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Menisporopsin A is a fungal bioactive macrocyclic polylactone, the biosynthesis of which requires only reducing (R) and nonreducing (NR) polyketide synthases (PKSs) to guide a series of esterification and cyclolactonization… Click to show full abstract
Menisporopsin A is a fungal bioactive macrocyclic polylactone, the biosynthesis of which requires only reducing (R) and nonreducing (NR) polyketide synthases (PKSs) to guide a series of esterification and cyclolactonization reactions. There is no structural information pertaining to these PKSs. Here, we report the solution characterization of singlet and doublet acyl carrier protein (ACP2 and ACP1‐ACP2)–thioesterase (TE) domains from NR‐PKS involved in menisporopsin A biosynthesis. Small‐angle X‐ray scattering (SAXS) studies in combination with homology modelling reveal that these polypeptides adopt a distinctive beads‐on‐a‐string configuration, characterized by the presence of highly flexible interdomain linkers. These models provide a platform for studying domain organization and interdomain interactions in fungal NR‐PKSs, which may be of value in directing the design of functionally optimized polyketide scaffolds.
Journal Title: FEBS Letters
Year Published: 2020
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