| Title: |
Giant polyketide synthase enzymes in the biosynthesis of giant marine polyether toxins |
| Authors: |
Fallon, Timothy R; Shende, Vikram V; Wierzbicki, Igor H; Pendleton, Amanda L; Watervoort, Nathan F; Auber, Robert P; Gonzalez, David J; Wisecaver, Jennifer H; Moore, Bradley S |
| Source: |
Science, vol 385, iss 6709 |
| Publisher Information: |
eScholarship, University of California |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
University of California: eScholarship |
| Subject Terms: |
Biochemistry and Cell Biology; Biological Sciences; Genetics; Haptophyta; Polyenes; Polyether Toxins; Polyketide Synthases; Polyketides; Protein Domains; General Science & Technology |
| Subject Geographic: |
671 - 678 |
| Description: |
Prymnesium parvum are harmful haptophyte algae that cause massive environmental fish kills. Their polyketide polyether toxins, the prymnesins, are among the largest nonpolymeric compounds in nature and have biosynthetic origins that have remained enigmatic for more than 40 years. In this work, we report the "PKZILLAs," massive P. parvum polyketide synthase (PKS) genes that have evaded previous detection. PKZILLA-1 and -2 encode giant protein products of 4.7 and 3.2 megadaltons that have 140 and 99 enzyme domains. Their predicted polyene product matches the proposed pre-prymnesin precursor of the 90-carbon-backbone A-type prymnesins. We further characterize the variant PKZILLA-B1, which is responsible for the shorter B-type analog prymnesin-B1, from P. parvum RCC3426 and thus establish a general model of haptophyte polyether biosynthetic logic. This work expands expectations of genetic and enzymatic size limits in biology. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
unknown |
| Relation: |
qt7c36g97g; https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7c36g97g; https://escholarship.org/content/qt7c36g97g/qt7c36g97g.pdf |
| DOI: |
10.1126/science.ado3290 |
| Availability: |
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7c36g97g; https://escholarship.org/content/qt7c36g97g/qt7c36g97g.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ado3290 |
| Rights: |
public |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.75B517B0 |
| Database: |
BASE |