Validamycin A (Val-A) is an effective antifungal agent widely used in Asian countries as crop protectant. Validoxylamine A, the core structure and intermediate of Val-A, consists of two C7-cyclitol units connected by a rare C-N bond. In the Val-A biosynthetic gene cluster in Streptomyces hygroscopicus 5008, the ORF valL was initially annotated as a validoxylamine A 7′-phosphate(V7P) synthase, whose encoded 497-aa protein shows high similarity with trehalose 6-phosphate(T6P) synthase. Gene inactivation of valL abolished both validoxylamine A and validamycin A productivity, and complementation with a cloned valL recovered 10% production of the wild-type in the mutant, indicating the involvement of ValL in validoxylamine A biosynthesis. Also we determined the structures of ValL and ValL/trehalose complex. The structural data indicates that ValL adopts the typical fold of GT-B protein family, featuring two Rossmann-fold domains and an active site at domain junction. The residues in the active site are arranged in a manner homologous to that of Escherichia coli (E.coli) T6P synthase OtsA. However, a significant discrepancy is found in the active-site loop region. Also noticeable structural variance is found around the active site entrance in the apo ValL structure while the region takes an ordered configuration upon binding of product analog trehalose. Furthermore, the modeling of V7P in the active site of ValL suggests that ValL might have a similar SNi-like mechanism as OtsA.
有效霉素A(Val-A)是一种有效的抗真菌剂,在亚洲国家广泛用作农作物保护剂。
有效霉素A的核心结构和中间体
有效霉素A胺(Valoxylamine A)由两个C7-
环醇单元组成,通过罕见的C-N键连接。在链霉菌5008的Val-A
生物合成
基因簇中,ORF valL最初被注释为
有效霉素A 7'-
磷酸(V7P)合成酶,其编码的497个
氨基酸的蛋白与
海藻糖6-
磷酸(T6P)合成酶高度相似。valL
基因的失活导致
有效霉素A和
有效霉素A胺的生产率下降,而克隆的valL的补充使突变体的产量恢复了10%,表明ValL参与了
有效霉素A胺的
生物合成。我们还确定了ValL和ValL/
海藻糖复合物的结构。结构数据显示,ValL采用GT-B蛋白家族的典型折叠,具有两个Rossmann折叠域和一个位于域交界处的活性位点。活性位点中的残基排列方式与大肠杆菌(E.coli)T6P合成酶OtsA的残基排列方式同源。然而,在活性位点环区发现了显著的差异。在ValL的apo结构中,活性位点入口周围也发现了明显的结构差异,而在结合产物类似物
海藻糖时,该区域则呈现有序结构。此外,Val