The biosynthesis of the lincosamide antibiotics lincomycin A and celesticetin involves the pyridoxal-5'-phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzymes LmbF and CcbF, which are responsible for bifurcation of the biosynthetic pathways. Despite recognizing the same S-glycosyl-L-cysteine structure of the substrates, LmbF catalyses thiol formation through β-elimination, whereas CcbF produces S-acetaldehyde through decarboxylation-coupled oxidative deamination. The structural basis for the diversification mechanism remains largely unexplored. Here we conduct structure-function analyses of LmbF and CcbF. X-ray crystal structures, docking and molecular dynamics simulations reveal that active-site aromatic residues play important roles in controlling the substrate binding mode and the reaction outcome. Furthermore, the reaction selectivity and oxygen-utilization of LmbF and CcbF were rationally engineered through structure- and calculation-based mutagenesis. Thus, the catalytic function of CcbF was switched to that of LmbF, and, remarkably, both LmbF and CcbF variants gained the oxidative-amidation activity to produce an unnatural S-acetamide derivative of lincosamide.

Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology The University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan

FOREST Japan Science and Technology Agency Saitama Japan

Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences The University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan

Institute of Microbiology Czech Academy of Sciences Prague Czech Republic

Medical Research Laboratory Institute of Science Tokyo Tokyo Japan

PRESTO Japan Science and Technology Agency Saitama Japan

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