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Baumgartner JT, McCaughey CS, Fleming HS, Lentz AR, Sanchez LM, McKinnie SMK. Vanadium-dependent haloperoxidases from diverse microbes halogenate exogenous alkyl quinolone quorum sensing signals. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.07.31.606109. [PMID: 39131370 PMCID: PMC11312541 DOI: 10.1101/2024.07.31.606109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/13/2024]
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Site-selective vanadium-dependent haloperoxidases (VHPOs) are a unique enzyme family that catalyze selective halogenation reactions previously characterized within bacterial natural product biosynthetic pathways. However, the broader chemical roles and biological distribution of these halogenases remains to be explored. Using bioinformatic methods, we have defined a VHPO subfamily that regioselectively brominates alkyl quinolone (AQ) quorum sensing molecules. In vitro AQ halogenation activity was demonstrated from phylogenetically distinct bacteria lacking established AQ biosynthetic pathways and sourced from diverse environments. AQ-VHPOs show high sequence and biochemical similarities with negligible genomic synteny or biosynthetic gene cluster co-localization. Exposure of VHPO-containing microbes to synthetic AQs or established bacterial producers identifies the chemical and spatial response to subvert their bacteriostatic effects. The characterization of novel homologs from bacterial taxa without previously demonstrated vanadium enzymology suggests VHPO-mediated AQ bromination is a niche to manipulate the chemical ecology of microbial communities.
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Baumgartner JT, Lozano Salazar LI, Varga LA, Lefebre GH, McKinnie SMK. Vanadium haloperoxidases as noncanonical terpene synthases. Methods Enzymol 2024; 699:447-475. [PMID: 38942514 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2024.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/30/2024]
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Vanadium-dependent haloperoxidases (VHPOs) are a unique family of enzymes that utilize vanadate, an aqueous halide ion, and hydrogen peroxide to produce an electrophilic halogen species that can be incorporated into electron rich organic substrates. This halogen species can react with terpene substrates and trigger halonium-induced cyclization in a manner reminiscent of class II terpene synthases. While not all VHPOs act in this capacity, several notable examples from algal and actinobacterial species have been characterized to catalyze regio- and enantioselective reactions on terpene and meroterpenoid substrates, resulting in complex halogenated cyclic terpenes through the action of single enzyme. In this article, we describe the expression, purification, and chemical assays of NapH4, a difficult to express characterized VHPO that catalyzes the chloronium-induced cyclization of its meroterpenoid substrate.
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- Jackson T Baumgartner
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States.
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Cochereau B, Le Strat Y, Ji Q, Pawtowski A, Delage L, Weill A, Mazéas L, Hervé C, Burgaud G, Gunde-Cimerman N, Pouchus YF, Demont-Caulet N, Roullier C, Meslet-Cladiere L. Heterologous Expression and Biochemical Characterization of a New Chloroperoxidase Isolated from the Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Black Yeast Hortaea werneckii UBOCC-A-208029. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023; 25:519-536. [PMID: 37354383 PMCID: PMC10427571 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-023-10222-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/26/2023]
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The initiation of this study relies on a targeted genome-mining approach to highlight the presence of a putative vanadium-dependent haloperoxidase-encoding gene in the deep-sea hydrothermal vent fungus Hortaea werneckii UBOCC-A-208029. To date, only three fungal vanadium-dependent haloperoxidases have been described, one from the terrestrial species Curvularia inaequalis, one from the fungal plant pathogen Botrytis cinerea, and one from a marine derived isolate identified as Alternaria didymospora. In this study, we describe a new vanadium chloroperoxidase from the black yeast H. werneckii, successfully cloned and overexpressed in a bacterial host, which possesses higher affinity for bromide (Km = 26 µM) than chloride (Km = 237 mM). The enzyme was biochemically characterized, and we have evaluated its potential for biocatalysis by determining its stability and tolerance in organic solvents. We also describe its potential three-dimensional structure by building a model using the AlphaFold 2 artificial intelligence tool. This model shows some conservation of the 3D structure of the active site compared to the vanadium chloroperoxidase from C. inaequalis but it also highlights some differences in the active site entrance and the volume of the active site pocket, underlining its originality.
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- Bastien Cochereau
- Univ Brest, INRAE, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, F-29280, Plouzané, France
- Institut des Substances et Organismes de la Mer, Nantes Université, ISOMER, UR, 2160, F-44000, Nantes, France
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- Univ Brest, INRAE, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, F-29280, Plouzané, France
- Institut des Substances et Organismes de la Mer, Nantes Université, ISOMER, UR, 2160, F-44000, Nantes, France
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- Univ Brest, INRAE, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, F-29280, Plouzané, France
- Institut des Substances et Organismes de la Mer, Nantes Université, ISOMER, UR, 2160, F-44000, Nantes, France
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- Univ Brest, INRAE, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, F-29280, Plouzané, France
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- Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), UMR8227, Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR), CNRS, Université, 29680, Roscoff, Sorbonne, France
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- Univ Brest, INRAE, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, F-29280, Plouzané, France
- Univ Brest, UBO Culture Collection (UBOCC), F-29280, Plouzané, France
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- Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), UMR8227, Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR), CNRS, Université, 29680, Roscoff, Sorbonne, France
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- Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), UMR8227, Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR), CNRS, Université, 29680, Roscoff, Sorbonne, France
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- Univ Brest, INRAE, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, F-29280, Plouzané, France
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- Molecular Genetics and Biology of Microorganisms, Dept. Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institut des Substances et Organismes de la Mer, Nantes Université, ISOMER, UR, 2160, F-44000, Nantes, France
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- INRAE, University of Paris, UMR ECOSYS, INRAE, Université Paris-Saclay, 78026, Versailles, AgroParisTech, France
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- Institut des Substances et Organismes de la Mer, Nantes Université, ISOMER, UR, 2160, F-44000, Nantes, France.
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- Univ Brest, INRAE, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, F-29280, Plouzané, France.
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Gérard E, Mokkawes T, Johannissen LO, Warwicker J, Spiess RR, Blanford CF, Hay S, Heyes DJ, de Visser SP. How Is Substrate Halogenation Triggered by the Vanadium Haloperoxidase from Curvularia inaequalis? ACS Catal 2023; 13:8247-8261. [PMID: 37342830 PMCID: PMC10278073 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c00761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023]
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Vanadium haloperoxidases (VHPOs) are unique enzymes in biology that catalyze a challenging halogen transfer reaction and convert a strong aromatic C-H bond into C-X (X = Cl, Br, I) with the use of a vanadium cofactor and H2O2. The VHPO catalytic cycle starts with the conversion of hydrogen peroxide and halide (X = Cl, Br, I) into hypohalide on the vanadate cofactor, and the hypohalide subsequently reacts with a substrate. However, it is unclear whether the hypohalide is released from the enzyme or otherwise trapped within the enzyme structure for the halogenation of organic substrates. A substrate-binding pocket has never been identified for the VHPO enzyme, which questions the role of the protein in the overall reaction mechanism. Probing its role in the halogenation of small molecules will enable further engineering of the enzyme and expand its substrate scope and selectivity further for use in biotechnological applications as an environmentally benign alternative to current organic chemistry synthesis. Using a combined experimental and computational approach, we elucidate the role of the vanadium haloperoxidase protein in substrate halogenation. Activity studies show that binding of the substrate to the enzyme is essential for the reaction of the hypohalide with substrate. Stopped-flow measurements demonstrate that the rate-determining step is not dependent on substrate binding but partially on hypohalide formation. Using a combination of molecular mechanics (MM) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, the substrate binding area in the protein is identified and even though the selected substrates (methylphenylindole and 2-phenylindole) have limited hydrogen-bonding abilities, they are found to bind relatively strongly and remain stable in a binding tunnel. A subsequent analysis of the MD snapshots characterizes two small tunnels leading from the vanadate active site to the surface that could fit small molecules such as hypohalide, halide, and hydrogen peroxide. Density functional theory studies using electric field effects show that a polarized environment in a specific direction can substantially lower barriers for halogen transfer. A further analysis of the protein structure indeed shows a large dipole orientation in the substrate-binding pocket that could enable halogen transfer through an applied local electric field. These findings highlight the importance of the enzyme in catalyzing substrate halogenation by providing an optimal environment to lower the energy barrier for this challenging aromatic halide insertion reaction.
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- Emilie
F. Gérard
- Manchester
Institute of Biotechnology, The University
of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, The University
of Manchester, Oxford
Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Manchester
Institute of Biotechnology, The University
of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, The University
of Manchester, Oxford
Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Manchester
Institute of Biotechnology, The University
of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- Manchester
Institute of Biotechnology, The University
of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
- School
of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester 13 9PL, United
Kingdom
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- Manchester
Institute of Biotechnology, The University
of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- Manchester
Institute of Biotechnology, The University
of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
- Department
of Materials, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Manchester
Institute of Biotechnology, The University
of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Manchester
Institute of Biotechnology, The University
of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- Manchester
Institute of Biotechnology, The University
of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, The University
of Manchester, Oxford
Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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Gribble GW. Naturally Occurring Organohalogen Compounds-A Comprehensive Review. PROGRESS IN THE CHEMISTRY OF ORGANIC NATURAL PRODUCTS 2023; 121:1-546. [PMID: 37488466 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-26629-4_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/26/2023]
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The present volume is the third in a trilogy that documents naturally occurring organohalogen compounds, bringing the total number-from fewer than 25 in 1968-to approximately 8000 compounds to date. Nearly all of these natural products contain chlorine or bromine, with a few containing iodine and, fewer still, fluorine. Produced by ubiquitous marine (algae, sponges, corals, bryozoa, nudibranchs, fungi, bacteria) and terrestrial organisms (plants, fungi, bacteria, insects, higher animals) and universal abiotic processes (volcanos, forest fires, geothermal events), organohalogens pervade the global ecosystem. Newly identified extraterrestrial sources are also documented. In addition to chemical structures, biological activity, biohalogenation, biodegradation, natural function, and future outlook are presented.
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- Gordon W Gribble
- Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA.
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Nie Y, Li G, Li J, Zhou X, Zhang Y, Shi Q, Zhou X, Li H, Chen XL, Li Y. A novel elicitor MoVcpo is necessary for the virulence of Magnaporthe oryzae and triggers rice defense responses. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:1018616. [PMID: 36325552 PMCID: PMC9619064 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1018616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Rice blast caused by Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most important diseases of rice. Elicitors secreted by M. oryzae play important roles in the interaction with rice to facilitate fungal infection and disease development. In recent years, several elicitor proteins have been identified in M. oryzae, and their functions and importance are increasingly appreciated. In this study, we purified a novel elicitor-activity protein from M. oryzae, which was further identified as a vanadium chloroperoxidase (MoVcpo) by MAIDL TOF/TOF MS. The purified MoVcpo induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation in host cells, up-regulated the expression of multiple defense-related genes, thus significantly enhancing rice resistance against M. oryzae. These results suggested that MoVcpo functions as a pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP) to trigger rice immunity. Furthermore, MoVcpo was highly expressed in the early stage of M. oryzae infection. Deletion of MoVcpo affected spore formation, conidia germination, cell wall integrity, and sensitivity to osmotic stress, but not fungal growth. Interestingly, compared with the wild-type, inoculation with MoVcpo deletion mutant on rice led to markedly induced ROS accumulation, increased expression of defense-related genes, but also lower disease severity, suggesting that MoVcpo acts as both an elicitor activating plant immune responses and a virulence factor facilitating fungal infection. These findings reveal a novel role for vanadium chloroperoxidase in fungal pathogenesis and deepen our understanding of M. oryzae-rice interactions.
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- Yanfang Nie
- College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology and Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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Chen PYT, Adak S, Chekan JR, Liscombe DK, Miyanaga A, Bernhardt P, Diethelm S, Fielding EN, George JH, Miles ZD, Murray LAM, Steele TS, Winter JM, Noel JP, Moore BS. Structural Basis of Stereospecific Vanadium-Dependent Haloperoxidase Family Enzymes in Napyradiomycin Biosynthesis. Biochemistry 2022; 61:1844-1852. [PMID: 35985031 PMCID: PMC10978243 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.2c00338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Vanadium-dependent haloperoxidases (VHPOs) from Streptomyces bacteria differ from their counterparts in fungi, macroalgae, and other bacteria by catalyzing organohalogenating reactions with strict regiochemical and stereochemical control. While this group of enzymes collectively uses hydrogen peroxide to oxidize halides for incorporation into electron-rich organic molecules, the mechanism for the controlled transfer of highly reactive chloronium ions in the biosynthesis of napyradiomycin and merochlorin antibiotics sets the Streptomyces vanadium-dependent chloroperoxidases apart. Here we report high-resolution crystal structures of two homologous VHPO family members associated with napyradiomycin biosynthesis, NapH1 and NapH3, that catalyze distinctive chemical reactions in the construction of meroterpenoid natural products. The structures, combined with site-directed mutagenesis and intact protein mass spectrometry studies, afforded a mechanistic model for the asymmetric alkene and arene chlorination reactions catalyzed by NapH1 and the isomerase activity catalyzed by NapH3. A key lysine residue in NapH1 situated between the coordinated vanadate and the putative substrate binding pocket was shown to be essential for catalysis. This observation suggested the involvement of the ε-NH2, possibly through formation of a transient chloramine, as the chlorinating species much as proposed in structurally distinct flavin-dependent halogenases. Unexpectedly, NapH3 is modified post-translationally by phosphorylation of an active site His (τ-pHis) consistent with its repurposed halogenation-independent, α-hydroxyketone isomerase activity. These structural studies deepen our understanding of the mechanistic underpinnings of VHPO enzymes and their evolution as enantioselective biocatalysts.
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- Percival Yang-Ting Chen
- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Jack H. Skirball Center for Chemical Biology and Proteomics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Jack H. Skirball Center for Chemical Biology and Proteomics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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Bhandari Y, Sajwan H, Pandita P, Koteswara Rao V. Chloroperoxidase applications in chemical synthesis of industrial relevance. BIOCATAL BIOTRANSFOR 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/10242422.2022.2107919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- Yogesh Bhandari
- Biochemical Sciences Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
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- Biochemical Sciences Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
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- Biochemical Sciences Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
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- Biochemical Sciences Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India
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Recent development of biomimetic halogenation inspired by vanadium dependent haloperoxidase. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Yahiaoui O, Murray LAM, Zhao F, Moore BS, Houk KN, Liu F, George JH. A Diazo-Hooker Reaction, Inspired by the Biosynthesis of Azamerone. Org Lett 2022; 24:490-495. [PMID: 34994200 PMCID: PMC9006554 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c03810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Motivated by the biosynthesis of azamerone, we report the first example of a diazo-Hooker reaction, which involves the formation of a phthalazine ring system by the oxidative rearrangement of a diazoketone. Computational studies indicate that the diazo-Hooker reaction proceeds via an 8π-electrocyclization followed by ring contraction and aromatization. The biosynthetic origin of the diazoketone functional group was also chemically mimicked using a related natural product, naphterpin, as a model system.
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- Oussama Yahiaoui
- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- College of Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- College of Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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Wu Y, Du X, Wang X, Liu H, Zhou L, Tang Y, Li D. Bio-inspired construction of a tetracyclic ring system with an avarane skeleton: total synthesis of dactyloquinone A. Org Chem Front 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2qo00792d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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We report the asymmetric construction of an avarane skeleton. The strategy involves a Lewis acid-catalyzed cyclization reaction, which drives the methyl groups of two different configurations at the C-4 site to migrate by 1, 2-rearrangement.
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- Yumeng Wu
- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, People's Republic of China
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Pessoa JC, Santos MF, Correia I, Sanna D, Sciortino G, Garribba E. Binding of vanadium ions and complexes to proteins and enzymes in aqueous solution. Coord Chem Rev 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Crowe C, Molyneux S, Sharma SV, Zhang Y, Gkotsi DS, Connaris H, Goss RJM. Halogenases: a palette of emerging opportunities for synthetic biology-synthetic chemistry and C-H functionalisation. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:9443-9481. [PMID: 34368824 PMCID: PMC8407142 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs01551b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The enzymatic generation of carbon-halogen bonds is a powerful strategy used by both nature and synthetic chemists to tune the bioactivity, bioavailability and reactivity of compounds, opening up the opportunity for selective C-H functionalisation. Genes encoding halogenase enzymes have recently been shown to transcend all kingdoms of life. These enzymes install halogen atoms into aromatic and less activated aliphatic substrates, achieving selectivities that are often challenging to accomplish using synthetic methodologies. Significant advances in both halogenase discovery and engineering have provided a toolbox of enzymes, enabling the ready use of these catalysts in biotransformations, synthetic biology, and in combination with chemical catalysis to enable late stage C-H functionalisation. With a focus on substrate scope, this review outlines the mechanisms employed by the major classes of halogenases, while in parallel, it highlights key advances in the utilisation of the combination of enzymatic halogenation and chemical catalysis for C-H activation and diversification.
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- Charlotte Crowe
- School of Chemistry, and BSRC, University of St Andrews, North HaughSt Andrews KY16 9STUK
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- School of Chemistry, and BSRC, University of St Andrews, North HaughSt Andrews KY16 9STUK
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- School of Chemistry, and BSRC, University of St Andrews, North HaughSt Andrews KY16 9STUK
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- School of Chemistry, and BSRC, University of St Andrews, North HaughSt Andrews KY16 9STUK
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- School of Chemistry, and BSRC, University of St Andrews, North HaughSt Andrews KY16 9STUK
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- School of Chemistry, and BSRC, University of St Andrews, North HaughSt Andrews KY16 9STUK
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- School of Chemistry, and BSRC, University of St Andrews, North HaughSt Andrews KY16 9STUK
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Thapa HR, Agarwal V. Obligate Brominating Enzymes Underlie Bromoform Production by Marine Cyanobacteria. JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY 2021; 57:1131-1139. [PMID: 33556207 DOI: 10.1111/jpy.13142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2020] [Revised: 01/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Marine algae are prolific producers of bromoform (CHBr3 ). This naturally produced molecule is a potent environmental pollutant as it volatilizes into the atmosphere and contributes to depletion of the ozone layer in a manner akin to, and in magnitude similar to, man-made chlorofluorocarbons. While phototrophs such as seaweeds, diatoms, and dinoflagellates are known sources of bromoform, additional as yet unknown biogenetic sources of bromoform exist in the oceans. Here, using halogenating enzymes as diagnostic genetic elements, we demonstrate that marine cyanobacteria also possess the enzymological potential for bromoform production. Using recombinantly purified vanadium-dependent bromoperoxidases from planktonic and bloom-forming marine cyanobacteria in in vitro biochemical assays, we reconstitute the enzymatic production of bromoform. We find cyanobacterial bromoform synthesizing enzymes to be obligate brominases possessing no chlorinating activities. These results expand the repertoire of marine biotic sources that introduce this pollutant in the atmosphere.
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- Hem R Thapa
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Flavin-dependent halogenases catalyze enantioselective olefin halocyclization. Nat Commun 2021; 12:3268. [PMID: 34075034 PMCID: PMC8169660 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23503-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Halocyclization of alkenes is a powerful bond-forming tool in synthetic organic chemistry and a key step in natural product biosynthesis, but catalyzing halocyclization with high enantioselectivity remains a challenging task. Identifying suitable enzymes that catalyze enantioselective halocyclization of simple olefins would therefore have significant synthetic value. Flavin-dependent halogenases (FDHs) catalyze halogenation of arene and enol(ate) substrates. Herein, we reveal that FDHs engineered to catalyze site-selective aromatic halogenation also catalyze non-native bromolactonization of olefins with high enantioselectivity and near-native catalytic proficiency. Highly selective halocyclization is achieved by characterizing and mitigating the release of HOBr from the FDH active site using a combination of reaction optimization and protein engineering. The structural origins of improvements imparted by mutations responsible for the emergence of halocyclase activity are discussed. This expansion of FDH catalytic activity presages the development of a wide range of biocatalytic halogenation reactions. Catalytic enantioselective halocyclization of alkenes is an important bond forming tool and a key step in natural product biosynthesis, but so far no examples of the enzymatic counterpart of this reaction on simple achiral olefins have been reported. Here, the authors describe examples of engineered flavin-dependent halogenases that catalyze halolactonization of olefins with high enantioselectivity and near-native catalytic activity.
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Covering: up to mid-2020 Terpenoids, also called isoprenoids, are the largest and most structurally diverse family of natural products. Found in all domains of life, there are over 80 000 known compounds. The majority of characterized terpenoids, which include some of the most well known, pharmaceutically relevant, and commercially valuable natural products, are produced by plants and fungi. Comparatively, terpenoids of bacterial origin are rare. This is counter-intuitive to the fact that recent microbial genomics revealed that almost all bacteria have the biosynthetic potential to create the C5 building blocks necessary for terpenoid biosynthesis. In this review, we catalogue terpenoids produced by bacteria. We collected 1062 natural products, consisting of both primary and secondary metabolites, and classified them into two major families and 55 distinct subfamilies. To highlight the structural and chemical space of bacterial terpenoids, we discuss their structures, biosynthesis, and biological activities. Although the bacterial terpenome is relatively small, it presents a fascinating dichotomy for future research. Similarities between bacterial and non-bacterial terpenoids and their biosynthetic pathways provides alternative model systems for detailed characterization while the abundance of novel skeletons, biosynthetic pathways, and bioactivies presents new opportunities for drug discovery, genome mining, and enzymology.
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- Jeffrey D Rudolf
- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
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George JH. Biomimetic Dearomatization Strategies in the Total Synthesis of Meroterpenoid Natural Products. Acc Chem Res 2021; 54:1843-1855. [PMID: 33793197 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Natural products are biosynthesized from a limited pool of starting materials via pathways that obey the same chemical logic as textbook organic reactions. Given the structure of a natural product, it is therefore often possible to predict its likely biosynthesis. Although biosynthesis mainly occurs in the highly specific chemical environments of enzymes, the field of biomimetic total synthesis attempts to replicate predisposed pathways using chemical reagents.We have followed several guidelines in our biomimetic approach to total synthesis. The overarching aim is to construct the same skeletal C-C and C-heteroatom bonds and in the same order as our biosynthetic hypothesis. In order to explore the innate reactivity of (bio)synthetic intermediates, the use of protecting groups is avoided or at least minimized. The key step, which is usually a cascade reaction, should be predisposed to selectively generate molecular complexity under substrate control (e.g., cycloadditions, radical cyclizations, carbocation rearrangements). In general, simple reagents and mild conditions are used; many of the total syntheses presented in this Account could be achieved using pre-1980s methodology. We have focused almost exclusively on the synthesis of meroterpenoids, that is, natural products of mixed terpene and aromatic polyketide origin, using commercially available terpenes and electron-rich aromatic compounds as starting materials. Finally, all of the syntheses in this Account involve a dearomatization step as a means to trigger a cascade reaction or to construct stereochemical complexity from a planar, aromatic intermediate.A biomimetic strategy can offer several advantages to a total synthesis project. Most obviously, successful biomimetic syntheses are usually concise and efficient, naturally adhering to the atom, step, and redox economies of synthesis. For example, in this Account, we describe a four-step synthesis of garcibracteatone and a three-step synthesis of nyingchinoid A. It is difficult to imagine shorter, non-biomimetic syntheses of these intricate molecules. Furthermore, biomimetic synthesis gives insight into biosynthesis by revealing the chemical relationships between biosynthetic intermediates. Access to these natural substrates allows collaboration with biochemists to help uncover the function of newly discovered enzymes and elucidate biosynthetic pathways, as demonstrated in our work on the napyradiomycin family. Third, by making biosynthetic connections between natural products, we can sometimes highlight incorrect structural assignments, and herein we discuss structure revisions of siphonodictyal B, rasumatranin D, and furoerioaustralasine. Last, biomimetic synthesis motivates the prediction of "undiscovered natural products" (i.e., missing links in biosynthesis), which inspired the isolation of prenylbruceol A and isobruceol.
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- Jonathan H. George
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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Organohalide-Respiring Bacteria at the Heart of Anaerobic Metabolism in Arctic Wet Tundra Soils. Appl Environ Microbiol 2021; 87:AEM.01643-20. [PMID: 33187999 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01643-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Recent work revealed an active biological chlorine cycle in coastal Arctic tundra of northern Alaska. This raised the question of whether chlorine cycling was restricted to coastal areas or if these processes extended to inland tundra. The anaerobic process of organohalide respiration, carried out by specialized bacteria like Dehalococcoides, consumes hydrogen gas and acetate using halogenated organic compounds as terminal electron acceptors, potentially competing with methanogens that produce the greenhouse gas methane. We measured microbial community composition and soil chemistry along an ∼262-km coastal-inland transect to test for the potential of organohalide respiration across the Arctic Coastal Plain and studied the microbial community associated with Dehalococcoides to explore the ecology of this group and its potential to impact C cycling in the Arctic. Concentrations of brominated organic compounds declined sharply with distance from the coast, but the decrease in organic chlorine pools was more subtle. The relative abundances of Dehalococcoides were similar across the transect, except for being lower at the most inland site. Dehalococcoides correlated with other strictly anaerobic genera, plus some facultative ones, that had the genetic potential to provide essential resources (hydrogen, acetate, corrinoids, or organic chlorine). This community included iron reducers, sulfate reducers, syntrophic bacteria, acetogens, and methanogens, some of which might also compete with Dehalococcoides for hydrogen and acetate. Throughout the Arctic Coastal Plain, Dehalococcoides is associated with the dominant anaerobes that control fluxes of hydrogen, acetate, methane, and carbon dioxide. Depending on seasonal electron acceptor availability, organohalide-respiring bacteria could impact carbon cycling in Arctic wet tundra soils.IMPORTANCE Once considered relevant only in contaminated sites, it is now recognized that biological chlorine cycling is widespread in natural environments. However, linkages between chlorine cycling and other ecosystem processes are not well established. Species in the genus Dehalococcoides are highly specialized, using hydrogen, acetate, vitamin B12-like compounds, and organic chlorine produced by the surrounding community. We studied which neighbors might produce these essential resources for Dehalococcoides species. We found that Dehalococcoides species are ubiquitous across the Arctic Coastal Plain and are closely associated with a network of microbes that produce or consume hydrogen or acetate, including the most abundant anaerobic bacteria and methanogenic archaea. We also found organic chlorine and microbes that can produce these compounds throughout the study area. Therefore, Dehalococcoides could control the balance between carbon dioxide and methane (a more potent greenhouse gas) when suitable organic chlorine compounds are available to drive hydrogen and acetate uptake.
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Halogenases: structures and functions. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2020; 65:51-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2020.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Revised: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Fernandes RA, Kumar P, Choudhary P. Evolution of Strategies in Protecting‐Group‐Free Synthesis of Natural Products: A Recent Update. European J Org Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202001246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Rodney A. Fernandes
- Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 400076 Mumbai, Powai Maharashtra India
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- Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 400076 Mumbai, Powai Maharashtra India
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- Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 400076 Mumbai, Powai Maharashtra India
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Menon BRK, Richmond D, Menon N. Halogenases for biosynthetic pathway engineering: Toward new routes to naturals and non-naturals. CATALYSIS REVIEWS-SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/01614940.2020.1823788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Binuraj R. K. Menon
- Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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Murray LAM, McKinnie SMK, Moore BS, George JH. Meroterpenoid natural products from Streptomyces bacteria - the evolution of chemoenzymatic syntheses. Nat Prod Rep 2020; 37:1334-1366. [PMID: 32602506 PMCID: PMC7578067 DOI: 10.1039/d0np00018c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Covering: Up to January 2020Meroterpenoids derived from the polyketide 1,3,6,8-tetrahydroxynaphthalene (THN) are complex natural products produced exclusively by Streptomyces bacteria. These antibacterial compounds include the napyradiomycins, merochlorins, marinones, and furaquinocins and have inspired many attempts at their chemical synthesis. In this review, we highlight the role played by biosynthetic studies in the stimulation of biomimetic and, ultimately, chemoenzymatic total syntheses of these natural products. In particular, the application of genome mining techniques to marine Streptomyces bacteria led to the discovery of unique prenyltransferase and vanadium-dependent haloperoxidase enzymes that can be used as highly selective biocatalysts in fully enzymatic total syntheses, thus overcoming the limitations of purely chemical reagents.
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- Lauren A M Murray
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.
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Rudolf JD, Chang CY. Terpene synthases in disguise: enzymology, structure, and opportunities of non-canonical terpene synthases. Nat Prod Rep 2020; 37:425-463. [PMID: 31650156 PMCID: PMC7101268 DOI: 10.1039/c9np00051h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Covering: up to July 2019 Terpene synthases (TSs) are responsible for generating much of the structural diversity found in the superfamily of terpenoid natural products. These elegant enzymes mediate complex carbocation-based cyclization and rearrangement cascades with a variety of electron-rich linear and cyclic substrates. For decades, two main classes of TSs, divided by how they generate the reaction-triggering initial carbocation, have dominated the field of terpene enzymology. Recently, several novel and unconventional TSs that perform TS-like reactions but do not resemble canonical TSs in sequence or structure have been discovered. In this review, we identify 12 families of non-canonical TSs and examine their sequences, structures, functions, and proposed mechanisms. Nature provides a wide diversity of enzymes, including prenyltransferases, methyltransferases, P450s, and NAD+-dependent dehydrogenases, as well as completely new enzymes, that utilize distinctive reaction mechanisms for TS chemistry. These unique non-canonical TSs provide immense opportunities to understand how nature evolved different tools for terpene biosynthesis by structural and mechanistic characterization while affording new probes for the discovery of novel terpenoid natural products and gene clusters via genome mining. With every new discovery, the dualistic paradigm of TSs is contradicted and the field of terpene chemistry and enzymology continues to expand.
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- Jeffrey D Rudolf
- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, Republic of China
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New Napyradiomycin Analogues from Streptomyces sp. Strain CA-271078. Mar Drugs 2019; 18:md18010022. [PMID: 31888028 PMCID: PMC7024253 DOI: 10.3390/md18010022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 12/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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As part of our continuing efforts to discover new bioactive compounds from microbial sources, a reinvestigation of extracts of scaled-up cultures of the marine-derived Streptomyces sp. strain CA-271078 resulted in the isolation and structural elucidation of four new napyradiomycins (1-3, 5). The known napyradiomycin SC (4), whose structural details had not been previously described in detail, and another ten related known compounds (6-15). The structures of the new napyradiomycins were characterized by HRMS and 1D- and 2D-NMR spectroscopies and their relative configurations were established through a combination of molecular modelling with nOe and coupling constants NMR analysis. The absolute configuration of each compound is also proposed based on biosynthetic arguments and the comparison of specific rotation data with those of related compounds. Among the new compounds, 1 was determined to be the first non-halogenated member of napyradiomycin A series containing a functionalized prenyl side chain, while 2-4 harbor in their structures the characteristic chloro-cyclohexane ring of the napyradiomycin B series. Remarkably, compound 5 displays an unprecedented 14-membered cyclic ether ring between the prenyl side chain and the chromophore, thus representing the first member of a new class of napyradiomycins that we have designated as napyradiomycin D1. Anti-infective and cytotoxic properties for all isolated compounds were evaluated against a set of pathogenic microorganisms and the HepG2 cell line, respectively. Among the new compounds, napyradiomycin D1 exhibited significant growth-inhibitory activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and HepG2.
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Murray LAM, Fallon T, Sumby CJ, George JH. Total Synthesis of Naphterpin and Marinone Natural Products. Org Lett 2019; 21:8312-8315. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b03095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Lauren A. M. Murray
- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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Zhao Z, Yang S, Lan S, Liu J, Liu S, Fang X. Asymmetric Synthesis of Dihydronaphthalene‐1,4‐Diones via Carbene‐Catalyzed Stereodivergent Reaction. Adv Synth Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201900506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Zhifei Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou Fujian 350002 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou Fujian 350002 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou Fujian 350002 China
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- Orthopedics Department Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, NO. 111 Dade Road Guangzhou 510120 China
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- Shandong Analysis and Test Center Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) Jinan 250014 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou Fujian 350002 China
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Ritzmann NH, Mährlein A, Ernst S, Hennecke U, Drees SL, Fetzner S. Bromination of alkyl quinolones by Microbulbifer sp. HZ11, a marine Gammaproteobacterium, modulates their antibacterial activity. Environ Microbiol 2019; 21:2595-2609. [PMID: 31087606 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2019] [Revised: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 05/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Alkyl quinolones (AQs) are multifunctional bacterial secondary metabolites generally known for their antibacterial and algicidal properties. Certain representatives are also employed as signalling molecules of Burkholderia strains and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The marine Gammaproteobacterium Microbulbifer sp. HZ11 harbours an AQ biosynthetic gene cluster with unusual topology but does not produce any AQ-type metabolites under laboratory conditions. In this study, we demonstrate the potential of strain HZ11 for AQ production by analysing intermediates and key enzymes of the pathway. Moreover, we demonstrate that exogenously added AQs such as 2-heptyl-1(H)-quinolin-4-one (referred to as HHQ) or 2-heptyl-1-hydroxyquinolin-4-one (referred to as HQNO) are brominated by a vanadium-dependent haloperoxidase (V-HPOHZ11 ), which preferably is active towards AQs with C5-C9 alkyl side chains. Bromination was specific for the third position and led to 3-bromo-2-heptyl-1(H)-quinolin-4-one (BrHHQ) and 3-bromo-2-heptyl-1-hydroxyquinolin-4-one (BrHQNO), both of which were less toxic for strain HZ11 than the respective parental compounds. In contrast, BrHQNO showed increased antibiotic activity against Staphylococcus aureus and marine isolates. Therefore, bromination of AQs by V-HPOHZ11 can have divergent consequences, eliciting a detoxifying effect for strain HZ11 while simultaneously enhancing antibiotic activity against other bacteria.
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- Niklas H Ritzmann
- Institute for Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Organic Chemistry Institute, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.,Organic Chemistry Research Group, Department of Chemistry and Department of Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
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- Institute for Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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A concise and selective synthesis of the dichlorinated meroterpenoid azamerone is described. The paucity of tactics for the synthesis of natural-product-relevant chiral organochlorides motivated the development of unique strategies for accessing these motifs in enantioenriched forms. The route features a novel enantioselective chloroetherification reaction, a Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling between a quinone diazide and a boronic hemiester, and a late-stage tetrazine [4+2]-cycloaddition/oxidation cascade.
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- Matthew L Landry
- Department of Chemistry , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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Wu S, Zhou Y, Li Z. Biocatalytic selective functionalisation of alkenes via single-step and one-pot multi-step reactions. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:883-896. [PMID: 30566124 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc07828a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Alkenes are excellent starting materials for organic synthesis due to the versatile reactivity of C[double bond, length as m-dash]C bonds and the easy availability of many unfunctionalised alkenes. Direct regio- and/or enantioselective conversion of alkenes into functionalised (chiral) compounds has enormous potential for industrial applications, and thus has attracted the attention of researchers for extensive development using chemo-catalysis over the past few years. On the other hand, many enzymes have also been employed for conversion of alkenes in a highly selective and much greener manner to offer valuable products. Herein, we review recent advances in seven well-known types of biocatalytic conversion of alkenes. Remarkably, recent mechanism-guided directed evolution and enzyme cascades have enabled the development of seven novel types of single-step and one-pot multi-step functionalisation of alkenes, some of which are even unattainable via chemo-catalysis. These new reactions are particularly highlighted in this feature article. Overall, we present an ever-expanding enzyme toolbox for various alkene functionalisations inspiring further research in this fast-developing theme.
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- Shuke Wu
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117585.
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Höfler GT, But A, Hollmann F. Haloperoxidases as catalysts in organic synthesis. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 17:9267-9274. [DOI: 10.1039/c9ob01884k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The current state-of-the-art of haloperoxidase catalysis in organic synthesis for halogenation reactions is presented in this review.
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- Georg T. Höfler
- Department of Biotechnology
- Delft University of Technology
- 2629 HZ Delft
- The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology
- Delft University of Technology
- 2629 HZ Delft
- The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology
- Delft University of Technology
- 2629 HZ Delft
- The Netherlands
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McKinnie SMK, Miles ZD, Jordan PA, Awakawa T, Pepper HP, Murray LAM, George JH, Moore BS. Total Enzyme Syntheses of Napyradiomycins A1 and B1. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:17840-17845. [PMID: 30525563 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b10134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The biosynthetic route to the napyradiomycin family of bacterial meroterpenoids has been fully described 32 years following their original isolation and 11 years after their gene cluster discovery. The antimicrobial and cytotoxic natural products napyradiomycins A1 and B1 are produced using three organic substrates (1,3,6,8-tetrahydroxynaphthalene, dimethylallyl pyrophosphate, and geranyl pyrophosphate), and catalysis via five enzymes: two aromatic prenyltransferases (NapT8 and T9); and three vanadium dependent haloperoxidase (VHPO) homologues (NapH1, H3, and H4). Building upon the previous characterization of NapH1, H3, and T8, we herein describe the initial (NapT9, H1) and final (NapH4) steps required for napyradiomycin construction. This remarkably streamlined biosynthesis highlights the utility of VHPO enzymology in complex natural product generation, as NapH4 efficiently performs a unique chloronium-induced terpenoid cyclization to establish two stereocenters and a new carbon-carbon bond, and dual-acting NapH1 catalyzes chlorination and etherification reactions at two distinct stages of the pathway. Moreover, we employed recombinant napyradiomycin biosynthetic enzymes to chemoenzymatically synthesize milligram quantities in one pot in 1 day. This method represents a viable enantioselective approach to produce complex halogenated metabolites, like napyradiomycin B1, that have yet to be chemically synthesized.
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- Shaun M K McKinnie
- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego , La Jolla , California 92093 , United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego , La Jolla , California 92093 , United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego , La Jolla , California 92093 , United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego , La Jolla , California 92093 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Adelaide , Adelaide , South Australia 5005 , Australia
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Adelaide , Adelaide , South Australia 5005 , Australia
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Adelaide , Adelaide , South Australia 5005 , Australia
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego , La Jolla , California 92093 , United States.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of California San Diego , La Jolla , California 92093 , United States
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Meng S, Tang GL, Pan HX. Enzymatic Formation of Oxygen-Containing Heterocycles in Natural Product Biosynthesis. Chembiochem 2018; 19:2002-2022. [PMID: 30039582 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Oxygen-containing heterocycles are widely encountered in natural products that display diverse pharmacological properties and have potential benefits to human health. The formation of O-heterocycles catalyzed by different types of enzymes in the biosynthesis of natural products not only contributes to the structural diversity of these compounds, but also enriches our understanding of nature's ability to construct complex molecules. This minireview focuses on the various modes of enzymatic O-heterocyclization identified in natural product biosynthesis and summarizes the possible mechanisms involved in ring closure.
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- Song Meng
- State Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032, China
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Murray LAM, McKinnie SMK, Pepper HP, Erni R, Miles ZD, Cruickshank MC, López-Pérez B, Moore BS, George JH. Total Synthesis Establishes the Biosynthetic Pathway to the Naphterpin and Marinone Natural Products. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:11009-11014. [PMID: 29935040 PMCID: PMC6248334 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201804351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The naphterpins and marinones are naphthoquinone meroterpenoids with an unusual aromatic oxidation pattern that is biosynthesized from 1,3,6,8-tetrahydroxynaphthalene (THN). We propose that cryptic halogenation of THN derivatives by vanadium-dependent chloroperoxidase (VCPO) enzymes is key to this biosynthetic pathway, despite the absence of chlorine in these natural products. This speculation inspired a total synthesis to mimic the naphterpin/marinone biosynthetic pathway. In validation of this biogenetic hypothesis, two VCPOs were discovered that interconvert several of the proposed biosynthetic intermediates.
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- Lauren A. M. Murray
- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide Adelaide, SA 5005 (Australia)
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine Scripps Institution of Oceanograph, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 (USA) and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide Adelaide, SA 5005 (Australia)
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine Scripps Institution of Oceanograph, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 (USA) and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 (USA)
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine Scripps Institution of Oceanograph, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 (USA) and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide Adelaide, SA 5005 (Australia)
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine Scripps Institution of Oceanograph, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 (USA) and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide Adelaide, SA 5005 (Australia)
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A Comparative Review on the Catalytic Mechanism of Nonheme Iron Hydroxylases and Halogenases. Catalysts 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/catal8080314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Enzymatic halogenation and haloperoxidation are unusual processes in biology; however, a range of halogenases and haloperoxidases exist that are able to transfer an aliphatic or aromatic C–H bond into C–Cl/C–Br. Haloperoxidases utilize hydrogen peroxide, and in a reaction with halides (Cl−/Br−), they react to form hypohalides (OCl−/OBr−) that subsequently react with substrate by halide transfer. There are three types of haloperoxidases, namely the iron-heme, nonheme vanadium, and flavin-dependent haloperoxidases that are reviewed here. In addition, there are the nonheme iron halogenases that show structural and functional similarity to the nonheme iron hydroxylases and form an iron(IV)-oxo active species from a reaction of molecular oxygen with α-ketoglutarate on an iron(II) center. They subsequently transfer a halide (Cl−/Br−) to an aliphatic C–H bond. We review the mechanism and function of nonheme iron halogenases and hydroxylases and show recent computational modelling studies of our group on the hectochlorin biosynthesis enzyme and prolyl-4-hydroxylase as examples of nonheme iron halogenases and hydroxylases. These studies have established the catalytic mechanism of these enzymes and show the importance of substrate and oxidant positioning on the stereo-, chemo- and regioselectivity of the reaction that takes place.
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Murray LAM, McKinnie SMK, Pepper HP, Erni R, Miles ZD, Cruickshank MC, López‐Pérez B, Moore BS, George JH. Total Synthesis Establishes the Biosynthetic Pathway to the Naphterpin and Marinone Natural Products. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201804351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanograph University of California, San Diego La Jolla CA 92093 USA
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of California, San Diego La Jolla CA 92093 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Adelaide Adelaide SA 5005 Australia
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanograph University of California, San Diego La Jolla CA 92093 USA
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of California, San Diego La Jolla CA 92093 USA
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanograph University of California, San Diego La Jolla CA 92093 USA
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of California, San Diego La Jolla CA 92093 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Adelaide Adelaide SA 5005 Australia
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanograph University of California, San Diego La Jolla CA 92093 USA
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of California, San Diego La Jolla CA 92093 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Adelaide Adelaide SA 5005 Australia
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Punitha T, Phang SM, Juan JC, Beardall J. Environmental Control of Vanadium Haloperoxidases and Halocarbon Emissions in Macroalgae. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2018; 20:282-303. [PMID: 29691674 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-018-9820-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2016] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Vanadium-dependent haloperoxidases (V-HPO), able to catalyze the reaction of halide ions (Cl-, Br-, I-) with hydrogen peroxide, have a great influence on the production of halocarbons, which in turn are involved in atmospheric ozone destruction and global warming. The production of these haloperoxidases in macroalgae is influenced by changes in the surrounding environment. The first reported vanadium bromoperoxidase was discovered 40 years ago in the brown alga Ascophyllum nodosum. Since that discovery, more studies have been conducted on the structure and mechanism of the enzyme, mainly focused on three types of V-HPO, the chloro- and bromoperoxidases and, more recently, the iodoperoxidase. Since aspects of environmental regulation of haloperoxidases are less well known, the present paper will focus on reviewing the factors which influence the production of these enzymes in macroalgae, particularly their interactions with reactive oxygen species (ROS).
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- Thillai Punitha
- Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Institute of Graduate Studies, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Nanotechnology and Catalysis Research Centre (NANOCAT), University of Malaya, Level 3, IPS Building, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- School of Science, Monash University Malaysia Campus, Bandar Sunway, 46150, Subang Jaya, Malaysia.
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia
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Wever R, Krenn BE, Renirie R. Marine Vanadium-Dependent Haloperoxidases, Their Isolation, Characterization, and Application. Methods Enzymol 2018; 605:141-201. [PMID: 29909824 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2018.02.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Vanadium-dependent haloperoxidases in seaweeds, cyanobacteria, fungi, and possibly phytoplankton play an important role in the release of halogenated volatile compounds in the environment. These halocarbons have effects on atmospheric chemistry since they cause ozone depletion. In this chapter, a survey is given of the different sources of these enzymes, some of their properties, the various methods to isolate them, and the bottlenecks in purification. The assays to detect and quantify haloperoxidase activity are described as well as their kinetic properties. Several practical tips and pitfalls are given which have not yet been published explicitly. Recent developments in research on structure and function of these enzymes are reviewed. Finally, the application of vanadium-dependent haloperoxidases in the biosynthesis of brominated and other compounds is discussed.
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- Ron Wever
- University of Amsterdam, Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- University of Amsterdam, Innovation Exchange Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- University of Amsterdam, Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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McKinnie SMK, Miles ZD, Moore BS. Characterization and Biochemical Assays of Streptomyces Vanadium-Dependent Chloroperoxidases. Methods Enzymol 2018; 604:405-424. [PMID: 29779661 PMCID: PMC6205230 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2018.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Vanadium-dependent haloperoxidases (VHPOs) are fascinating enzymes that facilitate electrophilic halogen incorporation into electron-rich substrates, simply requiring vanadate, a halide source, and cosubstrate hydrogen peroxide for activity. Initially characterized in fungi and red algae, VHPOs were long believed to have limited regio-, chemo-, and enantioselectivity in the production of halogenated metabolites. However, the recent discovery of homologues in the biosynthetic gene clusters of the stereoselectively halogenated meroterpenoids from marine-derived Streptomyces bacteria has revised this paradigm. Their intriguing transformations have both enhanced and contributed to the fields of synthetic organic and natural product chemistry. We, herein, describe the expression, purification, and chemical assays of two characterized vanadium-dependent chloroperoxidase enzymes (NapH1 and Mcl24), and one homologue devoid of chlorination activity (NapH3), involved in the biosyntheses of halogenated meroterpenoid products.
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- Shaun M K McKinnie
- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States; Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.
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Gkotsi DS, Dhaliwal J, McLachlan MMW, Mulholand KR, Goss RJM. Halogenases: powerful tools for biocatalysis (mechanisms applications and scope). Curr Opin Chem Biol 2018; 43:119-126. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2018.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Moore BS. Asymmetric Alkene and Arene Halofunctionalization Reactions in Meroterpenoid Biosynthesis. Synlett 2018; 29:401-409. [PMID: 31031546 PMCID: PMC6483395 DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1590919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Meroterpenoid natural products are important bioactive molecules with broad distribution throughout nature. In Streptomyces bacteria, naphthoquinone-based meroterpenoids comprise a simple yet structurally fascinating group of natural product antibiotics that are enzymatically constructed through a series of asymmetric alkene and arene halofunctionalization reactions. This account article highlights our discovery and characterization of a group of vanadium-dependent chloroperoxidase enzymes that catalyze halogen-assisted cyclization and rearrangement reactions and have inspired biomimetic syntheses of numerous meroterpenoid natural products.
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- Bradley S Moore
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography & Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Ma Z, Chen C. Natural products as inspiration for the development of new synthetic methods. J CHIN CHEM SOC-TAIP 2018; 65:43-59. [PMID: 29430058 PMCID: PMC5800783 DOI: 10.1002/jccs.201700134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Natural products have played an important role in shaping modern synthetic organic chemistry. In particular, their complex molecular skeletons have stimulated the development of many new synthetic methods. We highlight in this article some recent examples of synthetic design inspired by the biosynthesis of natural products.
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- Zhiqiang Ma
- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75390-9038, USA
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75390-9038, USA
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Kurbah SD, Kumar A, Syiemlieh I, Lal RA. Pi-pi interaction and hydrogen bonding in crystal structure of vanadium(V) complex containing mono hydrazone ligand: Synthesis and protein binding studies. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2017.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Miles ZD, Diethelm S, Pepper HP, Huang DM, George JH, Moore BS. A unifying paradigm for naphthoquinone-based meroterpenoid (bio)synthesis. Nat Chem 2017; 9:1235-1242. [PMID: 29168495 PMCID: PMC5960991 DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2016] [Accepted: 06/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Bacterial meroterpenoids constitute an important class of natural products with diverse biological properties and therapeutic potential. The biosynthetic logic for their production is unknown and defies explanation via classical biochemical paradigms. A large subgroup of naphthoquinone-based meroterpenoids exhibits a substitution pattern of the polyketide-derived aromatic core that seemingly contradicts the established reactivity pattern of polyketide phenol nucleophiles and terpene diphosphate electrophiles. We report the discovery of a hitherto unprecedented enzyme-promoted α-hydroxyketone rearrangement catalysed by vanadium-dependent haloperoxidases to account for these discrepancies in the merochlorin and napyradiomycin class of meroterpenoid antibiotics, and we demonstrate that the α-hydroxyketone rearrangement is potentially a conserved biosynthetic reaction in this molecular class. The biosynthetic α-hydroxyketone rearrangement was applied in a concise total synthesis of naphthomevalin, a prominent member of the napyradiomycin meroterpenes, and sheds further light on the mechanism of this unifying enzymatic transformation.
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- Zachary D. Miles
- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Wever R, Barnett P. Vanadium Chloroperoxidases: The Missing Link in the Formation of Chlorinated Compounds and Chloroform in the Terrestrial Environment? Chem Asian J 2017; 12:1997-2007. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201700420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2017] [Revised: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Ron Wever
- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences; University of Amsterdam; Science Park 904 1098 XH Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy; Embryology and Physiology; Academic Medical Center Amsterdam; Meibergdreef 15 1105 AZ Amsterdam The Netherlands
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Latham J, Brandenburger E, Shepherd SA, Menon BRK, Micklefield J. Development of Halogenase Enzymes for Use in Synthesis. Chem Rev 2017; 118:232-269. [PMID: 28466644 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Nature has evolved halogenase enzymes to regioselectively halogenate a diverse range of biosynthetic precursors, with the halogens introduced often having a profound effect on the biological activity of the resulting natural products. Synthetic endeavors to create non-natural bioactive small molecules for pharmaceutical and agrochemical applications have also arrived at a similar conclusion: halogens can dramatically improve the properties of organic molecules for selective modulation of biological targets in vivo. Consequently, a high proportion of pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals on the market today possess halogens. Halogenated organic compounds are also common intermediates in synthesis and are particularly valuable in metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions. Despite the potential utility of organohalogens, traditional nonenzymatic halogenation chemistry utilizes deleterious reagents and often lacks regiocontrol. Reliable, facile, and cleaner methods for the regioselective halogenation of organic compounds are therefore essential in the development of economical and environmentally friendly industrial processes. A potential avenue toward such methods is the use of halogenase enzymes, responsible for the biosynthesis of halogenated natural products, as biocatalysts. This Review will discuss advances in developing halogenases for biocatalysis, potential untapped sources of such biocatalysts and how further optimization of these enzymes is required to achieve the goal of industrial scale biohalogenation.
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- Jonathan Latham
- School of Chemistry and Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester , 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry and Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester , 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry and Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester , 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry and Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester , 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry and Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester , 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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Oxidative cyclizations are important transformations that occur widely during natural product biosynthesis. The transformations from acyclic precursors to cyclized products can afford morphed scaffolds, structural rigidity, and biological activities. Some of the most dramatic structural alterations in natural product biosynthesis occur through oxidative cyclization. In this Review, we examine the different strategies used by nature to create new intra(inter)molecular bonds via redox chemistry. This Review will cover both oxidation- and reduction-enabled cyclization mechanisms, with an emphasis on the former. Radical cyclizations catalyzed by P450, nonheme iron, α-KG-dependent oxygenases, and radical SAM enzymes are discussed to illustrate the use of molecular oxygen and S-adenosylmethionine to forge new bonds at unactivated sites via one-electron manifolds. Nonradical cyclizations catalyzed by flavin-dependent monooxygenases and NAD(P)H-dependent reductases are covered to show the use of two-electron manifolds in initiating cyclization reactions. The oxidative installations of epoxides and halogens into acyclic scaffolds to drive subsequent cyclizations are separately discussed as examples of "disappearing" reactive handles. Last, oxidative rearrangement of rings systems, including contractions and expansions, will be covered.
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- Man-Cheng Tang
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 420 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 420 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Stanford University Chemistry, Engineering, and Medicine for Human Health (ChEM-H), Stanford University, 443 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 420 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Agarwal V, Miles ZD, Winter JM, Eustáquio AS, El Gamal AA, Moore BS. Enzymatic Halogenation and Dehalogenation Reactions: Pervasive and Mechanistically Diverse. Chem Rev 2017; 117:5619-5674. [PMID: 28106994 PMCID: PMC5575885 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 248] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Naturally produced halogenated compounds are ubiquitous across all domains of life where they perform a multitude of biological functions and adopt a diversity of chemical structures. Accordingly, a diverse collection of enzyme catalysts to install and remove halogens from organic scaffolds has evolved in nature. Accounting for the different chemical properties of the four halogen atoms (fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine) and the diversity and chemical reactivity of their organic substrates, enzymes performing biosynthetic and degradative halogenation chemistry utilize numerous mechanistic strategies involving oxidation, reduction, and substitution. Biosynthetic halogenation reactions range from simple aromatic substitutions to stereoselective C-H functionalizations on remote carbon centers and can initiate the formation of simple to complex ring structures. Dehalogenating enzymes, on the other hand, are best known for removing halogen atoms from man-made organohalogens, yet also function naturally, albeit rarely, in metabolic pathways. This review details the scope and mechanism of nature's halogenation and dehalogenation enzymatic strategies, highlights gaps in our understanding, and posits where new advances in the field might arise in the near future.
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- Vinayak Agarwal
- Center for Oceans and Human Health, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
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- College of Pharmacy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacognosy and Center for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago
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- Center for Oceans and Human Health, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
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- Center for Oceans and Human Health, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego
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Martucci H, Campit SE, Gee SR, Bray WM, Gokey T, Cada AK, Yen TY, Minoura K, Guliaev AB, Lokey RS, Amagata T. Naphthablins B and C, Meroterpenoids Identified from the Marine Sediment-Derived Streptomyces sp. CP26-58 Using HeLa Cell-Based Cytological Profiling. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2017; 80:684-691. [PMID: 28128950 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b00996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
HeLa cell-based cytological profiling (CP) was applied to an extract library of marine sediment-derived actinomycetes to discover new cytotoxic secondary metabolites. Among the hit strains, Streptomyces sp. CP26-58 was selected for further investigation to identify its cytotoxic metabolites. CP revealed that the known ionophore tetronasin (1) was responsible for the cytotoxic effect found in the extract. Furthermore, three naphthoquinone meroterpenoids, naphthablin A (2) and two new derivatives designated as naphthablins B (3) and C (4), were isolated from other cytotoxic fractions. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated based on analysis of their HRESIMS and comprehensive NMR data. The absolute configurations of the new compounds were deduced by simulating ECD spectra and calculating potential energies for the model compounds using density function theory (DFT) calculations. Compound 1 showed a significant cytotoxic effect against HeLa cells with an IC50 value of 0.23 μM, and CP successfully clustered 1 with calcium ionophores.
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- Hana Martucci
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco State University , 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, California 94132, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco State University , 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, California 94132, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco State University , 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, California 94132, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz , 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California, 95064, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco State University , 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, California 94132, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco State University , 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, California 94132, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco State University , 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, California 94132, United States
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- Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences , 4-20-1 Nasahara, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-1094, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco State University , 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, California 94132, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz , 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California, 95064, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco State University , 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, California 94132, United States
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Frank A, Seel CJ, Groll M, Gulder T. Characterization of a Cyanobacterial Haloperoxidase and Evaluation of its Biocatalytic Halogenation Potential. Chembiochem 2016; 17:2028-2032. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201600417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Annika Frank
- Department Chemie; Center for Integrated Protein Science at the Department Chemie and Catalysis Research Center (CRC); Technische Universität München; Lichtenbergstrasse 4 85747 Garching Germany
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- Department Chemie; Center for Integrated Protein Science at the Department Chemie and Catalysis Research Center (CRC); Technische Universität München; Lichtenbergstrasse 4 85747 Garching Germany
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- Department Chemie; Center for Integrated Protein Science at the Department Chemie and Catalysis Research Center (CRC); Technische Universität München; Lichtenbergstrasse 4 85747 Garching Germany
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- Department Chemie; Center for Integrated Protein Science at the Department Chemie and Catalysis Research Center (CRC); Technische Universität München; Lichtenbergstrasse 4 85747 Garching Germany
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A new POMOF consisting of [VW 12 ] 4− clusters and metal-organic nanotubes: Synthesis, structure, electrocatalytic and luminescent properties. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2016.04.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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