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OHR
ONH2
PheAT
SCoAR
ONH2
OHOH
ATPCoASH
AMPPPi
X = CH, Y = F, CH3, Cl, Br, OH, OCH3, NO2
Bold = Productive Substrate
X = N and Y = F (pending)Zo = F, CH3, Cl, NO2Zm = F, CH3, Cl, Br, OH, OCH3 NO2
R = X
Y
Zm
Zo
Semi-Biosynthesis of Taxol and Its Analogs from Baccatin III Precursors in Four Enzymatic Steps
1. Phenylisoserine CoA Ligase (Repurposing an NRPS) 2. O-Phenylpropanoyl Transferase (BAPT)
3. Benzoate CoA Ligase (BadA) 4. N-Benzoyltransferase (NDTBT)
PheAT (phenylpropanoate:CoA ligase): makes isoserinyl CoAs BAPT (A Taxus β-phenylpropanoyl transferase) conveysphenylisoserinyl to baccatin III
A benzoate:CoA ligase (BadA) from Rhodopseudomonaspalustris6 makes several acyl CoA thioesters forbiosynthesis of Taxol analogues.
BadA structure1.8 Å (pdb: 4EAT)
PheAT Homology Model (Swiss-Model)
NDTBT (A Taxus N-debenzoylpaclitaxel N-benzoyltransferase) catalyzes the final step and is permissivewith several different acyl CoA substrates.
NDTBT Homology Model(Raptor X)
BAPT Homology Model(Raptor X)
R
O
OH
ATP, Mg2+CoASH
AMPR
O
SCoA
PPi
BadA
XX
X
X = H, F, OH, NH2, CH3, OCH3,CN, ortho X = NO2
ZY
X = S, Y = CX = O, Y = CX = C, Y = O
R =
O
OO
OOH
O
HO
OH
2'3'
OH
NH O
O
O
O
O
UNDERGRADUATES CAN EMBARK ON STUDIES INVOLVING ORGANIC SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL ENZYME SUBSTRATES, MOLECULAR CLONINGTECHNIQUES, EXPRESSION OF VARIOUS ENZYMES IN BACTERIA, ASSAY DEVELOPMENT, BASIC BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICALAPPROACHES RELATED TO ENZYME KINETICS, ENZYME PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION. OTHER AREAS INVOLVE VARIOUS ANALYTICALTECHNIQUES (NMR, GC/MS, LC-MS(/MS), ETC.).
Undergraduate Research Opportunity in the Walker Lab
Walker Lab Research OverviewDepartment of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48842, United States