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CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY
Volume 22, Issue 7, Pages 907-916Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2015.06.014
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- NIH [GM102602]
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Macrocyclases and other posttranslational enzymes afford derived peptides with improved properties for pharmaceutical and biotechnological applications. Here, we asked whether multiple posttranslational modifications could be simultaneously controlled and matched to rationally generate new peptide derivatives. We reconstituted the cyanobactin peptide natural products in vitro with up to five different posttranslational enzymes in a single tube. By manipulating the order of addition and identity of enzymes and exploiting their broad-substrate tolerance, we engineered the production of highly unnatural derivatives, including an N-C peptide macrocycle of 22 amino acids in length. In addition to engineering, this work better defines the macro-cyclization mechanism, provides the first biochemical demonstration of Ser/Thr posttranslational prenylation, and is the first example of reconstitution of a native, multistep RiPP pathway with multiple enzymes in one pot. Overall, this work demonstrates how the modularity of posttranslational modification enzymes can be used to design and synthesize desirable peptide motifs.
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