title: Principles of the molecular construction of multienzyme templates for peptide biosynthesis in integrated reaction sequences.
abstract: The amino acid sequences of the genes coding for four multienzyme peptide synthetases, operating by the thiotemplate mechanism are compared, to show underlying principles in the biosynthetic mechanism. Alignment with other carboxylic acid activating enzymes shows the sequences. LAY(V/I)I(Y/F)TSGT(T/S)GxPKGV and GELx(L/I)GGxG(V/I) to be involved in MgATP2-binding and adenylate formation, and two other sequences, one containing the element FxLGG(H/D)S(I/L) to be involved in covalent binding of the amino acid. As a general rule, 1000 amino acid building blocks are responsible for the incorporation of one amino acid into the nascent peptide.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biochemie und Molekulare Biologie, Technische Universität Berlin, F.R.G.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: van Liempt
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pfeifer
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schwecke
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Palissa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: von Doehren
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010452:Peptide Biosynthesis; D010453:Peptide Synthases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D010453:Peptide Synthases