Engineering the Substrate Specificity of (S)‐β‐Phenylalanine Adenylation Enzyme HitB

Abstract: Adenylation enzymes catalyze the selective incorporation of aminoacyl building blocks in the biosynthesis of nonribosomal peptides and related natural products. Although β‐amino acid units are one of the important aminoacyl building blocks in natural product biosynthesis, very little is known about the engineering of β‐amino acid adenylation enzymes. In this study, we engineered the substrate specificity of the (S)‐β‐phenylalanine adenylation enzyme, HitB, involved in the biosynthesis of macrolactam polyketide hitachimycin. Based on the previously determined structure of HitB wild‐type, we mutated Phe328 and Ser293, which are located near the meta and ortho position of the (S)‐β‐phenylalanine moiety, respectively. As a result, the HitB F328V and F328L mutants efficiently activated meta‐substituted (S)‐β‐phenylalanine analogs, and the HitB T293G and T293S mutants efficiently activated ortho‐substituted (S)‐β‐phenylalanine analogs. Structural analysis of the HitB F328L and T293G mutants with the corresponding nonhydrolyzable intermediate analogs revealed an enlarged substrate binding pocket for (S)‐β‐phenylalanine analogs, providing detailed insights into the structural basis for creating enzyme substrate promiscuity. Our findings may be useful for production of various β‐amino acid‐containing natural product analogs.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Engineering the Substrate Specificity of (S)‐β‐Phenylalanine Adenylation Enzyme HitB ; day:09 ; month:07 ; year:2024 ; extent:7
ChemBioChem ; (09.07.2024) (gesamt 7)

Creator
Wang, Dawei
Miyanaga, Akimasa
Chisuga, Taichi
Kudo, Fumitaka
Eguchi, Tadashi

DOI
10.1002/cbic.202400383
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2407091506351.034580358263
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Wang, Dawei
  • Miyanaga, Akimasa
  • Chisuga, Taichi
  • Kudo, Fumitaka
  • Eguchi, Tadashi

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