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Li Y, Cong M, Wang W, Zhang X, Zhu Y, Song Y, Zhang W, Xiao H, Liu Y, Zhang C, Wang J, Yan Y. An Enzymatic Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage and Aldol Reaction Cascade Converts an Angular Scaffold into the Linear Tetracyclic Core of Ochraceopones. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202403365. [PMID: 38454191 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202403365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2024] [Revised: 03/01/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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Meroterpenoids of the ochraceopones family featuring a linear tetracyclic scaffold exhibit exceptional antiviral and anti-inflammatory activities. The biosynthetic pathway and chemical logic to generate this linear tetracycle, however, remain unknown. In this study, we identified and characterized all biosynthetic enzymes to afford ochraceopones and elucidated the complete biosynthetic pathway. We demonstrated that the linear tetracyclic scaffold of ochraceopones was derived from an angular tetracyclic precursor. A multifunctional cytochrome P450 OchH was validated to catalyze the free-radical-initiated carbon-carbon bond cleavage of the angular tetracycle. Then, a new carbon-carbon bond was verified to be constructed using a new aldolase OchL, which catalyzes an intramolecular aldol reaction to form the linear tetracycle. This carbon-carbon bond fragmentation and aldol reaction cascade features an unprecedented strategy for converting a common angular tetracycle to a distinctive linear tetracyclic scaffold in meroterpenoid biosynthesis.
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- Yanqin Li
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Oceanology Eco-Environmental Engineering, Yazhou Scientific Bay, Sanya, 572000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, 336 West Road of Nan Xinzhuang, Jinan, 250022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Oceanology Eco-Environmental Engineering, Yazhou Scientific Bay, Sanya, 572000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Oceanology Eco-Environmental Engineering, Yazhou Scientific Bay, Sanya, 572000, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Science, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Oceanology Eco-Environmental Engineering, Yazhou Scientific Bay, Sanya, 572000, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Science, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Oceanology Eco-Environmental Engineering, Yazhou Scientific Bay, Sanya, 572000, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Science, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Oceanology Eco-Environmental Engineering, Yazhou Scientific Bay, Sanya, 572000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Oceanology Eco-Environmental Engineering, Yazhou Scientific Bay, Sanya, 572000, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Science, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Oceanology Eco-Environmental Engineering, Yazhou Scientific Bay, Sanya, 572000, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Science, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Oceanology Eco-Environmental Engineering, Yazhou Scientific Bay, Sanya, 572000, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Science, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Oceanology Eco-Environmental Engineering, Yazhou Scientific Bay, Sanya, 572000, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Science, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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Tang J, Matsuda Y. Discovery of fungal onoceroid triterpenoids through domainless enzyme-targeted global genome mining. Nat Commun 2024; 15:4312. [PMID: 38773118 PMCID: PMC11109268 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48771-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/23/2024] Open
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Genomics-guided methodologies have revolutionized the discovery of natural products. However, a major challenge in the field of genome mining is determining how to selectively extract biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) for untapped natural products from numerous available genome sequences. In this study, we developed a fungal genome mining tool that extracts BGCs encoding enzymes that lack a detectable protein domain (i.e., domainless enzymes) and are not recognized as biosynthetic proteins by existing bioinformatic tools. We searched for BGCs encoding a homologue of Pyr4-family terpene cyclases, which are representative examples of apparently domainless enzymes, in approximately 2000 fungal genomes and discovered several BGCs with unique features. The subsequent characterization of selected BGCs led to the discovery of fungal onoceroid triterpenoids and unprecedented onoceroid synthases. Furthermore, in addition to the onoceroids, a previously unreported sesquiterpene hydroquinone, of which the biosynthesis involves a Pyr4-family terpene cyclase, was obtained. Our genome mining tool has broad applicability in fungal genome mining and can serve as a beneficial platform for accessing diverse, unexploited natural products.
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- Jia Tang
- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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Yan D, Matsuda Y. Global genome mining-driven discovery of an unusual biosynthetic logic for fungal polyketide-terpenoid hybrids. Chem Sci 2024; 15:3011-3017. [PMID: 38404388 PMCID: PMC10882540 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc06001b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024] Open
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Genome mining has facilitated the efficient discovery of untapped natural products. We performed global genome mining in fungi and discovered a series of biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) that appeared to afford polyketide-terpenoid hybrids via a distinct biosynthetic mechanism from those adopted by known pathways. Characterization of one of the BGCs revealed that it yields the drimane-phthalide hybrid 1. During the biosynthesis of 1, the farnesyl group is unusually introduced by the dimethylallyltryptophan synthase-type prenyltransferase MfmD and is then cyclized by the Pyr4-family terpene cyclase MfmH. The replacement of MfmH with its homologue OcdTC gave another hybrid molecule with a monocyclic terpenoid moiety. Moreover, PsetPT, an MfmD homologue, was found to perform dimethylallylation and was then engineered to install a geranyl group. Our study unraveled an unusual biosynthetic mechanism for fungal phthalide-terpenoid hybrids and provided insights into how their structural diversification could be achieved.
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- Dexiu Yan
- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong Tat Chee Avenue Kowloon Hong Kong SAR China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong Tat Chee Avenue Kowloon Hong Kong SAR China
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Mori T, Abe I. Functional analysis of a fungal P450 enzyme. Methods Enzymol 2023; 693:171-190. [PMID: 37977730 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2023.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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Fungal cytochrome P450s participate in various physiological reactions, including the synthesis of internal cellular components, metabolic detoxification of xenobiotic compounds, and oxidative modification of natural products. Although functional analysis reports of fungal P450s continue to grow, there are still some difficulties as compared to prokaryotic P450s, because most of these fungal enzymes are transmembrane proteins. In this chapter, we will describe the methods for heterologous expression, in vivo analysis, enzyme preparation, and in vitro enzyme assays of the fungal P450 enzyme Trt6 and isomerase Trt14, which play important roles in the divergence of the biosynthetic pathway of terretonins, as a model for the functional analysis of fungal P450 enzymes.
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- Takahiro Mori
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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Permana D, Kitaoka T, Ichinose H. Conversion and synthesis of chemicals catalyzed by fungal cytochrome P450 monooxygenases: A review. Biotechnol Bioeng 2023. [PMID: 37139574 DOI: 10.1002/bit.28411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Cytochrome P450s (also called CYPs or P450s) are a superfamily of heme-containing monooxygenases. They are distributed in all biological kingdoms. Most fungi have at least two P450-encoding genes, CYP51 and CYP61, which are housekeeping genes that play important roles in the synthesis of sterols. However, the kingdom fungi is an interesting source of numerous P450s. Here, we review reports on fungal P450s and their applications in the bioconversion and biosynthesis of chemicals. We highlight their history, availability, and versatility. We describe their involvement in hydroxylation, dealkylation, oxygenation, C═C epoxidation, C-C cleavage, C-C ring formation and expansion, C-C ring contraction, and uncommon reactions in bioconversion and/or biosynthesis pathways. The ability of P450s to catalyze these reactions makes them promising enzymes for many applications. Thus, we also discuss future prospects in this field. We hope that this review will stimulate further study and exploitation of fungal P450s for specific reactions and applications.
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- Dani Permana
- Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- Research Center for Environmental and Clean Technology, The National Research and Innovation Agency of the Republic of Indonesia (Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN)), Bandung Advanced Science and Creative Engineering Space (BASICS), Kawasan Sains dan Teknologi (KST) Prof. Dr. Samaun Samadikun, Bandung, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Multifunctional Enzymes in Microbial Secondary Metabolic Processes. Catalysts 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/catal13030581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/15/2023] Open
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Microorganisms possess a strong capacity for secondary metabolite synthesis, which is represented by tightly controlled networks. The absence of any enzymes leads to a change in the original metabolic pathway, with a decrease in or even elimination of a synthetic product, which is not permissible under conditions of normal life activities of microorganisms. In order to improve the efficiency of secondary metabolism, organisms have evolved multifunctional enzymes (MFEs) that can catalyze two or more kinds of reactions via multiple active sites. However, instead of interfering, the multifunctional catalytic properties of MFEs facilitate the biosynthetic process. Among the numerous MFEs considered of vital importance in the life activities of living organisms are the synthases involved in assembling the backbone of compounds using different substrates and modifying enzymes that confer the final activity of compounds. In this paper, we review MFEs in terms of both synthetic and post-modifying enzymes involved in secondary metabolic biosynthesis, focusing on polyketides, non-ribosomal peptides, terpenoids, and a wide range of cytochrome P450s(CYP450s), and provide an overview and describe the recent progress in the research on MFEs.
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Cytochromes P450 in biosensing and biosynthesis applications: Recent progress and future perspectives. Trends Analyt Chem 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2022.116791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Zhang T, Gu G, Liu G, Su J, Zhan Z, Zhao J, Qian J, Cai G, Cen S, Zhang D, Yu L. Late-stage cascade of oxidation reactions during the biosynthesis of oxalicine B in Penicillium oxalicum. Acta Pharm Sin B 2023; 13:256-270. [PMID: 36815048 PMCID: PMC9939320 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2022.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Oxalicine B (1) is an α-pyrone meroterpenoid with a unique bispirocyclic ring system derived from Penicillium oxalicum. The biosynthetic pathway of 15-deoxyoxalicine B (4) was preliminarily reported in Penicillium canescens, however, the genetic base and biochemical characterization of tailoring reactions for oxalicine B (1) has remained enigmatic. In this study, we characterized three oxygenases from the metabolic pathway of oxalicine B (1), including a cytochrome P450 hydroxylase OxaL, a hydroxylating Fe(II)/α-KG-dependent dioxygenase OxaK, and a multifunctional cytochrome P450 OxaB. Intriguingly, OxaK can catalyze various multicyclic intermediates or shunt products of oxalicines with impressive substrate promiscuity. OxaB was further proven via biochemical assays to have the ability to convert 15-hydroxdecaturin A (3) to 1 with a spiro-lactone core skeleton through oxidative rearrangement. We also solved the mystery of OxaL that controls C-15 hydroxylation. Chemical investigation of the wild-type strain and deletants enabled us to identify 10 metabolites including three new compounds, and the isolated compounds displayed potent anti-influenza A virus bioactivities exhibiting IC50 values in the range of 4.0-19.9 μmol/L. Our studies have allowed us to propose a late-stage biosynthetic pathway for oxalicine B (1) and create downstream derivatizations of oxalicines by employing enzymatic strategies.
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- Tao Zhang
- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- The Third Medical Center, The General Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100039, China
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- National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China,Corresponding authors. Tel./fax: +86 10 63187118.
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China,Corresponding authors. Tel./fax: +86 10 63187118.
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zur Bonsen AB, Peralta RA, Fallon T, Huang DM, George JH. Intramolecular Tricarbonyl‐Ene Reactions and α‐Hydroxy‐β‐Diketone Rearrangements Inspired by the Biosynthesis of Polycyclic Polyprenylated Acylphloroglucinols. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202203311. [PMID: 35680561 PMCID: PMC9541541 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202203311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Structurally unique natural products pose biosynthetic puzzles whose solution can inspire new chemical reactions. Herein, we propose a unified biosynthetic pathway towards some complex meroterpenoids—the hyperireflexolides, biyoulactones, hybeanones and hypermonones. This hypothesis led to the discovery of uncatalyzed, intramolecular carbonyl‐ene reactions that are spontaneous at room temperature. We also developed an anionic cascade reaction featuring an α‐hydroxy‐β‐diketone rearrangement and an intramolecular aldol reaction to access four distinct natural product scaffolds from a common intermediate.
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- Department of Chemistry The University of Adelaide Adelaide SA 5005 Australia
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- Department of Chemistry The University of Adelaide Adelaide SA 5005 Australia
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- Department of Chemistry The University of Adelaide Adelaide SA 5005 Australia
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- Department of Chemistry The University of Adelaide Adelaide SA 5005 Australia
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Tao H, Abe I. Harnessing Fe(II)/α-ketoglutarate-dependent oxygenases for structural diversification of fungal meroterpenoids. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2022; 77:102763. [PMID: 35878474 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2022.102763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Revised: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Fungal meroterpenoids are structurally diverse natural products with important biological activities. During their biosynthesis, α-ketoglutarate-dependent oxygenases (αKG-DOs) catalyze a wide range of chemically challenging transformation reactions, including desaturation, epoxidation, oxidative rearrangement, and endoperoxide formation, by selective C-H bond activation, to produce molecules with more complex and divergent structures. Investigations on the structure-function relationships of αKG-DO enzymes have revealed the intimate molecular bases of their catalytic versatility and reaction mechanisms. Notably, the catalytic repertoire of αKG-DOs is further expanded by only subtle changes in their active site and lid-like loop-region architectures. Owing to their remarkable biocatalytic potential, αKG-DOs are ideal candidates for future chemoenzymatic synthesis and enzyme engineering for the generation of terpenoids with diverse structures and biological activities.
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- Hui Tao
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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zur Bonsen AB, Peralta RA, Fallon T, Huang DM, George JH. Intramolecular Tricarbonyl‐Ene Reactions and α‐Hydroxy‐β‐Diketone Rearrangements Inspired by the Biosynthesis of Polycyclic Polyprenylated Acylphloroglucinols. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202203311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- The University of Adelaide School of Physical Sciences Department of ChemistryAdelaide 5005 Adelaide AUSTRALIA
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Qi BW, Li N, Zhang BB, Zhang ZK, Wang WJ, Liu X, Wang J, Awakawa T, Tu PF, Abe I, Shi SP, Li J. A Multifunctional Cytochrome P450 and a Meroterpenoid Cyclase in the Biosynthesis of Fungal Meroterpenoid Atlantinone B. Org Lett 2022; 24:2526-2530. [PMID: 35343710 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c00684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The biosynthetic gene cluster of atlantinone B (10) was discovered in Penicillium chrysogenum MT-40. A multifunctional cytochrome P450 (AtlD) encoded by the cluster is responsible for the formation of the unique lactone-bridged ring and the 16β-hydroxyl of atlantinone B, and a new terpene cyclase (AtlC) can unprecedentedly accept the demethylated substrate epoxyfarnesyl-DMOA (4a) to generate three bicyclic meroterpenoids (5a-5c). This study paves the way for combinatorial synthesis of structurally diverse meroterpenoids for drug discovery.
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- Bo-Wen Qi
- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China.,State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, People's Republic of China
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Modern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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Zhang K, Zhang G, Hou X, Ma C, Liu J, Che Q, Zhu T, Li D. A Fungal Promiscuous UbiA Prenyltransferase Expands the Structural Diversity of Chrodrimanin-Type Meroterpenoids. Org Lett 2022; 24:2025-2029. [PMID: 35261248 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c00495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Prenyltransferases play important roles in the diversification of natural products and the improvement of biological activities. A UbiA-type prenyltransferase CdnC with substrate promiscuity was identified as the pivotal builder of the noncanonical chrodrimanin skeletons, which carry a benzo-cyclohexanone structure as the nonterpene part. In vitro and heterologous expression studies with CdnC led to the production of a series of novel chrodrimanin-like structures. The discovery of CdnC offers a referable strategy for the biosynthesis and structural diversification of farnesyl-derived meroterpenoids.
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- Kaijin Zhang
- School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.,Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266071, China.,Marine Biomedical Research Institute of Qingdao, Qingdao 266101, China
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- School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.,Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266071, China
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Tao H, Mori T, Chen H, Lyu S, Nonoyama A, Lee S, Abe I. Molecular insights into the unusually promiscuous and catalytically versatile Fe(II)/α-ketoglutarate-dependent oxygenase SptF. Nat Commun 2022; 13:95. [PMID: 35013177 PMCID: PMC8748661 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27636-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Non-heme iron and α-ketoglutarate-dependent (Fe/αKG) oxygenases catalyze various oxidative biotransformations. Due to their catalytic flexibility and high efficiency, Fe/αKG oxygenases have attracted keen attention for their application as biocatalysts. Here, we report the biochemical and structural characterizations of the unusually promiscuous and catalytically versatile Fe/αKG oxygenase SptF, involved in the biosynthesis of fungal meroterpenoid emervaridones. The in vitro analysis revealed that SptF catalyzes several continuous oxidation reactions, including hydroxylation, desaturation, epoxidation, and skeletal rearrangement. SptF exhibits extremely broad substrate specificity toward various meroterpenoids, and efficiently produced unique cyclopropane-ring-fused 5/3/5/5/6/6 and 5/3/6/6/6 scaffolds from terretonins. Moreover, SptF also hydroxylates steroids, including androsterone, testosterone, and progesterone, with different regiospecificities. Crystallographic and structure-based mutagenesis studies of SptF revealed the molecular basis of the enzyme reactions, and suggested that the malleability of the loop region contributes to the remarkable substrate promiscuity. SptF exhibits great potential as a promising biocatalyst for oxidation reactions.
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- Hui Tao
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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Tang J, Matsuda Y. Discovery of branching meroterpenoid biosynthetic pathways in Aspergillus insuetus: involvement of two terpene cyclases with distinct cyclization modes. Chem Sci 2022; 13:10361-10369. [PMID: 36277653 PMCID: PMC9473517 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc02994d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Branching meroterpenoid biosynthetic pathways were discovered in the fungus Aspergillus insuetus CBS 107.25, in which two terpene cyclases, InsA7 and InsB2, accept the same substrate but generate distinctly cyclized products.
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- Jia Tang
- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Mori T, Zhai R, Ushimaru R, Matsuda Y, Abe I. Molecular insights into the endoperoxide formation by Fe(II)/α-KG-dependent oxygenase NvfI. Nat Commun 2021; 12:4417. [PMID: 34285212 PMCID: PMC8292354 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24685-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Endoperoxide-containing natural products are a group of compounds with structurally unique cyclized peroxide moieties. Although numerous endoperoxide-containing compounds have been isolated, the biosynthesis of the endoperoxides remains unclear. NvfI from Aspergillus novofumigatus IBT 16806 is an endoperoxidase that catalyzes the formation of fumigatonoid A in the biosynthesis of novofumigatonin. Here, we describe our structural and functional analyses of NvfI. The structural elucidation and mutagenesis studies indicate that NvfI does not utilize a tyrosyl radical in the reaction, in contrast to other characterized endoperoxidases. Further, the crystallographic analysis reveals significant conformational changes of two loops upon substrate binding, which suggests a dynamic movement of active site during the catalytic cycle. As a result, NvfI installs three oxygen atoms onto a substrate in a single enzyme turnover. Based on these results, we propose a mechanism for the NvfI-catalyzed, unique endoperoxide formation reaction to produce fumigatonoid A.
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- Takahiro Mori
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- ACT-X, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Tang Y, Chen X, Zhou Y, Zhao M, He J, Liu Y, Chen G, Zhao Z, Cui H. Furanaspermeroterpenes A and B, two unusual meroterpenoids with a unique 6/6/6/5/5 pentacyclic skeleton from the Marine-derived fungus Aspergillus terreus GZU-31-1. Bioorg Chem 2021; 114:105111. [PMID: 34229199 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2021.105111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2021] [Revised: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Furanaspermeroterpenes A (1) and B (2), with a unique 6/6/6/5/5 pentacyclic skeleton, and five new congeners aspermeroterpenes D-H (3-7) were co-isolated from the marine-derived fungus Aspergillus terreus GZU-31-1. Among them, compounds 1 and 2 with rare five-membered D/E coupling rings were the first example of DMOA-derived meroterpenoids. Moreover, compound 3 was the first reported 6/6/6/6/5 pentacyclic meroterpenoid featuring an unusual cis-fused A/B ring. In the bioassays, all of the isolates were evaluated on the inhibitory activities against lipopolysaccharide-induced nitric oxide production in RAW 264.7 cells, and compounds 3-7 exhibited significant anti-inflammatory activity with IC50 values ranging from 6.74 to 29.59 μM than positive control (Indomethacin, IC50 30.98 μM).
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- Yuqian Tang
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Plant Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, China.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, China; Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Plant Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, China.
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Awakawa T, Abe I. Reconstitution of Polyketide-Derived Meroterpenoid Biosynthetic Pathway in Aspergillus oryzae. J Fungi (Basel) 2021; 7:jof7060486. [PMID: 34208768 PMCID: PMC8235479 DOI: 10.3390/jof7060486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 06/12/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The heterologous gene expression system with Aspergillus oryzae as the host is an effective method to investigate fungal secondary metabolite biosynthetic pathways for reconstruction to produce un-natural molecules due to its high productivity and genetic tractability. In this review, we focus on biosynthetic studies of fungal polyketide-derived meroterpenoids, a group of bioactive natural products, by means of the A. oryzae heterologous expression system. The heterologous expression methods and the biosynthetic reactions are described in detail for future prospects to create un-natural molecules via biosynthetic re-design.
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- Takayoshi Awakawa
- Laboratory of Natural Products Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
- Correspondence: (T.A.); (I.A.)
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- Laboratory of Natural Products Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
- Correspondence: (T.A.); (I.A.)
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Han J, Jiang L, Zhang L, Quinn RJ, Liu X, Feng Y. Peculiarities of meroterpenoids and their bioproduction. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 105:3987-4003. [PMID: 33937926 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11312-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2021] [Revised: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Meroterpenoids are a class of terpenoid-containing hybrid natural products with impressive structural architectures and remarkable pharmacological activities. Remarkable advances in enzymology and synthetic biology have greatly contributed to the elucidation of the molecular basis for their biosynthesis. Here, we review structurally unique meroterpenoids catalyzed by novel enzymes and unusual enzymatic reactions over the period of last 5 years. We also discuss recent progress on the biomimetic synthesis of chrome meroterpenoids and synthetic biology-driven biomanufacturing of tropolone sesquiterpenoids, merochlorins, and plant-derived meroterpenoid cannabinoids. In particular, we focus on the novel enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of polyketide-terpenoids, nonribosomal peptide-terpenoids, terpenoid alkaloids, and meroterpenoid with unique structures. The biological activities of these meroterpenoids are also discussed. The information reviewed here might provide useful clues and lay the foundation for developing new meroterpenoid-derived drugs. KEY POINTS: • Meroterpenoids possess intriguing structural features and relevant biological activities. • Novel enzymes are involved in the biosynthesis of meroterpenoids with unique structures. • Biomimetic synthesis and synthetic biology enable the construction and manufacturing of complex meroterpenoids.
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- Jianying Han
- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, QLD, Brisbane, 4111, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, QLD, Brisbane, 4111, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China.
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- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, QLD, Brisbane, 4111, Australia.
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Tao H, Mori T, Wei X, Matsuda Y, Abe I. One Polyketide Synthase, Two Distinct Products: Trans-Acting Enzyme-Controlled Product Divergence in Calbistrin Biosynthesis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:8851-8858. [PMID: 33480463 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202016525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Calbistrins are fungal polyketides consisting of the characteristic decalin and polyene moieties. Although the biosynthetic gene cluster of calbistrin A was recently identified, the pathway of calbistrin A biosynthesis has largely remained uninvestigated. Herein, we investigated the mechanism by which the backbone structures of calbistrins are formed, by heterologous and in vitro reconstitution of the biosynthesis and a structural biological study. Intriguingly, our analyses revealed that the decalin and polyene portions of calbistrins are synthesized by the single polyketide synthase (PKS) CalA, with the aid of the trans-acting enoylreductase CalK and the trans-acting C-methyltransferase CalH, respectively. We also determined that the esterification of the two polyketide parts is catalyzed by the acyltransferase CalD. Our study has uncovered a novel dual-functional PKS and thus broadened our understanding of how fungi synthesize diverse polyketide natural products.
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- Hui Tao
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.,Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan.,PRESTO (Japan) Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.,Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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Tao H, Mori T, Wei X, Matsuda Y, Abe I. One Polyketide Synthase, Two Distinct Products:
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‐Acting Enzyme‐Controlled Product Divergence in Calbistrin Biosynthesis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202016525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Hui Tao
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology The University of Tokyo Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8657 Japan
- PRESTO (Japan) Science and Technology Agency Kawaguchi Saitama 332-0012 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry City University of Hong Kong Tat Chee Avenue Kowloon Hong Kong SAR China
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- Department of Chemistry City University of Hong Kong Tat Chee Avenue Kowloon Hong Kong SAR China
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology The University of Tokyo Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8657 Japan
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Ren J, Huo R, Liu G, Liu L. New Andrastin-Type Meroterpenoids from the Marine-Derived Fungus Penicillium sp. Mar Drugs 2021; 19:md19040189. [PMID: 33801640 PMCID: PMC8066695 DOI: 10.3390/md19040189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2021] [Revised: 03/21/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Three new andrastin-type meroterpenoids penimeroterpenoids A–C (1–3) together with two known analogs (4 and 5) were isolated from the cultures of the marine-derived Penicillium species (sp.). The structures of the new compounds were elucidated on the basis of 1- and 2-dimensional (1D/2D) Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopic and mass spectrometric analysis. The absolute configurations of 1–3 were determined by comparison of experimental and calculated electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectra. Compound 1 showed moderate cytotoxicity against A549, HCT116, and SW480 cell lines.
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- Jinwei Ren
- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; (J.R.); (R.H.); (G.L.)
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; (J.R.); (R.H.); (G.L.)
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; (J.R.); (R.H.); (G.L.)
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; (J.R.); (R.H.); (G.L.)
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-10-64806153
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Huang X, Men P, Tang S, Lu X. Aspergillus terreus as an industrial filamentous fungus for pharmaceutical biotechnology. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2021; 69:273-280. [PMID: 33713917 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2021.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Revised: 02/12/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Aspergillus terreus is an important Aspergillus species, which has been applied in the industrial production of the bio-based chemical itaconic acid and the lipid-lowering drug lovastatin. The excellent fermentation capability has been demonstrated in these industrial applications. The genomic information revealed that the outstanding capacity of natural product synthesis by A. terreus remains to be further explored. With advances of the genome mining strategy, the products of several cryptic biosynthetic gene clusters have been discovered recently. In addition, a series of metabolic engineering studies have been performed in the industrial strains of lovastatin and itaconic acid to further improve the production processes. This review presents the current progress and the future outlook in the field of A. terreus biotechnology.
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- Xuenian Huang
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 189 Songling Road, Qingdao 266101, China; Shandong Energy Institute, No. 189 Songling Road, Qingdao 266101, China; Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, No. 189 Songling Road, Qingdao 266101, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 189 Songling Road, Qingdao 266101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 189 Songling Road, Qingdao 266101, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 189 Songling Road, Qingdao 266101, China; Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 189 Songling Road, Qingdao 266101, China; Shandong Energy Institute, No. 189 Songling Road, Qingdao 266101, China; Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, No. 189 Songling Road, Qingdao 266101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Marine Biology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Wenhai Rd 1, Aoshanwei, Qingdao, China.
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Perlatti B, Lan N, Xiang M, Earp CE, Spraker JE, Harvey CJB, Nichols CB, Alspaugh JA, Gloer JB, Bills GF. Anti-cryptococcal activity of preussolides A and B, phosphoethanolamine-substituted 24-membered macrolides, and leptosin C from coprophilous isolates of Preussia typharum. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 48:6152282. [PMID: 33640980 PMCID: PMC8788809 DOI: 10.1093/jimb/kuab022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Cryptococcus neoformans is a serious human pathogen with limited options for treatment. We have interrogated extracts from fungal fermentations to find Cryptococcus-inhibiting natural products using assays for growth inhibition and differential thermosensitivity. Extracts from fermentations of four fungal strains from wild and domestic animal dung from Arkansas and West Virginia, USA were identified as Preussia typharum. The extracts exhibited two antifungal regions. Purification of one region yielded new 24-carbon macrolides incorporating both a phosphoethanolamine unit and a bridging tetrahydrofuran ring. The structures of these metabolites were established mainly by analysis of high-resolution mass spectrometry and 2D NMR data. Relative configurations were assigned using NOESY data, and the structure assignments were supported by NMR comparison with similar compounds. These new metabolites are designated preussolides A and B. The second active region was caused by the cytotoxin, leptosin C. Genome sequencing of the four strains revealed biosynthetic gene clusters consistent with those known to encode phosphoethanolamine-bearing polyketide macrolides and the biosynthesis of dimeric epipolythiodioxopiperazines. All three compounds showed moderate to potent and selective antifungal activity toward the pathogenic yeast C. neoformans.
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- Bruno Perlatti
- Texas Therapeutics Institute, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77054, USA
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- Texas Therapeutics Institute, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77054, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No 3 Park 1, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Departments of Medicine and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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- Departments of Medicine and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Texas Therapeutics Institute, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77054, USA
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Shen X, Thach DQ, Ting CP, Maimone TJ. Annulative Methods in the Synthesis of Complex Meroterpene Natural Products. Acc Chem Res 2021; 54:583-594. [PMID: 33448794 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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From the venerable Robinson annulation to the irreplaceable Diels-Alder cycloaddition, annulation reactions have fueled the progression of the field of natural product synthesis throughout the past century. In broader terms, the ability to form a cyclic molecule directly from two or more simpler fragments has transformed virtually every aspect of the chemical sciences from the synthesis of organic materials to bioconjugation chemistry and drug discovery. In this Account, we describe the evolution of our meroterpene synthetic program over the past five years, enabled largely by the development of a tailored anionic annulation process for the synthesis of hydroxylated 1,3-cyclohexanediones from lithium enolates and the reactive β-lactone-containing feedstock chemical diketene.First, we provide details on short total syntheses of the prototypical polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinol (PPAP) natural products hyperforin and garsubellin A, which possess complex bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane architectures. Notably, these molecules have served as compelling synthetic targets for several decades and induce a number of biological effects of relevance to neuroscience and medicine. By merging our diketene annulation process with a hypervalent iodine-mediated oxidative ring expansion, bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane architectures can be easily prepared from simple 5,6-fused bicyclic diketones in only two chemical operations. Leveraging these two key chemical reactions in combination with various other stereoselective transformations allowed for these biologically active targets to be prepared in racemic form in only 10 steps.Next, we extend this strategy to the synthesis of complex fungal-derived meroterpenes generated biosynthetically from the coupling of 3,5-dimethylorsellinic acid (DMOA) and farnesyl pyrophosphate. A Ti(III)-mediated radical cyclization of a terminal epoxide was used to rapidly prepare a 6,6,5-fused tricyclic ketone which served as an input for our annulation/rearrangement process, ultimately enabling a total synthesis of protoaustinoid A, an important biosynthetic intermediate in DMOA-derived meroterpene synthesis, and its oxidation product berkeleyone A. Through a radical-based, abiotic rearrangement process, the bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane cores of these natural products could again be isomerized, resulting in the 6,5-fused ring systems of the andrastin family and ultimately delivering a total synthesis of andrastin D and preterrenoid. Notably, these isomerization transformations proved challenging when employing classic, acid-induced conditions for carbocation generation, thus highlighting the power of radical biomimicry in total synthesis. Finally, further oxidation and rearrangement allowed for access to terrenoid and the lactone-containing metabolite terretonin L.Overall, the merger of annulative diketene methodology with an oxidative rearrangement transformation has proven to be a broadly applicable strategy to synthesize bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane-containing natural products, a class of small molecules with over 1000 known members.
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- Xingyu Shen
- Department of Chemistry, University of California−Berkeley, 826 Latimer Hall, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California−Berkeley, 826 Latimer Hall, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California−Berkeley, 826 Latimer Hall, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Edison-Lecks Laboratory, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California−Berkeley, 826 Latimer Hall, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Discovery of andrastones from the deep-sea-derived Penicillium allii-sativi MCCC 3A00580 by OSMAC strategy. Bioorg Chem 2021; 108:104671. [PMID: 33550072 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2021.104671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Andrastones are unusual 6,6,6,5-tetracyclic meroterpenoids that are rarely found in nature. Previously, three andrastones were obtained from the rice static fermentation extract of the deep-sea-derived fungus Penicillium allii-sativi MCCC 3A00580. Inspired by one strain many compounds (OSMAC) approach, the oat static fermentation on P. allii-sativi was conducted. As a result, 14 andrastones were isolated by UV-guided isolation. The chemical structures of the nine new compounds (1-9) was established by comprehensive analysis of the NMR, MS, ECD, and X-ray crystallography and the five known ones (10-14) were assigned by comparing their NMR, MS, and OR data with those reported in literature. Compound 1 bears a novel hemiketal moiety while 2 is the first example to possess a novel tetrahydrofuran moiety via C-7 and C-15. All isolates were tested for anti-allergic bioactivity. Compound 10, 3-deacetylcitreohybridonol, significantly decreased degranulation with the IC50 value of 14.8 μM, compared to that of 92.5 μM for the positive control, loratadine. Mechanism study indicated 10 could decrease the generation of histamine and TNF-α by reducing the accumulation of Ca2+ in RBL-2H3 cells. These findings indicate andrastones could be potential to discover new anti-allergic candidate drugs.
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Zhang X, Guo J, Cheng F, Li S. Cytochrome P450 enzymes in fungal natural product biosynthesis. Nat Prod Rep 2021; 38:1072-1099. [PMID: 33710221 DOI: 10.1039/d1np00004g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Covering: 2015 to the end of 2020 Fungal-derived polyketides, non-ribosomal peptides, terpenoids and their hybrids contribute significantly to the chemical space of total natural products. Cytochrome P450 enzymes play essential roles in fungal natural product biosynthesis with their broad substrate scope, great catalytic versatility and high frequency of involvement. Due to the membrane-bound nature, the functional and mechanistic understandings for fungal P450s have been limited for quite a long time. However, recent technical advances, such as the efficient and precise genome editing techniques and the development of several filamentous fungal strains as heterologous P450 expression hosts, have led to remarkable achievements in fungal P450 studies. Here, we provide a comprehensive review to cover the most recent progresses from 2015 to 2020 on catalytic functions and mechanisms, research methodologies and remaining challenges in the fast-growing field of fungal natural product biosynthetic P450s.
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- Xingwang Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China. and Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China. and Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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Enzymology and biosynthesis of the orsellinic acid derived medicinal meroterpenoids. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2020; 69:52-59. [PMID: 33383296 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2020.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Revised: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The advent of synthetic biology has yielded fruitful studies on orsellinic acid-derived meroterpenoids, which reportedly possess important biological activities. Genomics and transcriptomics have significantly accelerated the discovery of the biosynthetic genes for orsellinic acid-derived fungal and plant meroterpenoids. Subsequently, a well-developed heterologous host provides a convenient platform to generate a supply of useful natural products. Furthermore, in vitro reconstitution and genome editing tools have been increasingly employed as efficient means to fully understand the enzyme reaction mechanisms. With the knowledge of the biosynthetic machinery, combinatorial and engineered biosyntheses have yielded novel molecules with improved bioactivities. These studies will lay the foundation for the production of meroterpenoids with novel medicinal properties.
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Mitsuhashi T, Barra L, Powers Z, Kojasoy V, Cheng A, Yang F, Taniguchi Y, Kikuchi T, Fujita M, Tantillo DJ, Porco JA, Abe I. Exploiting the Potential of Meroterpenoid Cyclases to Expand the Chemical Space of Fungal Meroterpenoids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:23772-23781. [PMID: 32931152 PMCID: PMC8957209 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202011171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Fungal meroterpenoids are a diverse group of hybrid natural products with impressive structural complexity and high potential as drug candidates. In this work, we evaluate the promiscuity of the early structure diversity-generating step in fungal meroterpenoid biosynthetic pathways: the multibond-forming polyene cyclizations catalyzed by the yet poorly understood family of fungal meroterpenoid cyclases. In total, 12 unnatural meroterpenoids were accessed chemoenzymatically using synthetic substrates. Their complex structures were determined by 2D NMR studies as well as crystalline-sponge-based X-ray diffraction analyses. The results obtained revealed a high degree of enzyme promiscuity and experimental results which together with quantum chemical calculations provided a deeper insight into the catalytic activity of this new family of non-canonical, terpene cyclases. The knowledge obtained paves the way to design and engineer artificial pathways towards second generation meroterpenoids with valuable bioactivities based on combinatorial biosynthetic strategies.
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- Takaaki Mitsuhashi
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 (Japan)
- Division of Advanced Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji, Okazaki, 444-8787 (Japan)
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 (Japan)
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, 02215 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Davis 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, 02215 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, 02215 (USA)
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- Central Laboratories for Key Technologies, Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd. 1-13-5, Fukuura Kana-zawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, 236-0004 (Japan)
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- Rigaku Corporation, 3-9-12 Matsubara-cho, Akishima-shi, Tokyo 196-8666 (Japan)
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- Division of Advanced Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji, Okazaki, 444-8787 (Japan)
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 (Japan)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Davis 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, 02215 (USA)
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 (Japan)
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657 (Japan)
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Mitsuhashi T, Barra L, Powers Z, Kojasoy V, Cheng A, Yang F, Taniguchi Y, Kikuchi T, Fujita M, Tantillo DJ, Porco JA, Abe I. Exploiting the Potential of Meroterpenoid Cyclases to Expand the Chemical Space of Fungal Meroterpenoids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202011171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Takaaki Mitsuhashi
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
- Division of Advanced Molecular Science Institute for Molecular Science National Institutes of Natural Sciences 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji Okazaki 444-8787 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD) Boston University Boston Massachusetts 02215 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Davis 1 Shields Avenue Davis California 95616 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD) Boston University Boston Massachusetts 02215 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD) Boston University Boston Massachusetts 02215 USA
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- Central Laboratories for Key Technologies Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd. 1-13-5, Fukuura Kana-zawa-ku, Yokohama-shi Kanagawa 236-0004 Japan
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- Rigaku Corporation 3-9-12 Matsubara-cho, Akishima-shi Tokyo 196-8666 Japan
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- Division of Advanced Molecular Science Institute for Molecular Science National Institutes of Natural Sciences 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji Okazaki 444-8787 Japan
- Department of Applied Chemistry Graduate School of Engineering The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Davis 1 Shields Avenue Davis California 95616 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD) Boston University Boston Massachusetts 02215 USA
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology The University of Tokyo Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8657 Japan
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Covering: up to July 2020Fungal meroterpenoid cyclases are a recently discovered emerging family of membrane-integrated, non-canonical terpene cyclases. They catalyze the conversion of hybrid isoprenic precursors towards complex scaffolds and are therefore of great importance in the structure diversification in meroterpenoid biosynthesis. The products of these pathways exhibit intriguing molecular scaffolds and highly potent bioactivities, making them privileged structures from Nature and attractive candidates for drug development or industrial applications. This review will provide a comprehensive and comparative view on fungal meroterpenoid cyclases, their intriguing chemistries and importance for the scaffold formation step towards polycyclic meroterpenoid natural products.
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- Lena Barra
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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Abe I. Nonheme Iron- and 2-Oxoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenases in Fungal Meroterpenoid Biosynthesis. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2020; 68:823-831. [PMID: 32879222 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c20-00360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This review summarizes the recent progress in research on the non-heme Fe(II)- and 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases, which are involved in the biosynthesis of pharmaceutically important fungal meroterpenoids. This enzyme class activates a selective C-H bond of the substrate and catalyzes a wide range of chemical reactions, from simple hydroxylation to dynamic carbon skeletal rearrangements, thereby significantly contributing to the structural diversification and complexification of the molecules. Structure-function studies of these enzymes provide an excellent platform for the development of useful biocatalysts for synthetic biology to create novel molecules for future drug discovery.
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- Ikuro Abe
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo.,Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo
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Cheng X, Liang X, Zheng ZH, Zhang XX, Lu XH, Yao FH, Qi SH. Penicimeroterpenoids A-C, Meroterpenoids with Rearrangement Skeletons from the Marine-Derived Fungus Penicillium sp. SCSIO 41512. Org Lett 2020; 22:6330-6333. [PMID: 32806192 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c02160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Three novel andrastin-type meroterpenoids, penicimeroterpenoids A-C (1-3), possessing two unprecedented skeletons consisting of fused 6/5/6/6/7 and 6/5/6/6/4 polycyclic systems, were obtained from the marine-derived fungus Penicillium sp. SCSIO 41512. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic methods, and the absolute configurations were further determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis for 1 and quantum chemical calculations of ECD spectra for 2 and 3, respectively. A plausible biosynthetic pathway for 1-3 was proposed.
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- Xia Cheng
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China
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- New Drug Research & Development Co., Ltd, North China Pharmaceutical Group Corporation, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050015, China
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- New Drug Research & Development Co., Ltd, North China Pharmaceutical Group Corporation, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050015, China
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- New Drug Research & Development Co., Ltd, North China Pharmaceutical Group Corporation, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050015, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, 510301, China.,Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), 1119 Haibin Road, Nansha District, Guangzhou, 511458, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Zwick CR, Renata H. Harnessing the biocatalytic potential of iron- and α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases in natural product total synthesis. Nat Prod Rep 2020; 37:1065-1079. [PMID: 32055818 PMCID: PMC7426249 DOI: 10.1039/c9np00075e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Covering: up to the end of 2019Iron- and α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases (Fe/αKGs) represent a versatile and intriguing enzyme family by virtue of their ability to directly functionalize unactivated C-H bonds at the cost of αKG and O2. Fe/αKGs play an important role in the biosynthesis of natural products, valuable biologically active secondary metabolites frequently pursued as drug leads. The field of natural product total synthesis seeks to contruct these molecules as effeciently as possible, although natural products continue to challenge chemists due to their intricate structural complexity. Chemoenzymatic approaches seek to remedy the shortcomings of traditional synthetic methodology by combining Nature's biosynthetic machinery with traditional chemical methods to efficiently construct natural products. Although other oxygenase families have been widely employed for this purpose, Fe/αKGs remain underutilized. The following review will cover recent chemoenzymatic total syntheses involving Fe/αKG enzymes. Additionally, related information involving natural product biosynthesis, methods development, and non-chemoenzymatic total syntheses will be discussed to inform retrosynthetic logic and synthetic design.
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- Christian R Zwick
- The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA.
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Furanasperterpenes A and B, two meroterpenoids with a novel 6/6/6/6/5 ring system from the marine-derived fungus Aspergillus terreus GZU-31-1. Bioorg Chem 2020; 100:103968. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.103968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2020] [Revised: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Umemura M, Kuriiwa K, Dao LV, Okuda T, Terai G. Promoter tools for further development of Aspergillus oryzae as a platform for fungal secondary metabolite production. Fungal Biol Biotechnol 2020; 7:3. [PMID: 32211196 PMCID: PMC7092444 DOI: 10.1186/s40694-020-00093-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Background The filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae is widely used for secondary metabolite production by heterologous expression; thus, a wide variety of promoter tools is necessary to broaden the application of this species. Here we built a procedure to survey A. flavus genes constitutively highly expressed in 83 transcriptome datasets obtained under various conditions affecting secondary metabolite production, to find promoters useful for heterologous expression of genes in A. oryzae. Results To test the ability of the promoters of the top 6 genes to induce production of a fungal secondary metabolite, ustiloxin B, we inserted the promoters before the start codon of ustR, which encodes the transcription factor of the gene cluster responsible for ustiloxin B biosynthesis, in A. oryzae. Four of the 6 promoters induced ustiloxin B production in all tested media (solid maize, liquid V8 and PDB media), and also ustR expression. Two of the 4 promoters were those of tef1 and gpdA, which are well characterized in A. oryzae and A. nidulans, respectively, whereas the other two, those of AFLA_030930 and AFLA_113120, are newly reported here and show activities comparable to that of the gpdA promoter with respect to induction of gene expression and ustiloxin B production. Conclusion We newly reported two sequences as promoter tools for secondary metabolite production in A. oryzae. Our results demonstrate that our simple strategy of surveying for constitutively highly expressed genes in large-scale transcriptome datasets is useful for finding promoter sequences that can be used as heterologous expression tools in A. oryzae.
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- Maiko Umemura
- 1Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ibaraki, 305-8566 Japan.,2Computational Bio Big Data Open Innovation Laboratory, AIST, Ibaraki, 305-8566 Japan
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- 1Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ibaraki, 305-8566 Japan.,3Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Ibaraki, 305-0005 Japan
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- 1Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ibaraki, 305-8566 Japan.,5Present Address: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore, 117583 Singapore
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- 1Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ibaraki, 305-8566 Japan
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- 4Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Chiba, 277-8561 Japan
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Tang Y, Liu Y, Ruan Q, Zhao M, Zhao Z, Cui H. Aspermeroterpenes A–C: Three Meroterpenoids from the Marine-Derived Fungus Aspergillus terreus GZU-31-1. Org Lett 2020; 22:1336-1339. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b04648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Yuqian Tang
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Transcriptional heterologous expression of two type III PKS from the lichen Cladonia uncialis. Mycol Prog 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s11557-019-01539-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Powers Z, Scharf A, Cheng A, Yang F, Himmelbauer M, Mitsuhashi T, Barra L, Taniguchi Y, Kikuchi T, Fujita M, Abe I, Porco JA. Biomimetic Synthesis of Meroterpenoids by Dearomatization-Driven Polycyclization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:16141-16146. [PMID: 31515901 PMCID: PMC6814491 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201910710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A biomimetic route to farnesyl pyrophosphate and dimethyl orsellinic acid (DMOA)-derived meroterpenoid scaffolds has yet to be reported despite great interest from the chemistry and biomedical research communities. A concise synthetic route with the potential to access DMOA-derived meroterpenoids is highly desirable to create a library of related compounds. Herein, we report novel dearomatization methodology followed by polyene cyclization to access DMOA-derived meroterpenoid frameworks in six steps from commercially available starting materials. Furthermore, several farnesyl alkene substrates were used to generate structurally novel, DMOA-derived meroterpenoid derivatives. DFT calculations combined with experimentation provided a rationale for the observed thermodynamic distribution of polycyclization products.
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- Zachary Powers
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, USA
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyoku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Central Laboratories for Key Technologies, Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd., 1-13-5, Fukuura Kanazawaku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, 236-0004, Japan
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- Rigaku Corporation, 3-9-12 Matsubaracho, Akishima-shi, Tokyo, 196-8666, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyoku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyoku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD), Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, USA
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Chen X, Wang L, Zhang J, Jiang T, Hu C, Li D, Zou Y. Immunosuppressant mycophenolic acid biosynthesis employs a new globin-like enzyme for prenyl side chain cleavage. Acta Pharm Sin B 2019; 9:1253-1258. [PMID: 31867170 PMCID: PMC6900556 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2019.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Revised: 06/19/2019] [Accepted: 06/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Mycophenolic acid (MPA, 1) and its derivatives are first-line immunosuppressants used in organ transplantation and for treating autoimmune diseases. Despite chemical synthetic achievements, the biosynthetic formation of a seven-carbon carboxylic acid pharmacophore side chain of 1, especially the processes involving the cleavage of the prenyl side chain between DHMP (4) and DMMPA (5), remains unknown. In this work, we identified a membrane-bound prenyltransferase, PgMpaA, that transfers FPP to 4 to yield FDHMP (6). Compound 6 undergoes the first cleavage step via a new globin-like enzyme PgMpaB to form a cryptic intermediate 12. Heterologous expression of PgMpa genes in Aspergillus nidulans demonstrates that the second cleavage step (from 12 to 5) of 1 is a PgMpa cluster-independent process in vivo. Our results, especially the discovery of the broad tolerance of substrates recognized by PgMpaB, set up a strategy for the formation of "pseudo-isopentenyl" natural products using fungal globin-like enzymes.
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- Xiwei Chen
- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, 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, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, 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, China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts of Qingdao, National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
- Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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Powers Z, Scharf A, Cheng A, Yang F, Himmelbauer M, Mitsuhashi T, Barra L, Taniguchi Y, Kikuchi T, Fujita M, Abe I, Porco JA. Biomimetic Synthesis of Meroterpenoids by Dearomatization‐Driven Polycyclization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201910710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Zachary Powers
- Department of ChemistryCenter for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD)Boston University 590 Commonwealth Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215 USA
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- Department of ChemistryCenter for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD)Boston University 590 Commonwealth Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215 USA
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- Department of ChemistryCenter for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD)Boston University 590 Commonwealth Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215 USA
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- Department of ChemistryCenter for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD)Boston University 590 Commonwealth Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215 USA
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- Department of ChemistryCenter for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD)Boston University 590 Commonwealth Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215 USA
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical SciencesThe University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyoku Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- Central Laboratories for Key TechnologiesKirin Holdings Co. Ltd. 1-13-5, Fukuura Kanazawaku Yokohama-shi Kanagawa 236-0004 Japan
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- Rigaku Corporation 3-9-12 Matsubaracho, Akishima-shi Tokyo 196-8666 Japan
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- Department of Applied ChemistryGraduate School of EngineeringThe University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyoku Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical SciencesThe University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyoku Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- Department of ChemistryCenter for Molecular Discovery (BU-CMD)Boston University 590 Commonwealth Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215 USA
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Feng W, Chen C, Mo S, Qi C, Gong J, Li XN, Zhou Q, Zhou Y, Li D, Lai Y, Zhu H, Wang J, Zhang Y. Highly oxygenated meroterpenoids from the Antarctic fungus Aspergillus terreus. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2019; 164:184-191. [PMID: 31158603 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2019.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Revised: 05/23/2019] [Accepted: 05/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Eleven highly oxygenated meroterpenoids, named terreustoxins A-K, along with five known analogues, were isolated from the Antarctic fungus Aspergillus terreus. The structures and absolute configurations of these undescribed compounds were characterized by NMR spectroscopy, single-crystal X-ray crystallography, and ECD experiments. Terreustoxins A-D are the first examples of meroterpenoids with two ortho-hydroxy groups at C-6 and C-7 in the terretonins family. Terreustoxin C and terretonin inhibited the proliferation of Con A-induced murine T cells at the concentration of 10 μM.
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- Wenya Feng
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, PR China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, PR China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, PR China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, PR China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, PR China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, PR China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The Central Hospital of Wuhan Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, PR China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, PR China.
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, PR China.
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, PR China.
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Nagamine S, Liu C, Nishishita J, Kozaki T, Sogahata K, Sato Y, Minami A, Ozaki T, Schmidt-Dannert C, Maruyama JI, Oikawa H. Ascomycete Aspergillus oryzae Is an Efficient Expression Host for Production of Basidiomycete Terpenes by Using Genomic DNA Sequences. Appl Environ Microbiol 2019; 85:e00409-19. [PMID: 31101615 PMCID: PMC6643257 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00409-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Basidiomycete fungi are an attractive resource for biologically active natural products for use in pharmaceutically relevant compounds. Recently, genome projects on mushroom fungi have provided a great deal of biosynthetic gene cluster information. However, functional analyses of the gene clusters for natural products were largely unexplored because of the difficulty of cDNA preparation and lack of gene manipulation tools for basidiomycete fungi. To develop a versatile host for basidiomycete genes, we examined gene expression using genomic DNA sequences in the robust ascomycete host Aspergillus oryzae, which is frequently used for the production of metabolites from filamentous fungi. Exhaustive expression of 30 terpene synthase genes from the basidiomycetes Clitopilus pseudo-pinsitus and Stereum hirsutum showed two splicing patterns, i.e., completely spliced cDNAs giving terpenes (15 cases) and mostly spliced cDNAs, indicating that A. oryzae correctly spliced most introns at the predicted positions and lengths. The mostly spliced cDNAs were expressed after PCR-based removal of introns, resulting in the successful production of terpenes (14 cases). During this study, we observed relatively frequent mispredictions in the automated program. Hence, the complementary use of A. oryzae expression and automated prediction will be a powerful tool for genome mining.IMPORTANCE The recent large influx of genome sequences from basidiomycetes, which are prolific producers of bioactive natural products, may provide opportunities to develop novel drug candidates. The development of a reliable expression system is essential for the genome mining of natural products because of the lack of a tractable host for heterologous expression of basidiomycete genes. For this purpose, we applied the ascomycete Aspergillus oryzae system for the direct expression of fungal natural product biosynthetic genes from genomic DNA. Using this system, 29 sesquiterpene synthase genes and diterpene biosynthetic genes for bioactive pleuromutilin were successfully expressed. Together with the use of computational tools for intron prediction, this Aspergillus oryzae system represents a practical method for the production of basidiomycete natural products.
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- Shota Nagamine
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Mycophenolic acid (MPA) from filamentous fungi is the first natural product antibiotic to be isolated and crystallized, and a first-line immunosuppressive drug for organ transplantations and autoimmune diseases. However, some key biosynthetic mechanisms of such an old and important molecule have remained unclear. Here, we elucidate the MPA biosynthetic pathway that features both compartmentalized enzymatic steps and unique cooperation between biosynthetic and β-oxidation catabolism machineries based on targeted gene inactivation, feeding experiments in heterologous expression hosts, enzyme functional characterization and kinetic analysis, and microscopic observation of protein subcellular localization. Besides identification of the oxygenase MpaB' as the long-sought key enzyme responsible for the oxidative cleavage of the farnesyl side chain, we reveal the intriguing pattern of compartmentalization for the MPA biosynthetic enzymes, including the cytosolic polyketide synthase MpaC' and O-methyltransferase MpaG', the Golgi apparatus-associated prenyltransferase MpaA', the endoplasmic reticulum-bound oxygenase MpaB' and P450-hydrolase fusion enzyme MpaDE', and the peroxisomal acyl-coenzyme A (CoA) hydrolase MpaH'. The whole pathway is elegantly comediated by these compartmentalized enzymes, together with the peroxisomal β-oxidation machinery. Beyond characterizing the remaining outstanding steps of the MPA biosynthetic steps, our study highlights the importance of considering subcellular contexts and the broader cellular metabolism in natural product biosynthesis.
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Bertrand RL, Sorensen JL. Lost in Translation: Challenges with Heterologous Expression of Lichen Polyketide Synthases. ChemistrySelect 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201901762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Hamed A, Abdel-Razek AS, Omran DA, El-Metwally MM, El-Hosari DG, Frese M, Soliman HSM, Sewald N, Shaaban M. Terretonin O: a new meroterpenoid from Aspergillus terreus. Nat Prod Res 2019; 34:965-974. [PMID: 30602325 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2018.1544977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Terretonin O (1), a new meroterpenoid, was isolated individually from both methanolic extracts of thermophilic Aspergillus terreus TM8 and marine Aspergillus terreus LGO13. The recently reported terretonins M (2) and N (3) were further isolated from the fungus LGO13 along with nine known compounds, terrelumamide A (4), terrein (5), methyl-3,4,5-trimethoxyl-2-[2-(nicotinamide)benzamido] benzoate (6), butyrolactones I-III (7-9), aspulvinone O (10), ergosterol, ergost-4-ene-3-one and methyl linoleate. Structure of terretonin O (1) was established on the bases of HRESIMS, 1D and 2D NMR spectra and comparison with its analogues in literatures. The relative stereochemistry of 1 was assigned on the basis of NOESY spectra and comparison with reported configuration of its congener compounds 2 and 3. The antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities of the fungal extracts and obtained compounds were assayed using a set of microorganisms, and cervix carcinoma cell line (KB-3-1), respectively. Isolation and taxonomical characterization of the producing strains are reported.
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- Abdelaaty Hamed
- aOrganic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.,bChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.,cMicrobial Chemistry Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Division, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
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- Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.,dPharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University, Helwan, Egypt
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- eBotany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Damanhour University, Damanhour, Egypt
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- Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University, Helwan, Egypt
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- Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University, Helwan, Egypt
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- Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.,fChemistry of Natural Compounds Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
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Bai T, Quan Z, Zhai R, Awakawa T, Matsuda Y, Abe I. Elucidation and Heterologous Reconstitution of Chrodrimanin B Biosynthesis. Org Lett 2018; 20:7504-7508. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b03268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Tongxuan Bai
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1,
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1,
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Wu CJ, Cui X, Xiong B, Yang MS, Zhang YX, Liu XM. Terretonin D1, a new meroterpenoid from marine-derived Aspergillus terreus ML-44. Nat Prod Res 2018; 33:2262-2265. [DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2018.1493583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Chang-Jing Wu
- Institute of Neuroscience and Translational Medicine, College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Translational Medicine, College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Translational Medicine, College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Translational Medicine, College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Translational Medicine, College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
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Qi C, Liu M, Zhou Q, Gao W, Chen C, Lai Y, Hu Z, Xue Y, Zhang J, Li D, Li XN, Zhang Q, Wang J, Zhu H, Zhang Y. BACE1 Inhibitory Meroterpenoids from Aspergillus terreus. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2018; 81:1937-1945. [PMID: 30207465 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b01050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Sixteen 3,5-dimethylorsellinic acid-based (DMOA-based) meroterpenoids, including 10 new compounds, asperterpenes D-M (1-10), were obtained from Aspergillus terreus. The structures and absolute configurations of the new compounds were confirmed by extensive spectroscopy, single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, and experimental electronic circular dichroism (ECD) measurements. Compounds 2, 3, and 7 are the first 3,5-dimethylorsellinic acid-based meroterpenoids possessing a unique cis-fused A/B ring system. These new compounds were evaluated for their inhibitory activity against β-site amyloid precursor protein-cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1). Compounds 2, 3, and 7, the first 3,5-dimethylorsellinic acid-based meroterpenoids possessing cis-fused A/B rings, exhibited significant inhibitory activities against BACE1 with IC50 values of 3.3, 5.9, and 31.7 μM, respectively.
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- Changxing Qi
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan , Hubei Province 430030 , People's Republic of China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan , Hubei Province 430030 , People's Republic of China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan , Hubei Province 430030 , People's Republic of China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan , Hubei Province 430030 , People's Republic of China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan , Hubei Province 430030 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan , Hubei Province 430030 , People's Republic of China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan , Hubei Province 430030 , People's Republic of China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan , Hubei Province 430030 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan , Hubei Province 430030 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan , Hubei Province 430030 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China , Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Kunming , Yunnan Province 650204 , People's Republic of China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan , Hubei Province 430030 , People's Republic of China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan , Hubei Province 430030 , People's Republic of China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan , Hubei Province 430030 , People's Republic of China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan , Hubei Province 430030 , People's Republic of China
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Li H, Hu J, Wei H, Solomon PS, Vuong D, Lacey E, Stubbs KA, Piggott AM, Chooi YH. Chemical Ecogenomics-Guided Discovery of Phytotoxic α-Pyrones from the Fungal Wheat Pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum. Org Lett 2018; 20:6148-6152. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b02617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Hang Li
- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Microbial Screening Technologies Pty Ltd, Smithfield, NSW 2164, Australia
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- Microbial Screening Technologies Pty Ltd, Smithfield, NSW 2164, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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- Department of Molecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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