Insight into a natural Diels–Alder reaction from the structure of macrophomate synthase

Toyoyuki Ose, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Mie, Mamoru Honma, Hiromi Watanabe, Min Yao, Hideaki Oikawa () and Isao Tanaka ()
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Toyoyuki Ose: Hokkaido University
Kenji Watanabe: Hokkaido University
Takashi Mie: Hokkaido University
Mamoru Honma: Hokkaido University
Hiromi Watanabe: Hokkaido University
Min Yao: Hokkaido University
Hideaki Oikawa: Hokkaido University
Isao Tanaka: Hokkaido University

Nature, 2003, vol. 422, issue 6928, 185-189

Abstract: Abstract The Diels–Alder reaction, which forms a six-membered ring from an alkene (dienophile) and a 1,3-diene, is synthetically very useful for construction of cyclic products with high regio- and stereoselectivity under mild conditions1. It has been applied to the synthesis of complex pharmaceutical and biologically active compounds2. Although evidence3,4,5,6,7 on natural Diels–Alderases has been accumulated in the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites8, there has been no report on the structural details of the natural Diels–Alderases. The function and catalytic mechanism of the natural Diels–Alderase are of great interest owing to the diversity of molecular skeletons in natural Diels–Alder adducts8. Here we present the 1.70 Å resolution crystal structure of the natural Diels–Alderase, fungal macrophomate synthase (MPS)3, in complex with pyruvate. The active site of the enzyme is large and hydrophobic, contributing amino acid residues that can hydrogen-bond to the substrate 2-pyrone. These data provide information on the catalytic mechanism of MPS, and suggest that the reaction proceeds via a large-scale structural reorganization of the product.

Date: 2003
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