Abstract
Blasticidin S is a peptidyl nucleoside antibiotic. Its biosynthesis involves a cryptic leucylation and two leucylated intermediates, LDBS and LBS, have been found in previous studies. Leucylation has been proposed to be a new self-resistance mechanism during blasticidin S biosynthesis, and the leucyl group was found to be important for the methylation of β-amino group of the arginine side chain. However, the responsible enzyme and its associated mechanism of the leucyl transfer process remain to be elucidated. Here, we report results investigating the leucyl transfer step forming the intermediate LDBS in blasticidin biosynthesis. A hypothetical protein, BlsK, has been characterized by genetic and in vitro biochemical experiments. This enzyme catalyzes the leucyl transfer from leucyl-transfer RNA (leucyl-tRNA) to the β-amino group on the arginine side chain of DBS. Furthermore, BlsK was found to contain an iron–sulfur cluster that is necessary for activity. These findings provide an example of an iron–sulfur protein that catalyzes an aminoacyl-tRNA (aa-tRNA)–dependent amide bond formation in a natural product biosynthetic pathway.
Funder
natioanl key research and development programe of China
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Publisher
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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6 articles.
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