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Harper CP, Day A, Tsingos M, Ding E, Zeng E, Stumpf SD, Qi Y, Robinson A, Greif J, Blodgett JAV. Critical analysis of polycyclic tetramate macrolactam biosynthetic gene cluster phylogeny and functional diversity. Appl Environ Microbiol 2024; 90:e0060024. [PMID: 38771054 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00600-24] [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: 04/06/2024] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024] Open
Abstract
Polycyclic tetramate macrolactams (PTMs) are bioactive natural products commonly associated with certain actinobacterial and proteobacterial lineages. These molecules have been the subject of numerous structure-activity investigations since the 1970s. New members continue to be pursued in wild and engineered bacterial strains, and advances in PTM biosynthesis suggest their outwardly simplistic biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) belie unexpected product complexity. To address the origins of this complexity and understand its influence on PTM discovery, we engaged in a combination of bioinformatics to systematically classify PTM BGCs and PTM-targeted metabolomics to compare the products of select BGC types. By comparing groups of producers and BGC mutants, we exposed knowledge gaps that complicate bioinformatics-driven product predictions. In sum, we provide new insights into the evolution of PTM BGCs while systematically accounting for the PTMs discovered thus far. The combined computational and metabologenomic findings presented here should prove useful for guiding future discovery.IMPORTANCEPolycyclic tetramate macrolactam (PTM) pathways are frequently found within the genomes of biotechnologically important bacteria, including Streptomyces and Lysobacter spp. Their molecular products are typically bioactive, having substantial agricultural and therapeutic interest. Leveraging bacterial genomics for the discovery of new related molecules is thus desirable, but drawing accurate structural predictions from bioinformatics alone remains challenging. This difficulty stems from a combination of previously underappreciated biosynthetic complexity and remaining knowledge gaps, compounded by a stream of yet-uncharacterized PTM biosynthetic loci gleaned from recently sequenced bacterial genomes. We engaged in the following study to create a useful framework for cataloging historic PTM clusters, identifying new cluster variations, and tracing evolutionary paths for these molecules. Our data suggest new PTM chemistry remains discoverable in nature. However, our metabolomic and mutational analyses emphasize the practical limitations of genomics-based discovery by exposing hidden complexity.
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- Christopher P Harper
- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Buller R, Lutz S, Kazlauskas RJ, Snajdrova R, Moore JC, Bornscheuer UT. From nature to industry: Harnessing enzymes for biocatalysis. Science 2023; 382:eadh8615. [PMID: 37995253 DOI: 10.1126/science.adh8615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
Abstract
Biocatalysis harnesses enzymes to make valuable products. This green technology is used in countless applications from bench scale to industrial production and allows practitioners to access complex organic molecules, often with fewer synthetic steps and reduced waste. The last decade has seen an explosion in the development of experimental and computational tools to tailor enzymatic properties, equipping enzyme engineers with the ability to create biocatalysts that perform reactions not present in nature. By using (chemo)-enzymatic synthesis routes or orchestrating intricate enzyme cascades, scientists can synthesize elaborate targets ranging from DNA and complex pharmaceuticals to starch made in vitro from CO2-derived methanol. In addition, new chemistries have emerged through the combination of biocatalysis with transition metal catalysis, photocatalysis, and electrocatalysis. This review highlights recent key developments, identifies current limitations, and provides a future prospect for this rapidly developing technology.
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- R Buller
- Competence Center for Biocatalysis, Institute of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, 8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland
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- Codexis Incorporated, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Global Discovery Chemistry, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- MRL, Merck & Co., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Dept. of Biotechnology and Enzyme Catalysis, Greifswald University, Greifswald, Germany
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Murphy A, Corney M, Monson RE, Matilla MA, Salmond GPC, Leeper FJ. Biosynthesis of Antifungal Solanimycin May Involve an Iterative Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Module. ACS Chem Biol 2023; 18:1148-1157. [PMID: 37068480 PMCID: PMC10204066 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.2c00947] [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: 12/24/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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Dickeya solani, a plant-pathogenic bacterium, produces solanimycin, a potent hybrid polyketide/nonribosomal peptide (PKS/NRPS) anti-fungal compound. The biosynthetic gene cluster responsible for synthesis of this compound has been identified. Because of instability, the complete structure of the compound has not yet been elucidated, but LC-MS2 identified that the cluster produces two main compounds, solanimycin A and B, differing by a single hydroxyl group. The fragmentation pattern revealed that the central part of solanimycin A is a hexapeptide, Gly-Dha-Dha-Dha-Dha-Dha (where Dha is dehydroalanine). This is supported by isotopic labeling studies using labeled serine and glycine. The N-terminal group is a polyketide-derived C16 acyl group containing a conjugated hexaene, a hydroxyl, and an amino group. The additional hydroxyl group in solanimycin B is on the α-carbon of the glycine residue. The incorporation of five sequential Dha residues is unprecedented because there is only one NRPS module in the cluster that is predicted to activate and attach serine (which is subsequently dehydrated to Dha), meaning that this NRPS module must act iteratively. While a few other iterative NRPS modules are known, they all involve iteration of two or three modules. We believe that the repetitive use of a single module makes the solanimycin biosynthetic pathway unique among NRPSs so far reported.
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- Annabel
C. Murphy
- Yusuf
Hamied Department of Chemistry, University
of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.
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- Yusuf
Hamied Department of Chemistry, University
of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.
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- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QW, U.K.
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- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QW, U.K.
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- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QW, U.K.
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- Yusuf
Hamied Department of Chemistry, University
of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.
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Chen ME, Gan ZY, Hu YH, Zhang FM. Tandem Oxidative Ritter Reaction/Hydration/Aldol Condensation of α-Arylketones with Propiolonitriles for the Construction of 3-Acyl-3-pyrrolin-2-ones. J Org Chem 2023; 88:3954-3964. [PMID: 36881939 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c02935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
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A novel tandem oxidative Ritter reaction/hydration/aldol condensation of α-arylketones with substituted propiolonitriles has been developed. This protocol conveniently affords a wide range of functionalized 3-acyl-3-pyrrolin-2-ones through the efficient construction of four chemical bonds, a C-N bond, a C═C bond, and two C═O bonds, and the formation of one ring bearing an aza-quaternary center, which is ascribed to the strategical introduction of functionalized nitriles to this transformation. A reaction mechanism was proposed based on some control experiments.
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- Meng-En Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry & College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry & College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry & College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry & College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China.,Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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Suryatin Alim G, Suzuki T, Honda K. Cell-Free Production and Regeneration of Cofactors. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2023; 186:29-49. [PMID: 37306696 DOI: 10.1007/10_2023_222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Cofactors, such as adenosine triphosphate, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, and coenzyme A, are involved in nearly 50% of enzymatic reactions and widely used in biocatalytic production of useful chemicals. Although commercial production of cofactors has been mostly dependent on extraction from microbial cells, this approach has a theoretical limitation to achieve a high-titer, high-yield production of cofactors owing to the tight regulation of cofactor biosynthesis in living cells. Besides the cofactor production, their regeneration is also a key challenge to enable continuous use of costly cofactors and improve the feasibility of enzymatic chemical manufacturing. Construction and implementation of enzyme cascades for cofactor biosynthesis and regeneration in a cell-free environment can be a promising approach to these challenges. In this chapter, we present the available tools for cell-free cofactor production and regeneration, the pros and cons, and how they can contribute to promote the industrial application of enzymes.
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- Gladwin Suryatin Alim
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
- Industrial Biotechnology Initiative Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
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Zou H, Xia X, Xu Q, Wang H, Shen Y, Li Y. Discovery of Oxidized Polycyclic Tetramate Macrolactams Bearing One or Two Rings through Combinatorial Pathway Reassembly. Org Lett 2022; 24:6515-6519. [PMID: 36053065 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c02396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The structural diversity of polycyclic tetramate macrolactams (PoTeMs) are mainly generated by the cyclases and cytochrome P450s (CYPs). The PoTeM cluster sah in Saccharopolyspora hirsuta harboring two CYP genes was combinatorially reassembled and heterologously expressed in Streptomyces. As a result, six new cytotoxic PoTeMs, sahamides A-F (1-6), were discovered, and 1-3 are the first examples of oxidized one-ring PoTeMs. Remarkably, SahE represents the first CYP performing oxidative modification on the ornithine moiety of PoTeMs.
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- Haochen Zou
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- State Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- State Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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Li K, Chen S, Pang X, Cai J, Zhang X, Liu Y, Zhu Y, Zhou X. Natural products from mangrove sediments-derived microbes: Structural diversity, bioactivities, biosynthesis, and total synthesis. Eur J Med Chem 2022; 230:114117. [PMID: 35063731 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.114117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Revised: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The mangrove forests are a complex ecosystem, and the microbial communities in mangrove sediments play a critical role in the biogeochemical cycles of mangrove ecosystems. Mangrove sediments-derived microbes (MSM), as a rich reservoir of natural product diversity, could be utilized in the exploration of new antibiotics or drugs. To understand the structural diversity and bioactivities of the metabolites of MSM, this review for the first time provides a comprehensive overview of 519 natural products isolated from MSM with their bioactivities, up to 2021. Most of the structural types of these compounds are alkaloids, lactones, xanthones, quinones, terpenoids, and steroids. Among them, 210 compounds are obtained from bacteria, most of which are from Streptomyces, while 309 compounds are from fungus, especially genus Aspergillus and Penicillium. The pharmacological mechanisms of some representative lead compounds are well studied, revealing that they have important medicinal potentials, such as piericidins with anti-renal cell cancer effects, azalomycins with anti-MRSA activities, and ophiobolins as antineoplastic agents. The biosynthetic pathways of representative natural products from MSM have also been summarized, especially ikarugamycin, piericidins, divergolides, and azalomycins. In addition, the total synthetic strategies of representative secondary metabolites from MSM are also reviewed, such as piericidin A and borrelidin. This review provides an important reference for the research status of natural products isolated from MSM and the lead compounds worthy of further development, and reveals that MSM have important medicinal values and are worthy of further development.
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- Kunlong Li
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, China; Department of Emergency Medicine, Shandong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine of Shandong University, Chest Pain Center, Key Laboratory of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine of Shandong Province, Key Laboratory of Cardiopulmonary-Cerebral Resuscitation Research of Shandong Province, Shandong Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese Ministry of Health and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, The State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, China; Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, 511458, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, China; Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, 511458, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, China; Sanya Institute of Oceanology, SCSIO, Sanya, 572000, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, China; Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, 511458, China.
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Sara AA, Um-e-Farwa UEF, Saeed A, Kalesse M. Recent Applications of the Diels–Alder Reaction in the Synthesis of Natural Products (2017–2020). SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART 2022. [DOI: 10.1055/a-1532-4763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
AbstractThe Diels–Alder reaction has long been established as an extremely useful procedure in the toolbox of natural product chemists. It tolerates a wide spectrum of building blocks of different complexity and degrees of derivatization, and enables the formation of six-membered rings with well-defined stereochemistry. In recent years, many total syntheses of natural products have been reported that rely, at some point, on the use of a [4+2]-cycloaddition step. Among classic approaches, several modifications of the Diels–Alder reaction, such as hetero-Diels–Alder reactions, dehydro-Diels–Alder reactions and domino-Diels–Alder reactions, have been employed to extend the scope of this process in the synthesis of natural products. Our short review covers applications of the Diels–Alder reaction in natural product syntheses between 2017 and 2020, as well as selected methodologies which are inspired by, or that can be used to access natural products.1 Introduction2 Syntheses from 20173 Syntheses from 20184 Syntheses from 20195 Syntheses from 20206 Conclusion
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- Quaid-I-Azam University, Department of Chemistry
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- Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Organische Chemie
- Helmholtz Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI)
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Bodenschatz K, Stöckl J, Winterer M, Schobert R. A synthetic approach to 5/5/6-polycyclic tetramate macrolactams of the discodermide type. Tetrahedron 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2021.132113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Moore SJ, Tosi T, Bell D, Hleba YB, Polizzi KM, Freemont PS. High-yield 'one-pot' biosynthesis of raspberry ketone, a high-value fine chemical. Synth Biol (Oxf) 2021; 6:ysab021. [PMID: 34712844 PMCID: PMC8546603 DOI: 10.1093/synbio/ysab021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Cell-free extract and purified enzyme-based systems provide an attractive solution to study biosynthetic strategies towards a range of chemicals. 4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-butan-2-one, also known as raspberry ketone, is the major fragrance component of raspberry fruit and is used as a natural additive in the food and sports industry. Current industrial processing of the natural form of raspberry ketone involves chemical extraction from a yield of ∼1–4 mg kg−1 of fruit. Due to toxicity, microbial production provides only low yields of up to 5–100 mg L−1. Herein, we report an efficient cell-free strategy to probe into a synthetic enzyme pathway that converts either L-tyrosine or the precursor, 4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-buten-2-one, into raspberry ketone at up to 100% conversion. As part of this strategy, it is essential to recycle inexpensive cofactors. Specifically, the final enzyme step in the pathway is catalyzed by raspberry ketone/zingerone synthase (RZS1), an NADPH-dependent double bond reductase. To relax cofactor specificity towards NADH, the preferred cofactor for cell-free biosynthesis, we identify a variant (G191D) with strong activity with NADH. We implement the RZS1 G191D variant within a ‘one-pot’ cell-free reaction to produce raspberry ketone at high-yield (61 mg L−1), which provides an alternative route to traditional microbial production. In conclusion, our cell-free strategy complements the growing interest in engineering synthetic enzyme cascades towards industrially relevant value-added chemicals.
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- Simon J Moore
- Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, UK
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- Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, UK
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- Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, UK
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- Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, UK
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- Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, UK
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Yi D, Bayer T, Badenhorst CPS, Wu S, Doerr M, Höhne M, Bornscheuer UT. Recent trends in biocatalysis. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:8003-8049. [PMID: 34142684 PMCID: PMC8288269 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs01575j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Biocatalysis has undergone revolutionary progress in the past century. Benefited by the integration of multidisciplinary technologies, natural enzymatic reactions are constantly being explored. Protein engineering gives birth to robust biocatalysts that are widely used in industrial production. These research achievements have gradually constructed a network containing natural enzymatic synthesis pathways and artificially designed enzymatic cascades. Nowadays, the development of artificial intelligence, automation, and ultra-high-throughput technology provides infinite possibilities for the discovery of novel enzymes, enzymatic mechanisms and enzymatic cascades, and gradually complements the lack of remaining key steps in the pathway design of enzymatic total synthesis. Therefore, the research of biocatalysis is gradually moving towards the era of novel technology integration, intelligent manufacturing and enzymatic total synthesis.
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- Dong Yi
- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University GreifswaldFelix-Hausdorff-Str. 4D-17487 GreifswaldGermany
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- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University GreifswaldFelix-Hausdorff-Str. 4D-17487 GreifswaldGermany
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- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University GreifswaldFelix-Hausdorff-Str. 4D-17487 GreifswaldGermany
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- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University GreifswaldFelix-Hausdorff-Str. 4D-17487 GreifswaldGermany
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- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University GreifswaldFelix-Hausdorff-Str. 4D-17487 GreifswaldGermany
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- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University GreifswaldFelix-Hausdorff-Str. 4D-17487 GreifswaldGermany
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- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University GreifswaldFelix-Hausdorff-Str. 4D-17487 GreifswaldGermany
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Yue H, Jiang J, Taylor AJ, Leite ADL, Dodds ED, Du L. Outer Membrane Vesicle-Mediated Codelivery of the Antifungal HSAF Metabolites and Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenase in the Predatory Lysobacter enzymogenes. ACS Chem Biol 2021; 16:1079-1089. [PMID: 34032403 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.1c00260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Lysobacter are new biocontrol agents known for their prolific production of lytic enzymes and bioactive metabolites. L. enzymogenes is a predator of fungi and produces several structurally distinct antimicrobial compounds, such as the antifungal HSAF (heat stable antifungal factor) and analogs. The mechanism by which L. enzymogenes interacts with fungal prey is not well understood. Here, we found that the production of HSAF and analogs in L. enzymogenes OH11 was significantly induced in media supplemented with ground fungal mycelia or chitin. In the OH11 genome, we identified a gene (LeLPMO10A) that was annotated to encode a chitin-binding protein. The stimulation of HSAF and analogs by chitin was diminished when LeLPMO10A was deleted. We expressed the gene in E. coli and demonstrated that purified LeLPMO10A oxidatively cleaved chitin into oligomeric products, including 1,5 δ-lactones and aldonic acids. The results revealed that LeLPMO10A encodes a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase, which has not been reported in Lysobacter. The metabolite analysis, antifungal assay, and proteomic analysis showed that the antifungal compounds and the chitin-cleaving LeLPMO10A are colocalized in outer membrane vesicles. The enzymatic products that resulted from in vitro LeLPMO10A-cleaved chitin also significantly induced HSAF and analogs in OH11. Scanning electron microscopic analysis indicated that spherical vesicles were formed outside of OH11 cells, and fewer OH11 cells were observed to attach to fungal hyphae when LeLPMO10A was deleted. Together, the study revealed a previously uncharacterized synergistic strategy utilized by the predatory Lysobacter during interaction with fungal prey.
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- Huan Yue
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0304, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0304, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0304, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0304, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0304, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0304, United States
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An Antifungal Polycyclic Tetramate Macrolactam, Heat-Stable Antifungal Factor (HSAF), Is a Novel Oxidative Stress Modulator in Lysobacter enzymogenes. Appl Environ Microbiol 2021; 87:AEM.03105-20. [PMID: 33712422 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03105-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Polycyclic tetramate macrolactams (PoTeMs) are a fast-growing family of antibiotic natural products found in phylogenetically diverse microorganisms. Surprisingly, none of the PoTeMs have been investigated for potential physiological functions in their producers. Here, we used heat-stable antifungal factor (HSAF), an antifungal PoTeM from Lysobacter enzymogenes, as a model to show that PoTeMs form complexes with iron ions, with an association constant (Ka ) of 2.71 × 106 M-1 The in vivo and in vitro data showed formation of 2:1 and 3:1 complexes between HSAF and iron ions, which were confirmed by molecular mechanical and quantum mechanical calculations. HSAF protected DNA from degradation in high concentrations of iron and H2O2 or under UV radiation. HSAF mutants of L. enzymogenes barely survived under oxidative stress and exhibited markedly increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Exogenous addition of HSAF into the mutants significantly prevented ROS production and restored normal growth in the mutants under the oxidative stress. The results reveal that the function of HSAF is to protect the producer microorganism from oxidative damage rather than as an iron-acquisition siderophore. The characteristic structure of PoTeMs, a 2,4-pyrrolidinedione-embedded macrolactam, may represent a new iron-chelating scaffold of microbial metabolites. The study demonstrated a previously unrecognized strategy for microorganisms to modulate oxidative damage to the cells.IMPORTANCE PoTeMs are a family of structurally distinct metabolites that have been found in a large number of bacteria. Although PoTeMs exhibit diverse therapeutic properties, the physiological function of PoTeMs in the producer microorganisms had not been investigated. HSAF from Lysobacter enzymogenes is an antifungal PoTeM that has been subjected to extensive studies for mechanisms of biosynthesis, regulation, and antifungal activity. Using HSAF as a model system, we here showed that the characteristic structure of PoTeMs, a 2,4-pyrrolidinedione-embedded macrolactam, may represent a new iron-chelating scaffold of microbial metabolites. In L. enzymogenes, HSAF functions as a small-molecule modulator for oxidative damage caused by iron, H2O2, and UV light. Together, the study demonstrated a previously unrecognized strategy for microorganisms to modulate oxidative damage to the cells. HSAF represents the first member of the fast-growing PoTeM family of microbial metabolites whose potential biological function has been studied.
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Wu S, Snajdrova R, Moore JC, Baldenius K, Bornscheuer UT. Biocatalysis: Enzymatic Synthesis for Industrial Applications. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:88-119. [PMID: 32558088 PMCID: PMC7818486 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202006648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 499] [Impact Index Per Article: 166.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Biocatalysis has found numerous applications in various fields as an alternative to chemical catalysis. The use of enzymes in organic synthesis, especially to make chiral compounds for pharmaceuticals as well for the flavors and fragrance industry, are the most prominent examples. In addition, biocatalysts are used on a large scale to make specialty and even bulk chemicals. This review intends to give illustrative examples in this field with a special focus on scalable chemical production using enzymes. It also discusses the opportunities and limitations of enzymatic syntheses using distinct examples and provides an outlook on emerging enzyme classes.
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- Shuke Wu
- Institute of BiochemistryDept. of Biotechnology & Enzyme CatalysisGreifswald UniversityFelix-Hausdorff-Strasse 417487GreifswaldGermany
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchGlobal Discovery Chemistry4056BaselSwitzerland
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- Process Research and DevelopmentMerck & Co., Inc.126 E. Lincoln AveRahwayNJ07065USA
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- Baldenius Biotech ConsultingHafenstr. 3168159MannheimGermany
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- Institute of BiochemistryDept. of Biotechnology & Enzyme CatalysisGreifswald UniversityFelix-Hausdorff-Strasse 417487GreifswaldGermany
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Wohlgemuth R. Biocatalysis - Key enabling tools from biocatalytic one-step and multi-step reactions to biocatalytic total synthesis. N Biotechnol 2020; 60:113-123. [PMID: 33045418 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2020.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Revised: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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In the area of human-made innovations to improve the quality of life, biocatalysis has already had a great impact and contributed enormously to a growing number of catalytic transformations aimed at the detection and analysis of compounds, the bioconversion of starting materials and the preparation of target compounds at any scale, from laboratory small scale to industrial large scale. The key enabling tools which have been developed in biocatalysis over the last decades also provide great opportunities for further development and numerous applications in various sectors of the global bioeconomy. Systems biocatalysis is a modular, bottom-up approach to designing the architecture of enzyme-catalyzed reaction steps in a synthetic route from starting materials to target molecules. The integration of biocatalysis and sustainable chemistry in vitro aims at ideal conversions with high molecular economy and their intensification. Retrosynthetic analysis in the chemical and biological domain has been a valuable tool for target-oriented synthesis while, on the other hand, diversity-oriented synthesis builds on forward-looking analysis. Bioinformatic tools for rapid identification of the required enzyme functions, efficient enzyme production systems, as well as generalized bioprocess design tools, are important for rapid prototyping of the biocatalytic reactions. The tools for enzyme engineering and the reaction engineering of each enzyme-catalyzed one-step reaction are also valuable for coupling reactions. The tools to overcome interaction issues with other components or enzymes are of great interest in designing multi-step reactions as well as in biocatalytic total synthesis.
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- Roland Wohlgemuth
- Institute of Molecular and Industrial Biotechnology, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland; Swiss Coordination Committee on Biotechnology (SKB), Nordstrasse 15, 8021 Zürich, Switzerland.
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Hahn F, Guth FM. The ambruticins and jerangolids - chemistry, biology and chemoenzymatic synthesis of potent antifungal drug candidates. Nat Prod Rep 2020; 37:1300-1315. [PMID: 32420573 DOI: 10.1039/d0np00012d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Covering: 1977 to 2020The ambruticins and jerangolids are myxobacterial reduced polyketides, which are produced via highly unusual biosynthetic pathways containing a plethora of non-canonical enzymatic transformations. Since the discovery of the first congeners in the late 1970s, they have been in the focus of drug development due to their good antifungal activity and low toxicity in mammals, which result from interaction with an unusual innercellular target in fungi. Despite significant efforts, which have led to the development of various total syntheses, their structural complexity has yet avoided full exploitation of their pharmacological potential. This article summarises biological, total and semisynthetic as well as biosynthetic studies on both compounds. An outlook on the biosynthesis-based approaches to them and their derivatives is presented. Due to the structural and biosynthetic characteristics of the ambruticins and jerangolids, chemoenzymatic processes that make use of their biosynthetic pathway enzymes are particularly promising to gain efficient access to derivative libraries for structure activity relationship studies.
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- Frank Hahn
- Department of Chemistry, University of Bayreuth, 51427 Bayreuth, Germany.
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Wu S, Snajdrova R, Moore JC, Baldenius K, Bornscheuer UT. Biokatalyse: Enzymatische Synthese für industrielle Anwendungen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202006648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Shuke Wu
- Institut für Biochemie Abt. Biotechnologie & Enzymkatalyse Universität Greifswald Felix-Hausdorff-Straße 4 17487 Greifswald Deutschland
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research Global Discovery Chemistry 4056 Basel Schweiz
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- Process Research and Development Merck & Co., Inc. 126 E. Lincoln Ave Rahway NJ 07065 USA
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- Baldenius Biotech Consulting Hafenstraße 31 68159 Mannheim Deutschland
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- Institut für Biochemie Abt. Biotechnologie & Enzymkatalyse Universität Greifswald Felix-Hausdorff-Straße 4 17487 Greifswald Deutschland
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Mordhorst S, Andexer JN. Round, round we go - strategies for enzymatic cofactor regeneration. Nat Prod Rep 2020; 37:1316-1333. [PMID: 32582886 DOI: 10.1039/d0np00004c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Covering: up to the beginning of 2020Enzymes depending on cofactors are essential in many biosynthetic pathways of natural products. They are often involved in key steps: catalytic conversions that are difficult to achieve purely with synthetic organic chemistry. Hence, cofactor-dependent enzymes have great potential for biocatalysis, on the condition that a corresponding cofactor regeneration system is available. For some cofactors, these regeneration systems require multiple steps; such complex enzyme cascades/multi-enzyme systems are (still) challenging for in vitro biocatalysis. Further, artificial cofactor analogues have been synthesised that are more stable, show an altered reaction range, or act as inhibitors. The development of bio-orthogonal systems that can be used for the production of modified natural products in vivo is an ongoing challenge. In light of the recent progress in this field, this review aims to provide an overview of general strategies involving enzyme cofactors, cofactor analogues, and regeneration systems; highlighting the current possibilities for application of enzymes using some of the most common cofactors.
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- Silja Mordhorst
- Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Zhuang L, Huang S, Liu WQ, Karim AS, Jewett MC, Li J. Total in vitro biosynthesis of the nonribosomal macrolactone peptide valinomycin. Metab Eng 2020; 60:37-44. [PMID: 32224263 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2020.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2019] [Revised: 01/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Natural products are important because of their significant pharmaceutical properties such as antiviral, antimicrobial, and anticancer activity. Recent breakthroughs in DNA sequencing reveal that a great number of cryptic natural product biosynthetic gene clusters are encoded in microbial genomes, for example, those of Streptomyces species. However, it is still challenging to access compounds from these clusters because many source organisms are uncultivable or the genes are silent during laboratory cultivation. To address this challenge, we develop an efficient cell-free platform for the rapid, in vitro total biosynthesis of the nonribosomal peptide valinomycin as a model. We achieve this goal in two ways. First, we used a cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) system to express the entire valinomycin biosynthetic gene cluster (>19 kb) in a single-pot reaction, giving rise to approximately 37 μg/L of valinomycin after optimization. Second, we coupled CFPS with cell-free metabolic engineering system by mixing two enzyme-enriched cell lysates to perform a two-stage biosynthesis. This strategy improved valinomycin production ~5000-fold to nearly 30 mg/L. We expect that cell-free biosynthetic systems will provide a new avenue to express, discover, and characterize natural product gene clusters of interest in vitro.
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- Lei Zhuang
- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China; School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Center for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Center for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States.
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China.
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Jin H, Zhang W, Zhang G, Zhang L, Liu W, Zhang C. Engineered Biosynthesis of 5/5/6 Type Polycyclic Tetramate Macrolactams in an Ikarugamycin (5/6/5 Type)-Producing Chassis. Org Lett 2020; 22:1731-1735. [PMID: 32052979 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b04672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Hongbo Jin
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, China
- South China Sea Resource Exploitation and Protection Collaborative Innovation Center, School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 135 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, China
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Genome Mining of Marine-Derived Streptomyces sp. SCSIO 40010 Leads to Cytotoxic New Polycyclic Tetramate Macrolactams. Mar Drugs 2019; 17:md17120663. [PMID: 31775228 PMCID: PMC6950151 DOI: 10.3390/md17120663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Revised: 11/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Polycyclic tetramate macrolactams (PTMs) biosynthetic gene cluster are widely distributed in different bacterial types, especially in Streptomyces species. The mining of the genomic data of marine-derived Streptomyces sp. SCSIO 40010 reveals the presence of a putative PTM-encoding biosynthetic gene cluster (ptm′ BGC) that features a genetic organization for potentially producing 5/5/6 type of carbocyclic ring-containing PTMs. A fermentation of Streptomyces sp. SCSIO 40010 led to the isolation and characterization of six new PTMs 1–6. Comprehensive spectroscopic analysis assigned their planar structures and relative configurations, and their absolute configurations were deduced by comparing the experimental electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectra with the reported spectra of the known PTMs. Intriguingly, compounds 1–6 were determined to have a trans-orientation of H-10/H-11 at the first 5-membered ring, being distinct from the cis-orientation in their known PTM congeners. PTMs 1–5 displayed cytotoxicity against several cancer cell lines, with IC50 values that ranged from 2.47 to 17.68 µM.
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Bacterial natural products display astounding structural diversity, which, in turn, endows them with a remarkable range of biological activities that are of significant value to modern society. Such structural features are generated by biosynthetic enzymes that construct core scaffolds or perform peripheral modifications, and can thus define natural product families, introduce pharmacophores and permit metabolic diversification. Modern genomics approaches have greatly enhanced our ability to access and characterize natural product pathways via sequence-similarity-based bioinformatics discovery strategies. However, many biosynthetic enzymes catalyse exceptional, unprecedented transformations that continue to defy functional prediction and remain hidden from us in bacterial (meta)genomic sequence data. In this Review, we highlight exciting examples of unusual enzymology that have been uncovered recently in the context of natural product biosynthesis. These suggest that much of the natural product diversity, including entire substance classes, awaits discovery. New approaches to lift the veil on the cryptic chemistries of the natural product universe are also discussed.
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Zhang W, Zhang G, Zhang L, Liu W, Jiang X, Jin H, Liu Z, Zhang H, Zhou A, Zhang C. New polycyclic tetramate macrolactams from marine-derived Streptomyces sp. SCSIO 40060. Tetrahedron 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2018.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Dirkmann M, Nowack J, Schulz F. An in Vitro Biosynthesis of Sesquiterpenes Starting from Acetic Acid. Chembiochem 2018; 19:2146-2151. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2018] [Revised: 08/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Michael Dirkmann
- Fakultät für Chemie und Biochemie; Organische Chemie I; Ruhr-Universität Bochum; Universitätsstrasse 150 44780 Bochum Germany
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- Fakultät für Chemie und Biochemie; Organische Chemie I; Ruhr-Universität Bochum; Universitätsstrasse 150 44780 Bochum Germany
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- Fakultät für Chemie und Biochemie; Organische Chemie I; Ruhr-Universität Bochum; Universitätsstrasse 150 44780 Bochum Germany
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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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Greunke C, Duell ER, D’Agostino PM, Glöckle A, Lamm K, Gulder TAM. Direct Pathway Cloning (DiPaC) to unlock natural product biosynthetic potential. Metab Eng 2018; 47:334-345. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2018.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2018] [Revised: 03/04/2018] [Accepted: 03/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Li Y, Wang H, Liu Y, Jiao Y, Li S, Shen Y, Du L. Biosynthesis of the Polycyclic System in the Antifungal HSAF and Analogues from
Lysobacter enzymogenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201802488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Yaoyao Li
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University Jinan 250100 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University Jinan 250100 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University Jinan 250100 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University Jinan 250100 China
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- Department of Chemistry University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln NE 68588 USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Shandong University Jinan 250100 China
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- Department of Chemistry University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln NE 68588 USA
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Li Y, Wang H, Liu Y, Jiao Y, Li S, Shen Y, Du L. Biosynthesis of the Polycyclic System in the Antifungal HSAF and Analogues from Lysobacter enzymogenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:6221-6225. [PMID: 29573092 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201802488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The biocontrol agent Lysobacter enzymogenes produces polycyclic tetramate macrolactams (PoTeMs), including the antifungal HSAF. To elucidate the biosynthesis of the cyclic systems, we identified eleven HSAF precursors/analogues with zero, one, two, or three rings through heterologous expression of the HSAF gene cluster. A series of combinatorial gene expression and deletion experiments showed that OX3 is the "gatekeeper" responsible for the formation of the first 5-membered ring from lysobacterene A, OX1 and OX2 are responsible for formation of the second ring but with different selectivity, and OX4 is responsible for formation of the 6-membered ring. In vitro experiments showed that OX4 is an NADPH-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the reductive cyclization of 3-dehydroxy alteramide C to form 3-dehydroxy HSAF. Thus, the multiplicity of OX genes is the basis for the structural diversity of the HSAF family, which is the only characterized PoTeM cluster that involves four redox enzymes in the formation of the cyclic system.
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- Yaoyao Li
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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Cell-free synthetic biology for in vitro biosynthesis of pharmaceutical natural products. Synth Syst Biotechnol 2018; 3:83-89. [PMID: 29900420 PMCID: PMC5995452 DOI: 10.1016/j.synbio.2018.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2017] [Revised: 01/29/2018] [Accepted: 02/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Natural products with significant biological activities continuously act as rich sources for drug discovery and development. To harness the potential of these valuable compounds, robust methods need to be developed for their rapid and sustainable production. Cell-free biosynthesis of pharmaceutical natural products by in vitro reconstruction of the entire biosynthetic pathways represents one such solution. In this review, we focus on in vitro biosynthesis of two important classes of natural products, polyketides (PKs) and nonribosomal peptides (NRPs). First, we summarize purified enzyme-based systems for the biosynthesis of PKs, NRPs, and PK/NRP hybrids. Then, we introduce the cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS)-based technology for natural product production. With that, we discuss challenges and opportunities of cell-free synthetic biology for in vitro biosynthesis of natural products.
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Glöckle A, Gulder TAM. Eine pericyclische Reaktionskaskade in der Leporin-Biosynthese. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201800629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Anna Glöckle
- Biosystemchemie, Department Chemie und Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CiPSM); Technische Universität München (TUM); Lichtenbergstraße 4 85748 Garching Deutschland
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- Biosystemchemie, Department Chemie und Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CiPSM); Technische Universität München (TUM); Lichtenbergstraße 4 85748 Garching Deutschland
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Glöckle A, Gulder TAM. A Pericyclic Reaction Cascade in Leporin Biosynthesis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:2754-2756. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201800629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Anna Glöckle
- Biosystems Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CiPSM); Technical University of Munich (TUM); Lichtenbergstraße 4 85748 Garching Germany
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- Biosystems Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CiPSM); Technical University of Munich (TUM); Lichtenbergstraße 4 85748 Garching Germany
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Quezada M, Licona-Cassani C, Cruz-Morales P, Salim AA, Marcellin E, Capon RJ, Barona-Gómez F. Diverse Cone-Snail Species Harbor Closely Related Streptomyces Species with Conserved Chemical and Genetic Profiles, Including Polycyclic Tetramic Acid Macrolactams. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2305. [PMID: 29225593 PMCID: PMC5705629 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Streptomyces are Gram-positive bacteria that occupy diverse ecological niches including host-associations with animals and plants. Members of this genus are known for their overwhelming repertoire of natural products, which has been exploited for almost a century as a source of medicines and agrochemicals. Notwithstanding intense scientific and commercial interest in Streptomyces natural products, surprisingly little is known of the intra- and/or inter-species ecological roles played by these metabolites. In this report we describe the chemical structures, biological properties, and biosynthetic relationships between natural products produced by Streptomyces isolated from internal tissues of predatory Conus snails, collected from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Using chromatographic, spectroscopic and bioassays methodology, we demonstrate that Streptomyces isolated from five different Conus species produce identical chemical and antifungal profiles - comprising a suite of polycyclic tetramic acid macrolactams (PTMs). To investigate possible ecological (and evolutionary) relationships we used genome analyses to reveal a close taxonomic relationship with other sponge-derived and free-living PTM producing Streptomyces (i.e., Streptomyces albus). In-depth phylogenomic analysis of PTM biosynthetic gene clusters indicated PTM structure diversity was governed by a small repertoire of genetic elements, including discrete gene acquisition events involving dehydrogenases. Overall, our study shows a Streptomyces-Conus ecological relationship that is concomitant with specific PTM chemical profiles. We provide an evolutionary framework to explain this relationship, driven by anti-fungal properties that protect Conus snails from fungal pathogens.
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- Michelle Quezada
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity Laboratory, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, Irapuato, Mexico
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- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity Laboratory, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, Irapuato, Mexico
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity Laboratory, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, Irapuato, Mexico
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Mordhorst S, Maurer A, Popadić D, Brech J, Andexer JN. A Flexible Polyphosphate-Driven Regeneration System for Coenzyme A Dependent Catalysis. ChemCatChem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201700848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Silja Mordhorst
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences; University of Freiburg; Albertstrasse 25 79104 Freiburg Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences; University of Freiburg; Albertstrasse 25 79104 Freiburg Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences; University of Freiburg; Albertstrasse 25 79104 Freiburg Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences; University of Freiburg; Albertstrasse 25 79104 Freiburg Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences; University of Freiburg; Albertstrasse 25 79104 Freiburg Germany
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Letzel AC, Li J, Amos GCA, Millán-Aguiñaga N, Ginigini J, Abdelmohsen UR, Gaudêncio SP, Ziemert N, Moore BS, Jensen PR. Genomic insights into specialized metabolism in the marine actinomycete Salinispora. Environ Microbiol 2017; 19:3660-3673. [PMID: 28752948 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Revised: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 07/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Comparative genomics is providing new opportunities to address the diversity and distributions of genes encoding the biosynthesis of specialized metabolites. An analysis of 119 genome sequences representing three closely related species of the marine actinomycete genus Salinispora reveals extraordinary biosynthetic diversity in the form of 176 distinct biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) of which only 24 have been linked to their products. Remarkably, more than half of the BGCs were observed in only one or two strains, suggesting they were acquired relatively recently in the evolutionary history of the genus. These acquired gene clusters are concentrated in specific genomic islands, which represent hot spots for BGC acquisition. While most BGCs are stable in terms of their chromosomal position, others migrated to different locations or were exchanged with unrelated gene clusters suggesting a plug and play type model of evolution that provides a mechanism to test the relative fitness effects of specialized metabolites. Transcriptome analyses were used to address the relationships between BGC abundance, chromosomal position and product discovery. The results indicate that recently acquired BGCs can be functional and that complex evolutionary processes shape the micro-diversity of specialized metabolism observed in closely related environmental bacteria.
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- Anne-Catrin Letzel
- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.,Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California 22800, Mexico
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- Institute of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment, University of the South Pacific, Laucala Campus, Private Mail Bag, Suva, Fiji
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- Department of Botany II, Julius-von-Sachs Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Würzburg, Germany.,Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, 61519, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, REQUIMTE, LAQV and UCIBIO, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica 2529-516, Portugal
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.,Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tuübingen, University of Tuübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, Tuübingen 72076, Germany
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.,Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.,Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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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 macrophilone A from Macrorhynchia philippina.
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- Robert A Hill
- School of Chemistry, Glasgow University, Glasgow, UKG12 8QQ.
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