Biosynthesis of Antituberculosis Antibiotic Capreomycin Involves a trans -Iterative Adenylation Domain within the Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Machinery.
Lai, Y.T., Peng, C.Y., Liao, H.T., Hsiao, P.Y., Hsieh, C.K., Luo, Y.R., Huang, S.C., Wang, Y.L., Ma, T., Chen, Y.R., Kuo, Y.M., Lin, Y.C., Chu, J., Chang, C.Y.(2025) Org Lett 27: 9553-9558
- PubMed: 40815678 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.5c03112
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9UAY - PubMed Abstract: 
Capreomycin (CMN) is a nonribosomal peptide (NRP) antituberculosis antibiotic. CMN biosynthesis involves a non-canonical trans -iterative adenylation (A) domain. Here, we report that the A domain-less nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) module CmnI utilizes another module's A domain CmnA-A 1 to load the required amino acid onto its thiolation (T) domain. This study provides evidence of an unusual mode of NRP biosynthesis in bacteria, involving a trans -iterative A domain in the NRPS machinery.
- Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan.
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