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Protostadienol synthase from Aspergillus fumigatus: Functional conversion into lanosterol synthase
Kimura, Miki,Kushiro, Tetsuo,Shibuya, Masaaki,Ebizuka, Yutaka,Abe, Ikuro
experimental part, p. 899 - 902 (2011/04/16)
Oxidosqualene:protostadienol cyclase (OSPC) from the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus, catalyzes the cyclization of (3S)-2,3-oxidosqualene into protosta-17(20)Z,24-dien-3β-ol which is the precursor of the steroidal antibiotic helvolic acid. To shed light on the structure-function relationship between OSPC and oxidosqualene:lanosterol cyclase (OSLC), we constructed an OSPC mutant in which the C-terminal residues 702APPGGMR708 were replaced with 702NKSCAIS708, as in human OSLC. As a result, the mutant no longer produced the protostadienol, but instead efficiently produced a 1:1 mixture of lanosterol and parkeol. This is the first report of the functional conversion of OSPC into OSLC, which resulted in a 14-fold decrease in the Vmax/KM value, whereas the binding affinity for the substrate did not change significantly. Homology modeling suggested that stabilization of the C-20 protosteryl cation by the active-site Phe701 through cation-π interactions is important for the product outcome between protostadienol and lanosterol.
A putative precursor of isomalabaricane triterpenoids from lanosterol synthase mutants
Lodeiro, Silvia,Wilson, William K.,Shan, Hui,Matsuda, Seiichi P. T.
, p. 439 - 442 (2007/10/03)
Known lanosterol synthase mutants produce monocyclic or tetracyclic byproducts from oxidosqualene. We describe Erg7 Tyr510 mutants that cause partial substrate misfolding and generate a tricyclic byproduct. This novel triterpene, (13αH)-isomalabarica-14(27),17E,21-trien-3β-ol, is the likely biosynthetic precursor of isomalabaricane triterpenoids in sponges. The results suggest the facile evolution of protective triterpenoids in sessile animals.
Steric bulk at cycloartenol synthase position 481 influences cyclization and deprotonation.
Matsuda,Darr,Hart,Herrera,McCann,Meyer,Pang,Schepmann
, p. 2261 - 2263 (2007/10/03)
Cycloartenol synthase converts oxidosqualene to the pentacyclic sterol precursor cycloartenol. An Arabidopsis thaliana cycloartenol synthase Ile481Val mutant was previously shown to produce lanosterol and parkeol in addition to its native product cycloartenol. Experiments are described here to construct Phe, Leu, Ala, and Gly mutants at position 481 and to determine their cyclization product profiles. The Phe mutant was inactive, and the Leu mutant produced cycloartenol and parkeol. The Ala and Gly mutants formed lanosterol, cycloartenol, parkeol, achilleol A, and camelliol C. Monocycles comprise most of the Gly mutant product, showing that an alternate cyclization route can be made the major pathway by a single nonpolar mutation.