4N6E

Crystal structure of Amycolatopsis orientalis BexX/CysO complex


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.60 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.240 
  • R-Value Work: 0.196 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.200 

wwPDB Validation   3D Report Full Report


This is version 1.4 of the entry. See complete history


Literature

Co-opting sulphur-carrier proteins from primary metabolic pathways for 2-thiosugar biosynthesis.

Sasaki, E.Zhang, X.Sun, H.G.Lu, M.Y.Liu, T.L.Ou, A.Li, J.Y.Chen, Y.H.Ealick, S.E.Liu, H.W.

(2014) Nature 509: 427-431

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13256
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    4N6E, 4N6F

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Sulphur is an essential element for life and is ubiquitous in living systems. Yet how the sulphur atom is incorporated into many sulphur-containing secondary metabolites is poorly understood. For bond formation between carbon and sulphur in primary metabolites, the major ionic sulphur sources are the persulphide and thiocarboxylate groups on sulphur-carrier (donor) proteins. Each group is post-translationally generated through the action of a specific activating enzyme. In all reported bacterial cases, the gene encoding the enzyme that catalyses the carbon-sulphur bond formation reaction and that encoding the cognate sulphur-carrier protein exist in the same gene cluster. To study the production of the 2-thiosugar moiety in BE-7585A, an antibiotic from Amycolatopsis orientalis, we identified a putative 2-thioglucose synthase, BexX, whose protein sequence and mode of action seem similar to those of ThiG, the enzyme that catalyses thiazole formation in thiamine biosynthesis. However, no gene encoding a sulphur-carrier protein could be located in the BE-7585A cluster. Subsequent genome sequencing uncovered a few genes encoding sulphur-carrier proteins that are probably involved in the biosynthesis of primary metabolites but only one activating enzyme gene in the A. orientalis genome. Further experiments showed that this activating enzyme can adenylate each of these sulphur-carrier proteins and probably also catalyses the subsequent thiolation, through its rhodanese domain. A proper combination of these sulphur-delivery systems is effective for BexX-catalysed 2-thioglucose production. The ability of BexX to selectively distinguish sulphur-carrier proteins is given a structural basis using X-ray crystallography. This study is, to our knowledge, the first complete characterization of thiosugar formation in nature and also demonstrates the receptor promiscuity of the A. orientalis sulphur-delivery system. Our results also show that co-opting the sulphur-delivery machinery of primary metabolism for the biosynthesis of sulphur-containing natural products is probably a general strategy found in nature.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.


Macromolecules
Find similar proteins by:  (by identity cutoff)  |  3D Structure
Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Putative thiosugar synthase256Amycolatopsis orientalis subsp. vineariaMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: bexX
UniProt
Find proteins for D7RFL7 (Amycolatopsis orientalis subsp. vinearia)
Explore D7RFL7 
Go to UniProtKB:  D7RFL7
Entity Groups  
Sequence Clusters30% Identity50% Identity70% Identity90% Identity95% Identity100% Identity
UniProt GroupD7RFL7
Sequence Annotations
Expand
  • Reference Sequence
Find similar proteins by:  (by identity cutoff)  |  3D Structure
Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
ThiS/MoaD family protein90Amycolatopsis orientalis HCCB10007Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: AORI_6493
UniProt
Find proteins for R4T9W5 (Amycolatopsis keratiniphila)
Explore R4T9W5 
Go to UniProtKB:  R4T9W5
Entity Groups  
Sequence Clusters30% Identity50% Identity70% Identity90% Identity95% Identity100% Identity
UniProt GroupR4T9W5
Sequence Annotations
Expand
  • Reference Sequence
Small Molecules
Ligands 1 Unique
IDChains Name / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
SO4
Query on SO4

Download Ideal Coordinates CCD File 
C [auth A]SULFATE ION
O4 S
QAOWNCQODCNURD-UHFFFAOYSA-L
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.60 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.240 
  • R-Value Work: 0.196 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.200 
  • Space Group: I 4 2 2
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 106.362α = 90
b = 106.362β = 90
c = 181.674γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
DENZOdata reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
REFMACrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
ADSCdata collection
HKL-2000data reduction
HKL-2000data scaling
PHENIXphasing

Structure Validation

View Full Validation Report



Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2014-05-14
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2014-06-25
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2014-07-09
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.3: 2017-11-15
    Changes: Refinement description
  • Version 1.4: 2024-02-28
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations