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ArticleBiochemistry2018

Oxidation of the Cyanobactin Precursor Peptide Is Independent of the Leader Peptide and Operates in a Defined Order.

Sisi Gao, Ying Ge, Andrew F Bent, Ulrich Schwarz-Linek, James H Naismith

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Article in Biochemistry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sisi GaoBiomedical Sciences Research Complex , University of St Andrews , St Andrews , Fife KY16 9ST , U.K.
Ying GeBiomedical Sciences Research Complex , University of St Andrews , St Andrews , Fife KY16 9ST , U.K.
Andrew F BentBiomedical Sciences Research Complex , University of St Andrews , St Andrews , Fife KY16 9ST , U.K.
Ulrich Schwarz-LinekBiomedical Sciences Research Complex , University of St Andrews , St Andrews , Fife KY16 9ST , U.K.
James H NaismithResearch Complex at Harwell , Didcot , Oxon OX11 0FA , U.K.ORCID 0000-0001-6744-5061
Andrews University · USUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

European Research Council 339367
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The five-membered nitrogen plus heteroatom rings known as azolines or in their oxidized form as azoles are very common in natural products and drugs. The oxidation of thiazoline to thiazole in the cyanobactin class of natural products is one of the several important transformations that are known to alter the biological properties of the compound. The ordering of the various chemical reactions that occur during cyanobactin biosynthesis is not fully understood. The structure of the flavin-dependent enzyme responsible for the oxidation of multiple thiazolines reveals it contains an additional domain that in other enzymes recognizes linear peptides. We characterize the activity of the enzyme on two substrates: one with a peptide leader and one without. Kinetics and biophysics reveal that the leader on the substrate is not recognized by the enzyme. The enzyme is faster on either substrate than the macrocyclase or protease in vitro. The enzyme has a preferred order of oxidation of multiple thiazolines in the same linear peptide.

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Protein Sorting SignalsBacterial ProteinsCyanotheceOxidation-ReductionPeptides, CyclicProtein Structure, SecondaryBacterial ProteinscyanobactinsPeptides, CyclicProtein Sorting Signals

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PMID30208270
PMCPMC7115870
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