申请人:Kuzuyama Tomohisa
公开号:US20060183211A1
公开(公告)日:2006-08-17
In accordance with the present invention, a novel aromatic prenyltransferase, Orf2 from
Streptomyces
sp. strain CL190, involved in naphterpin biosynthesis has been identified and the structure thereof elucidated. This prenyltransferase catalyzes the formation of a C—C bond between a prenyl group and a compound containing an aromatic nucleus, and also displays C—O bond formation activity. Numerous crystallographic structures of the prenyltransferase have been solved and refined, e.g., (1) prenyltransferase complexed with a buffer molecule (TAPS), (2) prenyltransferase as a binary complex with geranyl diphosphate (GPP) and Mg
2+
, and prenyltransferase as ternary complexes with a non-hydrolyzable substrate analogue, geranyl S-thiolodiphosphate (GSPP) and either (3) 1,6-dihydroxynaphthalene (1,6-DHN), or (4) flaviolin (i.e., 2,5,7-trihydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, which is the oxidized product of 1,3,6,8-tetrahydroxynaphthalene (THN)). These structures have been solved and refined to 1.5 Å, 2.25 Å, 1.95 Å and 2.02 Å, respectively. This first structure of an aromatic prenyltransferase displays an unexpected and non-canonical (β/α)-barrel architecture. The complexes with both aromatic substrates and prenyl containing substrates and analogs delineate the active site and are consistent with a proposed electrophilic mechanism of prenyl group transfer. These structures also provide a mechanistic basis for understanding prenyl chain length determination and aromatic co-substrate recognition in this structurally unique family of aromatic prenyltransferases. This structural information is useful for predicting the aromatic prenyltransferase activity of proteins.
根据本发明,一种新型芳香族前基转移酶 Orf2 来自于
链霉菌
菌株 CL190 中发现的一种参与萘素生物合成的新型芳香族前基转移酶 Orf2,并阐明了其结构。这种炔基转移酶催化炔基与含有芳香核的化合物之间形成 C-C 键,同时还具有形成 C-O 键的活性。前炔基转移酶的许多晶体结构已得到解决和完善,例如:(1)前炔基转移酶与缓冲分子(TAPS)的复合物;(2)前炔基转移酶与二磷酸香叶酯(GPP)和 Mg
2+
和 (3) 1,6-二羟基萘(1,6-DHN)或 (4) 黄素(即 2,5,7-三羟基-1,4-萘醌,它是 1,3,6,8-四羟基萘(THN)的氧化产物)的三元复合物。这些结构已分别求解并精炼至 1.5 Å、2.25 Å、1.95 Å 和 2.02 Å。这是首个芳香族预烯基转移酶的结构,显示出一种意想不到的非经典(β/α)桶状结构。与芳香底物和含预烯醇底物及类似物的复合物划定了活性位点,并与所提出的预烯醇基团转移的亲电机制相一致。这些结构还为了解这一结构独特的芳香族前酰基转移酶家族的前酰基链长决定和芳香族共底物识别提供了机理基础。这些结构信息有助于预测蛋白质的芳香族前基转移酶活性。