title: Catalysis, specificity, and ACP docking site of Streptomyces coelicolor malonyl-CoA:ACP transacylase.
abstract: Malonyl-CoA:ACP transacylase (MAT), the fabD gene product of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2), participates in both fatty acid and polyketide synthesis pathways, transferring malonyl groups that are used as extender units in chain growth from malonyl-CoA to pathway-specific acyl carrier proteins (ACPs). Here, the 2.0 A structure reveals an invariant arginine bound to an acetate that mimics the malonyl carboxylate and helps define the extender unit binding site. Catalysis may only occur when the oxyanion hole is formed through substrate binding, preventing hydrolysis of the acyl-enzyme intermediate. Macromolecular docking simulations with actinorhodin ACP suggest that the majority of the ACP docking surface is formed by a helical flap. These results should help to engineer polyketide synthases (PKSs) that produce novel polyketides.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Group in Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
authors.forename: Adrian T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Keatinge-Clay
authors.forename: Anang A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Shelat
authors.forename: David F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Savage
authors.forename: Shiou Chuan
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Larry J W
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Miercke
authors.forename: Joseph D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: O'Connell
authors.forename: Chaitan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Khosla
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Stroud
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids