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Alteration of the Route to Menaquinone towards Isochorismate-Derived Metabolites.


ABSTRACT: Chorismate and isochorismate constitute branch-point intermediates in the biosynthesis of many aromatic metabolites in microorganisms and plants. To obtain unnatural compounds, we modified the route to menaquinone in Escherichia coli. We propose a model for the binding of isochorismate to the active site of MenD ((1R,2S, 5S,6S)-2-succinyl-5-enolpyruvyl-6-hydroxycyclohex-3-ene-1-carboxylate (SEPHCHC) synthase) that explains the outcome of the native reaction with ?-ketoglutarate. We have rationally designed variants of MenD for the conversion of several isochorismate analogues. The double-variant Asn117Arg-Leu478Thr preferentially converts (5S,6S)-5,6-dihydroxycyclohexa-1,3-diene-1-carboxylate (2,3-trans-CHD), the hydrolysis product of isochorismate, with a >70-fold higher ratio than that for the wild type. The single-variant Arg107Ile uses (5S,6S)-6-amino-5-hydroxycyclohexa-1,3-diene-1-carboxylate (2,3-trans-CHA) as substrate with >6-fold conversion compared to wild-type MenD. The novel compounds have been made accessible in vivo (up to 5.3?g?L-1 ). Unexpectedly, as the identified residues such as Arg107 are highly conserved (>94?%), some of the designed variations can be found in wild-type SEPHCHC synthases from other bacteria (Arg107Lys, 0.3?%). This raises the question for the possible natural occurrence of as yet unexplored branches of the shikimate pathway.

SUBMITTER: Fries A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6618250 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Alteration of the Route to Menaquinone towards Isochorismate-Derived Metabolites.

Fries Alexander A   Mazzaferro Laura S LS   Grüning Björn B   Bisel Philippe P   Stibal Karin K   Buchholz Patrick C F PCF   Pleiss Jürgen J   Sprenger Georg A GA   Müller Michael M  

Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology 20190524 13


Chorismate and isochorismate constitute branch-point intermediates in the biosynthesis of many aromatic metabolites in microorganisms and plants. To obtain unnatural compounds, we modified the route to menaquinone in Escherichia coli. We propose a model for the binding of isochorismate to the active site of MenD ((1R,2S, 5S,6S)-2-succinyl-5-enolpyruvyl-6-hydroxycyclohex-3-ene-1-carboxylate (SEPHCHC) synthase) that explains the outcome of the native reaction with α-ketoglutarate. We have rational  ...[more]

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