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Accurate Models of Substrate Preferences of Post-Translational Modification Enzymes from a Combination of mRNA Display and Deep Learning

Promiscuous post-translational modification (PTM) enzymes often display nonobvious substrate preferences by acting on diverse yet well-defined sets of peptides and/or proteins. Understanding of substrate fitness landscapes for PTM enzymes is important in many areas of contemporary science, including...

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Published in:ACS central science 2022-06, Vol.8 (6), p.814-824
Main Authors: Vinogradov, Alexander A., Chang, Jun Shi, Onaka, Hiroyasu, Goto, Yuki, Suga, Hiroaki
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Language:English
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Summary:Promiscuous post-translational modification (PTM) enzymes often display nonobvious substrate preferences by acting on diverse yet well-defined sets of peptides and/or proteins. Understanding of substrate fitness landscapes for PTM enzymes is important in many areas of contemporary science, including natural product biosynthesis, molecular biology, and biotechnology. Here, we report an integrated platform for accurate profiling of substrate preferences for PTM enzymes. The platform features (i) a combination of mRNA display with next-generation sequencing as an ultrahigh throughput technique for data acquisition and (ii) deep learning for data analysis. The high accuracy (>0.99 in each of two studies) of the resulting deep learning models enables comprehensive analysis of enzymatic substrate preferences. The models can quantify fitness across sequence space, map modification sites, and identify important amino acids in the substrate. To benchmark the platform, we performed profiling of a Ser dehydratase (LazBF) and a Cys/Ser cyclodehydratase (LazDEF), two enzymes from the lactazole biosynthesis pathway. In both studies, our results point to complex enzymatic preferences, which, particularly for LazBF, cannot be reduced to a set of simple rules. The ability of the constructed models to dissect such complexity suggests that the developed platform can facilitate a wider study of PTM enzymes.
ISSN:2374-7943
2374-7951
DOI:10.1021/acscentsci.2c00223