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Morgan GL, Li B. In Vitro Reconstitution Reveals a Central Role for the N-Oxygenase PvfB in (Dihydro)pyrazine-N-oxide and Valdiazen Biosynthesis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:21387-21391. [PMID: 32662921 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202005554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Revised: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
The Pseudomonas virulence factor (pvf) operon is essential for the biosynthesis of two very different natural product scaffolds: the (dihydro)pyrazine-N-oxides and the diazeniumdiolate, valdiazen. PvfB is a member of the non-heme diiron N-oxygenase enzyme family that commonly convert anilines to their nitroaromatic counterparts. In contrast, we show that PvfB catalyzes N-oxygenation of the α-amine of valine, first to the hydroxylamine and then the nitroso, while linked to the carrier protein of PvfC. PvfB modification of PvfC-tethered valine was observed directly by protein NMR spectroscopy, establishing the intermediacy of the hydroxylamine. This work reveals a central role for PvfB in the biosynthesis of (dihydro)pyrazine-N-oxides and valdiazen.
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- Gina L Morgan
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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Werneburg M, Busch B, He J, Richter ME, Xiang L, Moore BS, Roth M, Dahse HM, Hertweck C. Exploiting enzymatic promiscuity to engineer a focused library of highly selective antifungal and antiproliferative aureothin analogues. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 132:10407-13. [PMID: 20662518 PMCID: PMC2925430 DOI: 10.1021/ja102751h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
Aureothin is a shikimate-polyketide hybrid metabolite from Streptomyces thioluteus with a rare nitroaryl moiety, a chiral tetrahydrofuran ring, and an O-methylated pyrone ring. The antimicrobial and antitumor activities of aureothin have caught our interest in modulating its structure as well as its bioactivity profile. In an integrated approach using mutasynthesis, biotransformation, and combinatorial biosynthesis, a defined library of aureothin analogues was generated. The promiscuity of the polyketide synthase assembly line toward different starter units and the plasticity of the pyrone and tetrahydrofuran ring formation were exploited. A selection of 15 new aureothin analogues with modifications at the aryl residue, the pyrone ring, and the oxygenated backbone was produced on a preparative scale and fully characterized. Remarkably, various new aureothin derivatives are less cytotoxic than aureothin but have improved antiproliferative activities. Furthermore, we found that the THF ring is crucial for the remarkably selective activity of aureothin analogues against certain pathogenic fungi.
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- Martina Werneburg
- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology,
HKI, Dept. of Biomolecular Chemistry, Beutenbergstr. 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany,
and the Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, and the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California,
92093-0204 U.S.A
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- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology,
HKI, Dept. of Biomolecular Chemistry, Beutenbergstr. 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany,
and the Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, and the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California,
92093-0204 U.S.A
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- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology,
HKI, Dept. of Biomolecular Chemistry, Beutenbergstr. 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany,
and the Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, and the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California,
92093-0204 U.S.A
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- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology,
HKI, Dept. of Biomolecular Chemistry, Beutenbergstr. 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany,
and the Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, and the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California,
92093-0204 U.S.A
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- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology,
HKI, Dept. of Biomolecular Chemistry, Beutenbergstr. 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany,
and the Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, and the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California,
92093-0204 U.S.A
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- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology,
HKI, Dept. of Biomolecular Chemistry, Beutenbergstr. 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany,
and the Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, and the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California,
92093-0204 U.S.A
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- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology,
HKI, Dept. of Biomolecular Chemistry, Beutenbergstr. 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany,
and the Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, and the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California,
92093-0204 U.S.A
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- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology,
HKI, Dept. of Biomolecular Chemistry, Beutenbergstr. 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany,
and the Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, and the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California,
92093-0204 U.S.A
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- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology,
HKI, Dept. of Biomolecular Chemistry, Beutenbergstr. 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany,
and the Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, and the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California,
92093-0204 U.S.A
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Traitcheva N, Jenke-Kodama H, He J, Dittmann E, Hertweck C. Non-Colinear Polyketide Biosynthesis in the Aureothin and Neoaureothin Pathways: An Evolutionary Perspective. Chembiochem 2007; 8:1841-9. [PMID: 17763486 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200700309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
Aureothin and neoaureothin (spectinabilin) represent rare nitroaryl-substituted polyketide metabolites from Streptomyces thioluteus and Streptomyces orinoci, respectively, which only differ in the lengths of the polyene backbones. Cloning and sequencing of the 39 kb neoaureothin (nor) biosynthesis gene cluster and its comparison with the aureothin (aur) pathway genes revealed that both polyketide synthase (PKS) assembly lines are remarkably similar. In both cases the module architecture breaks with the principle of colinearity, as individual PKS modules are used in an iterative fashion. Parsimony and neighbour-joining phylogenetic studies provided insights into the evolutionary process that led to the programming of these unusual type I PKS systems and to prediction of which modules act iteratively. The iterative function of the first module in the neoaureothin pathway, NorA, was confirmed by a successful cross-complementation.
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- Nelly Traitcheva
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz-Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany
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