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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 292, Issue 31, Pages 13022-13033Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M117.795682
Keywords
enzyme mechanism; iron-sulfur protein; peptide biosynthesis; radical; S-adenosylmethionine (SAM); MftC; mycofactocin
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- University of Denver
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Ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified peptide (RiPP) pathways produce a diverse array of natural products. A subset of these pathways depends on radical S-adenosylmethionine proteins to modify the RiPP-produced peptide. Mycofactocin biosynthesis is one example of an S-adenosylmethionine protein-dependent RiPP pathway. Recently, it has been shown that MftC catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of the C-terminal tyrosine (Tyr-30) on the mycofactocin precursor peptide MftA; however, this product has not been verified by techniques other than MS. Herein, we provide a more detailed study of MftC catalysis and report a revised mechanism for MftC chemistry. We show that MftC catalyzes the formation of two isomeric products. Using a combination of MS, isotope labeling, and H-1 and C-13 NMR techniques, we established that the major product, MftA*, is a tyramine-valine-cross-linked peptide formed by MftC through two S-adenosylmethionine-dependent turnovers. In addition, we show that the hydroxyl group on MftA Tyr-30 is required for MftC catalysis. Furthermore, we show that a substitution in the penultimate MftA Val-29 position causes the accumulation of an MftA** minor product. The H-1 NMR spectrum indicates that this minor product contains an -unsaturated bond that likely arises from an aborted intermediate of MftA* synthesis. The finding that MftA* is the major product formed during MftC catalysis could have implications for the further elucidation of mycofactocin biosynthesis.
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