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Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Characterization of the Mycofactocin Biosynthetic Protein, MftC, Provides Insight into Its Redox Flipping Mechanism.

ABSTRACT: Mycofactocin is a putative redox cofactor and is classified as a ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide (RiPP). Some RiPP natural products, including mycofactocin, rely on a radical S-adenosylmethionine (RS, SAM) protein to modify the precursor peptide. Mycofactocin maturase, MftC, is a unique RS protein that catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation and C-C bond formation on the precursor peptide MftA. However, the number, chemical nature, and catalytic roles for the MftC [Fe-S] clusters remain unknown. Here, we report that MftC binds a RS [4Fe-4S] cluster and two auxiliary [4Fe-4S] clusters that are required for MftA modification. Furthermore, electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of MftC suggest that SAM and MftA affect the environments of the RS and Aux I cluster, whereas the Aux II cluster is unaffected by the substrates. Lastly, reduction potential assignments of individual [4Fe-4S] clusters by protein film voltammetry show that their potentials are within 100 mV of each other.

SUBMITTER: Ayikpoe R

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6380935 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Characterization of the Mycofactocin Biosynthetic Protein, MftC, Provides Insight into Its Redox Flipping Mechanism.

Ayikpoe Richard R Ngendahimana Thacien T Langton Michelle M Bonitatibus Sheila S Walker Lindsey M LM Eaton Sandra S SS Eaton Gareth R GR Pandelia Maria-Eirini ME Elliott Sean J SJ Latham John A JA

Biochemistry 20190125 7

Mycofactocin is a putative redox cofactor and is classified as a ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide (RiPP). Some RiPP natural products, including mycofactocin, rely on a radical S-adenosylmethionine (RS, SAM) protein to modify the precursor peptide. Mycofactocin maturase, MftC, is a unique RS protein that catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation and C-C bond formation on the precursor peptide MftA. However, the number, chemical nature, and catalytic roles for the Mf ...[more]

PMID: 30628436

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Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Characterization of the Mycofactocin Biosynthetic Protein, MftC, Provides Insight into Its Redox Flipping Mechanism.

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Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Characterization of the Mycofactocin Biosynthetic Protein, MftC, Provides Insight into Its Redox Flipping Mechanism.

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