Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6488120 | Enzyme and Microbial Technology | 2018 | 38 Pages |
Abstract
A flavonoid comprises polyphenol compounds with pronounced antiviral, antioxidant, anticarcinogenic, and anti-inflammatory effects. The flavonoid modification by methylation provides a greater stability and improved pharmacokinetic properties. The methyltransferase from plants or microorganisms is responsible for such substrate modifications in a regiospecific or a promiscuous manner. GerMIII, originally characterized as a putative methyltransferase in a dihydrochalcomycin biosynthetic gene cluster of the Streptomyces sp. KCTC 0041BP, was tested for the methylation of the substrates of diverse chemical structures. Among the various tested substrates, flavonoids emerged as the favored substrates for methylation. Further, among the flavonoids, quercetin is the most favorable substrate, followed by luteolin, myricetin, quercetin 3-O-β-D-glucoside, and fisetin, while only a single product was formed in each case. The products were confirmed by HPLC and mass-spectrometry analyses. A detailed NMR spectrometric analysis of the methylated quercetin and luteolin derivatives confirmed the regiospecific methylation at the 4â²-OH position. Modeling and molecular docking provided further insight regarding the most favorable mechanism and substrate architecture for the enzymatic catalysis. Accordingly, a double bond between the C2 and the C3 and a single-ring-appended conjugate-hydroxyl group are crucial for the favorable enzymatic conversions of the GerMIII catalysis. Thus, in this study, the enzymatic properties of GerMIII and a mechanistic overview of the regiospecific modification that was implemented for the acceptance of quercetin as the most favorable substrate are presented.
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Authors
Sumangala Darsandhari, Dipesh Dhakal, Biplav Shrestha, Prakash Parajuli, Joo-Hyun Seo, Tae-Su Kim, Jae Kyung Sohng,