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Mabesoone MF, Leopold-Messer S, Minas HA, Chepkirui C, Chawengrum P, Reiter S, Meoded RA, Wolf S, Genz F, Magnus N, Piechulla B, Walker AS, Piel J. Evolution-guided engineering of trans-acyltransferase polyketide synthases. Science 2024; 383:1312-1317. [PMID: 38513027 PMCID: PMC11260071 DOI: 10.1126/science.adj7621] [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: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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Bacterial multimodular polyketide synthases (PKSs) are giant enzymes that generate a wide range of therapeutically important but synthetically challenging natural products. Diversification of polyketide structures can be achieved by engineering these enzymes. However, notwithstanding successes made with textbook cis-acyltransferase (cis-AT) PKSs, tailoring such large assembly lines remains challenging. Unlike textbook PKSs, trans-AT PKSs feature an extraordinary diversity of PKS modules and commonly evolve to form hybrid PKSs. In this study, we analyzed amino acid coevolution to identify a common module site that yields functional PKSs. We used this site to insert and delete diverse PKS parts and create 22 engineered trans-AT PKSs from various pathways and in two bacterial producers. The high success rates of our engineering approach highlight the broader applicability to generate complex designer polyketides.
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- Mathijs F.J. Mabesoone
- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Chemical Biology Program, Chulabhorn Graduate Institute, Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Bangkok 10210, Thailand
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, 1234 Stevenson Center Lane, Nashville, Tennessee 37240, United States
- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 465 21st Avenue S, Nashville, Tennesee 37232, United States
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Lead contact
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Abraham E, Lawther HA, Wang Y, Zarins-Tutt JS, Rivera GS, Wu C, Connolly JA, Florence G, Agbo M, Gao H, Goss RJM. The Identification and Heterologous Expression of the Biosynthetic Gene Cluster Encoding the Antibiotic and Anticancer Agent Marinomycin. Biomolecules 2024; 14:117. [PMID: 38254717 PMCID: PMC10813093 DOI: 10.3390/biom14010117] [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: 12/19/2023] [Revised: 12/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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With the rise in antimicrobial resistance, there is an urgent need for new classes of antibiotic with which to treat infectious disease. Marinomycin, a polyene antibiotic from a marine microbe, has been shown capable of killing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF), as well as having promising activity against melanoma. An attractive solution to the photoprotection of this antibiotic has been demonstrated. Here, we report the identification and analysis of the marinomycin biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC), and the biosynthetic assembly of the macrolide. The marinomycin BGC presents a challenge in heterologous expression due to its large size and high GC content, rendering the cluster prone to rearrangement. We demonstrate the transformation of Streptomyces lividans using a construct containing the cluster, and the heterologous expression of the encoded biosynthetic machinery and production of marinomycin B.
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- Emily Abraham
- Department of Chemistry & BSRC, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9ST, UK; (E.A.); (J.A.C.)
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- Department of Chemistry & BSRC, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9ST, UK; (E.A.); (J.A.C.)
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- Department of Chemistry & BSRC, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9ST, UK; (E.A.); (J.A.C.)
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- Department of Chemistry & BSRC, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9ST, UK; (E.A.); (J.A.C.)
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- Intact Genomics, St. Louis, MO 63132, USA (C.W.)
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- Department of Chemistry & BSRC, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9ST, UK; (E.A.); (J.A.C.)
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- Department of Chemistry & BSRC, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9ST, UK; (E.A.); (J.A.C.)
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- Department of Chemistry & BSRC, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9ST, UK; (E.A.); (J.A.C.)
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- Department of Chemistry & BSRC, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9ST, UK; (E.A.); (J.A.C.)
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- Department of Chemistry & BSRC, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9ST, UK; (E.A.); (J.A.C.)
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Vriens E, De Ruysscher D, Weir ANM, Dekimpe S, Steurs G, Shemy A, Persoons L, Santos AR, Williams C, Daelemans D, Crump MP, Voet A, De Borggraeve W, Lescrinier E, Masschelein J. Polyketide Synthase-Mediated O-Methyloxime Formation in the Biosynthesis of the Oximidine Anticancer Agents. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202304476. [PMID: 37218580 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202304476] [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: 03/28/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Bacterial trans-acyltransferase polyketide synthases (trans-AT PKSs) are modular megaenzymes that employ unusual catalytic domains to assemble diverse bioactive natural products. One such PKS is responsible for the biosynthesis of the oximidine anticancer agents, oxime-substituted benzolactone enamides that inhibit vacuolar H+ -ATPases. Here, we describe the identification of the oximidine gene cluster in Pseudomonas baetica and the characterization of four novel oximidine variants, including a structurally simpler intermediate that retains potent anticancer activity. Using a combination of in vivo, in vitro and computational approaches, we experimentally elucidate the oximidine biosynthetic pathway and reveal an unprecedented mechanism for O-methyloxime formation. We show that this process involves a specialized monooxygenase and methyltransferase domain and provide insight into their activity, mechanism and specificity. Our findings expand the catalytic capabilities of trans-AT PKSs and identify potential strategies for the production of novel oximidine analogues.
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- Eveline Vriens
- Laboratory for Biomolecular Discovery and Engineering, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium
- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Biomolecular Discovery and Engineering, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium
- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Biomolecular Discovery and Engineering, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium
- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Biomolecular Discovery and Engineering, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium
- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Biomolecular Modelling and Design, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK
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- Laboratory for Biomolecular Modelling and Design, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium
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- Sustainable Chemistry for Metals and Molecules, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Biomolecular Discovery and Engineering, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium
- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium
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Schneider YK, Hagestad OC, Li C, Hansen EH, Andersen JH. Selective isolation of Arctic marine actinobacteria and a down-scaled fermentation and extraction strategy for identifying bioactive compounds. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1005625. [DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1005625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Actinobacteria are among the most prolific producers of bioactive secondary metabolites. In order to collect Arctic marine bacteria for the discovery of new bioactive metabolites, actinobacteria were selectively isolated during a research cruise in the Greenland Sea, Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea. In the frame of the isolation campaign, it was investigated how different sample treatments, isolation media and sample-sources, such as animals and sediments, affected the yield of actinobacterial isolates to aid further isolation campaigns. Special attention was given to sediments, where we expected spores of spore forming bacteria to enrich. Beside actinobacteria a high share of bacilli was obtained which was not desired. An experimental protocol for down-scaled cultivation and extraction was tested and compared with an established low-throughput cultivation and extraction protocol. The heat-shock method proved suitable to enrich spore-, or endospore forming bacteria such as bacilli. Finally, a group bioactive compounds could be tentatively identified using UHPLC–MS/MS analysis of the active fractions.
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Characterization of pyridomycin B reveals the formation of functional groups in antimycobacterial pyridomycin. Appl Environ Microbiol 2022; 88:e0203521. [PMID: 35108072 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02035-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pyridomycin, a cyclodepsipeptide with potent antimycobacterial activity, specifically inhibits the InhA enoyl reductase of Mycobacteria tuberculosis. Structure-activity relationship studies indicated that the enolic acid moiety in pyridomycin core system is an important pharmacophoric group and the natural configuration of the C-10 hydroxyl contributes to the bioactivity of pyridomycin. The ring structure of pyridomycin was generated by the nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) and polyketide synthase (PKS) hybrid system (PyrE-F-G). Bioinformatics analysis reveals that SDR family protein Pyr2 functions as a 3-oxoacyl ACP reductase in the pyridomycin pathway. Inactivation of pyr2 resulted in accumulation of pyridomycin B, a new pyridomycin analogue featured with enol moiety in pyridyl alanine moiety and a saturated 3-methylvaleric acid group. The elucidated structure of pyridomycin B suggests that rather than functioning as a post-tailoring enzyme, Pyr2 catalyzes ketoreduction to form the C-10 hydroxyl group in pyridyl alanine moiety and the double bond formation of the enolic acid moiety derived from isoleucine when the intermediate assembled by PKS-NRPS machinery is still tethered to the last NRPS module, in a special energy-saving manner. Ser-His-Lys residues constitute the active site of Pyr2, which is different from the typically conserved Tyr based catalytic triad in the majority of SDRs. Site-directed mutation identified that His154 in the active site is a critical residue for pyridomycin B production. These findings will improve our understanding of the pyridomycin biosynthetic logic, identify the missing link for the double bound formation of enol ester in pyridomycin and enable creating chemical diversity of pyridomycin derivatives. Importance Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world's leading causes of death by infection. Recently, pyridomycin, the antituberculous natural product from Streptomyces has garnered considerable attention for being determined as a target inhibitor of InhA enoyl reductase of Mycobacteria tuberculosis. In this study, we report a new pyridomycin analogue from mutant HTT12, demonstrate the essential role of a previously ignored gene pyr2 in pyridomycin biosynthetic pathway, and imply that Pyr2 functions as a trans ketoreductase (KR) contributing to the formation of functional groups of pyridomycin utilize a distinct catalytic mechanism. As enol moiety are important for pharmaceutical activities of pyridomycin, our work would expand the understanding the mechanism of SDR family proteins and set the stage for future bioengineering of new pyridomycin derivatives.
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Qualitative and Quantitative Comparison of Liquid–Liquid Phase Extraction Using Ethyl Acetate and Liquid–Solid Phase Extraction Using Poly-Benzyl-Resin for Natural Products. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/app112110241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A key step in the process of isolating microbial natural products is the preparation of an extract from a culture. This step determines which molecules will be available for detection in the subsequent chemical and biological analysis of a biodiscovery pipeline. In the present study we wanted to document potential differences in performance between liquid–liquid extraction using ethyl acetate and liquid–solid extraction using a poly-benzyl-resin. For the comparison of the two extraction protocols, we spiked a culture of Flavobacterium sp. with a diverse selection of natural products of microbial and plant origin to investigate whether the methods were comparable with respect to selectivity. We also investigated the efficiency of the two extraction methods quantitatively, using water spiked with a selection of natural products, and studied the quantitative effect of different pH levels of the aqueous solutions on the extraction yields of the two methods. The same compounds were extracted by the two methods, but the solid-phase extract contained more media components compared with the liquid-phase extract. Quantitatively, the two extraction methods varied in their recovery rates. We conclude that practical aspects could be more important when selecting one of the extraction protocols, as their efficiencies in extracting specific compounds were quite similar.
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Walker PD, Weir ANM, Willis CL, Crump MP. Polyketide β-branching: diversity, mechanism and selectivity. Nat Prod Rep 2021; 38:723-756. [PMID: 33057534 DOI: 10.1039/d0np00045k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Covering: 2008 to August 2020 Polyketides are a family of natural products constructed from simple building blocks to generate a diverse range of often complex chemical structures with biological activities of both pharmaceutical and agrochemical importance. Their biosynthesis is controlled by polyketide synthases (PKSs) which catalyse the condensation of thioesters to assemble a functionalised linear carbon chain. Alkyl-branches may be installed at the nucleophilic α- or electrophilic β-carbon of the growing chain. Polyketide β-branching is a fascinating biosynthetic modification that allows for the conversion of a β-ketone into a β-alkyl group or functionalised side-chain. The overall transformation is catalysed by a multi-protein 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl synthase (HMGS) cassette and is reminiscent of the mevalonate pathway in terpene biosynthesis. The first step most commonly involves the aldol addition of acetate to the electrophilic carbon of the β-ketothioester catalysed by a 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl synthase (HMGS). Subsequent dehydration and decarboxylation selectively generates either α,β- or β,γ-unsaturated β-alkyl branches which may be further modified. This review covers 2008 to August 2020 and summarises the diversity of β-branch incorporation and the mechanistic details of each catalytic step. This is extended to discussion of polyketides containing multiple β-branches and the selectivity exerted by the PKS to ensure β-branching fidelity. Finally, the application of HMGS in data mining, additional β-branching mechanisms and current knowledge of the role of β-branches in this important class of biologically active natural products is discussed.
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- P D Walker
- Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
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Wang J, Li X, Lu C, Shen Y. Diversity of Polyketide Chains Achieved by Deleting the Tailoring Genes in the Biosynthesis of Ansatrienins. Chembiochem 2018; 19:256-262. [PMID: 29193538 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201700528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The ast gene cluster (GenBank accession numbers KF813023.1 and KP284551) was characterized to be responsible for the biosynthesis of ansatrienins in Streptomyces sp. XZQH13, which contains astC, astF1, and astF2 genes involved in the assembly of the N-cyclohexanoyl d-alanyl side chain and the hydroxylation of C-19, respectively. Further to investigating the biosynthetic mechanism of ansatrienins, herein we constructed the mutant strains XZQH13OEΔastF2 and XZQH13OEΔastCΔastF2. Three new ansatrienin analogues, namely, ansatrienols I-K (1-3), along with trienomycinol (4) and 3-O-demethyltrienomycinol (5), were isolated from the XZQH13OEΔastCΔastF2 strain, and trienomycin A (6) and trienomycin G (7) were isolated from the XZQH13OEΔastF2 strain. Their structures were determined by a combination of high-resolution MS (ESI) and 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy. Accordingly, a pathway for the biosynthesis of these new ansatrienins was proposed.
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- Jianxiong Wang
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, China
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Brandt P, García-Altares M, Nett M, Hertweck C, Hoffmeister D. Induced Chemical Defense of a Mushroom by a Double-Bond-Shifting Polyene Synthase. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:5937-5941. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201700767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Philip Brandt
- Department Pharmaceutical Microbiology at the Hans Knöll Institute; Friedrich-Schiller-Universität; Winzerlaer Strasse 2 07745 Jena Germany
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- Department Biomolecular Chemistry; Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology; Beutenbergstrasse 11a 07745 Jena Germany
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- Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering; Technical University Dortmund; Emil-Figge-Strasse 66 44227 Dortmund Germany
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- Department Biomolecular Chemistry; Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology; Beutenbergstrasse 11a 07745 Jena Germany
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- Department Pharmaceutical Microbiology at the Hans Knöll Institute; Friedrich-Schiller-Universität; Winzerlaer Strasse 2 07745 Jena Germany
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Brandt P, García-Altares M, Nett M, Hertweck C, Hoffmeister D. Induzierte chemische Verteidigung eines Ständerpilzes durch eine doppelbindungsverschiebende Polyensynthase. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201700767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Philip Brandt
- Department Pharmazeutische Mikrobiologie am Hans-Knöll-Institut; Friedrich-Schiller-Universität; Winzerlaer Str. 2 07745 Jena Deutschland
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- Department Biomolekulare Chemie; Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie; Beutenbergstr. 11a 07745 Jena Deutschland
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- Fakultät Bio- und Chemieingenieurwesen; Technische Universität Dortmund; Emil-Figge-Straße 66 44227 Dortmund Deutschland
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- Department Biomolekulare Chemie; Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie; Beutenbergstr. 11a 07745 Jena Deutschland
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- Department Pharmazeutische Mikrobiologie am Hans-Knöll-Institut; Friedrich-Schiller-Universität; Winzerlaer Str. 2 07745 Jena Deutschland
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The enzymology of 135 assembly lines containing primarily cis-acyltransferase modules is comprehensively analyzed, with greater attention paid to less common phenomena. Diverse online transformations, in which the substrate and/or product of the reaction is an acyl chain bound to an acyl carrier protein, are classified so that unusual reactions can be compared and underlying assembly-line logic can emerge. As a complement to the chemistry surrounding the loading, extension, and offloading of assembly lines that construct primarily polyketide products, structural aspects of the assembly-line machinery itself are considered. This review of assembly-line phenomena, covering the literature up to 2017, should thus be informative to the modular polyketide synthase novice and expert alike.
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- Adrian T Keatinge-Clay
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Helfrich EJN, Piel J. Biosynthesis of polyketides by trans-AT polyketide synthases. Nat Prod Rep 2016; 33:231-316. [DOI: 10.1039/c5np00125k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 230] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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This review discusses the biosynthesis of natural products that are generated bytrans-AT polyketide synthases, a family of catalytically versatile enzymes that represents one of the major group of proteins involved in the production of bioactive polyketides.
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- Eric J. N. Helfrich
- Institute of Microbiology
- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich
- 8093 Zurich
- Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology
- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich
- 8093 Zurich
- Switzerland
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Iterative polyketide biosynthesis by modular polyketide synthases in bacteria. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 100:541-57. [PMID: 26549236 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-7093-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2015] [Revised: 10/10/2015] [Accepted: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Modular polyketide synthases (type I PKSs) in bacteria are responsible for synthesizing a significant percentage of bioactive natural products. This group of synthases has a characteristic modular organization, and each module within a PKS carries out one cycle of polyketide chain elongation; thus each module is non-iterative in function. It was possible to predict the basic structure of a polyketide product from the module organization of the PKSs, since there generally existed a co-linearity between the number of modules and the number of chain elongations. However, more and more bacterial modular PKSs fail to conform to the canonical rules, and a particularly noteworthy group of non-canonical PKSs is the bacterial iterative type I PKSs. This review covers recent examples of iteratively used modular PKSs in bacteria. These non-canonical PKSs give rise to a large array of natural products with impressive structural diversity. The molecular mechanism behind the iterations is often unclear, presenting a new challenge to the rational engineering of these PKSs with the goal of generating new natural products. Structural elucidation of these synthase complexes and better understanding of potential PKS-PKS interactions as well as PKS-substrate recognition may provide new prospects and inspirations for the discovery and engineering of new bioactive polyketides.
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Ravu RR, Jacob MR, Chen X, Wang M, Nasrin S, Kloepper JW, Liles MR, Mead DA, Khan IA, Li XC. Bacillusin A, an Antibacterial Macrodiolide from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens AP183. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2015; 78:924-8. [PMID: 25756620 DOI: 10.1021/np500911k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Bioassay-guided fractionation of the organic extracts of a Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain (AP183) led to the discovery of a new macrocyclic polyene antibiotic, bacillusin A (1). Its structure was assigned by interpretation of NMR and MS spectroscopic data as a novel macrodiolide composed of dimeric 4-hydroxy-2-methoxy-6-alkenylbenzoic acid lactones with conjugated pentaene-hexahydroxy polyketide chains. Compound 1 showed potent antibacterial activities against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium with minimum inhibitory concentrations in a range of 0.6 to 1.2 μg/mL. The biosynthetic significance of this unique class of antibiotic compounds is briefly discussed.
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- ⊥Lucigen Corporation, Middleton, Wisconsin 53562, United States
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Zhou Y, Prediger P, Dias LC, Murphy AC, Leadlay PF. Macrodiolide formation by the thioesterase of a modular polyketide synthase. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:5232-5. [PMID: 25753953 PMCID: PMC4471547 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201500401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2015] [Revised: 02/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Elaiophylin is an unusual C2 -symmetric antibiotic macrodiolide produced on a bacterial modular polyketide synthase assembly line. To probe the mechanism and selectivity of diolide formation, we sought to reconstitute ring formation in vitro by using a non-natural substrate. Incubation of recombinant elaiophylin thioesterase/cyclase with a synthetic pentaketide analogue of the presumed monomeric polyketide precursor of elaiophylin, specifically its N-acetylcysteamine thioester, produced a novel 16-membered C2 -symmetric macrodiolide. A linear dimeric thioester is an intermediate in ring formation, which indicates iterative use of the thioesterase active site in ligation and subsequent cyclization. Furthermore, the elaiophylin thioesterase acts on a mixture of pentaketide and tetraketide thioesters to give both the symmetric decaketide diolide and the novel asymmetric hybrid nonaketide diolide. Such thioesterases have potential as tools for the in vitro construction of novel diolides.
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- Yongjun Zhou
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA (UK)
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- Institute of Chemistry, State University of Campinas, UNICAMPC.P. 6154, CEP 13084-971, Campinas SP (Brazil)
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- Institute of Chemistry, State University of Campinas, UNICAMPC.P. 6154, CEP 13084-971, Campinas SP (Brazil)
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA (UK)
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA (UK)
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Zhou Y, Prediger P, Dias LC, Murphy AC, Leadlay PF. Macrodiolide Formation by the Thioesterase of a Modular Polyketide Synthase. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 127:5321-5324. [PMID: 26300568 PMCID: PMC4535664 DOI: 10.1002/ange.201500401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2015] [Revised: 02/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
Elaiophylin is an unusual C2-symmetric antibiotic macrodiolide produced on a bacterial modular polyketide synthase assembly line. To probe the mechanism and selectivity of diolide formation, we sought to reconstitute ring formation in vitro by using a non-natural substrate. Incubation of recombinant elaiophylin thioesterase/cyclase with a synthetic pentaketide analogue of the presumed monomeric polyketide precursor of elaiophylin, specifically its N-acetylcysteamine thioester, produced a novel 16-membered C2-symmetric macrodiolide. A linear dimeric thioester is an intermediate in ring formation, which indicates iterative use of the thioesterase active site in ligation and subsequent cyclization. Furthermore, the elaiophylin thioesterase acts on a mixture of pentaketide and tetraketide thioesters to give both the symmetric decaketide diolide and the novel asymmetric hybrid nonaketide diolide. Such thioesterases have potential as tools for the in vitro construction of novel diolides.
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- Yongjun Zhou
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA (UK) E-mail:
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- Institute of Chemistry, State University of Campinas UNICAMP, C.P. 6154, CEP 13084-971, Campinas SP (Brazil)
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- Institute of Chemistry, State University of Campinas UNICAMP, C.P. 6154, CEP 13084-971, Campinas SP (Brazil)
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA (UK) E-mail:
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA (UK) E-mail:
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He HY, Yuan H, Tang MC, Tang GL. An Unusual Dehydratase Acting on Glycerate and a Ketoreducatse Stereoselectively Reducing α-Ketone in Polyketide Starter Unit Biosynthesis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201406602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Donia MS, Cimermancic P, Schulze CJ, Wieland Brown LC, Martin J, Mitreva M, Clardy J, Linington RG, Fischbach MA. A systematic analysis of biosynthetic gene clusters in the human microbiome reveals a common family of antibiotics. Cell 2014; 158:1402-1414. [PMID: 25215495 PMCID: PMC4164201 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 460] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2014] [Revised: 05/30/2014] [Accepted: 08/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
In complex biological systems, small molecules often mediate microbe-microbe and microbe-host interactions. Using a systematic approach, we identified 3,118 small-molecule biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) in genomes of human-associated bacteria and studied their representation in 752 metagenomic samples from the NIH Human Microbiome Project. Remarkably, we discovered that BGCs for a class of antibiotics in clinical trials, thiopeptides, are widely distributed in genomes and metagenomes of the human microbiota. We purified and solved the structure of a thiopeptide antibiotic, lactocillin, from a prominent member of the vaginal microbiota. We demonstrate that lactocillin has potent antibacterial activity against a range of Gram-positive vaginal pathogens, and we show that lactocillin and other thiopeptide BGCs are expressed in vivo by analyzing human metatranscriptomic sequencing data. Our findings illustrate the widespread distribution of small-molecule-encoding BGCs in the human microbiome, and they demonstrate the bacterial production of drug-like molecules in humans. PAPERCLIP:
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- Mohamed S Donia
- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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- The Genome Institute, Department of Medicine and Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63108, USA
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- The Genome Institute, Department of Medicine and Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63108, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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He HY, Yuan H, Tang MC, Tang GL. An unusual dehydratase acting on glycerate and a ketoreducatse stereoselectively reducing α-ketone in polyketide starter unit biosynthesis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:11315-9. [PMID: 25160004 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201406602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Polyketide synthases (PKSs) usually employ a ketoreductase (KR) to catalyze the reduction of a β-keto group, followed by a dehydratase (DH) that drives the dehydration to form a double bond between the α- and β-carbon atoms. Herein, a DH*-KR* involved in FR901464 biosynthesis was characterized: DH* acts on glyceryl-S-acyl carrier protein (ACP) to yield ACP-linked pyruvate; subsequently KR* reduces α-ketone that yields L-lactyl-S-ACP as starter unit for polyketide biosynthesis. Genetic and biochemical evidence was found to support a similar pathway that is involved in the biosynthesis of lankacidins. These results not only identified new PKS domains acting on different substrates, but also provided additional options for engineering the PKS starter pathway or biocatalysis.
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- Hai-Yan He
- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032 (China)
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Wang H, Zhang H, Zou Y, Mi Y, Lin S, Xie Z, Yan Y, Zhang H. Structural Insight into the Tetramerization of an Iterative Ketoreductase SiaM through Aromatic Residues in the Interfaces. PLoS One 2014; 9:e97996. [PMID: 24901639 PMCID: PMC4046962 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2013] [Accepted: 04/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- Hua Wang
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Hiratsuka T, Suzuki H, Kariya R, Seo T, Minami A, Oikawa H. Biosynthesis of the Structurally Unique Polycyclopropanated Polyketide-Nucleoside Hybrid Jawsamycin (FR-900848). Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201402623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Hiratsuka T, Suzuki H, Kariya R, Seo T, Minami A, Oikawa H. Biosynthesis of the Structurally Unique Polycyclopropanated Polyketide-Nucleoside Hybrid Jawsamycin (FR-900848). Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:5423-6. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201402623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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