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ArticleScience advances2024

The specificity of intermodular recognition in a prototypical nonribosomal peptide synthetase depends on an adaptor domain.

Megha N Karanth, John P Kirkpatrick, Joern Krausze, Stefan Schmelz, Andrea Scrima, Teresa Carlomagno

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Megha N KaranthLaboratory of Integrative Structural Biology, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3392-6523
John P KirkpatrickInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Center of Biomolecular Drug Research, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover D-30167, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9761-3377
Joern KrauszeInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Center of Biomolecular Drug Research, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover D-30167, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5333-8046
Stefan SchmelzDepartment of Structure and Function of Proteins, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig D-38124, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2511-7593
Andrea ScrimaDepartment of Structure and Function of Proteins, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig D-38124, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2760-611X
Teresa CarlomagnoLaboratory of Integrative Structural Biology, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2437-2760

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Abstract

In the quest for new bioactive substances, nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS) provide biodiversity by synthesizing nonproteinaceous peptides with high cellular activity. NRPS machinery consists of multiple modules, each catalyzing a unique series of chemical reactions. Incomplete understanding of the biophysical principles orchestrating these reaction arrays limits the exploitation of NRPSs in synthetic biology. Here, we use nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and mass spectrometry to solve the conundrum of how intermodular recognition is coupled with loaded carrier protein specificity in the tomaymycin NRPS. We discover an adaptor domain that directly recruits the loaded carrier protein from the initiation module to the elongation module and reveal its mechanism of action. The adaptor domain of the type found here has specificity rules that could potentially be exploited in the design of engineered NRPS machinery.

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Peptide SynthasesMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyProtein BindingProtein DomainsSubstrate Specificitynon-ribosomal peptide synthasePeptide Synthases

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PMID38896613
PMCPMC11186497

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