MosA, a protein implicated in rhizopine biosynthesis in Sinorhizobium meliloti L5-30, is a dihydrodipicolinate synthase |
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Authors: | Tam Pui Hang Phenix Christopher P Palmer David R J |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, Sask., Canada S7N 5C9. |
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Abstract: | MosA is a gene product encoded on a pSym megaplasmid of Sinorhizobium meliloti L5-30. The gene is part of an operon reported to be essential for the synthesis of the rhizopine 3-O-methyl-scyllo-inosamine. MosA has been assigned the function of an O-methyltransferase. However, the reported sequence of this protein is very much like that of dihydrodipicolinate synthase (DHDPS), except for a 40 amino acid residue C-terminal domain. This similarity contradicts accepted ideas regarding structure-function relationships of enzymes. We have cloned and overexpressed the recombinant gene in Escherichia coli, and discovered that the reported sequence contains an error resulting in a frame-shift. The correct sequence contains a new stop codon, truncating the C-terminal 41 amino acid residues of the reported sequence. The expressed protein, bearing an N-terminal polyhistidine tag, catalyzes the condensation of pyruvate and aspartate beta-semialdehyde efficiently, suggesting that this activity is not a side-reaction, but an activity for which this enzyme has evolved. Electro-spray mass spectrometry experiments and inhibition by L-lysine are consistent with the enzyme being a DHDPS. E.coli AT997, a mutant host normally requiring exogenous diaminopimelate for growth, could be complemented by transformation with a plasmid bearing the gene encoding MosA. A role for this enzyme in rhizopine synthesis cannot be ruled out, but is called into question. |
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Keywords: | MosA rhizopine Sinorhizobium meliloti L5-30 dihidrodipicolinate synthase aldolase |
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