Deciphering Nature's Intricate Way of N,S-Dimethylating l -Cysteine: Sequential Action of Two Bifunctional Adenylation Domains

Shogo Mori, Atefeh Garzan, Oleg V. Tsodikov, Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova

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Abstract

Dimethylation of amino acids consists of an interesting and puzzling series of events that could be achieved, during nonribosomal peptide biosynthesis, either by a single adenylation (A) domain interrupted by a methyltransferase (M) domain or by the sequential action of two of such independent enzymes. Herein, to establish the method by which Nature N,S-dimethylates l-Cys, we studied its formation during thiochondrilline A biosynthesis by evaluating TioS(A3aM3SA3bT3) and TioN(AaMNAb). This study not only led to identification of the exact pathway followed in Nature by these two enzymes for N,S-dimethylation of l-Cys, but also revealed that a single interrupted A domain can N,N-dimethylate amino acids, a novel phenomenon in the nonribosomal peptide field. These findings offer important and useful insights for the development and engineering of novel interrupted A domain enzymes to serve, in the future, as tools for combinatorial biosynthesis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)6087-6097
Number of pages11
JournalBiochemistry
Volume56
Issue number46
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 21 2017
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry

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