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| Content Provider | World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus |
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| Author | Lubelski, Jacek Khusainov, Rustem Kuipers, Oscar P. |
| Description | Author Affiliation: Lubelski J ( Molecular Genetics Department, University of Groningen and Kluyver Centre for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation, Kerklaan 30, 9751NN Haren, The Netherlands.) |
| Abstract | The lantibiotic nisin is a potent antimicrobial substance, which contains unusual lanthionine rings and dehydrated amino acid residues and is produced by Lactococcus lactis. Recently, the nisin biosynthetic machinery has been applied to introduce lanthionine rings in peptides other than nisin with potential therapeutic use. Due to difficulties in the isolation of the proposed synthetase complex (NisBTC), mechanistic information concerning the enzymatic biosynthesis of nisin is scarce. Here, we present the molecular characterization of a number of nisin mutants that affect ring formation. We have investigated in a systematic manner how these mutations influence dehydration events, which are performed enzymatically by the dehydratase NisB. Specific mutations that hampered ring formation allowed for the dehydration of serine residues that directly follow the rings and are normally unmodified. The combined information leads to the conclusion that 1) nisin biosynthesis is an organized directional process that starts at the N terminus of the molecule and continues toward the C terminus, and 2) NisB and NisC are alternating enzymes, whose activities follow one after another in a repetitive way. Thus, the dehydration and cyclization processes are not separated in time and space. On the basis of these results and previous knowledge, a working model for the sequence of events in the maturation of nisin is proposed. |
| ISSN | 00219258 |
| e-ISSN | 1083351X |
| Journal | Journal of Biological Chemistry |
| Issue Number | 38 |
| Volume Number | 284 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (United States) |
| Publisher Date | 2009-09-18 |
| Publisher Place | United States |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Anti-Bacterial Agents Biosynthesis Bacterial Proteins Metabolism Lactococcus Lactis Membrane Proteins Multienzyme Complexes Nisin Peptide Biosynthesis, Nucleic Acid-Independent Physiology Alanine Analogs & Derivatives Chemistry Genetics Sulfides Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Biochemistry Molecular Biology |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Cell Biology Biochemistry Molecular Biology |
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