PMID- 22439765 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120615 LR - 20131121 IS - 1520-4995 (Electronic) IS - 0006-2960 (Linking) VI - 51 IP - 14 DP - 2012 Apr 10 TI - An enzymatic pathway for the biosynthesis of the formylhydroxyornithine required for rhodochelin iron coordination. PG - 3059-66 LID - 10.1021/bi201837f [doi] AB - Rhodochelin, a mixed catecholate-hydroxamate type siderophore isolated from Rhodococcus jostii RHA1, holds two L-delta-N-formyl-delta-N-hydroxyornithine (L-fhOrn) moieties essential for proper iron coordination. Previously, bioinformatic and genetic analysis proposed rmo and rft as the genes required for the tailoring of the L-ornithine (L-Orn) precursor [Bosello, M. (2011) J. Am. Chem. Soc.133, 4587-4595]. In order to investigate if both Rmo and Rft constitute a pathway for L-fhOrn biosynthesis, the enzymes were heterologously produced and assayed in vitro. In the presence of molecular oxygen, NADPH and FAD, Rmo monooxygenase was able to convert L-Orn into L-delta-N-hydroxyornithine (L-hOrn). As confirmed in a coupled reaction assay, this hydroxylated intermediate serves as a substrate for the subsequent N(10)-formyl-tetrahydrofolate-dependent (N(10)-fH(4)F) Rtf-catalyzed formylation reaction, establishing a route for the L-fhOrn biosynthesis, prior to its incorporation by the NRPS assembly line. It is of particular interest that a major improvement to this study has been reached with the use of an alternative approach to the chemoenzymatic FolD-dependent N(10)-fH(4)F conversion, also rescuing the previously inactive CchA, the Rft-homologue in coelichelin assembly line [Buchenau, B. (2004) Arch. Microbiol.182, 313-325; Pohlmann, V. (2008) Org. Biomol. Chem.6, 1843-1848]. CI - (c) 2012 American Chemical Society FAU - Bosello, Mattia AU - Bosello M AD - Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, D-35043 Marburg, Germany. FAU - Mielcarek, Andreas AU - Mielcarek A FAU - Giessen, Tobias W AU - Giessen TW FAU - Marahiel, Mohamed A AU - Marahiel MA LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120330 PL - United States TA - Biochemistry JT - Biochemistry JID - 0370623 RN - 0 (Bacterial Proteins) RN - 0 (Oligopeptides) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 0 (rhodochelin) RN - E1UOL152H7 (Iron) RN - E524N2IXA3 (Ornithine) RN - EC 1.- (Mixed Function Oxygenases) RN - EC 2.1.2.- (Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases) SB - IM MH - Bacterial Proteins/*chemistry/genetics MH - Binding Sites MH - Hydroxylation MH - Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/*chemistry/genetics MH - Iron/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Mixed Function Oxygenases/*chemistry/genetics MH - Oligopeptides/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Ornithine/*analogs & derivatives/biosynthesis/*chemistry MH - Recombinant Proteins/chemistry/genetics MH - Rhodococcus/metabolism MH - Substrate Specificity EDAT- 2012/03/24 06:00 MHDA- 2012/06/16 06:00 CRDT- 2012/03/24 06:00 PHST- 2012/03/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/03/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/06/16 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1021/bi201837f [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochemistry. 2012 Apr 10;51(14):3059-66. doi: 10.1021/bi201837f. Epub 2012 Mar 30.