PMID- 34850512 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220308 LR - 20220308 IS - 1439-7633 (Electronic) IS - 1439-4227 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 3 DP - 2022 Feb 4 TI - Tailoring Enzyme Stringency Masks the Multispecificity of a Lyngbyatoxin (Indolactam Alkaloid) Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase. PG - e202100574 LID - 10.1002/cbic.202100574 [doi] AB - Indolactam alkaloids are activators of protein kinase C (PKC) and are of pharmacological interest for the treatment of pathologies involving PKC dysregulation. The marine cyanobacterial nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) pathway for lyngbyatoxin biosynthesis, which we previously expressed in E. coli, was studied for its amenability towards the biosynthesis of indolactam variants. Modification of culture conditions for our E. coli heterologous expression host and analysis of pathway products suggested the native lyngbyatoxin pathway NRPS does possess a degree of relaxed specificity. Site-directed mutagenesis of two positions within the adenylation domain (A-domain) substrate-binding pocket was performed, resulting in an alteration of substrate preference between valine, isoleucine, and leucine. We observed relative congruence of in vitro substrate activation by the LtxA NRPS to in vivo product formation. While there was a preference for isoleucine over leucine, the substitution of alternative tailoring domains may unveil the true in vivo effects of the mutations introduced herein. CI - (c) 2021 Wiley-VCH GmbH. FAU - Soeriyadi, Angela H AU - Soeriyadi AH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0064-0051 AD - School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia. FAU - Ongley, Sarah E AU - Ongley SE AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1203-7682 AD - School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia. AD - School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, 2308, Australia. FAU - Kehr, Jan-Christoph AU - Kehr JC AD - Department of Microbiology, Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam-Golm, Germany. FAU - Pickford, Russel AU - Pickford R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8982-7618 AD - Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia. FAU - Dittmann, Elke AU - Dittmann E AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7549-7918 AD - Department of Microbiology, Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam-Golm, Germany. FAU - Neilan, Brett A AU - Neilan BA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6113-772X AD - School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia. AD - School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, 2308, Australia. LA - eng GR - Technical University Berlin/ GR - LP140100642/Australian Research Council/ GR - Australian Government RTP Scholarship/ GR - Adrian Lee Travel Scholarship/ PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20211210 PL - Germany TA - Chembiochem JT - Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology JID - 100937360 RN - 0 (Lyngbya Toxins) RN - EC 6.3.2.- (Peptide Synthases) RN - EC 6.3.2.- (non-ribosomal peptide synthase) SB - IM MH - Lyngbya Toxins/*biosynthesis/chemistry MH - Molecular Structure MH - Mutagenesis, Site-Directed MH - Peptide Synthases/genetics/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - A domain OT - MbtH OT - indolactams OT - natural products OT - teleocidin EDAT- 2021/12/02 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/09 06:00 CRDT- 2021/12/01 07:46 PHST- 2021/11/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/10/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/12/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/12/01 07:46 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/cbic.202100574 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chembiochem. 2022 Feb 4;23(3):e202100574. doi: 10.1002/cbic.202100574. Epub 2021 Dec 10.