title: Characterization of TDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-D-glucose-3,4-ketoisomerase from the D-mycaminose biosynthetic pathway of Streptomyces fradiae: in vitro activity and substrate specificity studies.
abstract: Deoxysugars are critical structural elements for the bioactivity of many natural products. Ongoing work on elucidating a variety of deoxysugar biosynthetic pathways has paved the way for manipulation of these pathways for the generation of structurally diverse glycosylated natural products. In the course of this work, the biosynthesis of d-mycaminose in the tylosin pathway of Streptomyces fradiae was investigated. Attempts to reconstitute the entire mycaminose biosynthetic machinery in a heterologous host led to the discovery of a previously overlooked gene, tyl1a, encoding an enzyme thought to convert TDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-d-glucose to TDP-3-keto-6-deoxy-d-glucose, a 3,4-ketoisomerization reaction in the pathway. Tyl1a has now been overexpressed, purified, and assayed, and its activity has been verified by product analysis. Incubation of Tyl1a and the C-3 aminotransferase TylB, the next enzyme in the pathway, produced TDP-3-amino-3,6-dideoxy-d-glucose, confirming that these two enzymes act sequentially. Steady state kinetic parameters of the Tyl1a-catalyzed reaction were determined, and the ability of Tyl1a and TylB to process a C-2 deoxygenated substrate and a CDP-linked substrate was also demonstrated. Enzymes catalyzing 3,4-ketoisomerization of hexoses represent a new class of enzymes involved in unusual sugar biosynthesis. The fact that Tyl1a exhibits a relaxed substrate specificity holds potential for future deoxysugar biosynthetic engineering endeavors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
authors.forename: Charles E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Melançon
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Jess A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Yung-nan
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hung-wen
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002238:Carbohydrate Epimerases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005944:Glucosamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007700:Kinetics; D008970:Molecular Weight; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C013610:mycaminose; D002238:Carbohydrate Epimerases; C085762:thymidine-diphospho-4-keto-6-deoxyglucose epimerase; D005944:Glucosamine