Insights into the mechanism of the cyanobactin heterocyclase enzyme
Abstract
Cyanobactin heterocyclases share the same catalytic domain (YcaO) as heterocyclases/cyclodehydratases from other ribosomal peptide (RiPPs) biosynthetic pathways. These enzymes process multiple residues (Cys/Thr/Ser) within the same substrate. The processing of cysteine residues proceeds with a known order. We show the order of reaction for threonines is different and depends in part on a leader peptide within the substrate. In contrast to other YcaO domains, which have been reported to exclusively break down ATP into ADP and inorganic phosphate, cyanobactin heterocyclases have been observed to produce AMP and inorganic pyrophosphate during catalysis. We dissect the nucleotide profiles associated with heterocyclization and propose a unifying mechanism, where the γ-phosphate of ATP is transferred in a kinase mechanism to the substrate to yield a phosphorylated intermediate common to all YcaO domains. In cyanobactin heterocyclases, this phosphorylated intermediate, in a proportion of turnovers, reacts with ADP to yield AMP and pyrophosphate.
Citation
Ge , Y , Czekster , C M , Miller , O K , Botting , C H , Schwarz-Linek , U & Naismith , J H 2019 , ' Insights into the mechanism of the cyanobactin heterocyclase enzyme ' , Biochemistry , vol. 58 , no. 16 , pp. 2125-2132 . https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00084
Publication
Biochemistry
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0006-2960Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2019 American Chemical Society. This is an open access article published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the author and source are cited.
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The work is supported by the European Research Council NCB-TNT (339367), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/K015508/1 and BB/M001679/1).Collections
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