Studies of lincosamide formation complete the biosynthetic pathway for lincomycin A

The structure of lincomycin A consists of the unusual eight-carbon thiosugar core methyllincosamide (MTL) decorated with a pendent N-methylprolinyl moiety. Previous studies on MTL biosynthesis have suggested GDP-D-erythro-α-D-gluco-octose and GDP-D-α-D-lincosamide as key intermediates in the pathway...

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Published in:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 2020-10, Vol.117 (40), p.24794-24801
Main Authors: Wang, Shao-An, Lin, Chia-I, Zhang, Jiawei, Ushimaru, Richiro, Sasaki, Eita, Liu, Hung-wen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacterial Proteins - genetics
Bacterial Proteins - metabolism
Biological Sciences
Biosynthesis
Biosynthetic Pathways
Carbohydrates
Chemical reactions
Dehydration
Enzymes
Intermediates
Lincomycin
Lincomycin - biosynthesis
Lincomycin - chemistry
Lincosamides - chemistry
Lincosamides - metabolism
Natural products
Physical Sciences
Streptomyces - chemistry
Streptomyces - enzymology
Streptomyces - genetics
Streptomyces - metabolism
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Summary:The structure of lincomycin A consists of the unusual eight-carbon thiosugar core methyllincosamide (MTL) decorated with a pendent N-methylprolinyl moiety. Previous studies on MTL biosynthesis have suggested GDP-D-erythro-α-D-gluco-octose and GDP-D-α-D-lincosamide as key intermediates in the pathway. However, the enzyme-catalyzed reactions resulting in the conversion of GDP-D-erythro-α-D-gluco-octose to GDP-D-α-D-lincosamide have not yet been elucidated. Herein, a biosynthetic subpathway involving the activities of four enzymes—LmbM, LmbL, CcbZ, and CcbS (the LmbZ and LmbS equivalents in the closely related celesticetin pathway)—is reported. These enzymes catalyze the previously unknown biosynthetic steps including 6-epimerization, 6,8-dehydration, 4-epimerization, and 6-transamination that convert GDP-D-erythro-α-D-gluco-octose to GDP-D-α-D-lincosamide. Identification of these reactions completes the description of the entire lincomycin biosynthetic pathway. This work is significant since it not only resolves the missing link in octose core assembly of a thiosugar-containing natural product but also showcases the sophistication in catalytic logic of enzymes involved in carbohydrate transformations.
ISSN:0027-8424
1091-6490
DOI:10.1073/pnas.2009306117