Promiscuous Fatty Acyl CoA Ligases Produce Acyl-CoA and Acyl-SNAC Precursors for Polyketide Biosynthesis
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- 作者：Pooja Arora ; Archana Vats ; Priti Saxena ; Debasisa Mohanty ; and Rajesh S. Gokhale
- 刊名：Journal of the American Chemical Society
- 出版年：2005
- 出版时间：July 6, 2005
- 年：2005
- 卷：127
- 期：26
- 页码：9388 - 9389
- 全文大小：204K
- 年卷期：v.127,no.26(July 6, 2005)
- ISSN：1520-5126
文摘
The study of bioactive natural products has undergone rapid advancement with the cloning and sequencing of large number of gene clusters and the concurrent progress to manipulate complex biosynthetic systems in heterologous hosts. The genetic reconstitution necessitates that the heterologous hosts possess substrate pools that could be coordinately supplied for biosynthesis. Polyketide synthases (PKS) utilize acyl-coenzyme A (CoA) precursors and synthesize polyketides by repetitive decarboxylative condensations. Here we show that acyl-CoA ligases, which belong to a large family of acyl-activating enzymes, possess potential to produce varied starter CoA precursors that could be utilized in polyketide biosynthesis. Incidentally, such protein domains have been recognized in several PKS and nonribosomal peptide synthetase gene clusters. Our studies with mycobacterial fatty acyl-CoA ligases (FACLs) show remarkable tolerance to activate a variety of fatty acids that contain modifications at 
, 
, 
, and -
positions. This substrate flexibility extends further such that these proteins also efficiently utilize N-acetyl cysteamine, the shorter acceptor terminal portion of CoASH, to produce acyl-SNACs. We show that the in situ generated acyl-CoAs and acyl-SNACs could be channeled to types I and -III PKS systems to produce new metabolites. Together, the promiscuous activity of FACL and PKSs provides new opportunities to expand the repertoire of natural products.
, , , and - positions. This substrate flexibility extends further such that these proteins also efficiently utilize N-acetyl cysteamine, the shorter acceptor terminal portion of CoASH, to produce acyl-SNACs. We show that the in situ generated acyl-CoAs and acyl-SNACs could be channeled to types I and -III PKS systems to produce new metabolites. Together, the promiscuous activity of FACL and PKSs provides new opportunities to expand the repertoire of natural products.