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Characterization of the aminocarboxycyclopropane-forming enzyme CmaC.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17209546     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The biosynthesis of the coronamic acid fragment of the pseudomonal phytotoxin coronatine involves construction of the cyclopropane ring from a gamma-chloro-L-allo-Ile intermediate while covalently tethered as a phosphopantetheinyl thioester to the carrier protein CmaD. The cyclopropane-forming catalyst is CmaC, catalyzing an intramolecular displacement of the gamma-Cl group by the alpha carbon. CmaC can be isolated as a Zn2+ protein with about 10-fold higher activity over the apo form. CmaC will not cyclize free gamma-chloro amino acids or their S-N-acetylcysteamine (NAC) thioester derivatives but will recognize some other carrier protein scaffolds. Turnover numbers of 5 min-1 are observed for Zn-CmaC, acting on gamma-chloro-L-aminobutyryl-S-CmaD, generating 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carbonyl (ACC)-S-CmaD. Products were detected either while still tethered to the phosphopantetheinyl prosthetic arm by mass spectrometry or after thioesterase-mediated release and derivatization of the free amino acid. In D2O, CmaC catalyzed exchange of one deuterium into the aminobutyryl moiety of the gamma-Cl-aminoacyl-S-CmaD, whereas the product ACC-S-CmaD lacked the deuterium, consistent with a competition for a gamma-Cl-aminobutyryl alpha-carbanion between reprotonation and cyclization. CmaC-mediated cyclization yielded solely ACC, resulting from C-C bond formation and no azetidine carboxylate from an alternate N-C cyclization. CmaC could cyclize gamma,gamma-dichloroaminobutyryl to the Cl-ACC product but did not cyclize delta- or epsilon-chloroaminoacyl-S-CmaD substrates.
Authors:
Wendy L Kelly; Michael T Boyne; Ellen Yeh; David A Vosburg; Danica P Galonić; Neil L Kelleher; Christopher T Walsh
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Biochemistry     Volume:  46     ISSN:  0006-2960     ISO Abbreviation:  Biochemistry     Publication Date:  2007 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-01-09     Completed Date:  2007-02-27     Revised Date:  2007-12-03    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370623     Medline TA:  Biochemistry     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  359-68     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Amino Acids / biosynthesis*,  chemistry
Bacterial Proteins / chemistry,  metabolism*
Kinetics
Mass Spectrometry
Pseudomonas syringae / enzymology
Substrate Specificity
Thiolester Hydrolases / metabolism*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
F32GM7215/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS; GM 067725/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS; GM 20011/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Amino Acids; 0/Bacterial Proteins; 80483-77-8/1-amino-2-ethylcyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid; EC 3.1.2.-/Thiolester Hydrolases

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