneous hydrolysis of the N-terminal enamines results in α-ketoamides that site-specifically react with an aminooxy-derivatized alkyne or fluorophore. The methodology was successfully applied to prochlorosins 1.7 and 2.8, as well as the lantibiotics lacticin 481, haloduracin α, and haloduracin β. The fluorescently modified lantibiotics were added to bacteria, and their cellular localization was visualized by confocal fluorescence microscopy. Lacticin 481 and haloduracin α localized predominantly at sites of new and old cell division as well as in punctate patterns along the long axis of rod-shaped bacilli, similar to the localization of lipid II. On the other hand, haloduracin β was localized nonspecifically in the absence of haloduracin α, but formed specific patterns when coadministered with haloduracin α. Using two-color labeling, colocalization of both components of the two-component lantibiotic haloduracin was demonstrated. These data with living cells supports a model in which the α component recognizes lipid II and then recruits the β-component.

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FluorescenceAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacillus subtilisKetonesMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMicroscopy, ConfocalMicroscopy, FluorescencePeptidesStructure-Activity RelationshipSurface PropertiesAnti-Bacterial AgentsKetonesPeptides

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PMID23789944
PMCPMC3775354

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