Download MendeleyStructural Basis for Macrolactonization by the Pikromycin Thioesterase
Akey, D.L., Kittendorf, J.D., Giraldes, J.W., Fecik, R.A., Sherman, D.H., Smith, J.L.(2006) Nat Chem Biol 2: 537-542
- PubMed: 16969372
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio824
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
2HFJ, 2HFK - PubMed Abstract:
Polyketides are a class of biologically active microbial and plant-derived metabolites that possess a high degree of structural and functional diversity and include many human therapeutics, among them anti-infective and anti-cancer drugs, growth promoters and anti-parasitic agents. The macrolide antibiotics, characterized by a glycoside-linked macrolactone, constitute an important class of polyketides, including erythromycin and the natural ketolide anti-infective agent pikromycin. Here we describe new mechanistic details of macrolactone ring formation catalyzed by the pikromycin polyketide synthase thioesterase domain from Streptomyces venezuelae. A pentaketide phosphonate mimic of the final pikromycin linear chain-elongation intermediate was synthesized and shown to be an active site affinity label. The crystal structures of the affinity-labeled enzyme and of a 12-membered-ring macrolactone product complex suggest a mechanism for cyclization in which a hydrophilic barrier in the enzyme and structural restraints of the substrate induce a curled conformation to direct macrolactone ring formation.
Organizational Affiliation:
Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, 210 Washtenaw Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2216, USA.
