2026年第53卷第6期目录

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封面故事:该研究深入探讨了液液相分离(LLPS) 在拓展肠道微生物酶催化可塑性中的关键作用。 研究团队发现,通常以切割和异构化C-糖苷键著称的DgpB/C复合物,在RGG蛋白介导的相分离体 系中展现出新的功能。与传统糖基转移酶依赖核苷酸活化糖供体(如UDP-葡萄糖) 不同,被包裹 在相分离体系内的DgpB/C复合物能够直接利用天然游离葡萄糖作为糖供体,催化合成O-糖苷键, 展现出非经典的O-糖基转移酶活性。此外,实验证实这种非常规的反应在不同的人类肠道微生物 菌株(包括P581a和W974-1) 中高度保守。DgpB/C复合物在这样的相分离体系中对多种类黄酮苷 元表现出广泛的区域选择性,可实现多羟基位点的O-糖基化修饰。该成果不仅揭示了特殊物理化 学微环境对重塑酶活性的巨大潜力,打破了传统糖基转移酶对活化糖供体的依赖,更为高效生物 合成O-糖基化天然产物提供了一种全新的机制,具有重要的科学价值与应用前景。
(李天宇,李平,马文福. DgpB/C通过相变实现O-糖基转移酶的功能重塑, 本期第1672~1683 页)

Cover Story:Objective Flavonoids are clinically significant natural products, yet their oxygen-glycosylation in aqueous environments relies heavily on expensive nucleotide-activated sugar donors such as UDP-glucose. Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) creates specialized, membraneless physicochemical microenvironments capable of modulating enzymatic functions and overcoming mass transfer limitations. This study aims to investigate whether the gut microbiota-derived DgpB/C complex—a multienzyme system traditionally recognized for cleaving stable C-glycosidic bonds and facilitating isomerization—can undergo functional remodeling within phase-separated condensates. Our core objective is to elucidate the role of phase separation in expanding enzymatic catalytic plasticity and to provide a non-canonical, highly cost-effective biocatalytic mechanism for the direct utilization of free sugars in the synthesis of O-glycosylated natural products.Methods An artificial phase-separation platform was constructed utilizing the multivalent arginine-glycine-glycine motif (RGG)-repeat domain derived from the Caenorhabditis elegans LAF-1 protein. To ensure precise spatial compartmentalization, the DgpB/C complex was specifically recruited into the RGG condensates via a high-affinity SZ1/SZ2 heterodimerization tag system. Condensate formation and substrate partitioning were visualized using light and confocal fluorescence microscopy. The chemical structures and regioselectivity of the reaction products were rigorously characterized using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)/MS systems. Furthermore, molecular docking and 20-ns molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were performed via the Hermite platform and Uni-GBSA pipeline to elucidate the structural and thermodynamic basis underlying the phase-transition-induced functional shift.Results We observed that the condensates formed by RGG proteins selectively recruited and significantly enriched hydrophobic flavonoid substrates. Strikingly, within the LLPS microenvironment, the DgpB/C complex—which typically exhibits only degradative or isomerase activities—underwent a profound functional remodeling, transforming into an efficient O-glycosyltransferase. Diverging from canonical pathways that require high-energy donors, the sequestered DgpB/C complex directly utilized unactivated free glucose to catalyze the formation of new O-glycosidic bonds. This remodeled activity was found to be evolutionarily conserved across DgpB/C homologs from diverse gut microbiota strains, such as P581a and W974-1. LC-MS/MS analysis further revealed that the phase-separated environment reduced the regioselectivity constraints of the enzyme, enabling catalytic action on multiple hydroxyl positions of the flavonoid scaffold. MD simulations further indicated that the low-water-activity microenvironment of the condensates reconfigured the conformational dynamics of the catalytic pocket, favoring a spatial orientation highly conducive to dehydration condensation.Conclusion This study demonstrates that LLPS drives the functional remodeling of the gut microbiota enzyme DgpB/C through the reconfiguration of the physicochemical microenvironment. These findings challenge traditional perceptions regarding the functional boundaries of metabolic enzymes and reveal a novel biocatalytic pathway that bypasses the requirement for nucleotide-activated sugars. Consequently, this provides a highly promising artificial compartmentalization strategy for the green manufacturing of complex, high-value-added natural products.

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