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Yurchenko AN, Zhuravleva OI, Khmel OO, Oleynikova GK, Antonov AS, Kirichuk NN, Chausova VE, Kalinovsky AI, Berdyshev DV, Kim NY, Popov RS, Chingizova EA, Chingizov AR, Isaeva MP, Yurchenko EA. New Cyclopiane Diterpenes and Polyketide Derivatives from Marine Sediment-Derived Fungus Penicillium antarcticum KMM 4670 and Their Biological Activities. Mar Drugs 2023; 21:584. [PMID: 37999408 PMCID: PMC10672241 DOI: 10.3390/md21110584] [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: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Two new cyclopiane diterpenes and a new cladosporin precursor, together with four known related compounds, were isolated from the marine sediment-derived fungus Penicillium antarcticum KMM 4670, which was re-identified based on phylogenetic inference from ITS, BenA, CaM, and RPB2 gene regions. The absolute stereostructures of the isolated cyclopianes were determined using modified Mosher's method and quantum chemical calculations of the ECD spectra. The isolation from the natural source of two biosynthetic precursors of cladosporin from a natural source has been reported for the first time. The antimicrobial activities of the isolated compounds against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Candida albicans as well as the inhibition of staphylococcal sortase A activity were investigated. Moreover, the cytotoxicity of the compounds to mammalian cardiomyocytes H9c2 was studied. As a result, new cyclopiane diterpene 13-epi-conidiogenone F was found to be a sortase A inhibitor and a promising anti-staphylococcal agent.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anton N. Yurchenko
- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100-Letiya Vladivostoka, 159, Russky Island, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; (O.I.Z.); (A.S.A.); (N.N.K.); (V.E.C.); (A.I.K.); (D.V.B.); (N.Y.K.); (R.S.P.); (E.A.C.); (A.R.C.); (M.P.I.)
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100-Letiya Vladivostoka, 159, Russky Island, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; (O.I.Z.); (A.S.A.); (N.N.K.); (V.E.C.); (A.I.K.); (D.V.B.); (N.Y.K.); (R.S.P.); (E.A.C.); (A.R.C.); (M.P.I.)
- Institute of High Technologies and Advanced Materials, Far Eastern Federal University, 10 Ajax Bay, Russky Island, Vladivostok 690922, Russia;
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- Institute of High Technologies and Advanced Materials, Far Eastern Federal University, 10 Ajax Bay, Russky Island, Vladivostok 690922, Russia;
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100-Letiya Vladivostoka, 159, Russky Island, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; (O.I.Z.); (A.S.A.); (N.N.K.); (V.E.C.); (A.I.K.); (D.V.B.); (N.Y.K.); (R.S.P.); (E.A.C.); (A.R.C.); (M.P.I.)
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100-Letiya Vladivostoka, 159, Russky Island, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; (O.I.Z.); (A.S.A.); (N.N.K.); (V.E.C.); (A.I.K.); (D.V.B.); (N.Y.K.); (R.S.P.); (E.A.C.); (A.R.C.); (M.P.I.)
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100-Letiya Vladivostoka, 159, Russky Island, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; (O.I.Z.); (A.S.A.); (N.N.K.); (V.E.C.); (A.I.K.); (D.V.B.); (N.Y.K.); (R.S.P.); (E.A.C.); (A.R.C.); (M.P.I.)
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100-Letiya Vladivostoka, 159, Russky Island, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; (O.I.Z.); (A.S.A.); (N.N.K.); (V.E.C.); (A.I.K.); (D.V.B.); (N.Y.K.); (R.S.P.); (E.A.C.); (A.R.C.); (M.P.I.)
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100-Letiya Vladivostoka, 159, Russky Island, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; (O.I.Z.); (A.S.A.); (N.N.K.); (V.E.C.); (A.I.K.); (D.V.B.); (N.Y.K.); (R.S.P.); (E.A.C.); (A.R.C.); (M.P.I.)
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100-Letiya Vladivostoka, 159, Russky Island, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; (O.I.Z.); (A.S.A.); (N.N.K.); (V.E.C.); (A.I.K.); (D.V.B.); (N.Y.K.); (R.S.P.); (E.A.C.); (A.R.C.); (M.P.I.)
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100-Letiya Vladivostoka, 159, Russky Island, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; (O.I.Z.); (A.S.A.); (N.N.K.); (V.E.C.); (A.I.K.); (D.V.B.); (N.Y.K.); (R.S.P.); (E.A.C.); (A.R.C.); (M.P.I.)
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100-Letiya Vladivostoka, 159, Russky Island, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; (O.I.Z.); (A.S.A.); (N.N.K.); (V.E.C.); (A.I.K.); (D.V.B.); (N.Y.K.); (R.S.P.); (E.A.C.); (A.R.C.); (M.P.I.)
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100-Letiya Vladivostoka, 159, Russky Island, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; (O.I.Z.); (A.S.A.); (N.N.K.); (V.E.C.); (A.I.K.); (D.V.B.); (N.Y.K.); (R.S.P.); (E.A.C.); (A.R.C.); (M.P.I.)
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100-Letiya Vladivostoka, 159, Russky Island, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; (O.I.Z.); (A.S.A.); (N.N.K.); (V.E.C.); (A.I.K.); (D.V.B.); (N.Y.K.); (R.S.P.); (E.A.C.); (A.R.C.); (M.P.I.)
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100-Letiya Vladivostoka, 159, Russky Island, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; (O.I.Z.); (A.S.A.); (N.N.K.); (V.E.C.); (A.I.K.); (D.V.B.); (N.Y.K.); (R.S.P.); (E.A.C.); (A.R.C.); (M.P.I.)
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100-Letiya Vladivostoka, 159, Russky Island, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; (O.I.Z.); (A.S.A.); (N.N.K.); (V.E.C.); (A.I.K.); (D.V.B.); (N.Y.K.); (R.S.P.); (E.A.C.); (A.R.C.); (M.P.I.)
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Geistodt-Kiener A, Totozafy JC, Le Goff G, Vergne J, Sakai K, Ouazzani J, Mouille G, Viaud M, O'Connell RJ, Dallery JF. Yeast-based heterologous production of the Colletochlorin family of fungal secondary metabolites. Metab Eng 2023; 80:216-231. [PMID: 37863177 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2023.10.002] [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: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023]
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Transcriptomic studies have revealed that fungal pathogens of plants activate the expression of numerous biosynthetic gene clusters (BGC) exclusively when in presence of a living host plant. The identification and structural elucidation of the corresponding secondary metabolites remain challenging. The aim was to develop a polycistronic system for heterologous expression of fungal BGCs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Here we adapted a polycistronic vector for efficient, seamless and cost-effective cloning of biosynthetic genes using in vivo assembly (also called transformation-assisted recombination) directly in Escherichia coli followed by heterologous expression in S. cerevisiae. Two vectors were generated with different auto-inducible yeast promoters and selection markers. The effectiveness of these vectors was validated with fluorescent proteins. As a proof-of-principle, we applied our approach to the Colletochlorin family of molecules. These polyketide secondary metabolites were known from the phytopathogenic fungus Colletotrichum higginsianum but had never been linked to their biosynthetic genes. Considering the requirement for a halogenase, and by applying comparative genomics, we identified a BGC putatively involved in the biosynthesis of Colletochlorins in C. higginsianum. Following the expression of those genes in S. cerevisiae, we could identify the presence of the precursor Orsellinic acid, Colletochlorins and their non-chlorinated counterparts, the Colletorins. In conclusion, the polycistronic vectors described herein were adapted for the host S. cerevisiae and allowed to link the Colletochlorin compound family to their corresponding biosynthetic genes. This system will now enable the production and purification of infection-specific secondary metabolites of fungal phytopathogens. More widely, this system could be applied to any fungal BGC of interest.
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, 78000, Versailles, France
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- Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles ICSN, 91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 91120, Palaiseau, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 91120, Palaiseau, France
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- Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles ICSN, 91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, 78000, Versailles, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 91120, Palaiseau, France
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Löhr NA, Rakhmanov M, Wurlitzer JM, Lackner G, Gressler M, Hoffmeister D. Basidiomycete non-reducing polyketide synthases function independently of SAT domains. Fungal Biol Biotechnol 2023; 10:17. [PMID: 37542286 PMCID: PMC10401856 DOI: 10.1186/s40694-023-00164-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/16/2023] [Indexed: 08/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Non-reducing polyketide synthases (NR-PKSs) account for a major share of natural product diversity produced by both Asco- and Basidiomycota. The present evolutionary diversification into eleven clades further underscores the relevance of these multi-domain enzymes. Following current knowledge, NR-PKSs initiate polyketide assembly by an N-terminal starter unit:acyl transferase (SAT) domain that catalyzes the transfer of an acetyl starter from the acetyl-CoA thioester onto the acyl carrier protein (ACP). RESULTS A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of NR-PKSs established a twelfth clade from which three representatives, enzymes CrPKS1-3 of the webcap mushroom Cortinarius rufoolivaceus, were biochemically characterized. These basidiomycete synthases lack a SAT domain yet are fully functional hepta- and octaketide synthases in vivo. Three members of the other clade of basidiomycete NR-PKSs (clade VIII) were produced as SAT-domainless versions and analyzed in vivo and in vitro. They retained full activity, thus corroborating the notion that the SAT domain is dispensable for many basidiomycete NR-PKSs. For comparison, the ascomycete octaketide synthase atrochrysone carboxylic acid synthase (ACAS) was produced as a SAT-domainless enzyme as well, but turned out completely inactive. However, a literature survey revealed that some NR-PKSs of ascomycetes carry mutations within the catalytic motif of the SAT domain. In these cases, the role of the domain and the origin of the formal acetate unit remains open. CONCLUSIONS The role of SAT domains differs between asco- and basidiomycete NR-PKSs. For the latter, it is not part of the minimal set of NR-PKS domains and not required for function. This knowledge may help engineer compact NR-PKSs for more resource-efficient routes. From the genomic standpoint, seemingly incomplete or corrupted genes encoding SAT-domainless NR-PKSs should not automatically be dismissed as non-functional pseudogenes, but considered during genome analysis to decipher the potential arsenal of natural products of a given fungus.
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- Nikolai A Löhr
- Institute of Pharmacy, Department Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Winzerlaer Strasse 2, 07745, Jena, Germany
- Department Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute, Winzerlaer Strasse 2, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy, Department Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Winzerlaer Strasse 2, 07745, Jena, Germany
- Department Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute, Winzerlaer Strasse 2, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy, Department Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Winzerlaer Strasse 2, 07745, Jena, Germany
- Department Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute, Winzerlaer Strasse 2, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Synthetic Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute, Winzerlaer Strasse 2, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy, Department Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Winzerlaer Strasse 2, 07745, Jena, Germany
- Department Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute, Winzerlaer Strasse 2, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy, Department Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Winzerlaer Strasse 2, 07745, Jena, Germany.
- Department Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute, Winzerlaer Strasse 2, 07745, Jena, Germany.
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Kreutzfeld O, Tumwebaze PK, Okitwi M, Orena S, Byaruhanga O, Katairo T, Conrad MD, Rasmussen SA, Legac J, Aydemir O, Giesbrecht D, Forte B, Campbell P, Smith A, Kano H, Nsobya SL, Blasco B, Duffey M, Bailey JA, Cooper RA, Rosenthal PJ. Susceptibility of Ugandan Plasmodium falciparum Isolates to the Antimalarial Drug Pipeline. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0523622. [PMID: 37158739 PMCID: PMC10269555 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.05236-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Malaria, especially Plasmodium falciparum infection, remains an enormous problem, and its treatment and control are seriously challenged by drug resistance. New antimalarial drugs are needed. To characterize the Medicines for Malaria Venture pipeline of antimalarials under development, we assessed the ex vivo drug susceptibilities to 19 compounds targeting or potentially impacted by mutations in P. falciparum ABC transporter I family member 1, acetyl-CoA synthetase, cytochrome b, dihydroorotate dehydrogenase, elongation factor 2, lysyl-tRNA synthetase, phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase, plasmepsin X, prodrug activation and resistance esterase, and V-type H+ ATPase of 998 fresh P. falciparum clinical isolates collected in eastern Uganda from 2015 to 2022. Drug susceptibilities were assessed by 72-h growth inhibition (half-maximum inhibitory concentration [IC50]) assays using SYBR green. Field isolates were highly susceptible to lead antimalarials, with low- to midnanomolar median IC50s, near values previously reported for laboratory strains, for all tested compounds. However, outliers with decreased susceptibilities were identified. Positive correlations between IC50 results were seen for compounds with shared targets. We sequenced genes encoding presumed targets to characterize sequence diversity, search for polymorphisms previously selected with in vitro drug pressure, and determine genotype-phenotype associations. We identified many polymorphisms in target genes, generally in <10% of isolates, but none were those previously selected in vitro with drug pressure, and none were associated with significantly decreased ex vivo drug susceptibility. Overall, Ugandan P. falciparum isolates were highly susceptible to 19 compounds under development as next-generation antimalarials, consistent with a lack of preexisting or novel resistance-conferring mutations in circulating Ugandan parasites. IMPORTANCE Drug resistance necessitates the development of new antimalarial drugs. It is important to assess the activities of compounds under development against parasites now causing disease in Africa, where most malaria cases occur, and to determine if mutations in these parasites may limit the efficacies of new agents. We found that African isolates were generally highly susceptible to the 19 studied lead antimalarials. Sequencing of the presumed drug targets identified multiple mutations in these genes, but these mutations were generally not associated with decreased antimalarial activity. These results offer confidence that the activities of the tested antimalarial compounds now under development will not be limited by preexisting resistance-mediating mutations in African malaria parasites.
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- Oriana Kreutzfeld
- University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda
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- Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda
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- Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda
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- University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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- Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Yokohama, Japan
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Yılmaz TM, Mungan MD, Berasategui A, Ziemert N. FunARTS, the Fungal bioActive compound Resistant Target Seeker, an exploration engine for target-directed genome mining in fungi. Nucleic Acids Res 2023:7173779. [PMID: 37207330 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023] Open
Abstract
There is an urgent need to diversify the pipeline for discovering novel natural products due to the increase in multi-drug resistant infections. Like bacteria, fungi also produce secondary metabolites that have potent bioactivity and rich chemical diversity. To avoid self-toxicity, fungi encode resistance genes which are often present within the biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) of the corresponding bioactive compounds. Recent advances in genome mining tools have enabled the detection and prediction of BGCs responsible for the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites. The main challenge now is to prioritize the most promising BGCs that produce bioactive compounds with novel modes of action. With target-directed genome mining methods, it is possible to predict the mode of action of a compound encoded in an uncharacterized BGC based on the presence of resistant target genes. Here, we introduce the 'fungal bioactive compound resistant target seeker' (FunARTS) available at https://funarts.ziemertlab.com. This is a specific and efficient mining tool for the identification of fungal bioactive compounds with interesting and novel targets. FunARTS rapidly links housekeeping and known resistance genes to BGC proximity and duplication events, allowing for automated, target-directed mining of fungal genomes. Additionally, FunARTS generates gene cluster networking by comparing the similarity of BGCs from multi-genomes.
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- Turgut Mesut Yılmaz
- Translational Genome Mining for Natural Products, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen (IMIT), Interfaculty Institute for Biomedical Informatics (IBMI), University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Translational Genome Mining for Natural Products, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen (IMIT), Interfaculty Institute for Biomedical Informatics (IBMI), University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- University of Tübingen, Cluster of Excellence 'Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections', Auf der Morgenstelle 28, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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- Translational Genome Mining for Natural Products, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen (IMIT), Interfaculty Institute for Biomedical Informatics (IBMI), University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Kim J, Baek JY, Bang S, Kim JY, Jin Y, Lee JW, Jang DS, Kang KS, Shim SH. New Anti-Inflammatory β-Resorcylic Acid Lactones Derived from an Endophytic Fungus, Colletotrichum sp. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:3530-3538. [PMID: 36713710 PMCID: PMC9878649 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c07962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
The endophytic fungus Colletotrichum gloeosprioides JS0419, isolated from the leaves of the halophyte Suaeda japonica, produced four new β-resorcylic acid derivatives, colletogloeopyrones A and B (1 and 2) and colletogloeolactones A and B (3 and 4), and seven known β-resorcylic acid lactones (RALs). The structures of these compounds were elucidated via analysis of the high-resolution mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance data. Compounds 1 and 2 showed a dihydrobenzopyranone ring with a linear C9 side chain, which is rarely observed in RALs. All isolated compounds were evaluated for their anti-inflammatory activities. Colletogloeopyrone A (1), monocillin II (5), and monocillin II glycoside (6) were effective in reducing nitric oxide production without cytotoxicity. They also inhibited the secretion of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), as demonstrated by the expression of mRNA corresponding to IL-6 and TNF-α. Mechanistically, compounds 5 and 6 significantly inhibited the protein expression of nuclear factor-κB, IκBα, IKKα/β, inducible nitric oxide synthase, and cyclooxygenase (COX)-2, whereas compound 1 only inhibited COX-2 expression. This study indicated that RAL-type compounds 1, 5, and 6 demonstrated potential anti-inflammatory activity by inhibiting the synthesis of pro-inflammatory cytokines.
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- Jaekyeong Kim
- Natural
Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- College
of Korean Medicine, Gachon University, Seongnam 13120, Republic of Korea
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- College
of Pharmacy, Duksung Women’s University, Seoul 01347, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea
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- Natural
Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- College
of Pharmacy, Duksung Women’s University, Seoul 01347, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea
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- College
of Korean Medicine, Gachon University, Seongnam 13120, Republic of Korea
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- Natural
Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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Skellam E. Biosynthesis of fungal polyketides by collaborating and trans-acting enzymes. Nat Prod Rep 2022; 39:754-783. [PMID: 34842268 DOI: 10.1039/d1np00056j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Covering: 1999 up to 2021Fungal polyketides encompass a range of structurally diverse molecules with a wide variety of biological activities. The giant multifunctional enzymes that synthesize polyketide backbones remain enigmatic, as do many of the tailoring enzymes involved in functional modifications. Recent advances in elucidating biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) have revealed numerous examples of fungal polyketide synthases that require the action of collaborating enzymes to synthesize the carbon backbone. This review will discuss collaborating and trans-acting enzymes involved in loading, extending, and releasing polyketide intermediates from fungal polyketide synthases, and additional modifications introduced by trans-acting enzymes demonstrating the complexity encountered when investigating natural product biosynthesis in fungi.
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- Elizabeth Skellam
- Department of Chemistry, BioDiscovery Institute, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle, Denton, TX 76203, USA.
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Meng X, Fang Y, Ding M, Zhang Y, Jia K, Li Z, Collemare J, Liu W. Developing fungal heterologous expression platforms to explore and improve the production of natural products from fungal biodiversity. Biotechnol Adv 2021; 54:107866. [PMID: 34780934 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2021.107866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Revised: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Natural products from fungi represent an important source of biologically active metabolites notably for therapeutic agent development. Genome sequencing revealed that the number of biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) in fungi is much larger than expected. Unfortunately, most of them are silent or barely expressed under laboratory culture conditions. Moreover, many fungi in nature are uncultivable or cannot be genetically manipulated, restricting the extraction and identification of bioactive metabolites from these species. Rapid exploration of the tremendous number of cryptic fungal BGCs necessitates the development of heterologous expression platforms, which will facilitate the efficient production of natural products in fungal cell factories. Host selection, BGC assembly methods, promoters used for heterologous gene expression, metabolic engineering strategies and compartmentalization of biosynthetic pathways are key aspects for consideration to develop such a microbial platform. In the present review, we summarize current progress on the above challenges to promote research effort in the relevant fields.
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- Xiangfeng Meng
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Microbial Technology Institute, Shandong University, No. 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Microbial Technology Institute, Shandong University, No. 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Microbial Technology Institute, Shandong University, No. 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Microbial Technology Institute, Shandong University, No. 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Microbial Technology Institute, Shandong University, No. 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Microbial Technology Institute, Shandong University, No. 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Microbial Technology Institute, Shandong University, No. 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao 266237, PR China.
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Duong TH, Trung NT, Phan CTD, Nguyen VK, Musa V, Ruksilp T, Nguyen NH, Nguyen HH, Sichaem J. Manilkzapotane, a novel dimeric alkylresorcinol derivative from the stem bark of Manilkara zapota. JOURNAL OF ASIAN NATURAL PRODUCTS RESEARCH 2021; 23:1093-1099. [PMID: 33258704 DOI: 10.1080/10286020.2020.1844189] [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: 05/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A novel dimeric alkylresorcinol derivative, manilkzapotane (1), along with seven known compounds, lupeol acetate (2), lupeol (3), arjunolic acid (4), ergosterol peroxide (5), taraxerol (6), hederagonic acid (7), and glochidiol (8) were isolated from the stem bark of Manilkara zapota. Their structures were determined on the basis of spectroscopic data. DFT-NMR chemical shift calculations and a modified probability (DP4+) method were applied to define the relative configuration of 1. To the best of our knowledge, this represents the first isolation of a dimeric alkylresorcinol derivative from the Sapotaceae family.
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- Thuc-Huy Duong
- Department of Chemistry, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, 280 An Duong Vuong Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City 748342, Vietnam
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- Laboratory of Computational Chemistry and Modelling (LCCM), Quy Nhon University, Bình Định 55100, Vietnam
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- Laboratory of Computational Chemistry and Modelling (LCCM), Quy Nhon University, Bình Định 55100, Vietnam
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- Institute of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, Duy Tan University, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Duy Tan University, Da Nang 550000, Vietnam
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- Microbial Biotechnology and Utilization of Natural Products Research Unit (MBUNPRU), Songkhla Rajabhat University, Songkhla 90000, Thailand
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Loei Rajabhat University, Muang, Loei Province 42000, Thailand
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- CirTech Institute, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HUTECH), Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
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- Faculty of Technology, Van Lang University, 45 Nguyen Khac Nhu, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
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- Research Unit in Natural Products Chemistry and Bioactivities, Faculty of Science and Technology, Thammasat University Lampang Campus, Lampang 52190, Thailand
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Vitor N, Meza A, Gomes RS, Rafique J, DE Lima DP, Beatriz A. Straightforward synthesis of cytosporone analogs AMS35AA and AMS35BB. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2021; 93:e20201347. [PMID: 34231759 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202120201347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Cytosporones, a class of octaketide resorcinolic lipids, have drawn the attention of researchers for exhibiting a number of notable biological properties. Herein, we describe routes to synthesize the bioactive synthetic resorcinolic lipids AMS35AA and AMS35BB with excellent overall yields using 3,5-dimethoxybenzoic acid as the starting material. The methods proved remarkably efficient to achieve the target compounds and comprise the synthesis of AMS35AA catalyzed by ascorbic acid (vitamin C).
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- Neimar Vitor
- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Av. Senador Filinto Muller, 1555, 79074-460 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Centro Universitário Anhanguera de Campo Grande, Av. Gury Marques, 3203, 79060-000 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 58105, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Av. Senador Filinto Muller, 1555, 79074-460 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Av. Senador Filinto Muller, 1555, 79074-460 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Av. Senador Filinto Muller, 1555, 79074-460 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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Mankad Y, Das P, Pathan E, Deshpande MV, Reddy DS. Herbicidal bio-assay of isocladosporin enantiomers and determination of its plausible absolute configuration. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2021; 74:280-284. [PMID: 33526864 DOI: 10.1038/s41429-020-00391-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2020] [Revised: 11/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A fungal metabolite, isocladosporin was isolated from natural fungus, Cladosporium cladosporioides in the mid of 90s. Due to the lack of optical rotation of isolated natural product sample, the absolute configuration of the natural product remained undetermined for more than two decades. Herein, we demonstrated an SAR study of enantiomers of isocladosporin in herbicidal bio-assay against wheat coleoptile. Using this study as a comparative tool we further proposed the plausible absolute configuration of natural isocladosporin for the first time. The assigned configuration was also supported through biogenetic precursors.
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- Yash Mankad
- Division of Organic Chemistry, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411008, India
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- Division of Organic Chemistry, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411008, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India.,Biochemical Sciences Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411008, India
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India. .,Biochemical Sciences Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411008, India.
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- Division of Organic Chemistry, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411008, India. .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India. .,CSIR-Indian Institute of Intigrative medicine, Canal Road, Jammu, 180001, India.
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Wang C, Wang X, Zhang L, Yue Q, Liu Q, Xu YM, Gunatilaka AAL, Wei X, Xu Y, Molnár I. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Programming of Product Chain Length and Release Mode in Fungal Collaborating Iterative Polyketide Synthases. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:17093-17104. [PMID: 32833442 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c07050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Combinatorial biosynthesis with fungal polyketide synthases (PKSs) promises to produce unprecedented bioactive "unnatural" natural products (uNPs) for drug discovery. Genome mining of the dothideomycete Rhytidhysteron rufulum uncovered a collaborating highly reducing PKS (hrPKS)-nonreducing PKS (nrPKS) pair. These enzymes produce trace amounts of rare S-type benzenediol macrolactone congeners with a phenylacetate core in a heterologous host. However, subunit shuffling and domain swaps with voucher enzymes demonstrated that all PKS domains are highly productive. This contradiction led us to reveal novel programming layers exerted by the starter unit acyltransferase (SAT) and the thioesterase (TE) domains on the PKS system. First, macrocyclic vs linear product formation is dictated by the intrinsic biosynthetic program of the TE domain. Next, the chain length of the hrPKS product is strongly influenced in trans by the off-loading preferences of the nrPKS SAT domain. Last, TE domains are size-selective filters that facilitate or obstruct product formation from certain priming units. Thus, the intrinsic programs of the SAT and TE domains are both part of the extrinsic program of the hrPKS subunit and modulate the observable metaprogram of the whole PKS system. Reconstruction of SAT and TE phylogenies suggests that these domains travel different evolutionary trajectories, with the resulting divergence creating potential conflicts in the PKS metaprogram. Such conflicts often emerge in chimeric PKSs created by combinatorial biosynthesis, reducing biosynthetic efficiency or even incapacitating the system. Understanding the points of failure for such engineered biocatalysts is pivotal to advance the biosynthetic production of uNPs.
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- Chen Wang
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, P. R. China.,Southwest Center for Natural Products Research, University of Arizona, 250 East Valencia Road, Tucson, Arizona 85706, United States
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- Microbial Pharmacology Laboratory, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, 279 Zhouzhu Highway, Pudong New Area, Shanghai 201318, P. R. China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- Southwest Center for Natural Products Research, University of Arizona, 250 East Valencia Road, Tucson, Arizona 85706, United States.,School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, South-Central University for Nationalities, 182 Minyuan Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China
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- Southwest Center for Natural Products Research, University of Arizona, 250 East Valencia Road, Tucson, Arizona 85706, United States
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- Southwest Center for Natural Products Research, University of Arizona, 250 East Valencia Road, Tucson, Arizona 85706, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, P. R. China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- Southwest Center for Natural Products Research, University of Arizona, 250 East Valencia Road, Tucson, Arizona 85706, United States
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Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs) are essential enzymes for protein synthesis with evolutionarily conserved enzymatic mechanisms. Despite their similarity across organisms, scientists have been able to generate effective anti-infective agents based on the structural differences in the catalytic clefts of ARSs from pathogens and humans. However, recent genomic, proteomic and functionomic advances have unveiled unexpected disease-associated mutations and altered expression, secretion and interactions in human ARSs, revealing hidden biological functions beyond their catalytic roles in protein synthesis. These studies have also brought to light their potential as a rich and unexplored source for new therapeutic targets and agents through multiple avenues, including direct targeting of the catalytic sites, controlling disease-associated protein-protein interactions and developing novel biologics from the secreted ARS proteins or their parts. This Review addresses the emerging biology and therapeutic applications of human ARSs in diseases including autoimmune and rare diseases, and cancer.
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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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Xu GB, Yang FY, Wu XY, Li R, Zhou M, Wang B, Yang XS, Zhang TT, Liao SG. Two new dihydroisocoumarins with antimicrobial activities from the fungus Penicillium sp. XR046 collected from Xinren coal area. Nat Prod Res 2019; 35:1445-1451. [PMID: 31460795 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2019.1655019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Two new dihydroisocoumarins (1 and 2), together with six known compounds (3-8), were isolated from the fungus Penicillium sp. XR046 collected from the Xinren coal area of Guizhou province in China. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic analysis. The absolute configurations of C-3 in 1 and 2 were established by comparison of their CD data with those of known compounds. Compounds 1-6 showed anti-microbial activities with MIC values in the range of 50∼100 μg/mL against Candida albicans, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Bacillus subtilis, and Escherichia coli.
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- Guo-Bo Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants & School of Pharmacy, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou, China.,Engineering Research Center for the Development and Application of Ethnic Medicine and TCM, Ministry of Education & Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutics, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants & School of Pharmacy, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou, China.,School of Biology & Engineering, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants & School of Pharmacy, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants & School of Pharmacy, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou, China
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- Engineering Research Center for the Development and Application of Ethnic Medicine and TCM, Ministry of Education & Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutics, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- School of Biology & Engineering, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants & School of Pharmacy, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou, China.,Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Natural Products of Guizhou Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- School of Biology & Engineering, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants & School of Pharmacy, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou, China.,Engineering Research Center for the Development and Application of Ethnic Medicine and TCM, Ministry of Education & Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutics, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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Savi DC, Noriler SA, Ponomareva LV, Thorson JS, Rohr J, Glienke C, Shaaban KA. Dihydroisocoumarins produced by Diaporthe cf. heveae LGMF1631 inhibiting citrus pathogens. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2019; 65:381-392. [PMID: 31401763 DOI: 10.1007/s12223-019-00746-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Citrus black spot (CBS) and post-bloom fruit drop (PFD), caused by Phyllosticta citricarpa and Colletotrichum abscissum, respectively, are two important citrus diseases worldwide. CBS depreciates the market value and prevents exportation of citrus fruits to Europe. PFD under favorable climatic conditions can cause the abscission of flowers, thereby reducing citrus production by 80%. An ecofriendly alternative to control plant diseases is the use of endophytic microorganisms, or secondary metabolites produced by them. Strain LGMF1631, close related to Diaporthe cf. heveae 1, was isolated from the medicinal plant Stryphnodendron adstringens and showed significant antimicrobial activity, in a previous study. In view of the potential presented by strain LGMF1631, and the absence of chemical data for secondary metabolites produced by D. cf. heveae, we decided to characterize the compounds produced by strain LGMF1631. Based on ITS, TEF1, and TUB phylogenetic analysis, strain LGMF1631 was confirmed to belong to D. cf. heveae 1. Chemical assessment of the fungal strain LGMF1631 revealed one new seco-dihydroisocoumarin [cladosporin B (1)] along with six other related, already known dihydroisocoumarin derivatives and one monoterpene [(-)-(1S,2R,3S,4R)-p-menthane-1,2,3-triol (8)]. Among the isolated metabolites, compound 5 drastically reduced the growth of both phytopathogens in vitro and completely inhibited the development of CBS and PFD in citrus fruits and flowers. In addition, compound 5 did not show toxicity against human cancer cell lines or citrus leaves, at concentrations higher than used for the inhibition of the phytopathogens, suggesting the potential use of (-)-(3R,4R)-cis-4-hydroxy-5-methylmellein (5) to control citrus diseases.
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- Daiani Cristina Savi
- Department of Genetics, Universidade Federal do Parana, Av. Coronel Francisco Heráclito dos Santos, 210, Curitiba, PR, 81531-970, Brazil.,Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentuck, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Universidade Federal do Parana, Av. Coronel Francisco Heráclito dos Santos, 210, Curitiba, PR, 81531-970, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentuck, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA.,Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentuck, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA.,Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentuck, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Universidade Federal do Parana, Av. Coronel Francisco Heráclito dos Santos, 210, Curitiba, PR, 81531-970, Brazil.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentuck, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA. .,Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA.
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Resistance Gene-Directed Genome Mining of 50 Aspergillus Species. mSystems 2019; 4:mSystems00085-19. [PMID: 31098395 PMCID: PMC6517689 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00085-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2019] [Accepted: 04/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Species belonging to the Aspergillus genus are known to produce a large number of secondary metabolites; some of these compounds are used as pharmaceuticals, such as penicillin, cyclosporine, and statin. With whole-genome sequencing, it became apparent that the genetic potential for secondary metabolite production is much larger than expected. As an increasing number of species are whole-genome sequenced, thousands of secondary metabolite genes are predicted, and the question of how to selectively identify novel bioactive compounds from this information arises. To address this question, we have created a pipeline to predict genes involved in the production of bioactive compounds based on a resistance gene hypothesis approach. Fungal secondary metabolites are a rich source of valuable natural products, and genome sequencing has revealed a proliferation of predicted biosynthetic gene clusters in the genomes. However, it is currently an unfeasible task to characterize all biosynthetic gene clusters and to identify possible uses of the compounds. Therefore, a rational approach is needed to identify a short list of gene clusters responsible for producing valuable compounds. To this end, several bioactive clusters include a resistance gene, which is a paralog of the target gene inhibited by the compound. This mechanism can be used to identify these clusters. We have developed the FRIGG (fungal resistance gene-directed genome mining) pipeline for identifying this type of biosynthetic gene cluster based on homology patterns of the cluster genes. In this work, the FRIGG pipeline was run using 51 Aspergillus and Penicillium genomes, identifying 72 unique families of putative resistance genes. The pipeline also identified the previously characterized resistance gene inpE from the fellutamide B cluster, thereby validating the approach. We have successfully developed an approach to identify putative valuable bioactive clusters based on a specific resistance mechanism. This approach will be highly useful as an ever-increasing amount of genomic data becomes available; the art of identifying and selecting the right clusters producing novel valuable compounds will only become more crucial. IMPORTANCE Species belonging to the Aspergillus genus are known to produce a large number of secondary metabolites; some of these compounds are used as pharmaceuticals, such as penicillin, cyclosporine, and statin. With whole-genome sequencing, it became apparent that the genetic potential for secondary metabolite production is much larger than expected. As an increasing number of species are whole-genome sequenced, thousands of secondary metabolite genes are predicted, and the question of how to selectively identify novel bioactive compounds from this information arises. To address this question, we have created a pipeline to predict genes involved in the production of bioactive compounds based on a resistance gene hypothesis approach.
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Tang MC, Fischer CR, Chari JV, Tan D, Suresh S, Chu A, Miranda M, Smith J, Zhang Z, Garg NK, St Onge RP, Tang Y. Thioesterase-Catalyzed Aminoacylation and Thiolation of Polyketides in Fungi. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:8198-8206. [PMID: 31051070 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b01083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Fungal highly reducing polyketide synthases (HRPKSs) biosynthesize polyketides using a single set of domains iteratively. Product release is a critical step in HRPKS function to ensure timely termination and enzyme turnover. Nearly all of the HRPKSs characterized to date employ a separate thioesterase (TE) or acyltransferase enzyme for product release. In this study, we characterized two fungal HRPKSs that have fused C-terminal TE domains, a new domain architecture for fungal HRPKSs. We showed that both HRPKS-TEs synthesize aminoacylated polyketides in an ATP-independent fashion. The KU42 TE domain selects cysteine and homocysteine and catalyzes transthioesterification using the side-chain thiol group as the nucleophile. In contrast, the KU43 TE domain selects leucine methyl ester and performs a direct amidation of the polyketide, a reaction typically catalyzed by nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) domains. The characterization of these HRPKS-TE enzymes showcases the functional diversity of HRPKS enzymes and provides potential TE domains as biocatalytic tools to diversify HRPKS structures.
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Wilken SE, Swift CL, Podolsky IA, Lankiewicz TS, Seppälä S, O'Malley MA. Linking ‘omics’ to function unlocks the biotech potential of non-model fungi. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.coisb.2019.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Rusch M, Thevenon A, Hoepfner D, Aust T, Studer C, Patoor M, Rollin P, Livendahl M, Ranieri B, Schmitt E, Spanka C, Gademann K, Bouchez LC. Design and Synthesis of Metabolically Stable tRNA Synthetase Inhibitors Derived from Cladosporin. Chembiochem 2019; 20:644-649. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Marion Rusch
- NIBR–Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research Fabrikstrasse 22-1.051.17 4054 Basel Switzerland
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- NIBR–Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research Fabrikstrasse 22-1.051.17 4054 Basel Switzerland
- Department of ChemistryImperial College London SW7 2AZ UK
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- NIBR–Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research Fabrikstrasse 22-1.051.17 4054 Basel Switzerland
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- NIBR–Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research Fabrikstrasse 22-1.051.17 4054 Basel Switzerland
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- NIBR–Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research Fabrikstrasse 22-1.051.17 4054 Basel Switzerland
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- NIBR–Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research Fabrikstrasse 22-1.051.17 4054 Basel Switzerland
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- Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique (ICOA)UMR7311Université d'Orléans 45100 Orléans France
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- NIBR–Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research Fabrikstrasse 22-1.051.17 4054 Basel Switzerland
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- NIBR–Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research Fabrikstrasse 22-1.051.17 4054 Basel Switzerland
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- NIBR–Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research Fabrikstrasse 22-1.051.17 4054 Basel Switzerland
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- NIBR–Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research Fabrikstrasse 22-1.051.17 4054 Basel Switzerland
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- University of ZürichDepartment of Chemistry Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zürich Switzerland
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- NIBR–Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research Fabrikstrasse 22-1.051.17 4054 Basel Switzerland
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Francklyn CS, Mullen P. Progress and challenges in aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase-based therapeutics. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:5365-5385. [PMID: 30670594 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.rev118.002956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs) are universal enzymes that catalyze the attachment of amino acids to the 3' ends of their cognate tRNAs. The resulting aminoacylated tRNAs are escorted to the ribosome where they enter protein synthesis. By specifically matching amino acids to defined anticodon sequences in tRNAs, ARSs are essential to the physical interpretation of the genetic code. In addition to their canonical role in protein synthesis, ARSs are also involved in RNA splicing, transcriptional regulation, translation, and other aspects of cellular homeostasis. Likewise, aminoacylated tRNAs serve as amino acid donors for biosynthetic processes distinct from protein synthesis, including lipid modification and antibiotic biosynthesis. Thanks to the wealth of details on ARS structures and functions and the growing appreciation of their additional roles regulating cellular homeostasis, opportunities for the development of clinically useful ARS inhibitors are emerging to manage microbial and parasite infections. Exploitation of these opportunities has been stimulated by the discovery of new inhibitor frameworks, the use of semi-synthetic approaches combining chemistry and genome engineering, and more powerful techniques for identifying leads from the screening of large chemical libraries. Here, we review the inhibition of ARSs by small molecules, including the various families of natural products, as well as inhibitors developed by either rational design or high-throughput screening as antibiotics and anti-parasitic therapeutics.
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- Christopher S Francklyn
- From the Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405
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Enzymes that catalyze a Michael-type addition in polyketide biosynthesis are summarized and discussed.
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- Akimasa Miyanaga
- Department of Chemistry
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Tokyo 152-8551
- Japan
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Fredenhagen A, Schroer K, Schröder H, Hoepfner D, Ligibel M, Porchet Zemp L, Radoch C, Freund E, Meishammer A. Cladosporin Derivatives Obtained by Biotransformation Provide Guidance for the Focused Derivatization of this Antimalarial Lead Compound. Chembiochem 2018; 20:650-654. [PMID: 30347507 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Cladosporin, a natural product known for decades, has recently been discovered to display potent and selective antiplasmodial activity by inhibition of lysyl-tRNA synthetase. It was subjected to a panel of oxidative biotransformations with one fungal and two actinomycetes strains, as well as a triple mutant bacterial CYP102A1, yielding eight, mostly hydroxylated, derivatives. These new compounds covered a wide chemical space and contained two pairs of epimers in the tetrahydropyran ring. Although less potent than the parent compound, all analogues showed activity in a cell-based synthetase assay, thus demonstrating uptake and on-target activity in living cells with varying degrees of selectivity for the enzyme lysyl-tRNA synthetase from Plasmodium falciparum and highlighting sites suitable for synthesis of future cladosporin analogues. Compounds with adjacent hydroxy functions showed different MS/MS fragmentation that can be explained in terms of an, in some cases, regioselective loss of water followed by a retro-Diels-Alder reaction.
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- Andreas Fredenhagen
- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Global Discovery Chemistry WKL-122.P.37, Postfach, 4002, Basel, Switzerland
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Global Discovery Chemistry WKL-122.P.37, Postfach, 4002, Basel, Switzerland
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Global Discovery Chemistry WKL-122.P.37, Postfach, 4002, Basel, Switzerland
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, Fabrikstrasse 22-3.051, Postfach, 4002, Basel, Switzerland
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Global Discovery Chemistry WKL-122.P.37, Postfach, 4002, Basel, Switzerland
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Global Discovery Chemistry WKL-122.P.37, Postfach, 4002, Basel, Switzerland
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Global Discovery Chemistry WKL-122.P.37, Postfach, 4002, Basel, Switzerland
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Global Discovery Chemistry WKL-122.P.37, Postfach, 4002, Basel, Switzerland
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Global Discovery Chemistry WKL-122.P.37, Postfach, 4002, Basel, Switzerland
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Covering: up to mid of 2018 Type I fatty acid synthases (FASs) are giant multienzymes catalyzing all steps of the biosynthesis of fatty acids from acetyl- and malonyl-CoA by iterative precursor extension. Two strikingly different architectures of FAS evolved in yeast (as well as in other fungi and some bacteria) and metazoans. Yeast-type FAS (yFAS) assembles into a barrel-shaped structure of more than 2 MDa molecular weight. Catalytic domains of yFAS are embedded in an extensive scaffolding matrix and arranged around two enclosed reaction chambers. Metazoan FAS (mFAS) is a 540 kDa X-shaped dimer, with lateral reaction clefts, minimal scaffolding and pronounced conformational variability. All naturally occurring yFAS are strictly specialized for the production of saturated fatty acids. The yFAS architecture is not used for the biosynthesis of any other secondary metabolite. On the contrary, mFAS is related at the domain organization level to major classes of polyketide synthases (PKSs). PKSs produce a variety of complex and potent secondary metabolites; they either act iteratively (iPKS), or are linked via directed substrate transfer into modular assembly lines (modPKSs). Here, we review the architectures of yFAS, mFAS, and iPKSs. We rationalize the evolution of the yFAS assembly, and provide examples for re-engineering of yFAS. Recent studies have provided novel insights into the organization of iPKS. A hybrid crystallographic model of a mycocerosic acid synthase-like Pks5 yielded a comprehensive visualization of the organization and dynamics of fully-reducing iPKS. Deconstruction experiments, structural and functional studies of specialized enzymatic domains, such as the product template (PT) and the starter-unit acyltransferase (SAT) domain have revealed functional principles of non-reducing iterative PKS (NR-PKSs). Most recently, a six-domain loading region of an NR-PKS has been visualized at high-resolution together with cryo-EM studies of a trapped loading intermediate. Altogether, these data reveal the related, yet divergent architectures of mFAS, iPKS and also modPKSs. The new insights highlight extensive dynamics, and conformational coupling as key features of mFAS and iPKS and are an important step towards collection of a comprehensive series of snapshots of PKS action.
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- Dominik A Herbst
- Department Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
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Strategies for Engineering Natural Product Biosynthesis in Fungi. Trends Biotechnol 2018; 37:416-427. [PMID: 30316556 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2018.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2018] [Revised: 09/02/2018] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Fungi are a prolific source of bioactive compounds, some of which have been developed as essential medicines and life-enhancing drugs. Genome sequencing has revealed that fungi have the potential to produce considerably more natural products (NPs) than are typically observed in the laboratory. Recently, there have been significant advances in the identification, understanding, and engineering of fungal biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs). This review briefly describes examples of the engineering of fungal NP biosynthesis at the global, pathway, and enzyme level using in vivo and in vitro approaches and refers to the range and scale of heterologous expression systems available, developments in combinatorial biosynthesis, progress in understanding how fungal BGCs are regulated, and the applications of these novel biosynthetic enzymes as biocatalysts.
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Enzymes in biosynthetic pathways, especially in plant and microbial metabolism, generate structural and functional group complexity in small molecules by conversion of acyclic frameworks to cyclic scaffolds via short, efficient routes. The distinct chemical logic used by several distinct classes of cyclases, oxidative and non-oxidative, has recently been elucidated by genome mining, heterologous expression, and genetic and mechanistic analyses. These include enzymes performing pericyclic transformations, pyran synthases, tandem acting epoxygenases, and epoxide "hydrolases", as well as oxygenases and radical S-adenosylmethionine enzymes that involve rearrangements of substrate radicals under aerobic or anaerobic conditions.
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- Christopher T. Walsh
- Stanford University Chemistry, Engineering, and Medicine for Human Health (ChEM-H), Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
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Sanichar R, Carroll C, Kimmis R, Reiz B, Vederas JC. Dess–Martin periodinane oxidative rearrangement for preparation of α-keto thioesters. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 16:593-597. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ob02959d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Facile preparation of α-keto thioesters via a new rearrangement reaction mediated by the Dess–Martin Periodinane reagent.
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- Randy Sanichar
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Alberta
- Edmonton
- Canada T6G-2G2
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Alberta
- Edmonton
- Canada T6G-2G2
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Alberta
- Edmonton
- Canada T6G-2G2
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Alberta
- Edmonton
- Canada T6G-2G2
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Alberta
- Edmonton
- Canada T6G-2G2
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Polyphasic taxonomy of Aspergillus section Aspergillus (formerly Eurotium), and its occurrence in indoor environments and food. Stud Mycol 2017; 88:37-135. [PMID: 28860671 PMCID: PMC5573881 DOI: 10.1016/j.simyco.2017.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Aspergillus section Aspergillus (formerly the genus Eurotium) includes xerophilic species with uniseriate conidiophores, globose to subglobose vesicles, green conidia and yellow, thin walled eurotium-like ascomata with hyaline, lenticular ascospores. In the present study, a polyphasic approach using morphological characters, extrolites, physiological characters and phylogeny was applied to investigate the taxonomy of this section. Over 500 strains from various culture collections and new isolates obtained from indoor environments and a wide range of substrates all over the world were identified using calmodulin gene sequencing. Of these, 163 isolates were subjected to molecular phylogenetic analyses using sequences of ITS rDNA, partial β-tubulin (BenA), calmodulin (CaM) and RNA polymerase II second largest subunit (RPB2) genes. Colony characteristics were documented on eight cultivation media, growth parameters at three incubation temperatures were recorded and micromorphology was examined using light microscopy as well as scanning electron microscopy to illustrate and characterize each species. Many specific extrolites were extracted and identified from cultures, including echinulins, epiheveadrides, auroglaucins and anthraquinone bisanthrons, and to be consistent in strains of nearly all species. Other extrolites are species-specific, and thus valuable for identification. Several extrolites show antioxidant effects, which may be nutritionally beneficial in food and beverages. Important mycotoxins in the strict sense, such as sterigmatocystin, aflatoxins, ochratoxins, citrinin were not detected despite previous reports on their production in this section. Adopting a polyphasic approach, 31 species are recognized, including nine new species. ITS is highly conserved in this section and does not distinguish species. All species can be differentiated using CaM or RPB2 sequences. For BenA, Aspergillus brunneus and A. niveoglaucus share identical sequences. Ascospores and conidia morphology, growth rates at different temperatures are most useful characters for phenotypic species identification.
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- A. aurantiacoflavus Hubka, A.J. Chen, Jurjević & Samson
- A. caperatus A.J. Chen, Frisvad & Samson
- A. endophyticus Hubka, A.J. Chen, & Samson
- A. levisporus Hubka, A.J. Chen, Jurjević & Samson
- A. porosus A.J. Chen, Frisvad & Samson
- A. tamarindosoli A.J. Chen, Frisvad & Samson
- A. teporis A.J. Chen, Frisvad & Samson
- A. zutongqii A.J. Chen, Frisvad & Samson
- Ascomycota
- Aspergillaceae
- Aspergillus aerius A.J. Chen, Frisvad & Samson
- Aspergillus proliferans
- Eurotiales
- Eurotium amstelodami
- Extrolites
- Multi-gene phylogeny
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Cladomarine, a new anti-saprolegniasis compound isolated from the deep-sea fungus, Penicillium coralligerum YK-247. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2017; 70:911-914. [DOI: 10.1038/ja.2017.58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Revised: 04/06/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Takahashi K, Sakai K, Nagano Y, Orui Sakaguchi S, Lima AO, Pellizari VH, Iwatsuki M, Takishita K, Nonaka K, Fujikura K, Ōmura S. Cladomarine, a new anti-saprolegniasis compound isolated from the deep-sea fungus, Penicillium coralligerum YK-247. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2017. [DOI: 10.1038/ja.2017.58 pmid: 285595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Alberti F, Foster GD, Bailey AM. Natural products from filamentous fungi and production by heterologous expression. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 101:493-500. [PMID: 27966047 PMCID: PMC5219032 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-8034-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2016] [Revised: 11/22/2016] [Accepted: 11/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Filamentous fungi represent an incredibly rich and rather overlooked reservoir of natural products, which often show potent bioactivity and find applications in different fields. Increasing the naturally low yields of bioactive metabolites within their host producers can be problematic, and yield improvement is further hampered by such fungi often being genetic intractable or having demanding culturing conditions. Additionally, total synthesis does not always represent a cost-effective approach for producing bioactive fungal-inspired metabolites, especially when pursuing assembly of compounds with complex chemistry. This review aims at providing insights into heterologous production of secondary metabolites from filamentous fungi, which has been established as a potent system for the biosynthesis of bioactive compounds. Numerous advantages are associated with this technique, such as the availability of tools that allow enhanced production yields and directing biosynthesis towards analogues of the naturally occurring metabolite. Furthermore, a choice of hosts is available for heterologous expression, going from model unicellular organisms to well-characterised filamentous fungi, which has also been shown to allow the study of biosynthesis of complex secondary metabolites. Looking to the future, fungi are likely to continue to play a substantial role as sources of new pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals-either as producers of novel natural products or indeed as platforms to generate new compounds through synthetic biology.
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- Fabrizio Alberti
- School of Life Sciences and Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ UK
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Wang X, Wedge DE, Cutler SJ. Chemical and Biological Study of Cladosporin, an Antimicrobial Inhibitor: A Review. Nat Prod Commun 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1601101039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Natural antifungal agents are generally broad-spectrum compounds with low mammalian and environmental toxicity. Cladosporin is a naturally occurring fungal metabolite mainly isolated from the endophytic fungus Cladosporium cladosporioides. This review article summarizes the chemistry and biological properties of cladosporin covering references published from 1971–2016, including the source, phytochemical characterization, biosynthesis, total synthesis, structure and activity (SAR), and biological activity of cladosporin. Cladosporin exhibited potent antibacterial, antifungal, insecticidal, and anti-inflammatory activities, as well as plant growth regulatory effects. More importantly, cladosporin was identified as having potent, nanomolar, antiparasitic activity against both Plasmodium falciparum blood and liver stages via specific inhibition of protein synthesis. This provides a new approach for the design of isocoumarin-based compounds for the treatment of malaria. Herbicidal activity and antifungal activity against Cryptococcus neoformans (IC50value of 17.7 μg/mL) of cladosporin are also described here in the review for the first time. Cladosporin selectively inhibited the growth of a monocot (agostis) and showed no activity against a dicot (lettuce), which indicates its great potential as a selective herbicide for monocots in agriculture use. The above data suggest that cladosporin has great potential utility as a lead compound in the development of agrochemicals against certain plant pathogens and pharmaceuticals against drug-resistant bacteria and parasites.
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- Xiaoning Wang
- Chemical Synthesis & Drug Discovery Facility and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Agricultural Research Service, Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
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- Department of BioMolecular Sciences and National Center for Natural Products Research, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
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Rational biosynthetic approaches for the production of new-to-nature compounds in fungi. Fungal Genet Biol 2016; 89:89-101. [PMID: 26872866 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2016.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2015] [Revised: 02/04/2016] [Accepted: 02/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Filamentous fungi have the ability to produce a wide range of secondary metabolites some of which are potent toxins whereas others are exploited as food additives or drugs. Fungal natural products still play an important role in the discovery of new chemical entities for potential use as pharmaceuticals. However, in most cases they cannot be directly used as drugs due to toxic side effects or suboptimal pharmacokinetics. To improve drug-like properties, including bioactivity and stability or to produce better precursors for semi-synthetic routes, one needs to generate non-natural derivatives from known fungal secondary metabolites. In this minireview, we describe past and recent biosynthetic approaches for the diversification of fungal natural products, covering examples from precursor-directed biosynthesis, mutasynthesis, metabolic engineering and biocombinatorial synthesis. To illustrate the current state-of-the-art, challenges and pitfalls, we lay particular emphasis on the class of fungal cyclodepsipeptides which have been studied longtime for product diversification and which are of pharmaceutical relevance as drugs.
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A personal selection of 32 recent papers is presented covering various aspects of current developments in bioorganic chemistry and novel natural products such as guajavadimer A 7 from leaves of Psidium guajava.
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Cochrane RVK, Norquay AK, Vederas JC. Natural products and their derivatives as tRNA synthetase inhibitors and antimicrobial agents. MEDCHEMCOMM 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6md00274a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The tRNA synthetase enzymes are promising targets for development of therapeutic agents against infections by parasitic protozoans (e.g. malaria), fungi and yeast, as well as bacteria resistant to current antibiotics.
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Alberta
- Edmonton
- T6G 2G2 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Alberta
- Edmonton
- T6G 2G2 Canada
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Wu C, Zhu H, van Wezel GP, Choi YH. Metabolomics-guided analysis of isocoumarin production by Streptomyces species MBT76 and biotransformation of flavonoids and phenylpropanoids. Metabolomics 2016; 12:90. [PMID: 27073352 PMCID: PMC4819732 DOI: 10.1007/s11306-016-1025-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2016] [Accepted: 03/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Actinomycetes produce the majority of the antibiotics currently in clinical use. The efficiency of antibiotic production is affected by multiple factors such as nutrients, pH, temperature and growth phase. Finding the optimal harvesting time is crucial for successful isolation of the desired bioactive metabolites from actinomycetes, but for this conventional chemical analysis has limitations due to the metabolic complexity. OBJECTIVES This study explores the utility of NMR-based metabolomics for (1) optimizing fermentation time for the production of known and/or unknown bioactive compounds produced by actinomycetes; (2) elucidating the biosynthetic pathway for microbial natural products; and (3) facilitating the biotransformation of nature-abundant chemicals. METHOD The aqueous culture broth of actinomycete Streptomyces sp. MBT76 was harvested every 24 h for 5 days and each broth was extracted by ethyl acetate. The extracts were analyzed by 1H NMR spectroscopy and the data were compared with principal component analysis (PCA) and orthogonal projection to latent structures (OPLS) analysis. Antimicrobial test were performed by agar diffusion assay. RESULTS The secondary metabolites production by Streptomyces sp. MBT76 was growth phase-dependent. Isocoumarins (1-9), undecylprodiginine (10), streptorubin B (11), 1H-pyrrole-2-carboxamide (12), acetyltryptamine (13), and fervenulin (14) were identified, and their optimal production time was determined in crude extracts without tedious chromatographic fractionation. Of these compounds, 5,6,7,8-tetramethoxyl-3-methyl-isocoumarin (9) is as a novel compound, which was most likely synthesized by a type I iterative polyketide synthase (PKS) encoded by the icm gene cluster. Multivariate data analysis of the 1H NMR spectra showed that acetyltryptamine (13) and tri-methoxylated isocoumarins (7 and 8) were the major determinants of antibiotic activity during later time points. The methoxylation was exploited to allow bioconversion of exogenously added genistein into a suite of methoxylated isoflavones (15-18). Methoxylation increased the antimicrobial efficacy of isocoumarins, but decreased that of the isoflavones. CONCLUSION Our results show the applicability of NMR-based metabolic profiling to streamline microbial biotransformation and to determine the optimal harvesting time of actinomycetes for antibiotic production.
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- Changsheng Wu
- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg, 72, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands
- Natural Products Laboratory, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg, 72, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg, 72, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg, 72, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Natural Products Laboratory, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg, 72, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands
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