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Molecular cloning, modeling and site-directed mutagenesis of type III polyketide synthase from Sargassum binderi (Phaeophyta)


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Baharum, Hariyanti and Morita, Hiroyuki and Tomitsuka, Akifumi and Lee, Fong Chin and Ng, Kim Yong and Abdul Rahim, Raha and Abe, Ikuro and Ho, Chai Ling (2011) Molecular cloning, modeling and site-directed mutagenesis of type III polyketide synthase from Sargassum binderi (Phaeophyta). Marine Biotechnology, 13 (5). pp. 845-856. ISSN 1436-2228; ESSN: 1436-2236

Abstract

Type III polyketide synthases (PKSs) produce an array of metabolites with diverse functions. In this study, we have cloned the complete reading frame encoding type III PKS (SbPKS) from a brown seaweed, Sargassum binderi, and characterized the activity of its recombinant protein biochemically. The deduced amino acid sequence of SbPKS is 414 residues in length, sharing a higher sequence similarity with bacterial PKSs (38% identity) than with plant PKSs. The Cys-His-Asn catalytic triad of PKS is conserved in SbPKS with differences in some of the residues lining the active and CoA binding sites. The wild-type SbPKS displayed broad starter substrate specificity to aliphatic long-chain acyl-CoAs (C6–C14) to produce tri- and tetraketide pyrones. Mutations at H331 and N364 caused complete loss of its activity, thus suggesting that these two residues are the catalytic residues for SbPKS as in other type III PKSs. Furthermore, H227G, H227G/L366V substitutions resulted in increased tetraketide-forming activity, while wild-type SbPKS produces triketide α-pyrone as a major product. On the other hand, mutant H227G/L366V/F93A/V95A demonstrated a dramatic decrease of tetraketide pyrone formation. These observations suggest that His227 and Leu366 play an important role for the polyketide elongation reaction in SbPKS. The conformational changes in protein structure especially the cavity of the active site may have more significant effect to the activity of SbPKS compared with changes in individual residues.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10126-010-9344-5
Publisher: Springer New York LLC
Keywords: Brown seaweed; Kinetics; Sargassum binderi; Site mutagenesis; Type III polyketide synthase
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 01 Sep 2015 03:55
Last Modified: 01 Sep 2015 03:55
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22347
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