Capturing Intermediates in the Reaction Catalyzed by NosN, a Class C Radical S-Adenosylmethionine Methylase Involved in the Biosynthesis of the Nosiheptide Side-Ring System

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Nosiheptide is a ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified thiopeptide natural product that possesses antibacterial, anticancer, and immunosuppressive properties. It contains a bicyclic structure composed of a large macrocycle and a unique

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Capturing Intermediates in the Reaction Catalyzed by NosN,
a Class C Radical S-Adenosylmethionine Methylase Involved
in the Biosynthesis of the Nosiheptide Side Ring System
Bo Wang, Joseph W. LaMattina, Savannah Marshall, and Squire J. Booker
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Capturing Intermediates in the Reaction
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Adenosylmethionine Methylase Involved in the
Biosynthesis of the Nosiheptide Side Ring System
Bo Wang‡, and Joseph W. LaMattina, ‡ Savannah L. Marshall, ‡ and Squire J. Booker*,‡,§,#
Departments of ‡Chemistry and §Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and the
#Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University
Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.
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Nosiheptide is a ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified thiopeptide
natural product that possesses antibacterial, anticancer, and immunosuppressive properties. It
contains a bicyclic structure composed of a large macrocycle and a unique side-ring system
containing a 3,4-dimethylindolic acid bridge connected to the side chains of Glu6 and Cys8 of
the core peptide via ester and thioester linkages, respectively. In addition to the structural peptide,
encoded by the nosM gene, the biosynthesis of the side-ring structure requires the actions of NosI,
J, K, L, and N. NosN is annotated as a class C radical S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) methylase,
but its true function is to transfer a C1 unit from SAM to C4 of 3-methyl-2-indolic acid (MIA)
with concomitant formation of a bond between the carboxylate of Glu6 of the core peptide and
the nascent C1 unit. However, exactly when NosN performs its function during the biosynthesis
of nosiheptide is unknown. Herein, we report the syntheses and use of three peptide mimics as
potential substrates designed to address the timing of NosN’s function. Our results show that
NosN clearly closes the side ring before NosO forms the pyridine ring, and most likely before
NosD/E catalyzes formation of the dehydrated amino acids, although the possibility of a more
random process (i.e. NosN acting after NosD/E) cannot be ruled out. Using a substrate mimic
containing a rigid structure, we also identify and characterize two reaction-based adducts
containing SAM fused to C4 of MIA. The two SAM-adducts are derived from a consensus
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radical-containing species proposed to be the key intermediate—or a derivative of the key
intermediate—in our proposed catalytic mechanism of NosN.
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Introduction
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Nosiheptide (NOS) is a thiopeptide natural product that is ribosomally synthesized and
then post-translationally modified to yield its final structure. It displays potent in vitro activity
against a variety of clinically relevant Gram-positive bacteria, including methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus, penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, and vancomycin-resistant
enterococci.1-2 However, the poor aqueous solubility and pharmacokinetic properties of NOS and
other similar thiopeptide natural products greatly limit their clinical application. Although NOS
has been chemically synthesized,3-4 no efforts to use chemical synthesis to improve its
pharmacological properties have been reported, most likely because of its highly complex
chemical structure. By contrast, the biosynthetic pathway for NOS formation, which relies on the
extensive modification of a ribosomally synthesized precursor peptide, offers the potential for
relatively facile generation of analogues through semisynthetic and biosynthetic methods.4-5
However, engineering of the NOS biosynthetic pathway requires a thorough understanding of
how it is assembled from the initial precursor peptide.
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Structurally, NOS is composed of a macrocycle with a fused side-ring structure. The core
macrocycle contains multiple thiazoles, dehydrated serine and threonine amino acids, and a
central pyridine ring. The side-ring structure is formed by connecting the side chains of Glu6 and
Cys8 on the core macrocycle via ester and thioester bonds, respectively, with a 3-methyl-4-
hydroxymethyl-2-indolic acid bridge, as shown in Figure 1C. The side-ring structure of NOS is
important for its antibiotic properties, and it has been shown that C5'-fluorination on the side-
ring leads to an improvement in its antibacterial activity.6
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The biosynthetic gene cluster of NOS was identified by Liu et al. and contains 16 genes,
designated nosA-nosP (Figure 1A).1 The formation of NOS starts from NosM, a ribosomally
synthesized precursor peptide of 50 amino acids (aa). As shown in Figure 1B, the first 37 aa of
the precursor peptide, termed the leader peptide, primarily provide recognition for some of the
downstream enzymes, while the remaining 13 aa, called the core peptide, are post-translationally
modified and incorporated into the final product. The biosynthesis of NOS’s core macrocycle is
initiated by thiazole formation, which is catalyzed by NosF, G, and H (Figure 1C). NosG and
NosH function as a complex to catalyze cyclodehydration of the thiol side chains of target
cysteine residues on NosM with the adjacent amide bond, giving thiazoline intermediates that are
dehydrogenated by NosF using flavin mononucleotide as the oxidant.7 However, Cys8 is left
intact during thiazole formation and is immediately acylated with 3-methyl-2-indolic acid (MIA)
by NosI, J, and K.7 MIA, in turn, is derived from L-Trp through the action of NosL, a radical S-
adenosylmethionine (SAM) enzyme.8-9 We, and others, have shown that NosJ is an acyl carrier
protein, and that NosI activates MIA to afford MIA-AMP before transferring MIA to NosJ.10-11
Next, NosK catalyzes the transfer of MIA from MIA-NosJ to a conserved seryl residue (S102)
on itself before transferring it to Cys8 of the thiazole-containing core peptide.7, 10 The actual
substrates of the remaining transformations, including dehydration by NosD and E,
macrocyclization and pyridine formation by NosO, and the NosN-catalyzed formation of the
side-ring structure, have yet to be identified. In the NosD and E reaction, it is likely that the
hydroxyl groups on the side chains of Ser1, Ser10, Ser12, Ser13, and Thr3 are activated via
glutamylation and dehydrated to give dehydroalanine (Dha) and dehydrobutyrine (Dhb), as
described for the similar transformations in the biosynthesis of thiomuracin.12 The Dha derived
from Ser1 and Ser10 are then cyclized by NosO, a putative Diels-Alderase, via a [4+2]
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azacycloaddition to remove the leader peptide and form the core pyridine motif.13-14 NosA, B,
and C are tailoring enzymes in the later stages of the maturation of NOS,15 and NosP is believed
to regulate the pathway.16-17
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In our previous work, using the tripeptide substrate mimic 1 (Figure 2), we showed that
NosN, previously annotated as a methylase, actually catalyzes both the transfer of a C1 unit from
SAM and the subsequent formation of the ester linkage of the side-ring system.18 However, the
timing of NosN’s function remains undefined. Herein, by synthesizing additional substrate
mimics of the NosN reaction, we provide experimental evidence that NosN acts definitely before
NosO catalyzes formation of the central pyridine ring and most likely right after NosK appends
MIA to the linear peptide. We also succeed in trapping and characterizing a species in the
reaction, which is likely a key intermediate in the reaction or a derivative thereof, supporting our
proposed NosN reaction mechanism.
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Figure 1. A) Biosynthetic gene cluster of NOS; B) The amino acid sequence of NosM; and C)
The proposed NOS biosynthetic pathway; I. formation of the thiazole rings; II. attachment of
MIA to Cys8 of the core peptide; III. NosN-catalyzed formation of the side-ring structure; IV.
formation of dehydrated amino acids; V. formation of the central pyridine ring.
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Experimental Procedures
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Materials. All commercial materials were used as received unless otherwise
noted. N-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-piperazine-N’-(2-ethanesulfonic acid) (HEPES) was
purchased from Fisher Scientific. Imidazole was purchased from J. T. Baker Chemical
Co. Potassium chloride and glycerol were purchased from EMD Chemicals. 2-
Mercaptoethanol, 5'-deoxyadenosine (5'-dA), and S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) were
purchased from MilliporeSigma. Isopropyl β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) and
tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine hydrochloride (TCEP) were purchased from Gold
Biotechnology. 3-Methyl-2-indolic acid (MIA) was purchased from Matrix Scientific. Ni-
NTA resin was acquired from Qiagen. Tetrahydrofuran, dichloromethane, acetonitrile,
and DMF were obtained from a JC Meyer solvent dispensing system and used without
further purification. SiliaFlash 60 silica gel (230-400 mess) for flash chromatography was
obtained from Silicycle Inc. All Fmoc-amino acid building blocks, coupling reagents,
and resins for solid-phase peptide synthesis were purchased from Chem-Impex
International, Inc. SAM was synthesized and purified as described previously.19
Titanium(III) citrate was prepared as described.20 All other chemicals and materials
were of the highest grade available and were from MilliporeSigma.
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General Methods. UV-visible spectra were recorded on a Cary 50 spectrometer
from Varian (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA) using the WinUV software
package to control the instrument. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
with detection by tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was conducted on an
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Agilent Technologies 1200 system coupled to an Agilent Technologies 6410 QQQ mass
spectrometer. The system was operated with the associated MassHunter software
package, which was also used for data collection and analysis. HPLC was also
conducted on an Agilent 1100 Series system coupled to an Agilent 1100 Series variable
wavelength detector and quaternary pump. NMR spectra of all compounds were
collected on a Bruker AV-3-HD-500 instrument. High-resolution ESI mass spectra were
collected on a Waters LCT Premier instrument.
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Overproduction and Purification of NosN. NosN was overproduced and
purified as previously described.18, 21 The resulting protein was exchanged into storage
buffer containing 50 mM HEPES (pH 7.5), 400 mM KCl, 10% glycerol, and 2 mM TCEP.
DTT was removed from the storage buffer because of its potential ability to perform a
Michael addition onto compound 8.
NosN Reactions and Quantification of Products by LC-MS/MS. All reactions
were conducted in a Coy (Grasslakes, MI) anaerobic chamber maintained under an
atmosphere of 95% nitrogen and 5% hydrogen gases. The oxygen concentration was
maintained below 1 ppm by palladium catalysts. Reactions were conducted in a volume
of 200 µL and contained 50 mM HEPES (pH 7.5), 200 mM KCl, 5% glycerol, 2 mM
sodium dithionite or Ti(III) citrate, 50 µM NosN, 1 mM substrate, and 150 µM L-Trp as
an internal standard. Reactions were initiated with SAM at a final concentration of 1
mM, and at various times, 15 µL aliquots were removed and added to 30 µL methanol
to quench the reaction. Quenched samples were centrifuged at 16000  g for 10 min
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before pipetting the supernatant into HPLC autosampler vials. Components of each
quenched reaction were separated on a Zorbax extend-C18 RRHT column (4.6 mm × 5
mm, 1.8 µm particle size) equilibrated in 98% solvent A (0.1% formic acid, pH 2.4) and 2%
solvent B (acetonitrile). A linear gradient of solvent B from 2% to 10% was applied from
0 to 0.5 min, which was followed by a linear gradient to 40% solvent B from 0.5 to 2.5
min. Solvent B was held constant at 40% from 2.5 to 3.5 min and then increased linearly
to 100% from 3.5 to 4.5 min before holding constant from 4.5 to 5.5 min. Solvent B was
then decreased linearly to 2% from 5.5 to 6 min and then held constant for 2 min to re-
equilibrate the column before subsequent sample injections. Products were detected
using electrospray ionization in positive mode (ESI+) and quantified with a multiple
reaction monitoring (MRM) method for L-Trp (internal standard), SAH, and 5'-dA.
MRM parameters for L-Trp, SAH and 5'-dA have been previously reported.18
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Nos I, J, K, N Cascade Reaction. The overproduction and purification of Nos I, J
and K was conducted as previously described.10 NosJ was phosphopantetheinylated to
afford its holo form as described previously.10 Reactions containing Nos I, J, and K were
conducted in a volume of 500 µL, and contained 50 mM HEPES (pH 7.5), 5 mM MgCl2,
5 mM TCEP, 3 mM ATP, 2.5 mM MIA, 100 µM compound 10, 10 µM NosI, and 15 µM
holo-NosJ. Reactions were initiated by addition of NosK to a final concentration of 100
µM and incubated at room temperature for 1 h. Reactions were then concentrated with
an Amicon centrifugal filter unit (ultra-0.5 mL, MilliporeSigma) containing a membrane
with a 10 kDa molecular weight cutoff (MWCO). 300 µL water was added to the
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concentrate, and the sample was concentrated again. This operation was repeated two
additional times to remove all the small molecules. The concentrate was redissolved in
300 µL water, and 400 µL acetonitrile was added to precipitate the proteins. After
pelleting the precipitate by centrifugation, the supernatant was removed and
lyophilized to dryness. The residue was cycled into the Coy anaerobic chamber and
dissolved in anoxic water to be used in a NosN reaction.
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The NosN reaction was conducted in a volume of 100 µL and contained 50 mM
HEPES (pH 7.5), 200 mM KCl, 1 mM sodium dithionite, 50 µM NosN and 100 µM
compound 11, obtained from the previous Nos I, J, K reaction. The reaction was
initiated by adding SAM to a final concentration of 1 mM and was incubated at room
temperature for 2 h. The reaction was then diluted with 300 µL water and added to an
Amicon centrifugal filter unit (ultra-0.5 mL, 10 kDa MWCO) to concentrate the large
molecules. This operation was repeated two additional times to remove all the small
molecules. The concentrate was dissolved in 75 µL water, and 100 µL acetonitrile was
added to precipitate the proteins. After pelleting the precipitate by centrifugation, the
supernatant was removed for analysis by mass spectrometry.
RESULTS
NosN recognizes analogs of MIA-S-3mer (1) as substrates
In our previous investigations of the NosN reaction, we designed a simple substrate
analog, MIA-S-3mer (1), that potentially captured the salient features of the normal substrate, but
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which was also relatively simple to synthesize chemically.18 In the presence of compound 1,
which has an MIA group attached to a truncated core tripeptide through a thioester linkage,
NosN was observed to catalyze the radical-mediated transfer of a C1 unit from SAM to C4 of the
MIA group, affording SAH and a putative electrophilic exocyclic methylene intermediate as co-
products. The reactive exocyclic methylene intermediate is then captured by the carboxylate
group in compound 1 to generate the ester linkage in the side-ring system. However, the
simplicity of the substrate does not unambiguously allow determination of exactly when during
the biosynthesis of NOS that NosN functions. To address this issue, it is necessary to synthesize
potential substrates exhibiting more complex structures using solid-phase peptide synthesis
(SPPS). The thioester linkage, however, is not compatible with SPPS, so we assessed whether
the thioester could be replaced by ester or amide linkages by substituting the sulfur atom with
oxygen (MIA-O-3mer) (2) or nitrogen (MIA-NH-3mer) (3) (Figure 2). As shown in the black
traces in Figures S1C and S1D, under turnover conditions (1 mM SAM, 2 mM sodium dithionite
and 50 µM NosN), NosN is able to convert compounds 2 and 3 to the corresponding ring-closed
products, as evidenced by the production of species exhibiting mass-to-charge ratios (m/z) of 680
([M+H]+) and 679 ([M+H]+), respectively. Those two parent ions can be further isolated and
fragmented in the MS to daughter ions exhibiting m/z values of 170 ([M+H]+) and 188 ([M+H]+)
(black traces in Figure S2C and S2D), which are characteristic fragments of the ring-closed
products, as was reported previously for compound 1 (also shown in Figure S2B).18 To
demonstrate definitively that the methyl carbon of SAM is transferred to the peptide product,
reactions were conducted with compounds 2 and 3, in which SAM was replaced with S-
adenosyl-[methyl-d3]-methionine (d3-SAM). A mass increase of two is observed in the parent
ions in the products produced from reactions using d3-SAM, which is consistent with the loss of
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a single deuterium atom from SAM during the transfer of the C1 unit. The SAM- and d3-SAM-
containing reactions are consistent with what was previously observed when using compound 1,
as shown in Figure S1B.18 Correspondingly, a mass increase of two is also observed in the
daughter ions of the products from compounds 2 (Figure S2C, red trace) and 3 (Figure S2D, red
trace), as well as in the daughter ions of the product of compound 1 (Figure S2B, red trace). To
analyze the NosN reaction with compounds 1, 2 and 3 quantitatively, we quantified the
formation of SAH and 5'-dA as function of time in the presence of 50 µM NosN. The absence of
an appropriate standard did not allow us to quantify the peptide product directly, but the amount
of SAH generated is believed to correlate closely with that product. The reaction is multiphasic,
with a burst of SAH (0.3 to 0.5 equiv) and 5'-dA (~0.5 equiv) formation that is followed by at
least one additional phase. As shown in Figure S3A, the second phase of SAH formation with
compound 2 is noticeably faster than that with compounds 1 and 3, indicating that NosN readily
recognizes the ester linkage. In addition, each reaction results in production of excess 5'-dA with
respect to SAH as shown in Figure S3B, which likely derives from the abortive cleavage of SAM.
Nevertheless, we demonstrate that ester or amide linkages between the tripeptide and MIA can
be tolerated by NosN. Because the ester linkage is more compatible with further synthetic
manipulations, it was used in place of the thioester linkage in the more complex synthetic peptide
mimics.
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Figure 2. Chemical structures of MIA-S-3mer (1) analogs and their ring-closed products.
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NosN uses the NosK product as a substrate
MIA-NosJ has been proposed by others to be the substrate of NosN.11 In our hand,
however, neither methylation of MIA-NosJ nor formation of SAH under turnover conditions
with this substrate, which is a common co-product of radical SAM methylases, was observed .18
Given that NosN has been shown to catalyze C1 transfer from SAM and closure of the side-ring
system of compound 1, it is likely that the true NosN substrate is one of three potential
intermediates generated between the action of NosK and the actions of NosA, B, and C, as
depicted in Figure S4. Compound 1 represents a minimal structure that is present in three
potential intermediates in the NOS biosynthetic pathway, as shown in the structures highlighted
in pink in Figure S4. NosN’s ability to close the ring of compound 1, a much smaller peptide
mimic of the core peptide, suggested that NosN’s activity might be independent of the leader
peptide. Therefore, we truncated most of the leader peptide in our peptide mimics to render their
chemical syntheses more facile, and designed and synthesized compounds 7, 8 and 9 (Figure 3)
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Compound 7 is a mimic of the core peptide structure of the NosK product (intermediate
S1 in Figure 3). It also contains an added alanine, which is the very first aa of the leader peptide.
Compound 8 mimics intermediate S2 in Figure 3. It is a dehydrated version of compound 7, in
which the corresponding serines (except for the serine at the C-terminus) have been converted
into Dha. The C-terminal Dha was replaced with an alanine in compound 8, because we
observed that the dialkylation-elimination method used to generate Dha from cysteines tended to
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dehydration by NosD and E takes place before NosN catalysis, as shown in Figure S4B.
Compound 9 is a mimic of intermediate S3 in Figure 3, and was designed to assess whether
NosN acts after the NosO-catalyzed formation of the central pyridine ring and core macrocycle,
as shown in Figure S4C. For ease of synthesis, the central pyridine ring was replaced with a
phenyl ring, both of which have similar aromatic, rigid, and planar structures. In addition, the
remaining branch on the pyridine ring was removed, also for ease of synthesis. However, the aa
within the macrocycle were left intact because they likely affect the overall conformation of the
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Because sodium dithionite, the reductant in reactions with compounds 1, 2 and 3, is able
to reduce the Dha in compound 8 into alanine,23 giving a series of species that correspond to
compound 8 with 1, 2 or 3 reduced Dha, as shown in Figure S6A&B, we chose Ti(III) citrate as
the required low-potential reductant in our reactions with compounds 7, 8 and 9. Ti(III) citrate is
not able to reduce Dha in compound 8 into alanine in the presence or absence of NosN, as shown
in Figure S6C&D,.20 First, when compound 9 is incubated with NosN (50 µM), SAM (1 mM)
and Ti(III) citrate (2 mM) for 1 h, no ring closed product is detected by mass spectrometry, as
shown in Figure S7A, suggesting that NosN does not operate after NosO forms the pyridine ring
and core macrocycle. This result agrees with a previous study, in which NosN was unable to
complete side-ring closure of a side-ring-opened variant of NOS produced by a nosN knockout
mutant of S. actuosus.1 As shown in Figure 4A & B (red trace), when compound 7 is incubated
with NosN (50 µM), SAM (1 mM) and Ti(III) citrate (2 mM) for 1 h, formation of a species
exhibiting m/z 1440.8 is observed, which corresponds to the singly charged state ([M+H]+) of the
side-ring closed product. Moreover, when SAM is replaced with [13C methyl]SAM in the
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compound 7 (Figure 4B, blue trace). The species with m/z 1440.8 was isolated and fragmented
to give characteristic fragments of the side-ring closed product, as shown in Figure 4C (red
trace), and a +1 mass unit shift of corresponding ions is observed in the product when using [13C
methyl]SAM, as shown in the blue trace. When compound 8 is incubated with NosN (50 µM),
SAM (1 mM) and Ti(III) citrate (2 mM) for 1 h, the m/z corresponding to the closed side-ring
products is also observed, albeit in lower abundance (Figure S7B, black traces). Again, the
transfer of a C1 unit is verified by the mass shift observed when replacing SAM with [13C
methyl]SAM in the reaction (Figure S7B, red trace). The formation of SAH and 5'-dA was also
monitored in reactions containing compounds 7 and 8. As shown in Figure 5A, the co-product
SAH forms more rapidly in the reaction containing compound 7 (black circles) than in the
reaction containing compound 8 (red circles), suggesting that NosN recognizes compound 7 as a
better substrate than compound 8. Moreover, additional SAH peaks are also observed in the
reaction with compound 8, which were also quantified as shown in Figure 5A (green dots).
Notably, this SAH peak does not correspond to authentic SAH. We assume the additional SAH
is derived from an intermediate that breaks apart into SAH on the mass spectrometer. Therefore,
the quantification in Figure 5A (green dots) represents the minimal amount of this species. The
characterization of this intermediate is detailed below. Both compounds give rise to similar
concentrations of 5'-dA, which surpass those of SAH (Figure 5B), indicating that some 5'-dA is
generated through abortive cleavage of SAM. When dithionite is used to replace Ti(III) citrate in
reactions, compounds 1 and 7 support multiple turnovers (Figure S8, red and black circles,
respectively) — as judged by SAH formation — while compounds 8 and 9 (Figure S8, blue and
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formed when 1 mM compound 7 is incubated with 1 mM SAM, 50 µM NosN and 2 mM Ti(III)
citrate for 1 h. B) MS spectrum of NosN product of compound 7 using SAM (red trace) or [13C
methyl]SAM (blue trace). C) MS/MS analysis of NosN product of compound 7 using SAM (red
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Figure 5. (A) NosN-catalyzed formation of SAH and a SAM adduct in the presence of
compound 7 (black circles) and compound 8 (red circles). Green circles represent a SAM-adduct
that decomposes to SAH in the mass spectrometer when using compound 8. (B) NosN-catalyzed
formation of 5'-dA in the presence of compound 7 (black circles) and compound 8 (red circles).
Each reaction contained 1 mM compound 7 or compound 8, 2 mM Ti(III) citrate, and 50 µM
NosN, and was initiated with 1 mM SAM.
To assess further whether compound 7 mimics the true substrate of NosN, compound 10
was synthesized to be used in a cascade reaction involving incubation with NosI, J, and K
simultaneously and then NosN (Figure 6). Compared to compound 7, which only has the first aa
of the leader peptide, compound 10 has a full leader peptide consisting of 37 aa. It has been
previously demonstrated that NosK accepts compound 10 as a substrate.7 When compound 10 is
incubated with NosI, J, and K in a reaction containing MIA and ATP, it becomes acylated on its
Cys8, affording compound 11 (calcd 1347.3072 [M+4H]4+; found 1347.3126 [M+4H]4+; Er 4.0
ppm as shown in Figure 6B). Further, when compound 11 is incubated with 50 µM NosN, 1 mM
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observed. Based on these observations, we suggest that NosN can recognize NosK’s product—
which contains MIA attached to Cys8 and no dehydrated serines and threonines—as substrate,
indicating that NosN likely closes the side ring of NOS after NosK appends MIA and before
NosD/E form dehydrated aa. The fact that NosN can also recognize compound 8, which mimics
the structure of the peptide following the action of Nos D/E, also raises the possibility that the
timing of NosN’s function is more random. This possibility requires more experimental data to
address definitively.
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Figure 6. (A). Accurate mass of synthetic compound 10; (B). Accurate mass of compound 11,
which is the acylated product of compound 10 in the NosI, J, and K reaction; (C). Accurate mass
of compound 12, which is the side-ring closed product of compound 11 upon catalysis by NosN.
The detailed reaction conditions are shown in supporting information.
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Intriguingly, as shown in the blue trace in Figure 7A, two additional peaks exhibiting
retention times of 3.5 and 4.1 min are observed by MRM while monitoring SAH (transition from
385 to 136) in the NosN assay using 1 mM compound 8, 1 mM SAM, 2 mM Ti(III) citrate and
50 µM NosN for 1 h. These peaks are absent in the reactions conducted under the same
conditions but using compound 7 instead of compound 8 (Figure 7A, red trace). Careful analysis
of the additional SAH peaks leads to the discovery of two species exhibiting m/z 1724.5 ([M+H]+,
namely SAM-adduct I) and m/z 1726.5 ([M+H]+, namely SAM-adduct II) for the singly charged
states as shown in Figure 7B and C. The doubly charged state of the two species (m/z = 862.9
and 863.9, [M+2H]2+,) is also observed at much higher intensities, as shown in Figure S9. The
areas of the two species exhibit a ratio of SAM-adduct I to SAM-adduct II of roughly 6:1. The
m/z of SAM-adduct I is equal to the sum of the m/z of the substrate (m/z 1328) and the m/z of
SAM (m/z 399), suggesting that it might be an SAM-adduct intermediate. SAM-adduct II, which
exhibits a two-mass-unit increase might be a SAM-adduct I derivative with a reduced double
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correspond to the SAH produced by methylation. The peaks at 3.5 and 4.1 min correspond to
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fragmented into daughter ions exhibiting m/z 385.3 and m/z 1340.6 (Fragment I) (Figure S10A),
while SAM-adduct II can be isolated and fragmented into daughter ions exhibiting m/z 385.3 and
m/z 1342.6 (Fragment II) (Figure S10B). The two-mass-unit difference between Fragment I and
II (as compared in Figure S10G) suggests the presence of a reduced double bond in Fragment II.
When the same experiments are repeated using [13C methyl]SAM, as shown in Figure S10C, D,
H and I, Fragments I and II shift by 1 mass unit, respectively, while m/z 385.3 is retained,
indicating that the 13C atoms are incorporated into Fragment I and II. Further, when [13C
carboxyl]SAM is used in reactions, no changes are observed in Fragments I and II. By contrast, a
one mass unit increase (m/z 386.3) is observed in the SAH fragments of both the [13C
carboxyl]SAM-adduct I and the [13C carboxyl]SAM-adduct II (Figure S10E, F and J). Based on
the analysis of the putative SAM-adducts by mass spectrometry, we assign the structures of
SAM-adduct I and SAM-adduct II as they are shown in Figure 8. We believe that the two
species are generated from a consensus aryl radical intermediate (Figure 9) via either a one-
electron oxidation or a one-electron reduction of the intermediate, which we detail further below.
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Figure 8. Putative chemical structures of SAM-adduct I and SAM-adduct II, and fragments I and
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compound 8 as substrate is an intermediate that can be converted into the product, we conducted
a large scale NosN reaction using compound 8 and isolated the SAM adduct. The HPLC trace for
the purification of the SAM adduct is shown in Figure S11A. We collected the peak from 11.1-
11.8 min, and then the fractions were lyophilized and resdissolved in buffer. The resulting
purified SAM adduct was treated without NosN (Figure S11B) or with NosN (Figure S11C)
under turnover conditions; however, the two sets of reactions show no conversion of the SAM
adduct to the ring closed product. This experiment confirms that the SAM adduct we observed is
an on-pathway adduct, but not a direct intermediate, most likely because of quenching of the
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The construction of the NOS’s side-ring requires the action of NosI, NosJ, NosK,
NosL and NosN. It has been established that NosI, J, and K work together to activate
and transfer MIA to Cys8 of intermediate I in Figure 1C, which is generated via the
action of NosF, G, and H on the precursor peptide NosM.7 NosL and NosN are radical
SAM enzymes. NosL catalyzes a complex rearrangement of tryptophan to give MIA,8
while, in a previous study, we demonstrated that NosN catalyzes a C1 transfer from
SAM to C4 of compound 1 and also completes formation of the side-ring via
nucleophilic attack by Glu6 of the peptide substrate onto a reactive electrophilic
intermediate.18 However, compound 1 is a minimal consensus substructure that is
contained in all three potential NosN substrates during the maturation of the NOS side-
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connect MIA to the core peptide. In fact, in a thiopeptide natural product that is very
similar to NOS, nocathiacin, MIA is appended to the core peptide via an ester linkage.24
This result enabled the synthesis of a number of larger peptide analogs by SPPS, which
would be cumbersome with the much more labile thioester linkage. Three mimics were
synthesized and used in NosN reactions: one that mimics the peptide substrate after the
addition of NosK, 7; one that mimics the peptide substrate after dehydration of target
serines and a threonine, 8; and one that mimics the peptide substrate after NosO-
catalyzed pyridine ring formation, 9. NosN was able to transfer a C1 unit and complete
side-ring formation on both linear peptide mimics 7 and 8, but not the cyclic peptide
mimic 9. To assess whether 7 or 8 is the preferred NosN substrate, formation of SAH
and 5'-dA was quantified as a function of time in NosN reactions. The extent of 5'-dA
formation is reflective both of chemistry that is taking place on the substrate as well as
the nonproductive abortive cleavage of SAM. By contrast, in our model for NosN
catalysis, SAH is only formed through chemical steps involving the MIA substrate. In
reactions with 7, NosN catalyzed a relatively rapid burst of SAH followed by a slower
exponential phase. The burst may reflect the extent to which the Fe/S cluster of NosN is
reduced by Ti(III) citrate. Moreover, in a cascade reaction involving NosI, J, K and a
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formation of NOS’s side ring. By contrast, in reactions with compound 8, NosN
catalyzed formation of SAH as well as formation of two adducts. One adduct contained
SAM connected to C4 of MIA through a methylene bridge originating from SAM’s
methyl group, while the second adduct, though similar to the first, was reduced by two
electrons. Our putative assignment of the true substrate of NosN as deriving from
compound 7 is based on the aberrant chemistry observed with compound 8 in the
presence of Ti(III) citrate, as well as the significantly greater activity observed in the
presence of compound 7 as compared to compound 8 when dithionite is used as the
required reductant, although a more random process (i.e. NosN acting after NosD/E)
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Figure 1C. NosM is first processed by NosF, G, and H to form the thiazole rings in NOS.
Next, NosI, J, and K collaborate to append MIA to the thiazole-containing peptide.
NosN then transfers a C1 unit from SAM to MIA, generating a reactive electrophilic
intermediate, which is trapped by Glu6 of the peptide, which completes the synthesis of
NOS’s side ring. Although not yet verified experimentally, the downstream
transformations should include dehydration by NosD and NosE followed by a NosO-
catalyzed [4+2] azacycloaddition to afford the major macrocycle. Finally, NOS
biosynthesis is completed upon the action of the tailoring enzymes NosA, NosB, and
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obtained from the reductive cleavage of SAM, abstracts a hydrogen atom from the
methyl group of another simultaneously bound molecule of SAM. This conclusion is
supported by the incorporation of a single deuteron into 5'-dA when using d3-SAM in
reactions.18 The resulting methylene radical adds to C4 of MIA to give an aryl radical
intermediate. A general base abstracts the C4 proton with concomitant elimination of
SAH to give intermediate II with an exocyclic methylene group. Previous studies on 2-
hydroxyglutaryl-CoA dehydratase have suggested that the pKa value of the proton
adjacent to an enoxyradical is on the order of 14,25 supporting the feasibility of such a
deprotonation by an active site base. A similar deprotonation event is proposed in the
mechanisms of RlmN and Cfr, two class A RS methylases.26 The radical intermediate II
loses an electron — most likely back to the Fe-S cluster — and the resulting electrophilic
methide-like intermediate III traps Glu6 to complete the side-ring of NOS. The
observation of SAM adducts I and II using a substrate variant (compound 8) is strongly
in support of our proposed mechanism, and contradicts previously proposed
mechanisms that invoke methylthioadenosine as an intermediate in the reaction.27-28
Compound 8 contains three dehydroalanines in place of the corresponding serines
found in compound 7. The planar structure of dehydroalanine residues, due to
rotational restriction imposed by the double bonds, greatly reduces the flexibility of
compound 8. Therefore, the positioning of compound 8 in the active site of NosN may
restrict access by the active site base for proton abstraction upon radical addition to
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carbocation rearomatizes to give SAM-adduct I. In the reductive pathway, a direct
single electron reduction — most likely from the artificial reductant used in the reaction
— is followed by protonation to give SAM-adduct II. Owing to the poor stability of the
carbanion as well as the destruction of the aromaticity of the product, the reductive
pathway is likely unfavorable, which is consistent with the lower concentration of
SAM-adduct II observed in the assay. The 5-(2'-Deoxyuridinyl)methyl radical, a key
intermediate in thymine oxidative reactions that are mediated by reactive oxygen
species, also suffers both oxidative and reductive fates in the absence of molecular
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intermediates during the biosynthesis of NosN, and we proposed the timing and
substrate specificity of NosN. We also observed two adduct species that support our
proposed reaction mechanism. Under the global antibiotic resistance crisis and urgent
need for antibiotics with novel mechanisms of action, our work sheds light on the
possible bioengineering of NOS, which is difficult to access solely by chemical synthesis.
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Supporting Information
Figures S1-S7.
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AUTHOR INFORMATION
Corresponding Author
*Squire J. Booker (squire@psu.edu)
ORCID
Squire J. Booker: 0000-0002-7211-5937
Funding Sources
This work was supported by NIH (GM-122595 and AI-133318 to S.J.B.). S.J.B. is an
investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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