Bioinformatics-guided discovery of biaryl-linked lasso peptides

Hamada Saad, Thomas Majer, Keshab Bhattarai, Sarah Lampe, Dinh T. Nguyen, Markus Kramer, Jan Straetener, Heike Brötz-Oesterhelt, Douglas A. Mitchell, Harald Gross

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Abstract

Lasso peptides are a class of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) that feature an isopeptide bond and a distinct lariat fold. A growing number of secondary modifications have been described that further decorate lasso peptide scaffolds. Using genome mining, we have discovered a pair of lasso peptide biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) that include cytochrome P450 genes. Using mass spectrometry, stable isotope incorporation, and extensive 2D-NMR spectrometry, we report the structural characterization of two unique examples of (C–N) biaryl-linked lasso peptides. Nocapeptin A, from Nocardia terpenica, is tailored with a Trp–Tyr crosslink, while longipepetin A, from Longimycelium tulufanense, features a Trp–Trp linkage. Besides the unusual bicyclic frame, a Met of longipepetin A undergoes S-methylation to yield a trivalent sulfonium, a heretofore unprecedented RiPP modification. A bioinformatic survey revealed additional lasso peptide BGCs containing P450 enzymes which await future characterization. Lastly, nocapeptin A bioactivity was assessed against a panel of human and bacterial cell lines with modest growth-suppression activity detected towards Micrococcus luteus.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)13176-13183
Number of pages8
JournalChemical Science
Volume14
Issue number45
Early online dateOct 30 2023
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 30 2023

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