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A Polyketide Cyclase That Forms Medium-Ring Lactones
Gao, De-Wei,Jamieson, Cooper S.,Wang, Gaoqian,Yan, Yan,Zhou, Jiahai,Houk,Tang, Yi
, p. 80 - 84 (2021)
Medium-ring lactones are synthetically challenging due to unfavorable energetics involved in cyclization. We have discovered a thioesterase enzyme DcsB, from the decarestrictine C1 (1) biosynthetic pathway, that efficiently performs medium-ring lactonizations. DcsB shows broad substrate promiscuity toward linear substrates that vary in lengths and substituents, and is a potential biocatalyst for lactonization. X-ray crystal structure and computational analyses provide insights into the molecular basis of catalysis.
