Structural highlights
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Nonribosomal depsipeptides are natural products composed of amino and hydroxy acid residues. The hydroxy acid residues often derive from alpha-keto acids, reduced by ketoreductase domains in the depsipeptide synthetases. Biochemistry and structures reveal the mechanism of discrimination for alpha-keto acids and a remarkable architecture: flanking intact adenylation and ketoreductase domains are sequences separated by >1,100 residues that form a split 'pseudoAsub' domain, structurally important for the depsipeptide module's synthetic cycle.
Structural basis of keto acid utilization in nonribosomal depsipeptide synthesis.,Alonzo DA, Chiche-Lapierre C, Tarry MJ, Wang J, Schmeing TM Nat Chem Biol. 2020 Feb 17. pii: 10.1038/s41589-020-0481-5. doi:, 10.1038/s41589-020-0481-5. PMID:32066969[1]
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References
- ↑ Alonzo DA, Chiche-Lapierre C, Tarry MJ, Wang J, Schmeing TM. Structural basis of keto acid utilization in nonribosomal depsipeptide synthesis. Nat Chem Biol. 2020 Feb 17. pii: 10.1038/s41589-020-0481-5. doi:, 10.1038/s41589-020-0481-5. PMID:32066969 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41589-020-0481-5
