4q24

Structural highlights

Function

[CLPS_STRNR] Involved in the biosynthesis of albonoursin (cyclo[(alpha,beta-dehydro-Phe)-(alpha,beta-dehydro-Leu)]), an antibacterial peptide. It uses activated amino acids in the form of aminoacyl-tRNAs (aa-tRNAs) as substrates to catalyze the ATP-independent formation of cyclodipeptides which are intermediates in diketopiperazine (DKP) biosynthetic pathways. Catalyzes the formation of cyclo(L-Phe-L-Leu) (cFL) as major products from L-L-phenylalanyl-tRNA(Phe) and L-leucyl-tRNA(Leu). AlbC can also incorporate various nonpolar residues, such as L-phenylalanine, L-leucine, L-tyrosine and L-methionine, and to a much lesser extent L-alanine and L-valine, into cyclodipeptides. Indeed, ten possible cyclodipeptides composed of L-phenylalanine, L-leucine, L-tyrosine and L-methionine are all synthesized to detectable amounts by AlbC.^{[1] [2]}

References

1. ↑ Lautru S, Gondry M, Genet R, Pernodet JL. The albonoursin gene Cluster of S noursei biosynthesis of diketopiperazine metabolites independent of nonribosomal peptide synthetases. Chem Biol. 2002 Dec;9(12):1355-64. PMID:12498889
2. ↑ Gondry M, Sauguet L, Belin P, Thai R, Amouroux R, Tellier C, Tuphile K, Jacquet M, Braud S, Courcon M, Masson C, Dubois S, Lautru S, Lecoq A, Hashimoto S, Genet R, Pernodet JL. Cyclodipeptide synthases are a family of tRNA-dependent peptide bond-forming enzymes. Nat Chem Biol. 2009 Jun;5(6):414-20. doi: 10.1038/nchembio.175. PMID:19430487 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.175