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发表刊物：
Nat Commun. 2021, 12: 296.
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备注：
Zhong L, Diao X, Zhang N, Li F, Zhou H, Chen H, Bai X, Ren X, Zhang Y*, Wu D*, Bian X*. （*共同通讯作者）[入选“有机化学和化学生物学”领域焦点论文]
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是否译文：
否
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发表时间：
2021-01-01
摘要：
Nonribosomal peptide synthetases containing starter condensation domains direct the biosynthesis of nonribosomal lipopeptides, which generally exhibit wide bioactivities. The acyl chain has strong impacts on bioactivity and toxicity, but the lack of an in-depth understanding of starter condensation domain-mediated lipoinitiation limits the bioengineering of NRPSs to obtain novel derivatives with desired acyl chains. Here, we show that the acyl chains of the lipopeptides rhizomide, holrhizin, and glidobactin were modified by engineering the starter condensation domain, suggesting a workable approach to change the acyl chain. Based on the structure of the mutated starter condensation domain of rhizomide biosynthetic enzyme RzmA in complex with octanoyl-CoA and related point mutation experiments, we identify a set of residues responsible for the selectivity of substrate acyl chains and extend the acyl chains from acetyl to palmitoyl. Furthermore, we illustrate three possible conformational states of starter condensation domains during the reaction cycle of the lipoinitiation process. Our studies provide further insights into the mechanism of lipoinitiation and the engineering of nonribosomal peptide synthetases.
