The biosynthesis of teicoplanin-type glycopeptide antibiotics: assignment of p450 mono-oxygenases to side chain cyclizations of glycopeptide a47934

Chem Biol. 2007 Sep;14(9):1078-89. doi: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2007.08.014.

Abstract

Streptomyces toyocaensis produces A47934, a teicoplanin-like type-IV glycopeptide with antibiotic activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. A47934 differs from the type-I vancomycin glycopeptides, which possess a tricyclic peptide backbone, by the presence of an additional ring closure between the aromatic amino acids 1 and 3. To elucidate the order of crosslinking reactions, P450 mono-oxygenase-inactivation mutants (DeltastaF, DeltastaG, DeltastaH, and DeltastaJ) of the A47934 producer were generated, and the accumulated intermediates were analyzed. Thus, the formation of each crosslink could unambiguously be assigned to a specific oxygenase. The structure of the released intermediates from the wild-type nonribosomal peptide synthetase assembly line facilitated the determination of the cyclization order. Unexpectedly, the additional ring closure in A47934, catalyzed by StaG, is the second oxygenase reaction.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemical synthesis*
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Cyclization
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / metabolism*
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Glycopeptides / chemical synthesis*
  • Mutation
  • Proteomics / methods
  • Ristocetin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Ristocetin / chemistry
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Streptomyces / metabolism
  • Teicoplanin*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Glycopeptides
  • Ristocetin
  • Teicoplanin
  • antibiotic A 47934
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System