Mechanistic basis for the emergence of EPS1 as a catalyst in salicylic acid biosynthesis of Brassicaceae
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Torrens-Spence, Michael P
Matos, Jason O
Li, Tianjie
Kastner, David W
Kim, Colin Y
Wang, Ziqi
Glinkerman, Christopher M
Sherk, Jennifer
Kulik, Heather J
Wang, Yi
Date Issued
2024
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Nature Communications
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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Torrens-Spence, M.P., Matos, J.O., Li, T. et al. Mechanistic basis for the emergence of EPS1 as a catalyst in salicylic acid biosynthesis of Brassicaceae. Nat Commun 15, 10356 (2024).
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Abstract
Salicylic acid (SA) production in Brassicaceae plants is uniquely accelerated from isochorismate by EPS1, a newly identified enzyme in the BAHD acyltransferase family. We present crystal structures of EPS1 from Arabidopsis thaliana in both its apo and substrate-analog-bound forms. Integrating microsecond-scale molecular dynamics simulations with quantum mechanical cluster modeling, we propose a pericyclic rearrangement lyase mechanism for EPS1. We further reconstitute the isochorismate-derived SA biosynthesis pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, establishing an in vivo platform to examine the impact of active-site residues on EPS1 functionality. Moreover, stable transgenic expression of EPS1 in soybean increases basal SA levels, highlighting the enzyme’s potential to enhance defense mechanisms in non-Brassicaceae plants lacking an EPS1 ortholog. Our findings illustrate the evolutionary adaptation of an ancestral enzyme’s active site to enable a novel catalytic mechanism that boosts SA production in Brassicaceae plants.
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Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
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