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Table 1 List of domains and associated reactions as implemented in BiGMeC

From: Automatic reconstruction of metabolic pathways from identified biosynthetic gene clusters

Abbrv.

Name

Note

Reaction

A

Adenylation

Activates and attaches AA to PCP

ATP + AA + PCP\(\rightarrow\)AA-PCP + AMP + Pii

ACP

Acyl carrier protein

Facilitates transport in PKSs

 

AT

Acyltransferase

Loads extender unit onto ACP

Acyl-CoA + ACP \(\rightarrow\) Acyl-ACP + CoA

C

Condensation

Elongates the peptide by condensation

AA-PCP + Xn \(\rightarrow\) Xn+1 + H2O + ACP

CAL

Coenzyme A ligase

Catalyzes the incorporation of different starter units, e.g. fatty acids, AHBA, and shikimic acid [32, 56, 57]

Y + PCP \(\rightarrow\) Y-PCP + H2O

cMT

Carbon methyltransferase

Methylates peptide/polyketide

SAM + Xn \(\rightarrow\) Xn + SAH

Cy

Heterocylization

Elongates the peptide by condensation and cyclization

AA-PCP + Xn \(\rightarrow\) Xn+1 + H2O + ACP

DH

Dehydratase

Forms double bound by removal of H2O

Xn \(\rightarrow\) Xn + H2O

E

Epimerase

Stereochemical inversion

Xn \(\rightarrow\) Xn

ECH

Enoyl-CoA hydratase/isomerase

Not able to discriminate, so BiGMeC assumes isomerase

Xn \(\rightarrow\) Xn

ER

Enoyl reductase

Reduces double bound formed by the DH domain to a methylene group

NADPH + H+ + Xn \(\rightarrow\) Xn + NADP+

FkbH

FkbH-like domain

Domain in an alternative loading module. Dephosphorylates 1,3-bpg [58]

1,3-bpg + ACP \(\rightarrow\) D-lactate-ACP + 2 Pi

GNAT

GCN5-related N-acetyl transferase

Alt. load module that decarboxylates malonyl-CoA and adds acetyl group to ACP [59]

Malonyl-CoA + ACP \(\rightarrow\) Acetyl-ACP + CoA + CO2

KR

Keto reductase

Reduces carbonyl group to hydroxyl group

NADPH + H+ + Xn \(\rightarrow\) Xn + NADP+

KS

Keto synthase

Appends extender unit to polyketide

Acyl-ACP + Xn \(\rightarrow\) Xn+1 + CO2 + ACP

nMT

Nitrogen methyltransferase

Methylates peptide/polyketide

SAM + Xn \(\rightarrow\) Xn + SAH

oMT

Oxygen methyltransferase

Methylates peptide/polyketide

SAM + Xn \(\rightarrow\) Xn + SAH

PCP

Peptidyl carrier domain

Facilitates transport in NRPSs

 

TD

Thioester reductase

Releases product from ACP/PCP

NADPH + H+ + Xn \(\rightarrow\) detached product + NADP+

TE

Thioesterase

Releases product from ACP/PCP

H2O + Xn \(\rightarrow\) detached product

  1. The peptide or polyketide backbone is referred to as Xn, and in reactions that extend the backbone we refer to the elongated backbone as Xn+1
  2. AA, generic amino acid; 1,3-bpg, 1,3 biphosphoglycerate; CoA, Coenzyme A; Pii, diphosphate; SAH, S-Adenosyl-L-homocysteine; SAM, S-Adenosyl methionine; Y, generic starter unit