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ArticleSynthetic and systems biotechnology2019

Crystal structure of the condensation domain from lovastatin polyketide synthase.

Lei Wang, Meijuan Yuan, Jianting Zheng

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Article in Synthetic and systems biotechnology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lei WangState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
Meijuan YuanState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
Jianting ZhengState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The highly reducing iterative polyketide synthases responsible for lovastatin biosynthesis contains a section homologous to condensation (CON) domain observed in nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs). In the present study, we expressed the isolated lovastatin CON domain and solved the crystal structure to 1.79 Å resolution. The overall structure shows similarity to canonical condensation domains of NRPSs, containing the N-terminal and C-terminal subdomains that resemble enzymes of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase family, whereas distinct structural features are observed at the active site. The acceptor entry of the substrate channel is blocked by a flexible loop, thereby preventing the loading of substrate for a new round of chain elongation. The mutation of conserved catalytic motif located at the midpoint of substrate channel agrees with the incapability of CON to catalyzed amide-bond formation. The structure helps to understand the function of CON in lovastatin biosynthesis.

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PMID30533541
PMCPMC6260248
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