Function
Linear gramicidin synthase LgrA is a biosynthetic enzyme which synthesizes natural products for therapeutics using a modular synthetic logic where each module adds one amino acid to the growing chain.
Thus, LgrA is a non-ribosomal peptide synthetase[1]. Linear gramicidin is a 15 amino acid long polypeptide which is synthetized by synthases LgrA, LgrB, LgrC, LgrD which comprise 16 modules[2].
Structural highlights
LgrA core contains 3 essential domains. Adenylation domain which activates the specific amino acid by adenylation, the thiolation domain which produces a thiol ester and the condensation domain which catalyzes the elongation of the peptide chain[3].
- ↑ Reimer JM, Eivaskhani M, Harb I, Guarne A, Weigt M, Schmeing TM. Structures of a dimodular nonribosomal peptide synthetase reveal conformational flexibility. Science. 2019 Nov 8;366(6466). pii: 366/6466/eaaw4388. doi:, 10.1126/science.aaw4388. PMID:31699907 doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw4388
- ↑ Schracke N, Linne U, Mahlert C, Marahiel MA. Synthesis of linear gramicidin requires the cooperation of two independent reductases. Biochemistry. 2005 Jun 14;44(23):8507-13. PMID:15938641 doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi050074t
- ↑ Reimer JM, Aloise MN, Harrison PM, Schmeing TM. Synthetic cycle of the initiation module of a formylating nonribosomal peptide synthetase. Nature. 2016 Jan 14;529(7585):239-42. doi: 10.1038/nature16503. PMID:26762462 doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature16503