title: Functional analysis of eubacterial ent-copalyl diphosphate synthase and pimara-9(11),15-diene synthase with unique primary sequences.
abstract: We have previously cloned a DNA fragment that contained four ORFs and was confirmed to participate in viguiepinol {3-hydroxypimara-9(11),15-diene} biosynthesis by a heterologous expression experiment, from Streptomyces sp. strain KO-3988. Of the four ORFs, ORF2 and ORF4 were confirmed to encode an ent-CDP synthase and a GGDP synthase, respectively, by experiments using recombinant enzymes. In this study, ORF3, that did not show similarities with any other known proteins was expressed in Escherichia coli and used for functional analysis. The purified ORF3 product clearly converted ent-CDP into PMD. Since ORF2 and ORF3 are the first examples of enzymes with these biosynthetic functions from prokaryotes, enzymatic properties of both enzymes were investigated. ORF2 is likely to be a dimer and requires a divalent cation such as Mg2+ and Zn2+ for its activity. The optimum pH and temperature were 5.5 and 35 degrees C. The Km value was calculated to be 13.7 +/- 1.0 microM for GGDP and the kcat value was 3.3 x 10(-2)/sec. ORF3 is likely to be a monomer and also requires a divalent cation. The optimum pH and temperature were 7.0 and 30 degrees C. The Km value for ent-CDP was estimated to be 2.6 +/- 0.2 microM and the kcat value was 1.4 x 10(-3)/sec.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Research Center, Toyama Prefectural University, Toyama 939-0398, Japan.
authors.forename: Chiho
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Nobuya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: Haruo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seto
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dairi
mesh_terms: D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000201:enzymology; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D004224:Diterpenes; D010940:Plant Proteins; C072946:viguiepenol; D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases; C090963:ent-kaurene synthetase A