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An Engineered Aryl Acid Adenylation Domain with an Enlarged Substrate Binding Pocket
Author(s) -
Ishikawa Fumihiro,
Miyanaga Akimasa,
Kitayama Hinano,
Nakamura Shinya,
Nakanishi Isao,
Kudo Fumitaka,
Eguchi Tadashi,
Tanabe Genzoh
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201900318
Subject(s) - adenylylation , aryl , chemistry , substrate (aquarium) , amino acid , enzyme , stereochemistry , combinatorial chemistry , biosynthesis , biochemistry , organic chemistry , biology , ecology , alkyl
Adenylation (A) domains act as the gatekeepers of non‐ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs), ensuring the activation and thioesterification of the correct amino acid/aryl acid building blocks. Aryl acid building blocks are most commonly observed in iron‐chelating siderophores, but are not limited to them. Very little is known about the reprogramming of aryl acid A‐domains. We show that a single asparagine‐to‐glycine mutation in an aryl acid A‐domain leads to an enzyme that tolerates a wide range of non‐native aryl acids. The engineered catalyst is capable of activating non‐native aryl acids functionalized with nitro, cyano, bromo, and iodo groups, even though no enzymatic activity of wild‐type enzyme was observed toward these substrates. Co‐crystal structures with non‐hydrolysable aryl‐AMP analogues revealed the origins of this expansion of substrate promiscuity, highlighting an enlargement of the substrate binding pocket of the enzyme. Our findings may be exploited to produce diversified aryl acid containing natural products and serve as a template for further directed evolution in combinatorial biosynthesis.