Discovery of 3'- O-β-Glucosyltubercidin and the Nucleoside Specific Glycosyltransferase AvpGT through Genome Mining

ACS Chem Biol. 2022 Dec 16;17(12):3507-3514. doi: 10.1021/acschembio.2c00707. Epub 2022 Nov 10.

Abstract

A genome mining approach was used to identify a hybrid tubercidin-nucleocidin biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC) in Streptomyces sp. AVP053U2. Analysis of culture extracts by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry revealed the presence of a glucosylated tubercidin derivative. A gene, avpGT, was identified within the hybrid cluster that has homology to the glucosyltransferase that is responsible for 3'-O-β-glucosylation of the fluorinated natural product nucleocidin. AvpGT was heterologously expressed and purified from Escherichia coli for in vitro characterization. AvpGT is active toward UDP-glucose and UDP-galactose as glycosyl donors and several nucleosides as acceptors. Kinetic analysis revealed that AvpGT is most specific for UDP-glucose [kcat/KMapp = (1.1 ± 0.3) × 105 M-1·s-1] as the glycosyl donor and tubercidin [kcat/KMapp = (5.3 ± 1.8) × 104 M-1·s-1] as the glycosyl acceptor. NMR spectroscopic analysis revealed the product of this reaction to be 3'-O-β-glucopyranosyl tubercidin. A sequence analysis of AvpGT reveals a family of nucleoside-specific GTs, which may be used as markers of BGCs that produce glycosylated nucleosides.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / metabolism
  • Glucose
  • Glycosyltransferases* / metabolism
  • Kinetics
  • Nucleosides*
  • Tubercidin
  • Uridine Diphosphate Glucose

Substances

  • Glycosyltransferases
  • Nucleosides
  • Tubercidin
  • Uridine Diphosphate Glucose
  • Glucose