4-Alkyl-L-proline derivatives (APD) are specialized precursors involved in the biosynthesis of at least three groups of different natural compounds: some pyrrolo-1,4-benzodiazepines with antitumor activity, bacterial hormone hormaomycin and clinically used lincosamide antibiotic lincomycin. These compounds share a biosynthetic pathway encoded by 5 or 6 homologous genes present in the biosynthetic gene clusters of the producing organisms. Similarities in biosynthesis and differences between APD structures of these compounds could be used to prepare a hybrid producing strain of biologically more effective lincomycin derivative. Unusual amino acid 4-propyl-L-proline (PPL) is the APD precursor of lincomycin. The originally proposed scheme of the PPL pathway does not comply with our current knowledge. Therefore, it was necessary to revise this scheme according to new results. The first two steps of the PPL pathway are functionally proved. Probing the next step was the main aim of this work. The protein LmbW was overproduced and its methyltransferase activity was confirmed in vitro. LmbW is able to directly methylate intermediate of second step of the pathway while the originally scheme proposed methylation at a later stage of biosynthesis. LmbW is also able to attach a longer alkyl chain to its substrate. This...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:331227 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Steiningerová, Lucie |
| Contributors | Janata, Jiří, Seydlová, Gabriela |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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