Production of a photohexapeptide library from entomopathogenic Photorhabdus asymbiotica PB68.1

Org Biomol Chem. 2019 Aug 28;17(34):7858-7862. doi: 10.1039/c9ob01489f.

Abstract

A new natural product compound library, photohexapeptide library, was identified from entomopathogenic Photorhabdus asymbiotica PB68.1 after the NRPS-encoding gene phpS was activated via promoter exchange. Peptide structures, including the absolute configurations of amino acids, were determined by using a combination of bioinformatics analysis and isotopic labelling experiments followed by detailed HPLC-MS analysis. Additionally, their structures were confirmed by chemical synthesis and NMR after preparative isolation. The chemical diversity of the photohexapeptides results from promiscuous adenylation domain specificity being an excellent example of how to create libraries in nature.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Proteins / biosynthesis
  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry*
  • Computational Biology
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Isotope Labeling
  • Molecular Structure
  • Oligopeptides / biosynthesis
  • Oligopeptides / chemistry*
  • Peptide Library*
  • Peptide Synthases / genetics
  • Photorhabdus / chemistry*
  • Photorhabdus / enzymology
  • Transcriptional Activation

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Oligopeptides
  • Peptide Library
  • Peptide Synthases

Supplementary concepts

  • Photorhabdus asymbiotica