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Probing Selectivity and Creating Structural Diversity Through Hybrid Polyketide Synthases
Chemler, Joseph A.,Coburn, Katherine M.,Hansen, Douglas A.,Koch, Aaron A.,Lowell, Andrew N.,Schmidt, Jennifer J.,Sherman, David H.
, p. 13575 - 13580 (2020/06/09)
Engineering polyketide synthases (PKS) to produce new metabolites requires an understanding of catalytic points of failure during substrate processing. Growing evidence indicates the thioesterase (TE) domain as a significant bottleneck within engineered PKS systems. We created a series of hybrid PKS modules bearing exchanged TE domains from heterologous pathways and challenged them with both native and non-native polyketide substrates. Reactions pairing wildtype PKS modules with non-native substrates primarily resulted in poor conversions to anticipated macrolactones. Likewise, product formation with native substrates and hybrid PKS modules bearing non-cognate TE domains was severely reduced. In contrast, non-native substrates were converted by most hybrid modules containing a substrate compatible TE, directly implicating this domain as the major catalytic gatekeeper and highlighting its value as a target for protein engineering to improve analog production in PKS pathways.
Macrolide biosynthesis. Tylactone formation involves the processive addition of three carbon units
Yue,Duncan,Yamamoto,Hutchinson
, p. 1253 - 1255 (2007/10/02)
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