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ArticleNature chemical biology2017

FRET monitoring of a nonribosomal peptide synthetase.

Jonas Alfermann, Xun Sun, Florian Mayerthaler, Thomas E Morrell, Eva Dehling, Gerrit Volkmann, Tamiki Komatsuzaki, Haw Yang, Henning D Mootz

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Article in Nature chemical biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Jonas AlfermannInstitute of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Muenster, Münster, Germany.
Xun SunDepartment of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8079-5530
Florian MayerthalerInstitute of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Muenster, Münster, Germany.
Thomas E MorrellDepartment of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9266-5146
Eva DehlingInstitute of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Muenster, Münster, Germany.
Gerrit VolkmannInstitute of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Muenster, Münster, Germany.
Tamiki KomatsuzakiMolecule and Life Nonlinear Sciences Laboratory, Research Center of Mathematics for Social Creativity, Research Institute for Electronic Science (RIES), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan..
Haw YangDepartment of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
Henning D MootzInstitute of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Muenster, Münster, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3385-0234

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) are multidomain enzyme templates for the synthesis of bioactive peptides. Large-scale conformational changes during peptide assembly are obvious from crystal structures, yet their dynamics and coupling to catalysis are poorly understood. We have designed an NRPS FRET sensor to monitor, in solution and in real time, the adoption of the productive transfer conformation between phenylalanine-binding adenylation (A) and peptidyl-carrier-protein domains of gramicidin synthetase I from Aneurinibacillus migulanus. The presence of ligands, substrates or intermediates induced a distinct fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) readout, which was pinpointed to the population of specific conformations or, in two cases, mixtures of conformations. A pyrophosphate switch and lysine charge sensors control the domain alternation of the A domain. The phenylalanine-thioester and phenylalanine-AMP products constitute a mechanism of product inhibition and release that is involved in ordered assembly-line peptide biosynthesis. Our results represent insights from solution measurements into the conformational dynamics of the catalytic cycle of NRPSs.

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Fluorescence Resonance Energy TransferModels, BiologicalBiosensing TechniquesLigandsPeptide SynthasesProtein BindingProtein ConformationLigandsnon-ribosomal peptide synthasePeptide Synthases

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PMID28759017

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