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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2024

Polyketide Trimming Shapes Dihydroxynaphthalene-Melanin and Anthraquinone Pigments.

Maximilian Schmalhofer, Anna L Vagstad, Qiuqin Zhou, Helge B Bode, Michael Groll

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Maximilian SchmalhoferTUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Bioscience, Centre for Protein Assemblies, Chair of Biochemistry, Technical University of Munich, 85748, Garching, Germany.
Anna L VagstadEidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Institute of Microbiology, Zürich, 8093, Switzerland.
Qiuqin ZhouDepartment of Natural Products in Organismic Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, 35043, Marburg, Germany.
Helge B BodeDepartment of Natural Products in Organismic Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, 35043, Marburg, Germany.
Michael GrollTUM School of Natural Sciences, Department of Bioscience, Centre for Protein Assemblies, Chair of Biochemistry, Technical University of Munich, 85748, Garching, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1660-340X
Technical University of Munich · DEBoard of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology · CHGoethe University Frankfurt · DEMax Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology · DE

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SFB 1309-325871075
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pigments such as anthraquinones (AQs) and melanins are antioxidants, protectants, or virulence factors. AQs from the entomopathogenic bacterium Photorhabdus laumondii are produced by a modular type II polyketide synthase system. A key enzyme involved in AQ biosynthesis is PlAntI, which catalyzes the hydrolysis of the bicyclic-intermediate-loaded acyl carrier protein, polyketide trimming, and assembly of the aromatic AQ scaffold. Here, multiple crystal structures of PlAntI in various conformations and with bound substrate surrogates or inhibitors are reported. Structure-based mutagenesis and activity assays provide experimental insights into the three sequential reaction steps to yield the natural product AQ-256. For comparison, a series of ligand-complex structures of two functionally related hydrolases involved in the biosynthesis of 1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene-melanin in pathogenic fungi is determined. These data provide fundamental insights into the mechanism of polyketide trimming that shapes pigments in pro- and eukaryotes.

Indexed as

AnthraquinonesMelaninsPolyketidesNaphtholsPhotorhabdusPigments, BiologicalPolyketide Synthases1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene melaninAnthraquinonesMelaninsNaphtholsPigments, BiologicalPolyketidesPolyketide Synthasesenzyme catalysisnatural productspigment biosynthesispolyketide trimmingretro‐Claisen reaction

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PMID38491909
PMCPMC11165489
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