Lee Jaeheon, McIntosh John, Hathaway Brian J, Schmidt Eric W
Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA.
J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Feb 18;131(6):2122-4. doi: 10.1021/ja8092168.
Small N-C terminally cyclic ribosomal peptides are common in nature, yet the mechanisms underlying their biosyntheses remain largely unknown. We recently identified candidate peptide cyclase genes in the metagenomes of marine animals. Here we report that PatG, a protease discovered in this analysis, cleaves variables, short peptides out of a precursor protein, and cyclizes these peptides in vivo and in vitro.
小的N端环状核糖体肽在自然界中很常见,但其生物合成的潜在机制在很大程度上仍不清楚。我们最近在海洋动物的宏基因组中鉴定出了候选肽环化酶基因。在此,我们报告在该分析中发现的一种蛋白酶PatG,能从一种前体蛋白中切割出可变的短肽,并在体内和体外将这些肽环化。