The Pks13/FadD32 Crosstalk for the Biosynthesis of Mycolic Acids in Mycobacterium tuberculosis*
AUTOR(ES)
Gavalda, Sabine
FONTE
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
RESUMO
The last steps of the biosynthesis of mycolic acids, essential and specific lipids of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and related bacteria, are catalyzed by proteins encoded by the fadD32-pks13-accD4 cluster. Here, we produced and purified an active form of the Pks13 polyketide synthase, with a phosphopantetheinyl (P-pant) arm at both positions Ser-55 and Ser-1266 of its two acyl carrier protein (ACP) domains. Combination of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry of protein tryptic digests and radiolabeling experiments showed that, in vitro, the enzyme specifically loads long-chain 2-carboxyacyl-CoA substrates onto the P-pant arm of its C-terminal ACP domain via the acyltransferase domain. The acyl-AMPs produced by the FadD32 enzyme are specifically transferred onto the ketosynthase domain after binding to the P-pant moiety of the N-terminal ACP domain of Pks13 (N-ACPPks13). Unexpectedly, however, the latter step requires the presence of active FadD32. Thus, the couple FadD32-(N-ACPPks13) composes the initiation module of the mycolic condensation system. Pks13 ultimately condenses the two loaded fatty acyl chains to produce α-alkyl β-ketoacids, the precursors of mycolic acids. The developed in vitro assay will constitute a strategic tool for antimycobacterial drug screening.
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