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Jian X, Pang F, Hobson C, Jenner M, Alkhalaf LM, Challis GL. Antibiotic Skeletal Diversification via Differential Enoylreductase Recruitment and Module Iteration in trans-Acyltransferase Polyketide Synthases. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:6114-6124. [PMID: 38389455 PMCID: PMC10921412 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Revised: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
Abstract
Microorganisms are remarkable chemists capable of assembling complex molecular architectures that penetrate cells and bind biomolecular targets with exquisite selectivity. Consequently, microbial natural products have wide-ranging applications in medicine and agriculture. How the "blind watchmaker" of evolution creates skeletal diversity is a key question in natural products research. Comparative analysis of biosynthetic pathways to structurally related metabolites is an insightful approach to addressing this. Here, we report comparative biosynthetic investigations of gladiolin, a polyketide antibiotic from Burkholderia gladioli with promising activity against multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and etnangien, a structurally related antibiotic produced by Sorangium cellulosum. Although these metabolites have very similar macrolide cores, their C21 side chains differ significantly in both length and degree of saturation. Surprisingly, the trans-acyltransferase polyketide synthases (PKSs) that assemble these antibiotics are almost identical, raising intriguing questions about mechanisms underlying structural diversification in this important class of biosynthetic assembly line. In vitro reconstitution of key biosynthetic transformations using simplified substrate analogues, combined with gene deletion and complementation experiments, enabled us to elucidate the origin of all the structural differences in the C21 side chains of gladiolin and etnangien. The more saturated gladiolin side chain arises from a cis-acting enoylreductase (ER) domain in module 1 and in trans recruitment of a standalone ER to module 5 of the PKS. Remarkably, module 5 of the gladiolin PKS is intrinsically iterative in the absence of the standalone ER, accounting for the longer side chain in etnangien. These findings have important implications for biosynthetic engineering approaches to the creation of novel polyketide skeletons.
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- Xinyun Jian
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.
- Warwick
Integrative Synthetic Biology Centre, University
of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.
- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
- ARC
Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Protein and Peptide Science, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.
- Warwick
Integrative Synthetic Biology Centre, University
of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.
- Warwick
Integrative Synthetic Biology Centre, University
of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.
- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
- ARC
Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Protein and Peptide Science, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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Zhai G, Wang W, Xu W, Sun G, Hu C, Wu X, Cong Z, Deng L, Shi Y, Leadlay PF, Song H, Hong K, Deng Z, Sun Y. Cross-Module Enoylreduction in the Azalomycin F Polyketide Synthase. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:22738-22742. [PMID: 32865309 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202011357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
The colinearity of canonical modular polyketide synthases, which creates a direct link between multienzyme structure and the chemical structure of the biosynthetic end-product, has become a cornerstone of knowledge-based genome mining. Herein, we report genetic and enzymatic evidence for the remarkable role of an enoylreductase in the polyketide synthase for azalomycin F biosynthesis. This internal enoylreductase domain, previously identified as acting only in the second of two chain extension cycles on an initial iterative module, is shown to also catalyze enoylreduction in trans within the next module. The mechanism for this rare deviation from colinearity appears to involve direct cross-modular interaction of the reductase with the longer acyl chain, rather than back transfer of the substrate into the iterative module, suggesting an additional and surprising plasticity in natural PKS assembly-line catalysis.
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Affiliation(s)
- Guifa Zhai
- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, No. 185 East Lake Road, Wuhan, 430071, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, No. 299 Bayi Road, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, No. 185 East Lake Road, Wuhan, 430071, P. R. China.,Current address: Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, No. 185 East Lake Road, Wuhan, 430071, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, No. 185 East Lake Road, Wuhan, 430071, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, No. 185 East Lake Road, Wuhan, 430071, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, No. 299 Bayi Road, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, No. 185 East Lake Road, Wuhan, 430071, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, No. 185 East Lake Road, Wuhan, 430071, P. R. China
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, No. 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, No. 299 Bayi Road, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, No. 185 East Lake Road, Wuhan, 430071, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, No. 185 East Lake Road, Wuhan, 430071, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, No. 185 East Lake Road, Wuhan, 430071, P. R. China
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Zhai G, Wang W, Xu W, Sun G, Hu C, Wu X, Cong Z, Deng L, Shi Y, Leadlay PF, Song H, Hong K, Deng Z, Sun Y. Cross‐Module Enoylreduction in the Azalomycin F Polyketide Synthase. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202011357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Guifa Zhai
- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery Wuhan University) Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Wuhan University No. 185 East Lake Road Wuhan 430071 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences Wuhan University No. 299 Bayi Road Wuhan 430072 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery Wuhan University) Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Wuhan University No. 185 East Lake Road Wuhan 430071 P. R. China
- Current address: Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR) Singapore Singapore
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery Wuhan University) Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Wuhan University No. 185 East Lake Road Wuhan 430071 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery Wuhan University) Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Wuhan University No. 185 East Lake Road Wuhan 430071 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery Wuhan University) Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Wuhan University No. 185 East Lake Road Wuhan 430071 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences Wuhan University No. 299 Bayi Road Wuhan 430072 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery Wuhan University) Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Wuhan University No. 185 East Lake Road Wuhan 430071 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery Wuhan University) Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Wuhan University No. 185 East Lake Road Wuhan 430071 P. R. China
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- Department of Biochemistry University of Cambridge No. 80 Tennis Court Road Cambridge CB2 1GA UK
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences Wuhan University No. 299 Bayi Road Wuhan 430072 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery Wuhan University) Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Wuhan University No. 185 East Lake Road Wuhan 430071 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery Wuhan University) Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Wuhan University No. 185 East Lake Road Wuhan 430071 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery Wuhan University) Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Wuhan University No. 185 East Lake Road Wuhan 430071 P. R. China
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Peng H, Ishida K, Hertweck C. Loss of Single-Domain Function in a Modular Assembly Line Alters the Size and Shape of a Complex Polyketide. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:18252-18256. [PMID: 31595618 PMCID: PMC6916388 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201911315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
The structural wealth of complex polyketide metabolites produced by bacteria results from intricate, highly evolved biosynthetic programs of modular assembly lines, in which the number of modules defines the size of the backbone, and the domain composition controls the degree of functionalization. We report a remarkable case where polyketide chain length and scaffold depend on the function of a single β‐keto processing domain: A ketoreductase domain represents a switch between diverging biosynthetic pathways leading either to the antifungal aureothin or to the nematicidal luteoreticulin. By a combination of heterologous expression, mutagenesis, metabolite analyses, and in vitro biotransformation we elucidate the factors governing non‐colinear polyketide assembly involving module skipping and demonstrate that a simple point mutation in type I polyketide synthase (PKS) can have a dramatic effect on the metabolic profile. This finding sheds new light on possible evolutionary scenarios and may inspire future synthetic biology approaches.
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- Huiyun Peng
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745, Jena, Germany.,Faculty of Biological Sciences, Chair for Natural Product Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743, Jena, Germany
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