6S5J
Strictosidine Synthase from Ophiorrhiza pumila in complex with (S)-1-Ethyl-2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-beta-carboline
Summary for 6S5J
| Entry DOI | 10.2210/pdb6s5j/pdb |
| Descriptor | Strictosidine synthase, (1~{S})-1-ethyl-2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1~{H}-pyrido[3,4-b]indole (3 entities in total) |
| Functional Keywords | alkaloid, c-c bond, pictet-spenglerase, lyase |
| Biological source | Ophiorrhiza pumila |
| Total number of polymer chains | 1 |
| Total formula weight | 36970.18 |
| Authors | Eger, E.,Sharma, M.,Kroutil, W.,Grogan, G. (deposition date: 2019-07-01, release date: 2020-04-08, Last modification date: 2024-10-23) |
| Primary citation | Eger, E.,Simon, A.,Sharma, M.,Yang, S.,Breukelaar, W.B.,Grogan, G.,Houk, K.N.,Kroutil, W. Inverted Binding of Non-natural Substrates in Strictosidine Synthase Leads to a Switch of Stereochemical Outcome in Enzyme-Catalyzed Pictet-Spengler Reactions. J.Am.Chem.Soc., 142:792-800, 2020 Cited by PubMed Abstract: The Pictet-Spengler reaction is a valuable route to 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-β-carboline (THBC) and isoquinoline scaffolds found in many important pharmaceuticals. Strictosidine synthase (STR) catalyzes the Pictet-Spengler condensation of tryptamine and the aldehyde secologanin to give ()-strictosidine as a key intermediate in indole alkaloid biosynthesis. STRs also accept short-chain aliphatic aldehydes to give enantioenriched alkaloid products with up to 99% ee STRs are thus valuable asymmetric organocatalysts for applications in organic synthesis. The STR catalysis of reactions of small aldehydes gives an unexpected switch in stereopreference, leading to formation of the ()-products. Here we report a rationale for the formation of the ()-configured products by the STR enzyme from (STR) using a combination of X-ray crystallography, mutational, and molecular dynamics (MD) studies. We discovered that short-chain aldehydes bind in an inverted fashion compared to secologanin leading to the inverted stereopreference for the observed ()-product in those cases. The study demonstrates that the same catalyst can have two different productive binding modes for one substrate but give different absolute configuration of the products by binding the aldehyde substrate differently. These results will guide future engineering of STRs and related enzymes for biocatalytic applications. PubMed: 31909617DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b08704 PDB entries with the same primary citation |
| Experimental method | X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.42 Å) |
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