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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2021

Structural and Mechanistic Insights into C-S Bond Formation in Gliotoxin.

Kirstin Scherlach, Wolfgang Kuttenlochner, Daniel H Scharf, Axel A Brakhage, Christian Hertweck, Michael Groll, Eva M Huber

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Kirstin ScherlachDepartment of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745, Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1326-3761
Wolfgang KuttenlochnerTechnical University of Munich, Center for Protein Assemblies, Ernst-Otto-Fischer-Strasse 8, 85747, Garching, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2359-3019
Daniel H ScharfDepartment of Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745, Jena, Germany.
Axel A BrakhageDepartment of Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745, Jena, Germany.
Christian HertweckDepartment of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745, Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0367-337X
Michael GrollTechnical University of Munich, Center for Protein Assemblies, Ernst-Otto-Fischer-Strasse 8, 85747, Garching, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1660-340X
Eva M HuberTechnical University of Munich, Center for Protein Assemblies, Ernst-Otto-Fischer-Strasse 8, 85747, Garching, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8018-7204
Fischer (Germany) · DELeibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. - Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI) · DEChildren's Hospital of Zhejiang University · CN

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 325871075
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glutathione-S-transferases (GSTs) usually detoxify xenobiotics. The human pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus however uses the exceptional GST GliG to incorporate two sulfur atoms into its virulence factor gliotoxin. Because these sulfurs are essential for biological activity, glutathionylation is a key step of gliotoxin biosynthesis. Yet, the mechanism of carbon-sulfur linkage formation from a bis-hydroxylated precursor is unresolved. Here, we report structures of GliG with glutathione (GSH) and its reaction product cyclo[-l-Phe-l-Ser]-bis-glutathione, which has been purified from a genetically modified A. fumigatus strain. The structures argue for stepwise processing of first the Phe and second the Ser moiety. Enzyme-mediated dehydration of the substrate activates GSH and a helix dipole stabilizes the resulting anion via a water molecule for the nucleophilic attack. Activity assays with mutants validate the interactions of GliG with the ligands and enrich our knowledge about enzymatic C-S bond formation in gliotoxin and epipolythiodioxopiperazine (ETP) natural compounds in general.

Indexed as

Aspergillus fumigatusCarbonGliotoxinGlutathioneMolecular StructureSulfurCarbonGliotoxinGlutathioneSulfurAspergillus fumigatuscarbon−sulfur bondepipolythiodioxopiperazineglutathione-S-transferasemycotoxin

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PMID33909314
PMCPMC8251611
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