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Ha Y, Zhou Y, Ma M, Wang N, Wang P, Zhang Z. Antimicrobial metabolites from the marine-derived fungus Aspergillus sp. ZZ1861. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2024; 224:114164. [PMID: 38797256 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2024.114164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Revised: 05/21/2024] [Accepted: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Fungi from the genus Aspergillus are important resources for the discovery of bioactive agents. This investigation characterized the isolation, structural elucidation, and antimicrobial evaluation of 46 metabolites produced by the marine-derived fungus Aspergillus sp. ZZ1861 in rice solid and potato dextrose broth liquid media. The structures of these isolated compounds were determined based on their HRESIMS data, NMR spectral analyses, and data from ECD, NMR, and optical rotation calculations. Emericelactones F and G, 20R,25S-preshamixanthone, 20R,25R-preshamixanthone, phthalimidinic acid A, phthalimidinic acid B, aspergilol G, and 2-hydroxyemodic amide are eight previously undescribed compounds and (S)-2-(5-hydroxymethyl-2-formylpyrrol-1-yl) propionic acid lactone is reported from a natural resource for the first time. It is also the first report of the configurations of 25S-O-methylarugosin A, 25R-O-methylarugosin A, 5R-(+)-9-hydroxymicroperfuranone, and 5R-(+)-microperfuranone. Phthalimidinic acid A, phthalimidinic acid B, aspergilol G, and 2-hydroxyemodic amide have antifungal activity against Candida albicans with MIC values of 1.56, 3.12, 1.56, and 12.5 μg/mL, respectively, 20R,25S-preshamixanthone (MIC 25 μg/mL) shows antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli, and 20R,25R-preshamixanthone exhibits antimicrobial activity against all three tested pathogens of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli, and C. albicans with MIC values of 50, 25, 25 μg/mL, respectively.
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- Yura Ha
- Ocean College, Zhoushan Campus, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan, 316021, China
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- Zhejiang Marine Development Research Institute, Zhoushan, 316000, China
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- Zhejiang Marine Development Research Institute, Zhoushan, 316000, China
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- Ocean College, Zhoushan Campus, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan, 316021, China; Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Sanya, 572025, China.
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- Ocean College, Zhoushan Campus, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan, 316021, China; Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, 310012, China.
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- Ocean College, Zhoushan Campus, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan, 316021, China.
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Yuan GY, Zhang JM, Xu YQ, Zou Y. Biosynthesis and Assembly Logic of Fungal Hybrid Terpenoid Natural Products. Chembiochem 2024:e202400387. [PMID: 38923144 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202400387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2024] [Revised: 06/24/2024] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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In recent decades, fungi have emerged as significant sources of diverse hybrid terpenoid natural products, and their biosynthetic pathways are increasingly unveiled. This review mainly focuses on elucidating the various strategies underlying the biosynthesis and assembly logic of these compounds. These pathways combine terpenoid moieties with diverse building blocks including polyketides, nonribosomal peptides, amino acids, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, saccharides, and adenine, resulting in the formation of plenty of hybrid terpenoid natural products via C-O, C-C, or C-N bond linkages. Subsequent tailoring steps, such as oxidation, cyclization, and rearrangement, further enhance the biological diversity and structural complexity of these hybrid terpenoid natural products. Understanding these biosynthetic mechanisms holds promise for the discovery of novel hybrid terpenoid natural products from fungi, which will promote the development of potential drug candidates in the future.
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- Guan-Yin Yuan
- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P.R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P.R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P.R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P.R. China
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Ge R, Guo X, Jia H, Zhang J, Fan A, Liu D, Huang J, Lin W. Nucleobase-Coupled Xanthones with Anti-ROS Effects from Marine-Derived Fungus Aspergillus sydowii. J Org Chem 2024. [PMID: 38768258 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c00367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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A MS/MS-based molecular networking approach compared to the Global Natural Product Social Molecular Networking library, in association with genomic annotation of natural product biosynthetic gene clusters within a marine-derived fungus, Aspergillus sydowii, identified a suite of xanthone metabolites. Chromatographic techniques applied to the cultured fungus led to the isolation of 11 xanthone-based alkaloids, dubbed sydoxanthones F-M. The structures of these alkaloids were elucidated using extensive spectroscopic data, including electronic circular dichroism and single-crystal X-ray diffraction data for configurational assignments. Among these analogues, sydoxanthones F-K exhibit structure features typical of nucleobase-coupled xanthones, with sydoxanthone H being an N-bonded xanthone dimer. Notably, (±)sydoxanthones F (1a/1b), (±)sydoxanthones H (3b/3a), and (±)sydoxanthones J (5b/5a) are enantiomeric pairs, while sydoxanthones G (2), I (4), and K (6) are stereoisomers of 1, 3, and 5, respectively. Furthermore, (+)sydoxanthone H (3a) demonstrated significant rescue of cell viability in H2O2-injuried SH-SY5Y cells by inhibiting reactive oxygen species production, suggesting its potential for neuroprotection.
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- Rui Ge
- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
- Ningbo Institute of Marine Medicine, Peking University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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Yu HY, Chen YS, Wang Y, Zou ZB, Xie MM, Li Y, Li LS, Meng DL, Wu LQ, Yang XW. Anti-necroptosis and anti-ferroptosis compounds from the Deep-Sea-Derived fungus Aspergillus sp. MCCC 3A00392. Bioorg Chem 2024; 144:107175. [PMID: 38335757 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2024.107175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2023] [Revised: 01/25/2024] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Eight undescribed (1-8) and 46 known compounds (9-54) were isolated from the deep-sea-derived Aspergillus sp. MCCC 3A00392. Compounds 1-3 were three novel oxoindolo diterpenoids, 4-6 were three bisabolane sesquiterpenoids, while 7 and 8 were two monocyclic cyclopropanes. Their structures were established by exhaustive analyses of the HRESIMS, NMR, and theoretical calculations of the NMR data and ECD spectra. Compounds 10, 33, 38, and 39 were able to inhibit tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-induced necroptosis in murine L929 cell lines. Functional experiments verified that compounds 10 and 39 inhibited necroptosis by downregulating the phosphorylation of RIPK3 and MLKL. Moreover, compound 39 also reduced the phosphorylation of RIPK1. Compounds 10, 33, and 34 displayed potent inhibitory activities against RSL-3 induced ferroptosis with the EC50 value of 3.0 μM, 0.4 μM, and 0.1 μM, respectively. Compound 10 inhibited ferroptosis by the downregulation of HMOX1, while compounds 33 and 34 inhibited ferroptosis through regulation of NRF2/SLC7A11/GCLM axis. However, these compounds only showed weak effect in either the necroptosis or ferroptosis relative mouse disease models. Further studies of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics might improve their in vivo bioactivities.
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- Hao-Yu Yu
- School of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, No. 3 Xueyuan Road, Haikou 571199, China; Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, 184 Daxue Road, Xiamen 361005, China; School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China
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- The School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, 1 Xueyuan Road, Fuzhou 350122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, 184 Daxue Road, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, 184 Daxue Road, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, 184 Daxue Road, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, 184 Daxue Road, Xiamen 361005, China
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- The School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, 1 Xueyuan Road, Fuzhou 350122, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China.
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- The School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, 1 Xueyuan Road, Fuzhou 350122, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, No. 3 Xueyuan Road, Haikou 571199, China; Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, 184 Daxue Road, Xiamen 361005, China.
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Oakley CE, Barton TS, Oakley BR. Identification of the chaA and fwA Spore Color Genes of Aspergillus nidulans. J Fungi (Basel) 2024; 10:104. [PMID: 38392776 PMCID: PMC10890192 DOI: 10.3390/jof10020104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 01/19/2024] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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Wild-type Aspergillus nidulans asexual spores (conidia) are green due to a pigment that protects the spores against ultraviolet light. The pigment is produced by a biosynthetic pathway, the genes of which are dispersed in the genome. The backbone molecule of the pigment is a polyketide synthesized by a polyketide synthase encoded by the wA gene. If wA is not functional, the conidia are white. The polyketide is modified by a laccase encoded by the yA gene and inactivation of yA in an otherwise wild-type background results in yellow spores. Additional spore color mutations have been isolated and mapped to a locus genetically, but the genes that correspond to these loci have not been determined. Spore color markers have been useful historically, and they remain valuable in the molecular genetics era. One can determine if a transforming fragment has been successfully integrated at the wA or yA locus by simply looking at the color of transformant conidia. The genes of the potentially useful color loci chaA (chartreuse conidia) and fwA (fawn conidia) have not been identified previously. We chose a set of candidate genes for each locus by comparing the assembled genome with the genetic map. By systematically deleting these candidate genes, we identified a cytochrome P450 gene (AN10028) corresponding to chaA. Deletions of this gene result in chartreuse conidia and chartreuse mutations can be complemented in trans by a functional copy of this gene. With fwA, we found that the existing fawn mutation, fwA1, is a deletion of 2241 base pairs that inactivates three genes. By deleting each of these genes, we determined that fwA is AN1088, an EthD domain protein. Deletion of AN1088 results in fawn conidia as expected. Neither deletion of chaA nor fwA restricts growth and both should be valuable target loci for transformations. Combinations of deletions have allowed us to investigate the epistasis relationships of wA, yA, chaA and fwA.
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- C Elizabeth Oakley
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Ave., Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Ave., Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Ave., Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
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Rajput A, Manna T, Husain SM. Anthrol reductases: discovery, role in biosynthesis and applications in natural product syntheses. Nat Prod Rep 2023; 40:1672-1686. [PMID: 37475701 DOI: 10.1039/d3np00027c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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Covering: up to 2023Short-chain dehydrogenase/reductases (SDR) are known to catalyze the regio- and stereoselective reduction of a variety of substrate types. Investigations of the deoxygenation of emodin to chrysophanol has led to the discovery of the anthrol reductase activity of an SDR, MdpC involved in monodictyphenone biosynthesis of Aspergillus nidulans and provided access to (R)-dihydroanthracenone, a putative biosynthetic intermediate. This facilitated the identification of several MdpC-related enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of aflatoxins B1, cladofulvin, neosartorin, agnestins and bisanthraquinones. Because of their ability to catalyze the reduction of hydroanthraquinone (anthrols) using NADPH, they were named anthrol reductases. This review provides a comprehensive summary of all the anthrol reductases that have been identified and characterized in the last decade along with their role in the biosynthesis of natural products. In addition, the applications of these enzymes towards the chemoenzymatic synthesis of flavoskyrins, modified bisanthraquinones, 3-deoxy anthraquinones, chiral cycloketones and β-halohydrins have been discussed.
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- Anshul Rajput
- Department of Biological and Synthetic Chemistry, Centre of Biomedical Research, SGPGIMS Campus, Raebareli Road, Lucknow 226014, India.
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- Department of Biological and Synthetic Chemistry, Centre of Biomedical Research, SGPGIMS Campus, Raebareli Road, Lucknow 226014, India.
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- Department of Biological and Synthetic Chemistry, Centre of Biomedical Research, SGPGIMS Campus, Raebareli Road, Lucknow 226014, India.
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Li XL, Sun Y, Yin Y, Zhan S, Wang C. A bacterial-like Pictet-Spenglerase drives the evolution of fungi to produce β-carboline glycosides together with separate genes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2303327120. [PMID: 37467272 PMCID: PMC10372676 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2303327120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023] Open
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Diverse β-carboline (βC) alkaloids are produced by microbes, plants, and animals with myriad bioactivities and drug potentials. However, the biosynthetic mechanism of βCs remains largely elusive, especially regarding the hydroxyl and glucosyl modifications of βCs. Here, we report the presence of the bacterial-like Pictet-Spenglerase gene Fcs1 in the entomopathogenic Beauveria fungi that can catalyze the biosynthesis of the βC skeleton. The overexpression of Fcs1 in Beauveria bassiana led to the identification of six βC methyl glycosides, termed bassicarbosides (BCSs) A-F. We verified that the cytochrome P450 (CYP) genes adjacent to Fcs1 cannot oxidize βCs. Alternatively, the separated CYP684B2 family gene Fcs2 was identified to catalyze βC hydroxylation together with its cofactor gene Fcs3. The functional homologue of Fcs2 is only present in the Fcs1-containing fungi and highly similar to the Fcs1-connected yet nonfunctional CYP. Both evolved quicker than those from fungi without Fcs1 homologues. Finally, the paired methyl/glucosyl transferase genes were verified to mediate the production of BCSs from hydroxy-βCs. All these functionally verified genes are located on different chromosomes of Beauveria, which is in contrast to the typical content-clustered feature of fungal biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs). We also found that the production of BCSs selectively contributed to fungal infection of different insect species. Our findings shed light on the biosynthetic mechanism of βC glycosides, including the identification of a βC hydroxylase. The results of this study also propose an evolving process of fungal BGC formation following the horizontal transfer of a bacterial gene to fungi.
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- Xin-Lin Li
- Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai200032, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai200032, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai200032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai200032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai200032, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
- School of Life Science and Technology,Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai201210, China
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Yu W, Pei R, Zhou J, Zeng B, Tu Y, He B. Molecular regulation of fungal secondary metabolism. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2023; 39:204. [PMID: 37209190 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-023-03649-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Many bioactive secondary metabolites synthesized by fungi have important applications in many fields, such as agriculture, food, medical and others. The biosynthesis of secondary metabolites is a complex process involving a variety of enzymes and transcription factors, which are regulated at different levels. In this review, we describe our current understanding on molecular regulation of fungal secondary metabolite biosynthesis, such as environmental signal regulation, transcriptional regulation and epigenetic regulation. The effects of transcription factors on the secondary metabolites produced by fungi were mainly introduced. It was also discussed that new secondary metabolites could be found in fungi and the production of secondary metabolites could be improved. We also highlight the importance of understanding the molecular regulation mechanisms to activate silent secondary metabolites and uncover their physiological and ecological functions. By comprehensively understanding the regulatory mechanisms involved in secondary metabolite biosynthesis, we can develop strategies to improve the production of these compounds and maximize their potential benefits.
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- Wenbin Yu
- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Bioprocess Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, 330013, Jiangxi, China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Bioprocess Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, 330013, Jiangxi, China
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- Zhanjiang Preschool Education College, Zhanjiang, 524084, Guangdong, China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Bioprocess Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, 330013, Jiangxi, China
- College of Pharmacy, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen, 518000, Guangdong, China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Bioprocess Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, 330013, Jiangxi, China.
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Bioprocess Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, 330013, Jiangxi, China.
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Ghazawi KF, Fatani SA, Mohamed SGA, Mohamed GA, Ibrahim SRM. Aspergillus nidulans—Natural Metabolites Powerhouse: Structures, Biosynthesis, Bioactivities, and Biotechnological Potential. FERMENTATION-BASEL 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/fermentation9040325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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Nowadays, finding out new natural scaffolds of microbial origin increases at a higher rate than in the past decades and represents an auspicious route for reinvigorating the pool of compounds entering pharmaceutical industries. Fungi serve as a depository of fascinating, structurally unique metabolites with considerable therapeutic significance. Aspergillus genus represents one of the most prolific genera of filamentous fungi. Aspergillus nidulans Winter G. is a well-known and plentiful source of bioactive metabolites with abundant structural diversity, including terpenoids, benzophenones, sterols, alkaloids, xanthones, and polyketides, many of which display various bioactivities, such as cytotoxicity, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and antimicrobial activities. The current work is targeted to survey the reported literature on A. nidulans, particularly its metabolites, biosynthesis, and bioactivities, in addition to recent reports on its biotechnological potential. From 1953 till November 2022, relying on the stated data, 206 metabolites were listed, with more than 100 references.
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Mund NK, Čellárová E. Recent advances in the identification of biosynthetic genes and gene clusters of the polyketide-derived pathways for anthraquinone biosynthesis and biotechnological applications. Biotechnol Adv 2023; 63:108104. [PMID: 36716800 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2023.108104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Natural anthraquinones are represented by a large group of compounds. Some of them are widespread across the kingdoms, especially in bacteria, fungi and plants, while the others are restricted to certain groups of organisms. Despite the significant pharmacological potential of several anthraquinones (hypericin, skyrin and emodin), their biosynthetic pathways and candidate genes coding for key enzymes have not been experimentally validated. Understanding the genetic and epigenetic regulation of the anthraquinone biosynthetic gene clusters in fungal endophytes would help not only understand their pathways in plants, which ensure their commercial availability, but also favor them as promising systems for prospective biotechnological production.
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- Nitesh Kumar Mund
- Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Science, Institute of Biology and Ecology, Department of Genetics, Mánesova 23, 041 54 Košice, Slovakia
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- Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Science, Institute of Biology and Ecology, Department of Genetics, Mánesova 23, 041 54 Košice, Slovakia.
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de Mattos-Shipley KMJ, Simpson TJ. The 'emodin family' of fungal natural products-amalgamating a century of research with recent genomics-based advances. Nat Prod Rep 2023; 40:174-201. [PMID: 36222427 PMCID: PMC9890505 DOI: 10.1039/d2np00040g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Covering: up to 2022A very large group of biosynthetically linked fungal secondary metabolites are formed via the key intermediate emodin and its corresponding anthrone. The group includes anthraquinones such as chrysophanol and cladofulvin, the grisandienes geodin and trypacidin, the diphenyl ether pestheic acid, benzophenones such as monodictyphenone and various xanthones including the prenylated shamixanthones, the agnestins and dimeric xanthones such as the ergochromes, cryptosporioptides and neosartorin. Such compounds exhibit a wide range of bioactivities and as such have been utilised in traditional medicine for centuries, as well as garnering more recent interest from the pharmaceutical sector. Additional interest comes from industries such as textiles and cosmetics due to their use as natural colourants. A variety of biosynthetic routes and mechanisms have been proposed for this family of compounds, being altered and updated as new biosynthetic methods develop and new results emerge. After nearly 100 years of such research, this review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of what is currently known about the biosynthesis of this important family, amalgamating the early chemical and biosynthetic studies with the more recent genetics-based advances and comparative bioinformatics.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK
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Qi F, Zhang W, Xue Y, Geng C, Jin Z, Li J, Guo Q, Huang X, Lu X. Microbial production of the plant-derived fungicide physcion. Metab Eng 2022; 74:130-138. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2022.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Revised: 10/15/2022] [Accepted: 10/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Halogenase-Targeted Genome Mining Leads to the Discovery of (±) Pestalachlorides A1a, A2a, and Their Atropisomers. Antibiotics (Basel) 2022; 11:antibiotics11101304. [PMID: 36289962 PMCID: PMC9598291 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11101304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 09/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Genome mining has become an important tool for discovering new natural products and identifying the cryptic biosynthesis gene clusters. Here, we utilized the flavin-dependent halogenase GedL as the probe in combination with characteristic halogen isotope patterns to mine new halogenated secondary metabolites from our in-house fungal database. As a result, two pairs of atropisomers, pestalachlorides A1a (1a)/A1b (1b) and A2a (2a)/A2b (2b), along with known compounds pestalachloride A (3) and SB87-H (4), were identified from Pestalotiopsis rhododendri LF-19-12. A plausible biosynthetic assembly line for pestalachlorides involving a putative free-standing phenol flavin-dependent halogenase was proposed based on bioinformatics analysis. Pestalachlorides exhibited antibacterial activity against sensitive and drug-resistant S. aureus and E. faecium with MIC values ranging from 4 μg/mL to 32 μg/mL. This study indicates that halogenase-targeted genome mining is an efficient strategy for discovering halogenated compounds and their corresponding halogenases.
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Yang C, Zhang L, Zhang W, Huang C, Zhu Y, Jiang X, Liu W, Zhao M, De BC, Zhang C. Biochemical and structural insights of multifunctional flavin-dependent monooxygenase FlsO1-catalyzed unexpected xanthone formation. Nat Commun 2022; 13:5386. [PMID: 36104338 PMCID: PMC9474520 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33131-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Xanthone-containing natural products display diverse pharmacological properties. The biosynthetic mechanisms of the xanthone formation have not been well documented. Here we show that the flavoprotein monooxygenase FlsO1 in the biosynthesis of fluostatins not only functionally compensates for the monooxygenase FlsO2 in converting prejadomycin to dehydrorabelomycin, but also unexpectedly converts prejadomycin to xanthone-containing products by catalyzing three successive oxidations including hydroxylation, epoxidation and Baeyer-Villiger oxidation. We also provide biochemical evidence to support the physiological role of FlsO1 as the benzo[b]-fluorene C5-hydrolase by using nenestatin C as a substrate mimic. Finally, we resolve the crystal structure of FlsO1 in complex with the cofactor flavin adenine dinucleotide close to the “in” conformation to enable the construction of reactive substrate-docking models to understand the basis of a single enzyme-catalyzed multiple oxidations. This study highlights a mechanistic perspective for the enzymatic xanthone formation in actinomycetes and sets an example for the versatile functions of flavoproteins. The biosynthesis of xanthones has not been well documented. Here, the authors report that monooxygenase FlsO1 catalyzes three successive oxidations – hydroxylation, epoxidation and Baeyer–Villiger oxidation—to form the xanthone scaffold in actinomycetes.
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Kong L, Deng Z, You D. Chemistry and biosynthesis of bacterial polycyclic xanthone natural products. Nat Prod Rep 2022; 39:2057-2095. [PMID: 36083257 DOI: 10.1039/d2np00046f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Covering: up to the end of 2021Bacterial polycyclic xanthone natural products (BPXNPs) are a growing family of natural xanthones featuring a pentangular architecture with various modifications to the tricyclic xanthone chromophore. Their structural diversities and various activities have fueled biosynthetic and chemical synthetic studies. Moreover, their more potent activities than the clinically used drugs make them potential candidates for the treatment of diseases. Future unraveling of structure activity relationships (SARs) will provide new options for the (bio)-synthesis of drug analogues with higher activities. This review summarizes the isolation, structural elucidation and biological activities and more importantly, the recent strategies for the microbial biosynthesis and chemical synthesis of BPXNPs. Regarding their biosynthesis, we discuss the recent progress in enzymes that synthesize tricyclic xanthone, the protein candidates for structural moieties (methylene dioxygen bridge and nitrogen heterocycle), tailoring enzymes for methylation and halogenation. The chemical synthesis part summarizes the recent methodology for the division synthesis and coupling construction of achiral molecular skeletons. Ultimately, perspectives on the biosynthetic study of BPXNPs are discussed.
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- Lingxin Kong
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
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Zhang T, Pang X, Zhao J, Guo Z, He W, Cai G, Su J, Cen S, Yu L. Discovery and Activation of the Cryptic Cluster from Aspergillus sp. CPCC 400735 for Asperphenalenone Biosynthesis. ACS Chem Biol 2022; 17:1524-1533. [PMID: 35616995 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.2c00204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Postgenomic analysis manifested that filamentous fungi contain numerous natural product biosynthetic gene clusters in their genome, yet most clusters remain cryptic or down-regulated. Herein, we report the successful manipulation of strain Aspergillus sp. CPCC 400735 that enables its genetic engineering via targeted overexpression of pathway-specific transcriptional regulator AspE. The down-regulated metabolic pathway encoded by the biosynthetic gene cluster asp was successfully up-activated. Analyses of mutant Ai-OE::aspE extracts led to isolation and characterization of 13 asperphenalenone derivatives, of which 11 of them are new compounds. All of the asperphenalenones exhibited conspicuous anti-influenza A virus effects with IC50 values of 0.45-2.22 μM. Additionally, their identification provided insight into biosynthesis of asperphenalenones and might benefit studies of downstream combinatorial biosynthesis. Our study further demonstrates the effective application of targeted overexpressing pathway-specific activator and novel metabolite discovery in microorganisms. These will accelerate the exploitation of the untapped resources and biosynthetic capability in filamentous fungi.
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- Tao Zhang
- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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Dussart F, Jakubczyk D. Biosynthesis of Rubellins in Ramularia collo-cygni-Genetic Basis and Pathway Proposition. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23073475. [PMID: 35408835 PMCID: PMC8998751 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23073475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Revised: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The important disease Ramularia leaf spot of barley is caused by the fungus Ramularia collo-cygni. The disease causes yield and quality losses as a result of a decrease in photosynthesis efficiency due to the appearance of necrotic spots on the leaf surface. The development of these typical Ramularia leaf spot symptoms is thought to be linked with the release of phytotoxic secondary metabolites called rubellins in the host. However, to date, neither the biosynthetic pathways leading to the production of these metabolites nor their exact role in disease development are known. Using a combined in silico genetic and biochemistry approach, we interrogated the genome of R. collo-cygni to identify a putative rubellin biosynthetic gene cluster. Here we report the identification of a gene cluster containing homologues of genes involved in the biosynthesis of related anthraquinone metabolites in closely related fungi. A putative pathway to rubellin biosynthesis involving the genes located on the candidate cluster is also proposed.
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- Francois Dussart
- Department of Agriculture, Horticulture and Engineering Science, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), Edinburgh EH9 3JG, UK
- Correspondence: (F.D.); (D.J.); Tel.: +48-61-8528503 (ext. 1184) (F.D. & D.J.)
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 61-704 Poznań, Poland
- Correspondence: (F.D.); (D.J.); Tel.: +48-61-8528503 (ext. 1184) (F.D. & D.J.)
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Wei X, Wang WG, Matsuda Y. Branching and converging pathways in fungal natural product biosynthesis. Fungal Biol Biotechnol 2022; 9:6. [PMID: 35255990 PMCID: PMC8902786 DOI: 10.1186/s40694-022-00135-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Accepted: 02/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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AbstractIn nature, organic molecules with great structural diversity and complexity are synthesized by utilizing a relatively small number of starting materials. A synthetic strategy adopted by nature is pathway branching, in which a common biosynthetic intermediate is transformed into different end products. A natural product can also be synthesized by the fusion of two or more precursors generated from separate metabolic pathways. This review article summarizes several representative branching and converging pathways in fungal natural product biosynthesis to illuminate how fungi are capable of synthesizing a diverse array of natural products.
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Guo X, Chen F, Liu J, Shao Y, Wang X, Zhou Y. Genome Mining and Analysis of PKS Genes in Eurotium cristatum E1 Isolated from Fuzhuan Brick Tea. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:193. [PMID: 35205947 PMCID: PMC8874483 DOI: 10.3390/jof8020193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Revised: 02/10/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Eurotium cristatum as the dominant fungi species of Fuzhuan brick tea in China, can produce multitudinous secondary metabolites (SMs) with various bioactivities. Polyketides are a very important class of SMs found in E. cristatum and have gained extensive attention in recent years due to their remarkable diversity of structures and multiple functions. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the polyketides produced by E. cristatum at the genomic level to enhance its application value. In this paper, 12 polyketide synthase (PKS) genes were found in the whole genome of E. cristatum E1 isolated from Fuzhuan brick tea. In addition, the qRT-PCR results further demonstrated that these genes were expressed. Moreover, metabolic analysis demonstrated E. cristatum E1 can produce a variety of polyketides, including citreorosein, emodin, physcion, isoaspergin, dihydroauroglaucin, iso-dihydroauroglaucin, aspergin, flavoglaucin and auroglaucin. Furthermore, based on genomic analysis, the putative secondary metabolites clusters for emodin and flavoglaucin were proposed. The results reported here will lay a good basis for systematically mining SMs resources of E. cristatum and broadening its application fields.
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- Xiaoxiao Guo
- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (X.G.); (F.C.); (Y.S.)
- Key Laboratory of Environment Correlative Dietology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (X.G.); (F.C.); (Y.S.)
- Key Laboratory of Environment Correlative Dietology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Quality Standards and Testing Technology Research, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China;
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Nutritional Quality and Safety of Agro Products, Wuhan 430064, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (X.G.); (F.C.); (Y.S.)
- Key Laboratory of Environment Correlative Dietology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (X.G.); (F.C.); (Y.S.)
- Key Laboratory of Environment Correlative Dietology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Quality Standards and Testing Technology Research, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China;
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Nutritional Quality and Safety of Agro Products, Wuhan 430064, China
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Hangsamai N, Photai K, Mahaamnart T, Kanokmedhakul S, Kanokmedhakul K, Senawong T, Pitchuanchom S, Nontakitticharoen M. Four New Anthraquinones with Histone Deacetylase Inhibitory Activity from Ventilago denticulata Roots. Molecules 2022; 27:1088. [PMID: 35164356 PMCID: PMC8839831 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27031088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Revised: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Chromatographic separation of the crude extracts from the roots of Ventilago denticulata led to the isolation of four new anthraquinones, ventilanones L-O (1-4), together with eight known anthraquinones (5-12). Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods (UV, IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and 2D NMR) and mass spectrometry (MS), as well as comparison of their spectroscopic data with those reported in the literature. HDACs inhibitory activity evaluation resulted that compound 2 exhibited moderate antiproliferative activity against HeLa and A549 cell lines but nontoxic to normal cell. Molecular docking indicated the phenolic functionality of 2 plays crucial interactions with class II HDAC4 enzyme.
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- Nattika Hangsamai
- Natural Products Research Unit, Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand; (N.H.); (K.P.); (T.M.); (S.K.); (K.K.)
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- Natural Products Research Unit, Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand; (N.H.); (K.P.); (T.M.); (S.K.); (K.K.)
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- Natural Products Research Unit, Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand; (N.H.); (K.P.); (T.M.); (S.K.); (K.K.)
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- Natural Products Research Unit, Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand; (N.H.); (K.P.); (T.M.); (S.K.); (K.K.)
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- Natural Products Research Unit, Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand; (N.H.); (K.P.); (T.M.); (S.K.); (K.K.)
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- Natural Products Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand;
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahasarakham University, Maha Sarakham 44150, Thailand;
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- Natural Products Research Unit, Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand; (N.H.); (K.P.); (T.M.); (S.K.); (K.K.)
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Cao HY, Yi C, Sun SF, Li Y, Liu YB. Anti-inflammatory Dimeric Tetrahydroxanthones from an Endophytic Muyocopron laterale. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2022; 85:148-161. [PMID: 35029398 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c00878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Twelve new dimeric tetrahydroxanthones, muyocoxanthones A-L (1-12), were isolated from the endophytic fungus, Muyocopron laterale. Their structures were characterized on the basis of the interpretation of NMR and HRESIMS data. The absolute configurations of 1-10 and 12 were unambiguously determined by ECD spectrum data and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Compounds 2, 6, and 11 showed inhibitory activity against the LPS-induced production of nitric oxide (NO) in RAW 264.7 cells with IC50 values of 5.2, 1.3, and 5.1 μM, respectively.
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- Hai-Yan Cao
- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China
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Wei G, Shu X, Yao Y, Zhang K, Zhang J, Gao SS. Heterologous Production of Unnatural Flavipucine Family Products Provides Insights into Flavipucines Biosynthesis. Org Lett 2021; 23:7708-7712. [PMID: 34554766 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c02566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Heterologous expression of the flavipucine biosynthetic gene cluster in Aspergillus nidulans led to the production of flavipucine (1) and dihydroisoflavipucine (3), as well as six unusual flavipucine related products containing three classes of heterocycles. This combined with gene inactivation, chemical complementation, and transcriptome analysis demonstrated unprecedented ways to form 2-pyridone and 2-pyrone structures by the oxidative rearrangements of pyrrolinone precursors as well as provided insights into the biosynthesis of this important class of natural products.
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- Guangzheng Wei
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
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The fungus Aspergillus nidulans produces secondary metabolites during sexual development to protect itself from predators.
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- Milton T Drott
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin-Madison, United States
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Qi F, Zhang W, Xue Y, Geng C, Huang X, Sun J, Lu X. Bienzyme-Catalytic and Dioxygenation-Mediated Anthraquinone Ring Opening. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:16326-16331. [PMID: 34586791 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c07182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The C-10-C-4a bond cleavage of anthraquinone is believed to be a crucial step in fungal seco-anthraquinone biosynthesis and has long been proposed as a classic Baeyer-Villiger oxidation. Nonetheless, genetic, enzymatic, and chemical information on ring opening remains elusive. Here, a revised questin ring-opening mechanism was elucidated by in vivo gene disruption, in vitro enzymatic analysis, and 18O chasing experiments. It has been confirmed that the reductase GedF is responsible for the reduction of the keto group at C-10 in questin to a hydroxyl group with the aid of NADPH. The C-10-C-4a bond of the resultant questin hydroquinone is subsequently cleaved by the atypical cofactor-free dioxygenase GedK, giving rise to desmethylsulochrin. This proposed bienzyme-catalytic and dioxygenation-mediated anthraquinone ring-opening reaction shows universality.
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- Feifei Qi
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, China
- Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, China
- Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, China
- Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, China
- Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, State Forestry Administration Key Open Laboratory, Beijing 100102, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, China
- Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, China
- Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, China
- Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, China
- Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, State Forestry Administration Key Open Laboratory, Beijing 100102, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, China
- Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, China
- Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Marine Biology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, China
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Liu L, Sasse C, Dirnberger B, Valerius O, Fekete-Szücs E, Harting R, Nordzieke DE, Pöggeler S, Karlovsky P, Gerke J, Braus GH. Secondary metabolites of Hülle cells mediate protection of fungal reproductive and overwintering structures against fungivorous animals. eLife 2021; 10:68058. [PMID: 34635205 PMCID: PMC8510581 DOI: 10.7554/elife.68058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Fungal Hülle cells with nuclear storage and developmental backup functions are reminiscent of multipotent stem cells. In the soil, Hülle cells nurse the overwintering fruiting bodies of Aspergillus nidulans. The genome of A. nidulans harbors genes for the biosynthesis of xanthones. We show that enzymes and metabolites of this biosynthetic pathway accumulate in Hülle cells under the control of the regulatory velvet complex, which coordinates development and secondary metabolism. Deletion strains blocked in the conversion of anthraquinones to xanthones accumulate emodins and are delayed in maturation and growth of fruiting bodies. Emodin represses fruiting body and resting structure formation in other fungi. Xanthones are not required for sexual development but exert antifeedant effects on fungivorous animals such as springtails and woodlice. Our findings reveal a novel role of Hülle cells in establishing secure niches for A. nidulans by accumulating metabolites with antifeedant activity that protect reproductive structures from animal predators.
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- Li Liu
- University of Göttingen, Molecular Microbiology and Genetics and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Göttingen, Germany
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- University of Göttingen, Molecular Microbiology and Genetics and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Göttingen, Germany
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- University of Göttingen, Molecular Microbiology and Genetics and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Göttingen, Germany
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- University of Göttingen, Molecular Microbiology and Genetics and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Göttingen, Germany
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- University of Göttingen, Molecular Microbiology and Genetics and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Göttingen, Germany
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- University of Göttingen, Molecular Microbiology and Genetics and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Göttingen, Germany
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- University of Göttingen, Genetics of Eukaryotic Microorganisms and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Göttingen, Germany
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- University of Göttingen, Genetics of Eukaryotic Microorganisms and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Göttingen, Germany
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- University of Göttingen, Molecular Phytopathology and Mycotoxin Research, Göttingen, Germany
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- University of Göttingen, Molecular Microbiology and Genetics and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Göttingen, Germany
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- University of Göttingen, Molecular Microbiology and Genetics and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Göttingen, Germany
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Medema MH, de Rond T, Moore BS. Mining genomes to illuminate the specialized chemistry of life. Nat Rev Genet 2021; 22:553-571. [PMID: 34083778 PMCID: PMC8364890 DOI: 10.1038/s41576-021-00363-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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All organisms produce specialized organic molecules, ranging from small volatile chemicals to large gene-encoded peptides, that have evolved to provide them with diverse cellular and ecological functions. As natural products, they are broadly applied in medicine, agriculture and nutrition. The rapid accumulation of genomic information has revealed that the metabolic capacity of virtually all organisms is vastly underappreciated. Pioneered mainly in bacteria and fungi, genome mining technologies are accelerating metabolite discovery. Recent efforts are now being expanded to all life forms, including protists, plants and animals, and new integrative omics technologies are enabling the increasingly effective mining of this molecular diversity.
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- Marnix H Medema
- Bioinformatics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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A New Pyrrolidone Alkaloid and Other Constituents from Rourea oligophlebia Stems. J CHEM-NY 2021. [DOI: 10.1155/2021/6659106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Phytochemical study of Rourea oligophlebia stems led to the isolation of a new 2-pyrrolidone alkaloid (R,S)-N-(5-hydroxyl-pyrrolidin-2-one-1-yl)acetamide (1), together with 14 known compounds including friedelin (2), friedanol (3), taraxerol (4), vanillin (5), coniferyl aldehyde (6), apigenin (7), 7α-hydroxy-3β-sitosterol (8), coniferyl alcohol (9), scopoletin (10), emodin (11), protocatechuic acid (12), catechin (13), procyanidin A1 (14), and (E)-2,3,5,4’-tetrahydroxystilbene-2-β-D-glucoside (15). Several isolated compounds were evaluated for cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activity. Compound 11 exhibited good antimicrobial activity on Gram (+) strains and moderate cytotoxicity against KB, Hep-G2, and LU cancer cell lines. Compounds 6 and 8–10 showed selective activity on HepG-2 and MCF-7 over KB and LU cancer cell lines, while compound 7 exhibited similar effects on KB, HepG-2, and MCF-7 cell lines with IC50 values of 36.46 ± 0.81, 32.00 ± 0.58, and 32.03 ± 0.61 µg/mL, respectively.
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Wang W, Yu Y, Keller NP, Wang P. Presence, Mode of Action, and Application of Pathway Specific Transcription Factors in Aspergillus Biosynthetic Gene Clusters. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22168709. [PMID: 34445420 PMCID: PMC8395729 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22168709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Revised: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Fungal secondary metabolites are renowned toxins as well as valuable sources of antibiotics, cholesterol-lowering drugs, and immunosuppressants; hence, great efforts were levied to understand how these compounds are genetically regulated. The genes encoding for the enzymes required for synthesizing secondary metabolites are arranged in biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs). Often, BGCs contain a pathway specific transcription factor (PSTF), a valuable tool in shutting down or turning up production of the BGC product. In this review, we present an in-depth view of PSTFs by examining over 40 characterized BGCs in the well-studied fungal species Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus fumigatus. Herein, we find BGC size is a predictor for presence of PSTFs, consider the number and the relative location of PSTF in regard to the cluster(s) regulated, discuss the function and the evolution of PSTFs, and present application strategies for pathway specific activation of cryptic BGCs.
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- Wenjie Wang
- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316021, China; (W.W.); (Y.Y.)
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316021, China; (W.W.); (Y.Y.)
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Correspondence: (N.P.K.); (P.W.)
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- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316021, China; (W.W.); (Y.Y.)
- Correspondence: (N.P.K.); (P.W.)
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Khattab AR, Farag MA. Marine and terrestrial endophytic fungi: a mine of bioactive xanthone compounds, recent progress, limitations, and novel applications. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2021; 42:403-430. [PMID: 34266351 DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2021.1940087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Endophytic fungi are a kind of fungi that colonizes living plant tissues presenting a myriad of microbial adaptations that have been developed in such a hidden environment. Owing to its large diversity and particular habituation, they present a golden mine for research in the field of drug discovery. Endophytic fungal communities possess unique biocatalytic machinery that furnishes a myriad of complex natural product scaffolds. Xanthone compounds are examples of endophytic secondary metabolic products with pronounced biological activity to include: antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antithrombotic, antiulcer, choleretic, diuretic, and monoamine oxidase inhibiting activity.The current review compiles the recent progress made on the microbiological production of xanthones using fungal endophytes obtained from both marine and terrestrial origins, with comparisons being made among both natural resources. The biosynthesis of xanthones in endophytic fungi is outlined along with its decoding enzymes. Biotransformation reactions reported to be carried out using different endophytic microbial models are also outlined for xanthones structural modification purposes and the production of novel molecules.A promising application of novel computational tools is presented as a future direction for the goal of optimizing microbial xanthones production to include establishing metabolic pathway databases and the in silico analysis of microbial interactions. Metagenomics methods and related bioinformatics platforms are highlighted as unexplored tools for the biodiversity analysis of endophytic microbial communities that are difficult to be cultured.
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- Amira R Khattab
- Pharmacognosy Department, College of Pharmacy, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Pharmacognosy Department, College of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.,Chemistry Department, School of Sciences & Engineering, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
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Wei X, Chen X, Chen L, Yan D, Wang WG, Matsuda Y. Heterologous Biosynthesis of Tetrahydroxanthone Dimers: Determination of Key Factors for Selective or Divergent Synthesis. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2021; 84:1544-1549. [PMID: 33891392 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c00022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Tetrahydroxanthone dimers are fungal products, among which secalonic acid D (1) is one of the most studied compounds because of its potent biological activity. Because the biosynthetic gene cluster of 1 has been previously identified, we sought to heterologously produce 1 in Aspergillus oryzae by expressing the relevant biosynthetic genes. However, our initial attempt of the total biosynthesis of 1 failed; instead, it produced four isomers of 1 due to the activity of an endogenous enzyme of A. oryzae. Subsequent overexpression of the Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase, AacuH, which competes with the endogenous enzyme, altered the product profile and successfully generated 1. Characterization of the key biosynthetic enzymes revealed the surprising substrate promiscuity of the dimerizing enzyme, AacuE, and indicated that efficient synthesis of 1 requires highly selective preparation of the tetrahydroxanthone monomer, which is apparently controlled by AacuH. This study facilitates engineered biosynthesis of tetrahydroxanthone dimers both in a selective and divergent manner.
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- Xingxing Wei
- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemistry in Ethnic Medicinal Resources, State Ethnic Affairs Commission and Ministry of Education, Yunnan Minzu University, Kunming 650031, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, People's Republic of China
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Nale SD, Maiti D, Lee YR. Construction of Highly Functionalized Xanthones via Rh-Catalyzed Cascade C-H Activation/ O-Annulation. Org Lett 2021; 23:2465-2470. [PMID: 33719464 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c00391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A facile and efficient strategy for obtaining functionalized and multihydroxylated xanthones via Rh catalysis under redox-neutral conditions is developed. Diverse salicylaldehydes bearing heterocycles, aromatics, and fused aromatics can be rapidly coupled with 1,4-benzoquinones or 1,4-hydroquinones to afford valuable xanthones via cascade C-H/O-H functionalization and annulation. This protocol provides a rapid synthetic approach to obtain biologically active materials through late-stage functionalization and prepares natural products such as subelliptenone, pruniflorone N, and ravenelin.
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- Sagar D Nale
- School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea
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Yu Z, Gao J, Igbalajobi O, Skoneczny M, Sieńko M, Maciejewska AM, Brzywczy J, Fischer R. The sulfur metabolism regulator MetR is a global regulator controlling phytochrome-dependent light responses in Aspergillus nidulans. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2021; 66:592-602. [PMID: 36654429 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2020.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Phytochrome-dependent light signaling has been studied in several fungi. In Aspergillus nidulans light-stimulated phytochrome activates the high-osmolarity glycerol (HOG) signaling pathway and thereby controls the expression of a large number of genes, many of which are related to stress responses. In a genome-wide expression analysis in A. nidulans we found that phytochrome, fphA, is under strict expression control of the central regulator of the sulfur-starvation response, MetR. This transcriptional regulator is required for the expression of genes involved in inorganic sulfur assimilation. In the presence of organic sulfur, MetR is probably ubiquitinated and possibly degraded and the transcription of sulfur-assimilation genes, e.g., sulfate permease, is turned off. The expression analysis described here revealed, however, that MetR additionally controls the expression of hundreds of genes, many of which are required for secondary metabolite production. We also show that metR mutation phenocopies fphA deletion, and five other histidine-hybrid kinases are down-regulated in the metR1 mutant. Furthermore, we found that light and phytochrome regulate the expression of at least three carbon-sulfur hydrolases. This work is a further step towards understanding the interplay between light sensing and metabolic pathways.
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- Zhenzhong Yu
- Department of Microbiology, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)-South Campus, Karlsruhe D-76131, Germany; Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab for Organic Solid Waste Utilization, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, National Engineering Research Center for Organic-based Fertilizers, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)-South Campus, Karlsruhe D-76131, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)-South Campus, Karlsruhe D-76131, Germany; Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia VGT 1Z4, Canada
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa 02-106, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa 02-106, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa 02-106, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa 02-106, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)-South Campus, Karlsruhe D-76131, Germany.
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Bhattarai K, Bhattarai K, Kabir ME, Bastola R, Baral B. Fungal natural products galaxy: Biochemistry and molecular genetics toward blockbuster drugs discovery. ADVANCES IN GENETICS 2021; 107:193-284. [PMID: 33641747 DOI: 10.1016/bs.adgen.2020.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Secondary metabolites synthesized by fungi have become a precious source of inspiration for the design of novel drugs. Indeed, fungi are prolific producers of fascinating, diverse, structurally complex, and low-molecular-mass natural products with high therapeutic leads, such as novel antimicrobial compounds, anticancer compounds, immunosuppressive agents, among others. Given that these microorganisms possess the extraordinary capacity to secrete diverse chemical scaffolds, they have been highly exploited by the giant pharma companies to generate small molecules. This has been made possible because the isolation of metabolites from fungal natural sources is feasible and surpasses the organic synthesis of compounds, which otherwise remains a significant bottleneck in the drug discovery process. Here in this comprehensive review, we have discussed recent studies on different fungi (pathogenic, non-pathogenic, commensal, and endophytic/symbiotic) from different habitats (terrestrial and marines), the specialized metabolites they biosynthesize, and the drugs derived from these specialized metabolites. Moreover, we have unveiled the logic behind the biosynthesis of vital chemical scaffolds, such as NRPS, PKS, PKS-NRPS hybrid, RiPPS, terpenoids, indole alkaloids, and their genetic mechanisms. Besides, we have provided a glimpse of the concept behind mycotoxins, virulence factor, and host immune response based on fungal infections.
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- Keshab Bhattarai
- Pharmaceutical Institute, Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Central Department of Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Animal Health Research Division, Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Spinal Cord Injury Association-Nepal (SCIAN), Pokhara, Nepal
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
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Wei Q, Bai J, Yan D, Bao X, Li W, Liu B, Zhang D, Qi X, Yu D, Hu Y. Genome mining combined metabolic shunting and OSMAC strategy of an endophytic fungus leads to the production of diverse natural products. Acta Pharm Sin B 2021; 11:572-587. [PMID: 33643832 PMCID: PMC7893140 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2020.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2020] [Revised: 06/27/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Endophytic fungi are promising producers of bioactive small molecules. Bioinformatic analysis of the genome of an endophytic fungus Penicillium dangeardii revealed 43 biosynthetic gene clusters, exhibited its strong ability to produce numbers of secondary metabolites. However, this strain mainly produce rubratoxins alone with high yield in varied culture conditions, suggested most gene clusters are silent. Efforts for mining the cryptic gene clusters in P. dangeardii, including epigenetic regulation and one-strain-many-compounds (OSMAC) approach were failed probably due to the high yield of rubratoxins. A metabolic shunting strategy by deleting the key gene for rubratoxins biosynthesis combining with optimization of culture condition successfully activated multiple silent genes encoding for other polyketide synthases (PKSs), and led to the trace compounds detectable. As a result, a total of 23 new compounds including azaphilone monomers, dimers, trimers with unprecedented polycyclic bridged heterocycle and spiral structures, as well as siderophores were identified. Some compounds showed significant cytotoxicities, anti-inflammatory or antioxidant activities. The attractive dual PKSs gene clusters for azaphilones biosynthesis were mined by bioinformatic analysis and overexpression of a pathway specific transcription factor. Our work therefor provides an efficient approach to mine the chemical diversity of endophytic fungi.
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Twists and Turns in the Salicylate Catabolism of Aspergillus terreus, Revealing New Roles of the 3-Hydroxyanthranilate Pathway. mSystems 2021; 6:6/1/e00230-20. [PMID: 33500329 PMCID: PMC7842363 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00230-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Aspergilli are versatile cell factories used in industry for the production of organic acids, enzymes, and pharmaceutical drugs. To date, bio-based production of organic acids relies on food substrates. In fungi, salicylate catabolism was believed to proceed only through the catechol branch of the 3-oxoadipate pathway, as shown, e.g., in Aspergillus nidulans. However, the observation of a transient accumulation of gentisate upon the cultivation of Aspergillus terreus in salicylate medium questions this concept. To address this, we have run a comparative analysis of the transcriptome of these two species after growth in salicylate using acetate as a control condition. The results revealed the high complexity of the salicylate metabolism in A. terreus with the concomitant positive regulation of several pathways for the catabolism of aromatic compounds. This included the unexpected joint action of two pathways—3-hydroxyanthranilate and nicotinate—possibly crucial for the catabolism of aromatics in this fungus. Importantly, the 3-hydroxyanthranilate catabolic pathway in fungi is described here for the first time, whereas new genes participating in the nicotinate metabolism are also proposed. The transcriptome analysis showed also for the two species an intimate relationship between salicylate catabolism and secondary metabolism. This study emphasizes that the central pathways for the catabolism of aromatic hydrocarbons in fungi hold many mysteries yet to be discovered. IMPORTANCE Aspergilli are versatile cell factories used in industry for the production of organic acids, enzymes, and pharmaceutical drugs. To date, bio-based production of organic acids relies on food substrates. These processes are currently being challenged to switch to renewable nonfood raw materials—a reality that should inspire the use of lignin-derived aromatic monomers. In this context, aspergilli emerge at the forefront of future bio-based approaches due to their industrial relevance and recognized prolific catabolism of aromatic compounds. Notwithstanding considerable advances in the field, there are still important knowledge gaps in the central catabolism of aromatic hydrocarbons in fungi. Here, we disclose a novel central pathway, 3-hydroxyanthranilate, defying previously established ideas on the central metabolism of the aromatic amino acid tryptophan in Ascomycota. We also observe that the catabolism of the aromatic salicylate greatly activated the secondary metabolism, furthering the significance of using lignin-derived aromatic hydrocarbons as a distinctive biomass source.
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Marshall JW, de Mattos-Shipley KMJ, Ghannam IAY, Munawar A, Killen JC, Lazarus CM, Cox RJ, Willis CL, Simpson TJ. Fusarochromene, a novel tryptophan-derived metabolite from Fusarium sacchari. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:182-187. [PMID: 33107888 DOI: 10.1039/d0ob02031a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Fusarochromene isolated from the plant pathogenic fungus, Fusarium sacchari is closely related to a group of mycotoxins including fusarochromanone previously isolated from various Fusaria spp. Despite their assumed polyketide biogenesis, incorporation studies with 13C-labelled acetate, glycerol and tryptophans show that fusarochromene is unexpectedly derived via oxidative cleavage of the aromatic amino acid tryptophan. A putative biosynthetic gene cluster has been identified.
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- James W Marshall
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
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Mycotoxins as inhibitors of protein tyrosine phosphatases from the deep-sea-derived fungus Aspergillus puniceus SCSIO z021. Bioorg Chem 2020; 107:104571. [PMID: 33373758 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.104571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Revised: 12/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Nine new xanthone-type and anthraquinone-type mycotoxins including austocystins J-N (1-5), 7-chloro versicolorin A (6), 3'-hydroxy-8-O-methyl versicolorin B (7), 8-O-methyl versiconol (8) and 2',3'-dihydroxy versiconol (9), together with 17 known analogues (10-26) were isolated from an extract of the deep-sea-derived fungus Aspergillus puniceus SCSIO z021. Their structures were elucidated by detailed analysis of spectroscopic data, and their absolute configurations were further determined by quantum chemical calculations of ECD spectra or comparison of the experimental ECD spectra. Eleven hydrogenated austocystins were synthesized from 1-2, 10-15 and 17 by catalytic hydrogenation for bioactivities evaluation. Totally, 18 of the all 37 compounds showed strong toxicity against brine shrimps or Vero cell, and the toxicity of 8-O-methyldemethylsterigmatocystin (18) (LC50 = 0.020 µM) against brine shrimps was higher than those of three positive controls. In addition, 22 of the isolated compounds also exhibited significant inhibitory activity against seven different protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs), among them austocystin H (15) and methyl-averantin (24) were the most potent inhibitors with IC50 values of 0.20-3.0 µM. Their structure-bioactivity relationship was also discussed.
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Schüller A, Wolansky L, Berger H, Studt L, Gacek-Matthews A, Sulyok M, Strauss J. A novel fungal gene regulation system based on inducible VPR-dCas9 and nucleosome map-guided sgRNA positioning. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 104:9801-9822. [PMID: 33006690 PMCID: PMC7595996 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-10900-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Programmable transcriptional regulation is a powerful tool to study gene functions. Current methods to selectively regulate target genes are mainly based on promoter exchange or on overexpressing transcriptional activators. To expand the discovery toolbox, we designed a dCas9-based RNA-guided synthetic transcription activation system for Aspergillus nidulans that uses enzymatically disabled "dead" Cas9 fused to three consecutive activation domains (VPR-dCas9). The dCas9-encoding gene is under the control of an estrogen-responsive promoter to allow induction timing and to avoid possible negative effects by strong constitutive expression of the highly active VPR domains. Especially in silent genomic regions, facultative heterochromatin and strictly positioned nucleosomes can constitute a relevant obstacle to the transcriptional machinery. To avoid this negative impact and to facilitate optimal positioning of RNA-guided VPR-dCas9 to targeted promoters, we have created a genome-wide nucleosome map from actively growing cells and stationary cultures to identify the cognate nucleosome-free regions (NFRs). Based on these maps, different single-guide RNAs (sgRNAs) were designed and tested for their targeting and activation potential. Our results demonstrate that the system can be used to regulate several genes in parallel and, depending on the VPR-dCas9 positioning, expression can be pushed to very high levels. We have used the system to turn on individual genes within two different biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) which are silent under normal growth conditions. This method also opens opportunities to stepwise activate individual genes in a cluster to decipher the correlated biosynthetic pathway. Graphical abstract KEYPOINTS: • An inducible RNA-guided transcriptional regulator based on VPR-dCas9 was established in Aspergillus nidulans. • Genome-wide nucleosome positioning maps were created that facilitate sgRNA positioning. • The system was successfully applied to activate genes within two silent biosynthetic gene clusters.
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- Andreas Schüller
- Fungal Genetics Lab, Institute of Microbial Genetics, Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, BOKU-Campus Tulln, Konrad Lorenz Strasse 24, A-3430, Tulln an der Donau, Austria
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- Institute Krems Bioanalytics , IMC FH Krems University of Applied Sciences , Krems, Austria
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- Fungal Genetics Lab, Institute of Microbial Genetics, Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, BOKU-Campus Tulln, Konrad Lorenz Strasse 24, A-3430, Tulln an der Donau, Austria
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- Fungal Genetics Lab, Institute of Microbial Genetics, Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, BOKU-Campus Tulln, Konrad Lorenz Strasse 24, A-3430, Tulln an der Donau, Austria
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- Fungal Genetics Lab, Institute of Microbial Genetics, Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, BOKU-Campus Tulln, Konrad Lorenz Strasse 24, A-3430, Tulln an der Donau, Austria
- Institute of Microbiology, Functional Microbiology Division, University of Veterinary Sciences Vienna, Wien, Austria
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- Institute of Bioanalytics and Agrometabolomics, Department of Agrobiotechnology, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, BOKU-Campus Tulln, Konrad-Lorenz-Straße 20, A-3430 Tulln an der Donau, Austria
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- Fungal Genetics Lab, Institute of Microbial Genetics, Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, BOKU-Campus Tulln, Konrad Lorenz Strasse 24, A-3430, Tulln an der Donau, Austria.
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Caesar LK, Kelleher NL, Keller NP. In the fungus where it happens: History and future propelling Aspergillus nidulans as the archetype of natural products research. Fungal Genet Biol 2020; 144:103477. [PMID: 33035657 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2020.103477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Revised: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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In 1990 the first fungal secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene was cloned in Aspergillus nidulans. Thirty years later, >30 biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) have been linked to specific natural products in this one fungal species. While impressive, over half of the BGCs in A. nidulans remain uncharacterized and their compounds structurally and functionally unknown. Here, we provide a comprehensive review of past advances that have enabled A. nidulans to rise to its current status as a natural product powerhouse focusing on the discovery and annotation of secondary metabolite clusters. From genome sequencing, heterologous expression, and metabolomics to CRISPR and epigenetic manipulations, we present a guided tour through the evolution of technologies developed and utilized in the last 30 years. These insights provide perspective to future efforts to fully unlock the biosynthetic potential of A. nidulans and, by extension, the potential of other filamentous fungi.
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- Lindsay K Caesar
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States; Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States; Proteomics Center of Excellence, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin- Madison, Madison, WI, United States; Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States.
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Zhang X, Liu F, Feng ZM, Yang YN, Jiang JS, Zhang PC. Bioactive phenylpropanoid esters of sucrose and anthraquinones from Polygonum cuspidatum. Fitoterapia 2020; 146:104673. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2020.104673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Vib-PT, an Aromatic Prenyltransferase Involved in the Biosynthesis of Vibralactone from Stereum vibrans. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:AEM.02687-19. [PMID: 32144102 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02687-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Vibralactone, a hybrid compound derived from phenols and a prenyl group, is a strong pancreatic lipase inhibitor with a rare fused bicyclic β-lactone skeleton. Recently, a researcher reported a vibralactone derivative (compound C1) that caused inhibition of pancreatic lipase with a half-maximal inhibitory concentration of 14 nM determined by structure-based optimization, suggesting a potential candidate as a new antiobesity treatment. In the present study, we sought to identify the main gene encoding prenyltransferase in Stereum vibrans, which is responsible for the prenylation of phenol leading to vibralactone synthesis. Two RNA silencing transformants of the identified gene (vib-PT) were obtained through Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. Compared to wild-type strains, the transformants showed a decrease in vib-PT expression ranging from 11.0 to 56.0% at 5, 10, and 15 days in reverse transcription-quantitative PCR analysis, along with a reduction in primary vibralactone production of 37 to 64% at 15 and 21 days, respectively, as determined using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis. A soluble and enzymatically active fusion Vib-PT protein was obtained by expressing vib-PT in Escherichia coli, and the enzyme's optimal reaction conditions and catalytic efficiency (Km /k cat) were determined. In vitro experiments established that Vib-PT catalyzed the C-prenylation at C-3 of 4-hydroxy-benzaldehyde and the O-prenylation at the 4-hydroxy of 4-hydroxy-benzenemethanol in the presence of dimethylallyl diphosphate. Moreover, Vib-PT shows promiscuity toward aromatic compounds and prenyl donors.IMPORTANCE Vibralactone is a lead compound with a novel skeleton structure that shows strong inhibitory activity against pancreatic lipase. Vibralactone is not encoded by the genome directly but rather is synthesized from phenol, followed by prenylation and other enzyme reactions. Here, we used an RNA silencing approach to identify and characterize a prenyltransferase in a basidiomycete species that is responsible for the synthesis of vibralactone. The identified gene, vib-PT, was expressed in Escherichia coli to obtain a soluble and enzymatically active fusion Vib-PT protein. In vitro characterization of the enzyme demonstrated the catalytic mechanism of prenylation and broad substrate range for different aromatic acceptors and prenyl donors. These characteristics highlight the possibility of Vib-PT to generate prenylated derivatives of aromatics and other compounds as improved bioactive agents or potential prodrugs.
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Wei X, Matsuda Y. Unraveling the Fungal Strategy for Tetrahydroxanthone Biosynthesis and Diversification. Org Lett 2020; 22:1919-1923. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c00285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Xingxing Wei
- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Jiao WH, Xu QH, Ge GB, Shang RY, Zhu HR, Liu HY, Cui J, Sun F, Lin HW. Flavipesides A-C, PKS-NRPS Hybrids as Pancreatic Lipase Inhibitors from a Marine Sponge Symbiotic Fungus Aspergillus flavipes 164013. Org Lett 2020; 22:1825-1829. [PMID: 32057246 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c00150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Three unusual chlorinated PKS-NRPS hybrid metabolites, flavipesides A-C (1-3), were isolated from a strain of marine sponge symbiotic fungus Aspergillus flavipes 164013. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic data analysis, and absolute configurations were assigned by single-crystal X-ray diffraction with ECD spectral analysis. Flavipesides A-C showed potent pancreatic lipase (PL) inhibitory activity with IC50 values of 0.07-0.23 μM.
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- Wei-Hua Jiao
- Research Centre for Marine Drugs, State Key Laboratory of Oncogene and Related Genes, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Research Centre for Marine Drugs, State Key Laboratory of Oncogene and Related Genes, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Institute of Interdisciplinary Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Research Centre for Marine Drugs, State Key Laboratory of Oncogene and Related Genes, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Research Centre for Marine Drugs, State Key Laboratory of Oncogene and Related Genes, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Research Centre for Marine Drugs, State Key Laboratory of Oncogene and Related Genes, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Research Centre for Marine Drugs, State Key Laboratory of Oncogene and Related Genes, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Research Centre for Marine Drugs, State Key Laboratory of Oncogene and Related Genes, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Research Centre for Marine Drugs, State Key Laboratory of Oncogene and Related Genes, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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Li Q, Chen C, He Y, Wei M, Cheng L, Kang X, Wang J, Hao X, Zhu H, Zhang Y. Prenylated quinolinone alkaloids and prenylated isoindolinone alkaloids from the fungus Aspergillus nidulans. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2020; 169:112177. [PMID: 31707275 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2019.112177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2019] [Revised: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Two undescribed prenylated quinolinone alkaloids, aspoquinolones E and F, and three undescribed prenylated isoindolinone alkaloids aspernidines F-H, were isolated from the fungus Aspergillus nidulans. Their structures and configurations were elucidated based on spectroscopic analyses and ECD spectra. Aspoquinolones E and F possess a C10 moiety with an unusual 2,2,4-trimethyl-3oxa-bicyclo[3.1.0]hexane unit, and aspernidines F-H own a C15 side chain. These compounds were evaluated for cytotoxic activities against five human cancer cell lines, compounds 1 and 5 exhibited strong inhibitory activities against A-549 and SW-480 cells with IC50 values of 3.50 and 4.77 μM, respectively.
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- Qin Li
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, People's Republic of China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, People's Republic of China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, People's Republic of China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Wudang Local Chinese Medicine Research, Hubei Engineering Technology Center for Comprehensive Utilization of Medicinal Plants, College of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, People's Republic of China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, People's Republic of China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, People's Republic of China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Wudang Local Chinese Medicine Research, Hubei Engineering Technology Center for Comprehensive Utilization of Medicinal Plants, College of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, People's Republic of China.
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, People's Republic of China.
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, People's Republic of China.
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Liu LL, Liu HF, Gao HH, Yang ZZ, Feng XL, Gao JM, Zhao JB. Genome-based analysis of the type II PKS biosynthesis pathway of xanthones in Streptomyces caelestis and their antifungal activity. RSC Adv 2019; 9:37376-37383. [PMID: 35542260 PMCID: PMC9075769 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra07345k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The ethyl acetate extract from the liquid fermentation of S. caelestis Aw99c exhibited high and broad antifungal activities against plant pathogenic fungi. Bioassay guide fractionation led to the discovery of two xanthones, citreamicin ε and θ. The draft genome sequence of S. caelestis Aw99c was analyzed by a similarity-based approach to elucidate the pathway for the citreamicins. A 48 kb citreamicin (cit) gene cluster with 51 open reading frames encoding type II polyketide synthases and unique polyketide tailoring enzymes was proposed based on the genome analysis and the chemical structure derivation. In vitro antifungal assay showed that citreamicin ε exhibited significant growth inhibition against the plant pathogenic fungi with MIC values ranging from 1.56 to 12.5 μM. The cellular structural change of M. grisea treated with citreamicin ε was detected by SEM and the result showed that citreamicin ε caused disruptive surface of the mycelia. The ethyl acetate extract from the liquid fermentation of S. caelestis Aw99c exhibited high and broad antifungal activities against plant pathogenic fungi.![]()
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- Ling-Li Liu
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products & Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University Yangling 712100 Shaanxi People's Republic of China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products & Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University Yangling 712100 Shaanxi People's Republic of China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products & Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University Yangling 712100 Shaanxi People's Republic of China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products & Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University Yangling 712100 Shaanxi People's Republic of China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products & Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University Yangling 712100 Shaanxi People's Republic of China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products & Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University Yangling 712100 Shaanxi People's Republic of China
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- College of Information Engineering, Northwest A&F University Yangling 712100 Shaanxi People's Republic of China
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Li WS, Hu HB, Huang ZH, Yan RJ, Tian LW, Wu J. Phomopsols A and B from the Mangrove Endophytic Fungus Phomopsis sp. xy21: Structures, Neuroprotective Effects, and Biogenetic Relationships. Org Lett 2019; 21:7919-7922. [PMID: 31525876 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b02906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Wan-Shan Li
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, 1838 Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou 510515, P. R. China
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- Marine Drugs Research Center, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, 601 Huangpu Avenue West, Guangzhou 510632, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, 1838 Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou 510515, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, 1838 Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou 510515, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, 1838 Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou 510515, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, 1838 Guangzhou Avenue North, Guangzhou 510515, P. R. China
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Kjærbølling I, Mortensen UH, Vesth T, Andersen MR. Strategies to establish the link between biosynthetic gene clusters and secondary metabolites. Fungal Genet Biol 2019; 130:107-121. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2019.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2018] [Revised: 05/26/2019] [Accepted: 06/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Rokas A, Wisecaver JH, Lind AL. The birth, evolution and death of metabolic gene clusters in fungi. Nat Rev Microbiol 2019; 16:731-744. [PMID: 30194403 DOI: 10.1038/s41579-018-0075-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Fungi contain a remarkable diversity of both primary and secondary metabolic pathways involved in ecologically specialized or accessory functions. Genes in these pathways are frequently physically linked on fungal chromosomes, forming metabolic gene clusters (MGCs). In this Review, we describe the diversity in the structure and content of fungal MGCs, their population-level and species-level variation, the evolutionary mechanisms that underlie their formation, maintenance and decay, and their ecological and evolutionary impact on fungal populations. We also discuss MGCs from other eukaryotes and the reasons for their preponderance in fungi. Improved knowledge of the evolutionary life cycle of MGCs will advance our understanding of the ecology of specialized metabolism and of the interplay between the lifestyle of an organism and genome architecture.
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- Antonis Rokas
- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA. .,Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.,Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.,Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Nie C, Yang J, Wu D, Wan L, Liang G. Inhibitory Activities on α-Glucosidase and Composition Analysis of Different Fractions of Ethanol Extracts from Actinidia chinensis Radix. Chem Res Chin Univ 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s40242-019-9037-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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