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Mechanistic Probes for the Epimerization Domain of Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases
Author(s) -
Kim Woojoo E.,
Patel Ashay,
Hur Gene H.,
Tufar Peter,
Wuo Michael G.,
McCammon J. Andrew,
Burkart Michael D.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chembiochem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.05
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 1439-7633
pISSN - 1439-4227
DOI - 10.1002/cbic.201800439
Subject(s) - nonribosomal peptide , epimer , amino acid , mechanism (biology) , biosynthesis , stereochemistry , chemistry , enzyme , peptide , biochemistry , biology , physics , quantum mechanics
Nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) are responsible for the synthesis of a variety of bioactive natural products with clinical and economic significance. Interestingly, these large multimodular enzyme machineries incorporate nonproteinogenic d ‐amino acids through the use of auxiliary epimerization domains, converting l ‐amino acids into d ‐amino acids that impart into the resulting natural products unique bioactivity and resistance to proteases. Due to the large and complex nature of NRPSs, several questions remain unanswered about the mechanism of the catalytic domain reactions. We have investigated the use of mechanism‐based crosslinkers to probe the mechanism of an epimerization domain in gramicidin S biosynthesis. In addition, MD simulations were performed, showcasing the possible roles of catalytic residues within the epimerization domain.