Reconstitution of Iterative Thioamidation in Closthioamide Biosynthesis Reveals a Novel Nonribosomal Peptide Backbone-Tailoring Strategy.

Dunbar KL, Dell M, Molloy EM, Kloss F, Hertweck C (2019) Reconstitution of Iterative Thioamidation in Closthioamide Biosynthesis Reveals a Novel Nonribosomal Peptide Backbone-Tailoring Strategy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 58, 13014-13018. PubMed

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Maria Dell

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On-line modification of processes in multimodular protein systems
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Abstract

Thioamide-containing nonribosomal peptides (NRPs) are exceedingly rare. Recently the biosynthetic gene cluster for the thioamidated NRP antibiotic closthioamide (CTA) was reported; however, the enzyme responsible for and timing of thioamide formation remained enigmatic. Here, we use genome editing, biochemical assays and mutational studies to demonstrate that a Fe-S cluster-containing member of the adenine nucleotide α-hydrolase protein superfamily (CtaC) is responsible for sulfur incorporation during CTA biosynthesis. However, unlike all previously characterized members, CtaC functions in a thiotemplated manner. The reconstitution of this unusual ATP-dependent sulfur transferase facilitates a revision of the CTA biosynthetic pathway and provides the first example of a NRP thioamide synthetase. Finally, using CtaC as a bioinformatic handle, we provide promising clues that gene clusters encoding thioamidated NRPs are more widespread than previously thought.

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doi: 10.1002/anie.201905992 PMID: 31276268

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