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Complete Decoration of the Indolyl Residue in cyclo-l‑Trp‑l‑Trp with Geranyl Moieties by Using Engineered Dimethylallyl Transferases
journal contribution
posted on 2018-10-30, 20:30 authored by Ge Liao, Peter Mai, Jie Fan, Georg Zocher, Thilo Stehle, Shu-Ming LiMutation of the gatekeeping
residues for prenyl donor selectivity
in six dimethylallyl transferases significantly increased their activities
toward geranyl diphosphate. Forty-two geranylated derivatives were
obtained from 15 cyclic dipeptides by using the engineered enzymes.
Taking cyclo-l-Trp-l-Trp as an
example, the geranyl moiety can be attached to all seven possible
positions of the indole nucleus. This study demonstrates a convenient
way to increase the structural diversity of geranylated products by
structure-based engineering of the available dimethylallyl transferases.