Alcohol stereochemistry in polyketide backbones is controlled by the β-ketoreductase domains of modular polyketide synthases
Alcohol stereochemistry in polyketide backbones is controlled by the β-ketoreductase domains of modular polyketide synthases
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DOI:
10.1021/ja973913a
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发表时间:
1998-03-18
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15
通讯作者:
Khosla, C
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作者:
Kao, CM;McPherson, M;Khosla, C
Modular polyketide synthases (PKSs; MW> 300 000) catalyze the biosynthesis of polyketide natural products. 1, 2 These enzymes program the complex series of reaction steps in polyketide biosynthesis in part by their modular active site organization, which has stimulated much interest in generating new molecules through the rational and combinatorial engineering of PKS genes. 2 While gain-of-function, replacement, and inactivation experiments have revealed the remarkably broad substrate specificity of PKS active sites, 3-15 the structural basis for stereochemical control by these multifunctional enzymes remains poorly understood. In the monofunctional alcohol dehydrogenases, stereochemical control of carbonyl reduction has been extensively studied. 16, 17 These enzymes (MW≈ 35 000 per subunit) catalyze the reduction of aldehydes and ketones to the corresponding alcohols (as well as the reverse reaction), using NADH or NADPH as cofactors. During ketoreduction, a specific hydride ion (pro-R or pro-S) is transferred from the cofactor to one face of the carbonyl substrate, generating a D or L alcohol. Crystal structures have shown that this stereochemical control is achieved through oriented binding of both the cofactor and substrate, so that the hydride ion is always removed from and added to the same face of each molecule. Similarities in stereochemical control mechanisms between the alcohol dehydrogenases and modular PKSs are not obvious a priori, due to the multidomain organization of the latter enzymes. In modular PKSs, stereochemistry might be controlled by the β-ketoreductase (KR) domains in a manner analogous to the monofunctional dehydrogenases, in that the KR binds NADPH and a polyketide intermediate in an oriented fashion and thus dictates β-hydroxyl stereochemistry. However, a typical reduced polyketide contains hydroxyl groups of both D and L stereochemistry, thereby requiring alternative modes of binding for the individual β-(ketoacyl)-ACP intermediates by the relevant KR domain. For example, the triketide lactone 1 (Figure 1), the product of a bimodular derivative of the 6-deoxyerythronolide B synthase (DEBS), 15, 18 contains hydroxyl groups in both the L-(3S) and D-(5R) configurations. 10 To study the control of hydroxyl stereochemistry in reduced polyketides, we have carried out several KR domain replacements in a three-module derivative of the DEBS. 9 Our results demonstrate that β-hydroxyl stereochemical control is an intrinsic property of individual KR domains and is independent of the substitution pattern of β-(ketoacyl)-ACP substrates.To examine the stereochemistry of β-ketoacyl thioester reduction, we constructed three derivatives of Streptomyces coelicolor CH999/pCK139 (Figure 1). Plasmid pKOS011-56 contains the KR domain of DEBS module 5 in place of the native KR2. 19 In plasmids pKAO392 and pKAO404, KR2 is replaced by the KR domains of the rapamycin synthase (RAPS) 20 modules 2 and 4, respectively. 21 The RAPS KR2 segment also contains a putatively inactive dehydratase (“null DH”). 22 Each plasmid was introduced into S. coelicolor CH999, 23, 24 and the resulting strains analyzed for polyketide production. 25