Complete Covalent Structure of Nisin Q, New Natural Nisin Variant, Containing Post-Translationally Modified Amino Acids
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Abstract
The third member of the nisin variant, nisin Q, produced by Lactococcus lactis 61-14, is a ribosomally-synthesized antimicrobial peptide, the so-called lantibiotic containing post-translationally modified amino acids such as lanthionine and dehydroalanine. Here, we determined the complete covalent structure of nisin Q, consisting of 34 amino acids, by two-dimensional (1)H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Sequential assignment of nisin Q containing the unusual amino acids was performed by total correlation spectroscopy (TOCSY) and nuclear Overhauser enhancement spectroscopy (NOESY). The observed long range nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE) in nisin Q indicated assignment of all five sets of lanthionines that intramolecularly bridge residues 3-7, 8-11, 13-19, 23-26, and 25-28. Consequently, the covalent structure of nisin Q was determined to hold the same thioether linkage formation as the other two nisins, but to harbor the four amino acid substitutions, in contrast with nisin A.
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