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ArticleNature communications2025

Structure and function of the geldanamycin amide synthase from Streptomyces hygroscopicus.

Wiebke Ewert, Christian Bartens, Jekaterina Ongouta, Monika Holmes, Anja Heutling, Anusha Kishore, Tim Urbansky, Carsten Zeilinger, Matthias Preller, Andreas Kirschning

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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10 authors.

Wiebke Ewert *Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8626-4864
Christian Bartens *Institute of Organic Chemistry, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8413-4051
Jekaterina Ongouta *Institute of Organic Chemistry, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
Monika HolmesInstitute of Organic Chemistry, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
Anja HeutlingInstitute of Organic Chemistry, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
Anusha KishoreCenter of Biomolecular Drug Research (BMWZ) Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
Tim UrbanskyInstitute for Functional Gene Analytics (IFGA), University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Rheinbach, Germany.
Carsten ZeilingerCenter of Biomolecular Drug Research (BMWZ) Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany. zeilinger@cell.uni-hannover.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6560-0977
Matthias PrellerInstitute for Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. matthias.preller@h-brs.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7784-4012
Andreas KirschningInstitute of Organic Chemistry, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany. andreas.kirschning@oci.uni-hannover.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5431-6930

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) Ki397/13-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amide synthases catalyze the formation of macrolactam rings from aniline-containing polyketide-derived seco-acids as found in the important class of ansamycin antibiotics. One of these amide synthases is the geldanamycin amide synthase GdmF, which we recombinantly expressed, purified and studied in detail both functionally as well as structurally. Here we show that purified GdmF catalyzes the amide formation using synthetically derived substrates. The atomic structures of the ligand-free enzyme and in complex with simplified substrates reveal distinct structural features of the substrate binding site and a putative role of the flexible interdomain region for the catalysis reaction.

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Amide SynthasesBacterial ProteinsBenzoquinonesLactams, MacrocyclicStreptomycesBinding SitesCrystallography, X-RayModels, MolecularRecombinant ProteinsSubstrate SpecificityAmide SynthasesBacterial ProteinsBenzoquinonesgeldanamycinLactams, MacrocyclicRecombinant Proteins

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PMID40075103
PMCPMC11903869

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