Deletion analysis of the itaconic acid biosynthesis gene cluster components in Aspergillus pseudoterreus ATCC32359

2020 ◽  
Vol 104 (9) ◽  
pp. 3981-3992
Author(s):  
Shuang Deng ◽  
Ziyu Dai ◽  
Marie Swita ◽  
Kyle R. Pomraning ◽  
Beth Hofstad ◽  
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2005 ◽  
Vol 385 (2) ◽  
pp. 565-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan M. ELKINS ◽  
Nadia J. KERSHAW ◽  
Christopher J. SCHOFIELD

The orf6 gene from the clavulanic acid biosynthesis gene cluster encodes an OAT (ornithine acetyltransferase). Similar to other OATs the enzyme has been shown to catalyse the reversible transfer of an acetyl group from N-acetylornithine to glutamate. OATs are Ntn (N-terminal nucleophile) enzymes, but are distinct from the better-characterized Ntn hydrolase enzymes as they catalyse acetyl transfer rather than a hydrolysis reaction. In the present study, we describe the X-ray crystal structure of the OAT, corresponding to the orf6 gene product, to 2.8 Å (1 Å=0.1 nm) resolution. The larger domain of the structure consists of an αββα sandwich as in the structures of Ntn hydrolase enzymes. However, differences in the connectivity reveal that OATs belong to a structural family different from that of other structurally characterized Ntn enzymes, with one exception: unexpectedly, the αββα sandwich of ORF6 (where ORF stands for open reading frame) displays the same fold as an DmpA (L-aminopeptidase D-ala-esterase/amidase from Ochrobactrum anthropi), and so the OATs and DmpA form a new structural subfamily of Ntn enzymes. The structure reveals an α2β2-heterotetrameric oligomerization state in which the intermolecular interface partly defines the active site. Models of the enzyme–substrate complexes suggest a probable oxyanion stabilization mechanism as well as providing insight into how the enzyme binds its two differently charged substrates.


2005 ◽  
Vol 281 (1) ◽  
pp. 279-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haren Arulanantham ◽  
Nadia J. Kershaw ◽  
Kirsty S. Hewitson ◽  
Claire E. Hughes ◽  
Jan E. Thirkettle ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 79 (12) ◽  
pp. 2081-2085 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masafumi Tokuoka ◽  
Tomoki Kikuchi ◽  
Yasutomo Shinohara ◽  
Akifumi Koyama ◽  
Shin-ichiro Iio ◽  
...  

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