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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Mitomycins are quinone-containing antibiotics, widely used as antitumor drugs in chemotherapy. Mitomycin-7-O-methyltransferase (MmcR), a key tailoring enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of mitomycin in Streptomyces lavendulae, catalyzes the 7-O-methylation of both C9beta- and C9alpha-configured 7-hydroxymitomycins. We have determined the crystal structures of the MmcR-S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) binary complex and MmcR-SAH-mitomycin A (MMA) ternary complex at resolutions of 1.9and 2.3 A, respectively. The study revealed MmcR to adopt a common S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent O-methyltransferase fold and the presence of a structurally conserved active site general acid-base pair is consistent with a proton-assisted methyltransfer common to most methyltransferases. Given the importance of C7 alkylation to modulate mitomycin redox potential, this study may also present a template toward the future engineering of catalysts to generate uniquely bioactive mitomycins. Proteins 2011. (c) 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Structural characterization of the mitomycin 7-O-methyltransferase.,Singh S, Chang A, Goff RD, Bingman CA, Gruschow S, Sherman DH, Phillips GN Jr, Thorson JS Proteins. 2011 Mar 22. doi: 10.1002/prot.23040. PMID:21538548[1]
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References
- ↑ Singh S, Chang A, Goff RD, Bingman CA, Gruschow S, Sherman DH, Phillips GN Jr, Thorson JS. Structural characterization of the mitomycin 7-O-methyltransferase. Proteins. 2011 Mar 22. doi: 10.1002/prot.23040. PMID:21538548 doi:10.1002/prot.23040
