Bioinformatics-Guided Discovery of Biaryl-Tailored Lasso Peptides
Saad, H.; Majer, T.; Bhattarai, K.; Lampe, S.; Nguyen, D. T.; Kramer, M.; Straetener, J.; Broetz-Oesterhelt, H.; Mitchell, D. A.; Gross, H.
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Lasso peptides are a class of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) that feature an isopeptide bond and a distinct lariat fold. A growing number of secondary modifications have been described that further decorate lasso peptide scaffolds. Using genome mining, we have discovered a pair of lasso peptide biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) that include cytochrome P450 genes. Here, we report the structural characterization of two unique examples of (C-N) biaryl-containing lasso peptides. Nocapeptin A, from Nocardia terpenica, is tailored with Trp-Tyr crosslink while longipepetin A, from Longimycelium tulufanense, features Trp-Trp linkage. Besides the unusual bicyclic frame, longipepetin A receives an S-methylation by a new Met methyltransferase resulting in unprecedented sulfonium-bearing RiPP. Our bioinformatic survey revealed P450(s) and further maturating enzyme(s)-containing lasso BGCs awaiting future characterization.
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