TY - JOUR
T1 - Peptide Selenocysteine Substitutions Reveal Direct Substrate-Enzyme Interactions at Auxiliary Clusters in Radical S-Adenosyl-l-methionine Maturases
AU - Rush, Katherine W.
AU - Eastman, Karsten A.S.
AU - Kincannon, William M.
AU - Blackburn, Ninian J.
AU - Bandarian, Vahe
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society.
PY - 2023/5/10
Y1 - 2023/5/10
N2 - Radical S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM) enzymes leverage the properties of one or more iron- and sulfide-containing metallocenters to catalyze complex and radical-mediated transformations. By far the most populous superfamily of radical SAM enzymes are those that, in addition to a 4Fe-4S cluster that binds and activates the SAM cofactor, also bind one or more additional auxiliary clusters (ACs) of largely unknown catalytic significance. In this report we examine the role of ACs in two RS enzymes, PapB and Tte1186, that catalyze formation of thioether cross-links in ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs). Both enzymes catalyze a sulfur-to-carbon cross-link in a reaction that entails H atom transfer from an unactivated C-H to initiate catalysis, followed by formation of a C-S bond to yield the thioether. We show that both enzymes tolerate substitution of SeCys instead of Cys at the cross-linking site, allowing the systems to be subjected to Se K-edge X-ray spectroscopy. The EXAFS data show a direct interaction with the Fe of one of the ACs in the Michaelis complex, which is replaced with a Se-C interaction under reducing conditions that lead to the product complex. Site-directed deletion of the clusters in Tte1186 provide evidence for the identity of the AC. The implications of these observations in the context of the mechanism of these thioether cross-linking enzymes are discussed.
AB - Radical S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM) enzymes leverage the properties of one or more iron- and sulfide-containing metallocenters to catalyze complex and radical-mediated transformations. By far the most populous superfamily of radical SAM enzymes are those that, in addition to a 4Fe-4S cluster that binds and activates the SAM cofactor, also bind one or more additional auxiliary clusters (ACs) of largely unknown catalytic significance. In this report we examine the role of ACs in two RS enzymes, PapB and Tte1186, that catalyze formation of thioether cross-links in ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs). Both enzymes catalyze a sulfur-to-carbon cross-link in a reaction that entails H atom transfer from an unactivated C-H to initiate catalysis, followed by formation of a C-S bond to yield the thioether. We show that both enzymes tolerate substitution of SeCys instead of Cys at the cross-linking site, allowing the systems to be subjected to Se K-edge X-ray spectroscopy. The EXAFS data show a direct interaction with the Fe of one of the ACs in the Michaelis complex, which is replaced with a Se-C interaction under reducing conditions that lead to the product complex. Site-directed deletion of the clusters in Tte1186 provide evidence for the identity of the AC. The implications of these observations in the context of the mechanism of these thioether cross-linking enzymes are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1021/jacs.3c00831
DO - 10.1021/jacs.3c00831
M3 - Article
C2 - 37104670
AN - SCOPUS:85156109538
SN - 0002-7863
VL - 145
SP - 10167
EP - 10177
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
IS - 18
ER -