BIOSYNTHESIS OF PUROMYCIN BY STREPTOMYCES-ALBONIGER - CHARACTERIZATION OF PUROMYCIN N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE
BIOSYNTHESIS OF PUROMYCIN BY STREPTOMYCES-ALBONIGER - CHARACTERIZATION OF PUROMYCIN N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE
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DOI:
10.1021/bi00348a036
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发表时间:
1985-12-31
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
JIMENEZ, A
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作者:
VARA, J;PEREZGONZALEZ, JA;JIMENEZ, A
Puromycin N-acetyltransferase from Streptomyces alboniger inactivates puromycin by acetylating the amino position of its tyrosinyl moiety. This enzyme has been partially purified by column chromatography through DEAE-cellulose and Affigel Blue and characterized. It has an Mr of 23000, as determined by gel filtration. In addition to puromycin, the enzyme N-acetylates O-demethylpuromycin, a toxic precursor of the antibiotic, and chryscandin, a puromycin analogue antibiotic. The Km values for puromycin and O-demethylpuromycin are 1.7 and 4.6 .mu.M, respectively. The O-demethylpuromycin O-methyltransferase from S. alboniger, which apparently catalyzes the last step in the biosynthesis of puromycin [Rao, M. M., Rebello, P.F., and Pogell, B.M. (1969) J. Biol. Chem. 244, 112-118], also O-methylates N-acetyl-O-demethylpuromycin. The Km values of the methylating enzyme for O-demethylpuromycin and N-acetyl-O-demethylpuromycin are 260 and 2.3 .mu.M, respectively. These findings suggest that O-demethylpuromycin, if present in S. alboniger, would be N-acetylated and then O-methylated to be converted into N-acetylpuromycin. It might even be possible that N-acetylation of the puromycin backbone takes places at an earlier precursor.