Biosynthetic incorporation of fluorinated amino acids into the nonribosomal peptide gramicidin S
M. Müll, F. Pourmasoumi, L. Wehrhan, O. Nosovska, P. Stephan, H. Zeihe, I. Vilotijevic, B.G. Keller, H. Kries – 2023
Fluorine is a key element in medicinal chemistry, as it can significantly enhance the pharmacological properties of drugs. In this study, we aimed to biosynthetically produce fluorinated analogues of the antimicrobial cyclic decapeptide gramicidin S (GS). However, our results show that the A-domain of the NRPS module GrsA rejects fluorinated amino acids due to an interrupted T-shaped aromatic interaction in the binding pocket. We demonstrate that GrsA mutant W239S improves incorporation of fluorinated Phe into GS both in vitro and in vivo. Our findings provide new insights into the behavior of NRPSs towards fluorinated amino acids and strategies for the engineered biosynthesis of fluorinated peptides.
Title
Biosynthetic incorporation of fluorinated amino acids into the nonribosomal peptide gramicidin S
Author
M. Müll, F. Pourmasoumi, L. Wehrhan, O. Nosovska, P. Stephan, H. Zeihe, I. Vilotijevic, B.G. Keller, H. Kries
Date
2023
Identifier
DOI: 10.1039/D3CB00061C
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Citation
RSC Chem. Biol., 4, 692 (2023)
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