The Flavoprotein MrsD Catalyzes the Oxidative Decarboxylation Reaction Involved in Formation of the Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis Inhibitor Mersacidin
AUTOR(ES)
Majer, Florian
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
The lantibiotic mersacidin inhibits peptidoglycan biosynthesis by binding to the peptidoglycan precursor lipid II. Mersacidin contains an unsaturated thioether bridge, which is proposed to be synthesized by posttranslational modifications of threonine residue +15 and the COOH-terminal cysteine residue of the mersacidin precursor peptide MrsA. We show that the flavoprotein MrsD catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of the COOH-terminal cysteine residue of MrsA to an aminoenethiol residue. MrsD belongs to the recently described family of homo-oligomeric flavin-containing Cys decarboxylases (i.e., the HFCD protein family). Members of this protein family include the bacterial Dfp proteins (which are involved in coenzyme A biosynthesis), eukaryotic salt tolerance proteins, and further oxidative decarboxylases such as EpiD. In contrast to EpiD and Dfp, MrsD is a FAD and not an FMN-dependent flavoprotein. HFCD enzymes are characterized by a conserved His residue which is part of the active site. Exchange of this His residue for Asn led to inactivation of MrsD. The lantibiotic-synthesizing enzymes EpiD and MrsD have different substrate specificities.
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