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Acyltransferase Mediated Polyketide Release from a Fungal Megasynthase

2009; American Chemical Society; Volume: 131; Issue: 24 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/ja903203g

1943-2984

Xinkai Xie, Michael J. Meehan, Wei Xu, Pieter C. Dorrestein, Yi Tang,

Microbial Metabolism and Applications

LovF is a highly reducing polyketide synthase (HR-PKS) from the filamentous fungus Aspergillus terreus. LovF synthesizes the α-S-methylbutyrate side chain that is subsequently transferred to monacolin J to yield the cholesterol-lowering natural product lovastatin. In the report, we expressed the full length LovF and reconstituted the megasynthase activities in vitro. We confirmed the diketide product of LovF is offloaded from the LovF ACP domain by the dissociated acyltransferase LovD. This represents the first example of acyltransferase-mediated release of polyketide products from fungal PKSs. We determined LovD primarily interacts with the ACP domain of LovF and the protein−protein interactions lead to highly efficient transfer of the diketide product. The catalytic efficiency is enhanced nearly 1 × 106-fold when LovF was used as the acyl carrier instead of N-acetylcysteamine. Reconstitution and characterization of the LovF offloading mechanism provide new insights into the functions of fungal HR-PKS.