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Palma D, Oliva V, Montanares M, Gil-Durán C, Travisany D, Chávez R, Vaca I. Expanding the Toolbox for Genetic Manipulation in Pseudogymnoascus: RNAi-Mediated Silencing and CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Disruption of a Polyketide Synthase Gene Involved in Red Pigment Production in P. verrucosus. J Fungi (Basel) 2024; 10:157. [PMID: 38392828 PMCID: PMC10889956 DOI: 10.3390/jof10020157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Revised: 01/25/2024] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
Abstract
Fungi belonging to the genus Pseudogymnoascus have garnered increasing attention in recent years. One of the members of the genus, P. destructans, has been identified as the causal agent of a severe bat disease. Simultaneously, the knowledge of Pseudogymnoascus species has expanded, in parallel with the increased availability of genome sequences. Moreover, Pseudogymnoascus exhibits great potential as a producer of specialized metabolites, displaying a diverse array of biological activities. Despite these significant advancements, the genetic landscape of Pseudogymnoascus remains largely unexplored due to the scarcity of suitable molecular tools for genetic manipulation. In this study, we successfully implemented RNAi-mediated gene silencing and CRISPR/Cas9-mediated disruption in Pseudogymnoascus, using an Antarctic strain of Pseudogymnoascus verrucosus as a model. Both methods were applied to target azpA, a gene involved in red pigment biosynthesis. Silencing of the azpA gene to levels of 90% or higher eliminated red pigment production, resulting in transformants exhibiting a white phenotype. On the other hand, the CRISPR/Cas9 system led to a high percentage (73%) of transformants with a one-nucleotide insertion, thereby inactivating azpA and abolishing red pigment production, resulting in a white phenotype. The successful application of RNAi-mediated gene silencing and CRISPR/Cas9-mediated disruption represents a significant advancement in Pseudogymnoascus research, opening avenues for comprehensive functional genetic investigations within this underexplored fungal genus.
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- Diego Palma
- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 7800003, Chile
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 7800003, Chile
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 7800003, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, USACH, Santiago 9170022, Chile
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- Núcleo de Investigación en Data Science, Facultad de Ingeniería y Negocios, Universidad de Las Américas, Santiago 7500975, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, USACH, Santiago 9170022, Chile
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 7800003, Chile
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Das S. Stereoselective synthesis of fused-, spiro- and bridged heterocycles via cyclization of isoquinolinium salts: A recent update. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:1838-1868. [DOI: 10.1039/d1ob02478g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Isoquinoline and its derivatives are ubiquitous in natural alkaloids, synthetic materials and pharmaceuticals with broad spectrum of biological activities. In particular, isoquinolinium salts are important in organic synthesis because they...
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Paroi B, Sancheti SP, Patil NT. 1,2-Aminofunctionalization Reactions of Pyridino-Alkynes via Carbophilic Activation. CHEM REC 2021; 21:3779-3794. [PMID: 34669247 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202100145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 10/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Transition metal-catalyzed 1,2-difunctionalization reactions of alkynes have emerged as a powerful tool to forge carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds for the rapid synthesis of polyfunctionalized molecular scaffolds. In this regard, our group has persistently been developing transition metal-mediated 1,2-aminofunctionalization reactions of alkynes through a rationally designed pyridino-alkyne core by utilizing the carbophilic activation strategy. In this account, we present an array of such 1,2-aminofunctionalization reactions which have been successfully executed on this core to afford important polycyclic frameworks such as functionalized quinalizinones, pyridinium oxazole dyads (PODs), N-doped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), N-doped spiro-PAHs. Additionally, the synthesis of phosphine ligated gold complexes bearing pyrido-isoquinoline scaffold from the pyridino-alkynes will be discussed briefly.
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- Bidisha Paroi
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhauri, Bhopal, 462 066, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhauri, Bhopal, 462 066, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhauri, Bhopal, 462 066, India
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Wu S, Xu J, Deng R, Wang H, Chi YR, Zheng P. Carbene-Catalyzed Activation of Formyl-phenylacetic Esters for Access to Chiral Dihydroisoquinolinones. Org Lett 2021; 23:7513-7517. [PMID: 34533322 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c02676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A carbene-catalyzed reaction to synthesize chiral dihydroisoquinolinones via an o-quinodimethane (o-QDM) intermediate is disclosed. o-QDM reacts with cyclic sulfonic imines via annulation to afford highly enantioenriched dihydroisoquinolinone products. ESI-HRMS studies suggest a stepwise Mannich addition and acylation reaction pathway, and the pathways of the catalytic and uncatalyzed background reactions are evaluated via DFT calculations.
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- Shuquan Wu
- Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Huaxi District, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550025, China.,Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Huaxi District, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Huaxi District, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Huaxi District, Guiyang 550025, China.,Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Huaxi District, Guiyang 550025, China
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Treesa GSS, Saranya S, Meera G, Anilkumar G. Recent Advances and Perspectives in the Silver-catalyzed Multi-component Reactions. CURR ORG CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.2174/1385272824666200217102036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The catalytic activity of silver and its salts in various reactions leads to a vast
variety of organic compounds having significant applications in organic synthesis. This
review gives a comprehensive study on silver-catalyzed multi-component reactions that
attracted the interest of the scientific world through ecofriendly, atom-economic and mild
conditions. The silver-catalyzed multi-component synthesis of organic compounds
including aliphatic, aromatic and heterocycles are divided into subsections based on the
types of bond formed and covers literature up to 2019.
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- G. S. Susan Treesa
- School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarsini Hills, Kottayam, Kerala 686560, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarsini Hills, Kottayam, Kerala 686560, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarsini Hills, Kottayam, Kerala 686560, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarsini Hills, Kottayam, Kerala 686560, India
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Fernández P, Valdés C, Fañanás FJ, Rodríguez F. Unusual Reactivity of Isoquinolinones Generated by Silver-Catalyzed Cycloisomerizations of Imines Derived from ortho-Alkynylsalicylaldehydes. J Org Chem 2019; 84:3184-3191. [PMID: 30777435 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b03081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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8-Isoquinolinones derived from a silver-catalyzed cycloisomerization of in situ formed ortho-alkynylsalicylaldimines react with 1 equiv of acetylenedicarboxylate derivatives to give pyrano[2,3,4- ij]isoquinolines through a [4 + 2]-cycloaddition reaction. When 2 equiv of the alkyne are used, structurally complex benzo[ de]chromenes are obtained through an intricate cascade process comprising unusual formal [4 + 2]- and [2 + 2]-cycloadditions followed by several ring-opening and ring-closing processes.
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- Patricia Fernández
- Instituto Universitario de Química Organometálica "Enrique Moles" , Universidad de Oviedo , Julián Clavería 8 , E-33006 Oviedo , Spain
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- Instituto Universitario de Química Organometálica "Enrique Moles" , Universidad de Oviedo , Julián Clavería 8 , E-33006 Oviedo , Spain
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- Instituto Universitario de Química Organometálica "Enrique Moles" , Universidad de Oviedo , Julián Clavería 8 , E-33006 Oviedo , Spain
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- Instituto Universitario de Química Organometálica "Enrique Moles" , Universidad de Oviedo , Julián Clavería 8 , E-33006 Oviedo , Spain
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Affiliation(s)
- Longlong Li
- Department of ChemistryLishui University No. 1, Xueyuan Road Lishui City 323000 Zhejiang Province People's Republic of China
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- Department of ChemistryLishui University No. 1, Xueyuan Road Lishui City 323000 Zhejiang Province People's Republic of China
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- Department of ChemistryLishui University No. 1, Xueyuan Road Lishui City 323000 Zhejiang Province People's Republic of China
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- Department of ChemistryLishui University No. 1, Xueyuan Road Lishui City 323000 Zhejiang Province People's Republic of China
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Abe T, Takahashi Y, Matsubara Y, Yamada K. An Ullmann N-arylation/2-amidation cascade by self-relay copper catalysis: one-pot synthesis of indolo[1,2-a]quinazolinones. Org Chem Front 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7qo00549k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We have developed a self-relay copper(i)-catalyzed Ullmann N-arylation/2-amidation cascade to form functionalized indolo[1,2-a]quinazolinones in one-pot from easily available indoles with 2-bromobenzamides.
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- Takumi Abe
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
- Ishikari-tobetsu
- Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
- Ishikari-tobetsu
- Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
- Ishikari-tobetsu
- Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
- Ishikari-tobetsu
- Japan
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