removed in the final step by a protease. Genome mining efforts for new RiPPs are often hampered by the lack of a general method to remove the leader peptides. We describe here the incorporation of hydroxy acids into the precursor peptides in E. coli which results in connection of the leader peptide via an ester linkage that is readily cleaved by simple hydrolysis. We demonstrate the method for two lantibiotics
                                    核糖体合成和翻译后修饰肽 (RiPP) 
天然产物的
生物合成通常涉及前体肽,该前体肽含有对修饰过程很重要的前导肽,并在最后步骤中被
蛋白酶去除。由于缺乏去除前导肽的通用方法,新 RiPP 的
基因组挖掘工作常常受到阻碍。我们在此描述了将羟基酸掺入大肠杆菌中的前体肽中,这导致前导肽通过酯键连接,该酯键很容易通过简单的
水解而裂解。我们演示了两种羊毛
硫抗生素(
乳酸菌素 481 和 nukacin ISK-1)的方法。