Protein−Protein Recognition between Acyltransferases and Acyl Carrier Proteins in Multimodular Polyketide Synthases
- 18 November 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Biochemistry
- Vol. 49 (1), 95-102
- https://doi.org/10.1021/bi901826g
Abstract
Acyltransferase (AT) domains of multimodular polyketide synthases are the primary gatekeepers for stepwise incorporation of building blocks into a growing polyketide chain. Each AT domain has two substrates, an α-carboxylated CoA thioester (e.g., malonyl-CoA or methylmalonyl-CoA) and an acyl carrier protein (ACP). Whereas the acyl-CoA specificity of AT domains has been extensively investigated, little is known about their ACP specificity. Guided by recent high-resolution structural insights, we have systematically probed the protein−protein interactions between AT domains, ACP domains, and the linkers that flank AT domains. Representative AT domains of the 6-deoxyerythronolide B synthase (DEBS) have greater than 10-fold specificity for their cognate ACP substrates as compared to other ACP domains from the same synthase. Both of the flanking (N- and C-terminal) linkers of an AT domain contributed to the efficiency and specificity of transacylation. As a frame of reference, the activity and specificity of a stand-alone AT domain from the “AT-less” disorazole synthase (DSZS) were also quantified. The activity (kcat/KM) of this AT was >250-fold higher than the corresponding values for DEBS AT domains. Although the AT from DSZS discriminated modestly against ACP domains from DEBS, it exhibited >40-fold higher activity in trans in the presence of these heterologous substrates than their natural AT domains. Our results highlight the opportunity for regioselective modification of a polyketide backbone by in trans complementation of inactivated AT domains. They also reinforce the need for more careful consideration of protein−protein interactions in the engineering of these assembly line enzymes.This publication has 33 references indexed in Scilit:
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