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Production of tetraketide lactones by mutated Antirrhinum majus chalcone synthases (AmCHS1).
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20547380     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Chalcone synthase (CHS) is a key enzyme of flavonoid biosynthesis in higher plants, catalyzing the stepwise decarboxylative condensation of three acetate units from malonyl-CoA with p-coumaroyl-CoA to yield 2',4,4',6'-tetrahydroxychalcone (THC). Reaction (at pH 7.5) of a mutant (V196M/T197A) of Antirrhinum majus CHS (AmCHS1) with p-coumaroyl-CoA and malonyl-CoA yielded a significant amount of a non-chalcone product, along with a small amount of THC. The non-chalcone product was identified as p-coumaroyltriacetic acid lactone (CTAL), a tetraketide lactone produced due to derailment from the canonical THC-producing reaction pathway. In vitro, the wild-type AmCHS1 showed low CTAL-producing activity at pH 7.5, but an appreciable level at pH 10. Each of the amino acid substitutions, V196M, T197A and V196M/T197A, caused a shift toward neutrality of the optimum pH for CTAL-producing activity. The V196M substitution resulted in a loss of THC-producing activity, as well as a 12.6-fold enhancement of CTAL-producing activity (at pH 7.5); hence, AmCHS1 was converted to a p-coumaroyltriacetic acid synthase by this single amino acid substitution. The THC-producing activity of the V196M mutant appeared to be restored by additional T197A substitution, although a single T197A substitution caused no substantial enhancement of the CTAL-producing activity of the wild-type enzyme. The enhancement of the tetraketide producing activity upon V196M and V196M/T197A substitutions was most markedly observed when p-coumaroyl-CoA was used as the starter substrate, and only slightly with benzoyl-, caffeoyl- and hexanoyl-CoAs. These results show the importance of the two contiguous amino acids at positions 196 and 197 for product specificity of an AmCHS1-catalyzed reaction.
Authors:
Masayoshi Hatayama; Hideaki Unno; Masami Kusunoki; Seiji Takahashi; Tokuzo Nishino; Toru Nakayama
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-03-27
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of bioscience and bioengineering     Volume:  110     ISSN:  1347-4421     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Biosci. Bioeng.     Publication Date:  2010 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-07-06     Completed Date:  2010-12-07     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100888800     Medline TA:  J Biosci Bioeng     Country:  Japan    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  158-64     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2010 The Society for Biotechnology, Japan. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba-yama 6-6-11, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579 Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acyltransferases / chemistry*,  physiology*
Antirrhinum / enzymology*,  genetics*
Cyclohexanones / chemical synthesis*
Disaccharides / chemical synthesis*
Enzyme Activation
Enzyme Stability
Lactones / chemical synthesis*
Mutation / genetics
Protein Engineering / methods*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Cyclohexanones; 0/Disaccharides; 0/Lactones; 0/tetraketide; EC 2.3.-/Acyltransferases; EC 2.3.1.74/flavanone synthetase

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