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ArticleNature chemistry2024

Non-modular fatty acid synthases yield distinct N-terminal acylation in ribosomal peptides.

Hengqian Ren, Chunshuai Huang, Yuwei Pan, Shravan R Dommaraju, Haiyang Cui, Maolin Li, Mayuresh G Gadgil, Douglas A Mitchell, Huimin Zhao

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Article in Nature chemistry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Hengqian Ren *Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
Chunshuai Huang *Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3126-2340
Yuwei PanDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-7278-5840
Shravan R DommarajuCarl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0565-1748
Haiyang CuiCarl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
Maolin LiCarl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9028-7468
Mayuresh G GadgilCarl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
Douglas A MitchellCarl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9564-0953
Huimin ZhaoDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA. zhao5@illinois.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-9069-6739
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · US

Funding

A Scalable Platform to Discover Antimicrobials of Ribosomal OriginR01AI144967 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI Douglas Alan Mitchell, WILFRED A. VAN DER DONK · 2019 to 2026
$6.0M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI144967U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) AI144967
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent efforts in genome mining of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) have expanded the diversity of post-translational modification chemistries. However, RiPPs are rarely reported as hybrid molecules incorporating biosynthetic machinery from other natural product families. Here we report lipoavitides, a class of RiPP/fatty-acid hybrid lipopeptides that display a unique, putatively membrane-targeting 4-hydroxy-2,4-dimethylpentanoyl (HMP)-modified N terminus. The HMP is formed via condensation of isobutyryl-coenzyme A (isobutyryl-CoA) and methylmalonyl-CoA catalysed by a 3-ketoacyl-(acyl carrier protein) synthase III enzyme, followed by successive tailoring reactions in the fatty acid biosynthetic pathway. The HMP and RiPP substructures are then connected by an acyltransferase exhibiting promiscuous activity towards the fatty acyl and RiPP substrates. Overall, the discovery of lipoavitides contributes a prototype of RiPP/fatty-acid hybrids and provides possible enzymatic tools for lipopeptide bioengineering.

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RibosomesAcylationFatty AcidsFatty Acid SynthasesLipopeptidesPeptidesProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalFatty AcidsFatty Acid SynthasesLipopeptidesPeptides

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