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Garello M, Piombo E, Buonsenso F, Prencipe S, Valente S, Meloni GR, Marcet-Houben M, Gabaldón T, Spadaro D. Several secondary metabolite gene clusters in the genomes of ten Penicillium spp. raise the risk of multiple mycotoxin occurrence in chestnuts. Food Microbiol 2024; 122:104532. [PMID: 38839238 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2024.104532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2024] [Revised: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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Penicillium spp. produce a great variety of secondary metabolites, including several mycotoxins, on food substrates. Chestnuts represent a favorable substrate for Penicillium spp. development. In this study, the genomes of ten Penicillium species, virulent on chestnuts, were sequenced and annotated: P. bialowiezense. P. pancosmium, P. manginii, P. discolor, P. crustosum, P. palitans, P. viridicatum, P. glandicola, P. taurinense and P. terrarumae. Assembly size ranges from 27.5 to 36.8 Mb and the number of encoded genes ranges from 9,867 to 12,520. The total number of predicted biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) in the ten species is 551. The most represented families of BGCs are non ribosomal peptide synthase (191) and polyketide synthase (175), followed by terpene synthases (87). Genome-wide collections of gene phylogenies (phylomes) were reconstructed for each of the newly sequenced Penicillium species allowing for the prediction of orthologous relationships among our species, as well as other 20 annotated Penicillium species available in the public domain. We investigated in silico the presence of BGCs for 10 secondary metabolites, including 5 mycotoxins, whose production was validated in vivo through chemical analyses. Among the clusters present in this set of species we found andrastin A and its related cluster atlantinone A, mycophenolic acid, patulin, penitrem A and the cluster responsible for the synthesis of roquefortine C/glandicoline A/glandicoline B/meleagrin. We confirmed the presence of these clusters in several of the Penicillium species conforming our dataset and verified their capacity to synthesize them in a chestnut-based medium with chemical analysis. Interestingly, we identified mycotoxin clusters in some species for the first time, such as the andrastin A cluster in P. flavigenum and P. taurinense, and the roquefortine C cluster in P. nalgiovense and P. taurinense. Chestnuts proved to be an optimal substrate for species of Penicillium with different mycotoxigenic potential, opening the door to risks related to the occurrence of multiple mycotoxins in the same food matrix.
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- Marco Garello
- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), University of Turin, Largo Braccini 2, 10095, Grugliasco, TO, Italy; AGROINNOVA - Interdepartmental Centre for the Innovation in the Agro-Environmental Sector, University of Torino, Largo Braccini 2, 10095, Grugliasco, TO, Italy
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- Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Almas Allé 5, 75651, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), University of Turin, Largo Braccini 2, 10095, Grugliasco, TO, Italy; AGROINNOVA - Interdepartmental Centre for the Innovation in the Agro-Environmental Sector, University of Torino, Largo Braccini 2, 10095, Grugliasco, TO, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), University of Turin, Largo Braccini 2, 10095, Grugliasco, TO, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), University of Turin, Largo Braccini 2, 10095, Grugliasco, TO, Italy; AGROINNOVA - Interdepartmental Centre for the Innovation in the Agro-Environmental Sector, University of Torino, Largo Braccini 2, 10095, Grugliasco, TO, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), University of Turin, Largo Braccini 2, 10095, Grugliasco, TO, Italy; AGROINNOVA - Interdepartmental Centre for the Innovation in the Agro-Environmental Sector, University of Torino, Largo Braccini 2, 10095, Grugliasco, TO, Italy
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Centre (BSC-CNS), Plaça Eusebi Güell, 1-3, 08034, Barcelona, Spain; Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac, 10, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Centre (BSC-CNS), Plaça Eusebi Güell, 1-3, 08034, Barcelona, Spain; Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac, 10, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), University of Turin, Largo Braccini 2, 10095, Grugliasco, TO, Italy; AGROINNOVA - Interdepartmental Centre for the Innovation in the Agro-Environmental Sector, University of Torino, Largo Braccini 2, 10095, Grugliasco, TO, Italy.
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Zeng Y, Lu T, Ren S, Hu Z, Fang J, Guan Z, Li J, Liu L, Gao Z. Biosynthesis of Ester-Bond Containing Quinolone Alkaloids with (3 R,4 S) Stereoconfiguration. Org Lett 2024; 26:6692-6697. [PMID: 39058897 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c02372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/28/2024]
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Asperalins represent a novel class of viridicatin natural products with potent inhibitory activities against fish pathogens. In this study, we elucidated the biosynthesis of asperalins in the Aspergillus oryzae NSAR1 heterologous host and identified the FAD-dependent monooxygenase AplB stereoselectively hydroxylates viridicatin to yield a unique 3R,4S configuration. The monomodular NRPS AplJ catalyzes a rare intramolecular ester bond formation reaction using dihydroquinoline as a nucleophile. Subsequent modifications by cytochrome P450 AplF, chlorinase AplN, and prenyltransferase AplE tailor the anthranilic acid portion, leading to the formation of asperalins. Additionally, we explored the potential of AplB for the hydroxylation of viridicatin analogs, demonstrating its relaxed substrate specificity. This finding suggests that AplB could be developed as a biocatalyst for the synthesis of viridicatin derivatives.
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- Yujing Zeng
- School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Resources and Coastal Engineering, School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Southern Laboratory of Ocean Science and Engineering (Guangdong, Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519000, China
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Gao L, Ding Q, Lei X. Hunting for the Intermolecular Diels-Alderase. Acc Chem Res 2024; 57:2166-2183. [PMID: 38994670 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.4c00315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/13/2024]
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ConspectusThe Diels-Alder reaction is well known as a concerted [4 + 2] cycloaddition governed by the Woodward-Hoffmann rules. Since Prof. Otto Diels and his student Kurt Alder initially reported the intermolecular [4 + 2] cycloaddition between cyclopentadiene and quinone in 1928, it has been recognized as one of the most powerful chemical transformations to build C-C bonds and construct cyclic structures. This named reaction has been widely used in synthesizing natural products and drug molecules. Driven by the synthetic importance of the Diels-Alder reaction, identifying the enzyme that stereoselectively catalyzes the Diels-Alder reaction has become an intriguing research area in natural product biosynthesis and biocatalysis. With significant progress in sequencing and bioinformatics, dozens of Diels-Alderases have been characterized in microbial natural product biosynthesis. However, few are evolutionally dedicated to catalyzing an intermolecular Diels-Alder reaction with a concerted mechanism.This Account summarizes our endeavors to hunt for the naturally occurring intermolecular Diels-Alderase from plants. Our research journey started from the biomimetic syntheses of D-A-type terpenoids and flavonoids, showing that plants use both nonenzymatic and enzymatic intermolecular [4 + 2] cycloadditions to create complex molecules. Inspired by the biomimetic syntheses, we identify an intermolecular Diels-Alderase hidden in the biosynthetic pathway of mulberry Diels-Alder-type cycloadducts using a biosynthetic intermediate probe-based target identification strategy. This enzyme, MaDA, is an endo-selective Diels-Alderase and is then functionally characterized as a standalone intermolecular Diels-Alderase with a concerted but asynchronous mechanism. We also discover the exo-selective intermolecular Diels-Alderases in Morus plants. Both the endo- and exo-selective Diels-Alderases feature a broad substrate scope, but their mechanisms for controlling the endo/exo pathway are different. These unique intermolecular Diels-Alderases phylogenetically form a subgroup of FAD-dependent enzymes that can be found only in moraceous plants, explaining why this type of [4 + 2] cycloadduct is unique to moraceous plants. Further studies of the evolutionary mechanism reveal that an FAD-dependent oxidocyclase could acquire the Diels-Alderase activity via four critical amino acid mutations and then gradually lose its original oxidative activity to become a standalone Diels-Alderase during the natural evolution. Based on these insights, we designed new Diels-Alderases and achieved the diversity-oriented chemoenzymatic synthesis of D-A products using either naturally occurring or engineered Diels-Alderases.Overall, this Account describes our decade-long efforts to discover the intermolecular Diels-Alderases in Morus plants, particularly highlighting the importance of biomimetic synthesis and chemical proteomics in discovering new intermolecular Diels-Alderases from plants. Meanwhile, this Account also covers the evolutionary and catalytic mechanism study of intermolecular Diels-Alderases that may provide new insights into how to discover and design new Diels-Alderases as powerful biocatalysts for organic synthesis.
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- Lei Gao
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Life Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Yuan GY, Zhang JM, Xu YQ, Zou Y. Biosynthesis and Assembly Logic of Fungal Hybrid Terpenoid Natural Products. Chembiochem 2024:e202400387. [PMID: 38923144 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202400387] [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: 04/28/2024] [Revised: 06/24/2024] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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In recent decades, fungi have emerged as significant sources of diverse hybrid terpenoid natural products, and their biosynthetic pathways are increasingly unveiled. This review mainly focuses on elucidating the various strategies underlying the biosynthesis and assembly logic of these compounds. These pathways combine terpenoid moieties with diverse building blocks including polyketides, nonribosomal peptides, amino acids, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, saccharides, and adenine, resulting in the formation of plenty of hybrid terpenoid natural products via C-O, C-C, or C-N bond linkages. Subsequent tailoring steps, such as oxidation, cyclization, and rearrangement, further enhance the biological diversity and structural complexity of these hybrid terpenoid natural products. Understanding these biosynthetic mechanisms holds promise for the discovery of novel hybrid terpenoid natural products from fungi, which will promote the development of potential drug candidates in the future.
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- Guan-Yin Yuan
- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P.R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P.R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P.R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P.R. China
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Harris LA, Saad H, Shelton K, Zhu L, Guo X, Mitchell DA. Tryptophan-Centric Bioinformatics Identifies New Lasso Peptide Modifications. Biochemistry 2024; 63:865-879. [PMID: 38498885 PMCID: PMC11197979 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.4c00035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
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Lasso peptides are a class of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) defined by a macrolactam linkage between the N-terminus and the side chain of an internal aspartic acid or glutamic acid residue. Instead of adopting a branched-cyclic conformation, lasso peptides are "threaded", with the C-terminal tail passing through the macrocycle to present a kinetically trapped rotaxane conformation. The availability of enhanced bioinformatics methods has led to a significant increase in the number of secondary modifications found on lasso peptides. To uncover new ancillary modifications in a targeted manner, a bioinformatic strategy was developed to discover lasso peptides with modifications to tryptophan. This effort identified numerous putative lasso peptide biosynthetic gene clusters with core regions of the precursor peptides enriched in tryptophan. Parsing of these tryptophan (Trp)-rich biosynthetic gene clusters uncovered several putative ancillary modifying enzymes, including halogenases and dimethylallyltransferases expected to act upon Trp. Characterization of two gene products yielded a lasso peptide with two 5-Cl-Trp modifications (chlorolassin) and another bearing 5-dimethylallyl-Trp and 2,3-didehydro-Tyr modifications (wygwalassin). Bioinformatic analysis of the requisite halogenase and dimethylallyltransferase revealed numerous other putative Trp-modified lasso peptides that remain uncharacterized. We anticipate that the Trp-centric strategy reported herein may be useful in discovering ancillary modifications for other RiPP classes and, more generally, guide the functional prediction of enzymes that act on specific amino acids.
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- Lonnie A. Harris
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Zhao Y, He Y, Han L, Zhang L, Xia Y, Yin F, Wang X, Zhao D, Xu S, Qiao F, Xiao Y, Kong L. Two types of coumarins-specific enzymes complete the last missing steps in pyran- and furanocoumarins biosynthesis. Acta Pharm Sin B 2024; 14:869-880. [PMID: 38322336 PMCID: PMC10840424 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2023.10.016] [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: 08/11/2023] [Revised: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2024] Open
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Pyran- and furanocoumarins are key representatives of tetrahydropyrans and tetrahydrofurans, respectively, exhibiting diverse physiological and medical bioactivities. However, the biosynthetic mechanisms for their core structures remain poorly understood. Here we combined multiomics analyses of biosynthetic enzymes in Peucedanum praeruptorum and in vitro functional verification and identified two types of key enzymes critical for pyran and furan ring biosynthesis in plants. These included three distinct P. praeruptorum prenyltransferases (PpPT1-3) responsible for the prenylation of the simple coumarin skeleton 7 into linear or angular precursors, and two novel CYP450 cyclases (PpDC and PpOC) crucial for the cyclization of the linear/angular precursors into either tetrahydropyran or tetrahydrofuran scaffolds. Biochemical analyses of cyclases indicated that acid/base-assisted epoxide ring opening contributed to the enzyme-catalyzed tetrahydropyran and tetrahydrofuran ring refactoring. The possible acid/base-assisted catalytic mechanisms of the identified cyclases were theoretically investigated and assessed using site-specific mutagenesis. We identified two possible acidic amino acids Glu303 in PpDC and Asp301 in PpOC as vital in the catalytic process. This study provides new enzymatic tools in the epoxide formation/epoxide-opening mediated cascade reaction and exemplifies how plants become chemically diverse in terms of enzyme function and catalytic process.
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- Yucheng Zhao
- Department of Resources Science of Traditional Chinese Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Resources Science of Traditional Chinese Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Germplasm Enhancement in Southern China, Ministry of Agriculture, Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 517317, China
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- Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Germplasm Enhancement in Southern China, Ministry of Agriculture, Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 517317, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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Wang S, Wang M, Duan C, Yao Y, Ren J, Liu L, Pan Y, Liu G. A Berberine Bridge Enzyme-like Oxidase Mediates the Cage-like Acresorbicillinol C Biosynthesis. Org Lett 2024; 26:642-646. [PMID: 38214302 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c03966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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Oxosorbicillinol and cage-like acresorbicillinol C are bioactive sorbicillinoids produced by Acremonium chrysogenum. We found that a berberine bridge enzyme-like oxidase AcsorD was responsible for their biosynthesis by gene deletion and heterologous expression. AcsorD catalyzed oxidation of sorbicillinol to form oxosorbicillinol in in vitro assays, which was successively condensed with sorbicillinol to form acresorbicillinol C spontaneously. Finally, site-directed mutation revealed that Tyr525 was the key residue in the catalysis of the oxidation reaction and unlocking cage-like acresorbicillinol C production.
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- Shiyuan Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Wuyi University, Jiangmen 529020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Yuan GY, Zhang JM, Xu QD, Zhang HR, Hu C, Zou Y. Biosynthesis of Cosmosporasides Reveals the Assembly Line for Fungal Hybrid Terpenoid Saccharides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202308887. [PMID: 37647109 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202308887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Revised: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Fungal hybrid terpenoid saccharides constitute a new and growing family of natural products with significant biomedical and agricultural activities. One representative family is the cosmosporasides, which feature oxidized terpenoid units and saccharide moieties; however, the assembly line of these building blocks has been elusive. Herein, a cos cluster from Fusarium orthoceras was discovered for the synthesis of cosmosporaside C (1) by genome mining. A UbiA family intramembrane prenyltransferase (UbiA-type PT), a multifunctional cytochrome P450, an α,β-hydrolase, an acetyltransferase, a dimethylallyl transferase (DMAT-type PT) and a glycosyltransferase function cooperatively in the assembly of the scaffold of 1 using primary central metabolites. The absolute configuration at C4, C6 and C7 of 1 was also established. Our work clarifies the unexpected functions of UbiA-type and DMAT-type PTs and provides an example for understanding the synthetic logic of hybrid terpenoid saccharides in fungi.
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- Guan-Yin Yuan
- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China
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Qu Y, Zhou TY, Guo FW, Wei MY, Chen GY, Gu YC, Wang CY, Shao CL. Analogues of natural products yaequinolones as potential inflammatory inhibitors: Design, synthesis and biological evaluation. Eur J Med Chem 2023; 250:115183. [PMID: 36758306 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 01/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Inflammation is connected with a variety of diseases and there is still a need to develop more effective and safer anti-inflammatory drugs. Herein, we synthesized, resolved, and characterized eight enantiopure isomers of yaequinolone J1 (1), yaequinolone J2 (2), 4'-desmethoxyyaequinolone J1 (3), and 4'-desmethoxyyaequinolone J2 (4). The key synthetic steps were extended and 34 racemic analogues modified at the 4-aryl, the N-position, and the pyran ring were designed and synthesized. All the synthesized compounds were evaluated for their anti-inflammatory activities in RAW 264.7 cells of which 13 compounds showed significant inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) production at a concentration of 0.1 μM, which was more potent than that of indomethacin. Furthermore, compounds (-)-3, (-)-4, 5h, and 6g reduced the production of IL-6 in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells at a concentration of 50 nM. A preliminary SAR indicated that 3'-Br (5h), 4'-NO2 (6g) on 4-phenyl and 3-bromobenzyl (7f) on the N-position were the most effective substituents. This is the first report of the anti-inflammatory yaequinolone alkaloids and the present study provided evidence for exploiting this series of highly efficacious derivatives for new anti-inflammatory agents.
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- Yong Qu
- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, The Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, People's Republic of China; Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao, 266237, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, The Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, The Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, People's Republic of China; Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao, 266237, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, The Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, People's Republic of China
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- Syngenta Jealott's Hill International Research Centre Bracknell, Berkshire, RG42 6EY, UK
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, The Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, People's Republic of China; Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao, 266237, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, The Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, People's Republic of China; Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao, 266237, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, People's Republic of China.
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Xiang P, Kemmerich B, Yang L, Li SM. Biosynthesis of Annullatin D in Penicillium roqueforti Implies Oxidative Lactonization between Two Hydroxyl Groups Catalyzed by a BBE-like Enzyme. Org Lett 2022; 24:6072-6077. [PMID: 35939524 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c02438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Annullatins from Cordyceps annullata are alkylated aromatic polyketides including annullatin D with a fused dihydrobenzofuran lactone ring system. Here, we report the identification of a silent biosynthetic gene cluster for annullatins from Penicillium roqueforti by heterologous expression in Aspergillus nidulans, gene deletion, and feeding experiments as well as by biochemical characterization. The polyketide core structure is consecutively modified by hydroxylation and prenylation. A berberine bridge enzyme-like protein catalyzes the final step, an oxidative lactonization between two hydroxyl groups, to form (2S, 9S)-annullatin D.
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- Pan Xiang
- Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie und Biotechnologie, Fachbereich Pharmazie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Robert-Koch-Straße 4, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie und Biotechnologie, Fachbereich Pharmazie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Robert-Koch-Straße 4, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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- Haikou Key Laboratory for Research and Utilization of Tropical Natural Products, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, CATAS, 571101 Haikou, China
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- Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie und Biotechnologie, Fachbereich Pharmazie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Robert-Koch-Straße 4, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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Eggbauer B, Schrittwieser JH, Kerschbaumer B, Macheroux P, Kroutil W. Regioselective Biocatalytic C4-Prenylation of Unprotected Tryptophan Derivatives. Chembiochem 2022; 23:e202200311. [PMID: 35770709 PMCID: PMC9540666 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202200311] [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: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Regioselective carbon−carbon bond formation belongs to the challenging tasks in organic synthesis. In this context, C−C bond formation catalyzed by 4‐dimethylallyltryptophan synthases (4‐DMATSs) represents a possible tool to regioselectively synthesize C4‐prenylated indole derivatives without site‐specific preactivation and circumventing the need of protection groups as used in chemical synthetic approaches. In this study, a toolbox of 4‐DMATSs to produce a set of 4‐dimethylallyl tryptophan and indole derivatives was identified. Using three wild‐type enzymes as well as variants, various C5‐substituted tryptophan derivatives as well as N‐methyl tryptophan were successfully prenylated with conversions up to 90 %. Even truncated tryptophan derivatives like tryptamine and 3‐indole propanoic acid were regioselectively prenylated in position C4. The acceptance of C5‐substituted tryptophan derivatives was improved up to 5‐fold by generating variants (e. g. T108S). The feasibility of semi‐preparative prenylation of selected tryptophan derivatives was successfully demonstrated on 100 mg scale at 15 mM substrate concentration, allowing to reduce the previously published multistep chemical synthetic sequence to just a single step.
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- Bettina Eggbauer
- University of Graz: Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz, Chemistry, AUSTRIA
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- University of Graz: Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz, Institute of Chemistry, Heinrichstrasse 28, 8010, Graz, AUSTRIA
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Guo FW, Mou XF, Qu Y, Wei MY, Chen GY, Wang CY, Gu YC, Shao CL. Scalable total synthesis of (+)-aniduquinolone A and its acid-catalyzed rearrangement to aflaquinolones. Commun Chem 2022; 5:35. [PMID: 36697782 PMCID: PMC9814574 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-022-00655-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The strong antibacterial, antiviral and anticancer activities demonstrated by quinolones make them promising lead structures and important synthetic targets for drug discovery. Here, we report, to the best of our knowledge, the first scalable total synthesis of antiviral (+)-aniduquinolone A, possessing a 3,4-dioxygenated 5-hydroxy-4-aryl-quinolin-2(1H)-one skeleton. This synthetic strategy explores E-stereoselective Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons (HWE) olefination as the key step to assemble isopropenyl substituted tetrahydrofuran onto the 3,4-dioxygenated 5-hydroxy-4-aryl-quinolin-2(1H)-one core, which is built by highly diastereoselective intramolecular aldol reaction. Moreover, two sets of stereoisomers of aniduquinolone A with substantially overlapping NMR data were synthesized completely and assigned unambiguously by comprehensive analysis of both their spectroscopic and X-ray diffraction data. Unexpectedly, aflaquinolones A, C, and D that feature different 2,4-dimethyl cyclohexanone moieties were transformed successfully from (+)-aniduquinolone A by treating with TFA. The methodology delineated herein can be applied broadly to the synthesis of natural alkaloids containing the core structure of 3,4-dioxygenated 5-hydroxy-4-aryl-quinolin-2(1H)-one.
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- Feng-Wei Guo
- grid.4422.00000 0001 2152 3263Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, The Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003 China ,grid.484590.40000 0004 5998 3072Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao, 266200 China
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- grid.4422.00000 0001 2152 3263Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, The Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003 China ,grid.440761.00000 0000 9030 0162School of Pharmacy, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005 China
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- grid.4422.00000 0001 2152 3263Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, The Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003 China ,grid.484590.40000 0004 5998 3072Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao, 266200 China
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- grid.4422.00000 0001 2152 3263Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, The Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003 China
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- grid.440732.60000 0000 8551 5345College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, 571158 China
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- grid.4422.00000 0001 2152 3263Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, The Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003 China ,grid.484590.40000 0004 5998 3072Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao, 266200 China
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- grid.426114.40000 0000 9974 7390Syngenta Jealott’s Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire RG42 6EY UK
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- grid.4422.00000 0001 2152 3263Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, The Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003 China ,grid.484590.40000 0004 5998 3072Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao, 266200 China
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Bowen JI, Wang L, Crump MP, Willis CL. Synthetic and biosynthetic methods for selective cyclisations of 4,5-epoxy alcohols to tetrahydropyrans. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:1150-1175. [PMID: 35029626 PMCID: PMC8827043 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob01905h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Tetrahydropyrans (THPs) are common structural motifs found in natural products and synthetic therapeutic molecules. In Nature these 6-membered oxygen heterocycles are often assembled via intramolecular reactions involving either oxy-Michael additions or ring opening of epoxy-alcohols. Indeed, the polyether natural products have been particularly widely studied due to their fascinating structures and important biological properties; these are commonly formed via endo-selective epoxide-opening cascades. In this review we outline synthetic approaches for endo-selective intramolecular epoxide ring opening (IERO) of 4,5-epoxy-alcohols and their applications in natural product synthesis. In addition, the biosynthesis of THP-containing natural products which utilise IERO reactions are reviewed.
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- James I Bowen
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
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Zhang JM, Liu X, Wei Q, Ma C, Li D, Zou Y. Berberine bridge enzyme-like oxidase-catalysed double bond isomerization acts as the pathway switch in cytochalasin synthesis. Nat Commun 2022; 13:225. [PMID: 35017571 PMCID: PMC8752850 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27931-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Cytochalasans (CYTs), as well as their polycyclic (pcCYTs) and polymerized (meCYTs) derivatives, constitute one of the largest families of fungal polyketide-nonribosomal peptide (PK-NRP) hybrid natural products. However, the mechanism of chemical conversion from mono-CYTs (moCYTs) to both pcCYTs and meCYTs remains unknown. Here, we show the first successful example of the reconstitution of the CYT core backbone as well as the whole pathway in a heterologous host. Importantly, we also describe the berberine bridge enzyme (BBE)-like oxidase AspoA, which uses Glu538 as a general acid biocatalyst to catalyse an unusual protonation-driven double bond isomerization reaction and acts as a switch to alter the native (for moCYTs) and nonenzymatic (for pcCYTs and meCYTs) pathways to synthesize aspochalasin family compounds. Our results present an unprecedented function of BBE-like enzymes and highly suggest that the isolated pcCYTs and meCYTs are most likely artificially derived products.
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- Jin-Mei Zhang
- 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
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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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Ma S, Mandalapu D, Wang S, Zhang Q. Biosynthesis of cyclopropane in natural products. Nat Prod Rep 2021; 39:926-945. [PMID: 34860231 DOI: 10.1039/d1np00065a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Covering: 2012 to 2021Cyclopropane attracts wide interests in the fields of synthetic and pharmaceutical chemistry, and chemical biology because of its unique structural and chemical properties. This structural motif is widespread in natural products, and is usually essential for biological activities. Nature has evolved diverse strategies to access this structural motif, and increasing knowledge of the enzymes forming cyclopropane (i.e., cyclopropanases) has been revealed over the last two decades. Here, the scientific literature from the last two decades relating to cyclopropane biosynthesis is summarized, and the enzymatic cyclopropanations, according to reaction mechanism, which can be grouped into two major pathways according to whether the reaction involves an exogenous C1 unit from S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) or not, is discussed. The reactions can further be classified based on the key intermediates required prior to cyclopropane formation, which can be carbocations, carbanions, or carbon radicals. Besides the general biosynthetic pathways of the cyclopropane-containing natural products, particular emphasis is placed on the mechanism and engineering of the enzymes required for forming this unique structure motif.
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- Suze Ma
- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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Dai C, Li X, Zhang K, Li XN, Wang W, Zang Y, Chen X, Li Q, Wei M, Chen C, Zhu H, Zhang Y. Pesimquinolones I-S, eleven new quinolone alkaloids produced by Penicillium simplicissimum and their inhibitory activity on NO production. Bioorg Chem 2021; 108:104635. [PMID: 33484940 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2021.104635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Eleven undescribed quinolone alkaloids, pesimquinolones I-S (1-4 and 6-12), as well as eleven known congeners (5 and 13-22), were isolated from the solid culture broth of the fungus Penicillium simplicissimum. Their chemical structures with absolute configurations were established by a combination of NMR spectroscopy, single-crystal X-ray crystallography, and modified Mosher's methods. Pesimquinolones I-K (1-3) represent the first examples of natural occurring quinolone alkaloids that possess a 6/6/6/6 tetracyclic ring system. The anti-inflammatory activities of selected compounds on LPS-induced nitric oxide (NO) production in adherent cells were evaluated. Compounds 1 and 2 showed suppressive effects on the production of NO, with IC50 values of 10.13 and 8.10 μM, respectively.
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- Chong Dai
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 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 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 430030, People's Republic of China; Hubei Hualong Bio-Chemical Pharmaceutical Limited Company, Xiaogan 432800, 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 430030, People's Republic of China.
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Willems T, De Mol ML, De Bruycker A, De Maeseneire SL, Soetaert WK. Alkaloids from Marine Fungi: Promising Antimicrobials. Antibiotics (Basel) 2020; 9:antibiotics9060340. [PMID: 32570899 PMCID: PMC7345139 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics9060340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Revised: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Resistance of pathogenic microorganisms against antimicrobials is a major threat to contemporary human society. It necessitates a perpetual influx of novel antimicrobial compounds. More specifically, Gram− pathogens emerged as the most exigent danger. In our continuing quest to search for novel antimicrobial molecules, alkaloids from marine fungi show great promise. However, current reports of such newly discovered alkaloids are often limited to cytotoxicity studies and, moreover, neglect to discuss the enigma of their biosynthesis. Yet, the latter is often a prerequisite to make them available through sufficiently efficient processes. This review aims to summarize novel alkaloids with promising antimicrobial properties discovered in the past five years and produced by marine fungi. Several discovery strategies are summarized, and knowledge gaps in biochemical production routes are identified. Finally, links between the structure of the newly discovered molecules and their activity are proposed. Since 2015, a total of 35 new antimicrobial alkaloids from marine fungi were identified, of which 22 showed an antibacterial activity against Gram− microorganisms. Eight of them can be classified as narrow-spectrum Gram− antibiotics. Despite this promising ratio of novel alkaloids active against Gram− microorganisms, the number of newly discovered antimicrobial alkaloids is low, due to the narrow spectrum of discovery protocols that are used and the fact that antimicrobial properties of newly discovered alkaloids are barely characterized. Alternatives are proposed in this review. In conclusion, this review summarizes novel findings on antimicrobial alkaloids from marine fungi, shows their potential as promising therapeutic candidates, and hints on how to further improve this potential.
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Dai C, Chen C, Guan D, Chen H, Wang F, Wang W, Zang Y, Li Q, Wei M, Li X, Zhang X, Wang J, Zhou Q, Zhu H, Zhang Y. Pesimquinolones produced by Penicillium simplicissimum and their inhibitory activity on nitric oxide production. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2020; 174:112327. [PMID: 32222549 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2020.112327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Revised: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Eight undescribed quinolone alkaloids, pesimquinolones A-H, as well as six known compounds, were isolated from the solid culture broth of the fungus Penicillium simplicissimum. Their chemical structures were characterized by combined analyses of NMR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray crystallography. Pesimquinolones A-G are the first examples of naturally occurring quinolone alkaloids possessing a limonene moiety. Their anti-inflammatory activities on LPS-induced nitric oxide (NO) production in adherent cells were evaluated. Pesimquinolones A, E, G, and H showed promising suppressive effect on the production of NO with IC50 values of 1.94, 1.29, 1.20, and 1.23 μM, respectively.
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- Chong Dai
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, 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, 430030, 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, 430030, China
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- Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health, University of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, 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, 430030, 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, 430030, 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, 430030, 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, 430030, 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, 430030, 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, 430030, 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, 430030, 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, 430030, 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, 430030, 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, 430030, China.
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Gao L, Su C, Du X, Wang R, Chen S, Zhou Y, Liu C, Liu X, Tian R, Zhang L, Xie K, Chen S, Guo Q, Guo L, Hano Y, Shimazaki M, Minami A, Oikawa H, Huang N, Houk KN, Huang L, Dai J, Lei X. FAD-dependent enzyme-catalysed intermolecular [4+2] cycloaddition in natural product biosynthesis. Nat Chem 2020; 12:620-628. [DOI: 10.1038/s41557-020-0467-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Rudolf JD, Chang CY. Terpene synthases in disguise: enzymology, structure, and opportunities of non-canonical terpene synthases. Nat Prod Rep 2020; 37:425-463. [PMID: 31650156 PMCID: PMC7101268 DOI: 10.1039/c9np00051h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Covering: up to July 2019 Terpene synthases (TSs) are responsible for generating much of the structural diversity found in the superfamily of terpenoid natural products. These elegant enzymes mediate complex carbocation-based cyclization and rearrangement cascades with a variety of electron-rich linear and cyclic substrates. For decades, two main classes of TSs, divided by how they generate the reaction-triggering initial carbocation, have dominated the field of terpene enzymology. Recently, several novel and unconventional TSs that perform TS-like reactions but do not resemble canonical TSs in sequence or structure have been discovered. In this review, we identify 12 families of non-canonical TSs and examine their sequences, structures, functions, and proposed mechanisms. Nature provides a wide diversity of enzymes, including prenyltransferases, methyltransferases, P450s, and NAD+-dependent dehydrogenases, as well as completely new enzymes, that utilize distinctive reaction mechanisms for TS chemistry. These unique non-canonical TSs provide immense opportunities to understand how nature evolved different tools for terpene biosynthesis by structural and mechanistic characterization while affording new probes for the discovery of novel terpenoid natural products and gene clusters via genome mining. With every new discovery, the dualistic paradigm of TSs is contradicted and the field of terpene chemistry and enzymology continues to expand.
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- Jeffrey D Rudolf
- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Schwan J, Kleoff M, Heretsch P, Christmann M. Five-Step Synthesis of Yaequinolones J1 and J2. Org Lett 2020; 22:675-678. [PMID: 31909626 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b04455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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A concise synthesis of yaequinolones J1 and J2 is reported. The route is based on the aryne insertion into the σ-C-N bond of an unsymmetric imide followed by a diastereoselective aldol cyclization of the resulting N-acylated aminobenzophenone. The chromene motif is generated in the first step by an organocatalytic tandem Knoevenagel electrocyclization of citral and 2-bromoresorcinol. The approach adheres to the ideality principle, using almost exclusively strategic bond-forming reactions.
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- Johannes Schwan
- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie , Freie Universität Berlin , Takustr. 3 , 14195 Berlin , Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie , Freie Universität Berlin , Takustr. 3 , 14195 Berlin , Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie , Freie Universität Berlin , Takustr. 3 , 14195 Berlin , Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie , Freie Universität Berlin , Takustr. 3 , 14195 Berlin , Germany
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Mattila A, Andsten RM, Jumppanen M, Assante M, Jokela J, Wahlsten M, Mikula KM, Sigindere C, Kwak DH, Gugger M, Koskela H, Sivonen K, Liu X, Yli-Kauhaluoma J, Iwaï H, Fewer DP. Biosynthesis of the Bis-Prenylated Alkaloids Muscoride A and B. ACS Chem Biol 2019; 14:2683-2690. [PMID: 31674754 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.9b00620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Prenylation is a common step in the biosynthesis of many natural products and plays an important role in increasing their structural diversity and enhancing biological activity. Muscoride A is a linear peptide alkaloid that contain two contiguous oxazoles and unusual prenyl groups that protect the amino- and carboxy-termini. Here we identified the 12.7 kb muscoride (mus) biosynthetic gene clusters from Nostoc spp. PCC 7906 and UHCC 0398. The mus biosynthetic gene clusters encode enzymes for the heterocyclization, oxidation, and prenylation of the MusE precursor protein. The mus biosynthetic gene clusters encode two copies of the cyanobactin prenyltransferase, MusF1 and MusF2. The predicted tetrapeptide substrate of MusF1 and MusF2 was synthesized through a novel tandem cyclization route in only eight steps. Biochemical assays demonstrated that MusF1 acts on the carboxy-terminus while MusF2 acts on the amino-terminus of the tetrapeptide substrate. We show that the MusF2 enzyme catalyzes the reverse or forward prenylation of amino-termini from Nostoc spp. PCC 7906 and UHCC 0398, respectively. This finding expands the regiospecific chemical functionality of cyanobactin prenyltransferases and the chemical diversity of the cyanobactin family of natural products to include bis-prenylated polyoxazole linear peptides.
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- Antti Mattila
- Department of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, Viikki Biocenter, Viikinkaari 9, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, Viikki Biocenter, Viikinkaari 9, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, Viikinkaari 5 E, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, Viikinkaari 5 E, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, Viikki Biocenter, Viikinkaari 9, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, Viikki Biocenter, Viikinkaari 9, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Research Program in Structural Biology and Biophysics, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 65, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Collection des Cyanobactéries, Département de Microbiologie, Institut Pasteur, 28 Rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Cedex 15, 75015 Paris, France
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- VERIFIN, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, Viikki Biocenter, Viikinkaari 9, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, Viikinkaari 5 E, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Research Program in Structural Biology and Biophysics, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 65, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, Viikki Biocenter, Viikinkaari 9, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Wu S, Liu C, Luo G, Jin Z, Zheng P, Chi YR. NHC‐Catalyzed Chemoselective Reactions of Enals and Aminobenzaldehydes for Access to Chiral Dihydroquinolines. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201909479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Shuquan Wu
- Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural BioengineeringKey Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural BioengineeringMinistry of EducationGuizhou University Guiyang 550025 China
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- Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural BioengineeringKey Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural BioengineeringMinistry of EducationGuizhou University Guiyang 550025 China
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- School of PharmacyGuizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Guiyang 550025 China
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- Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural BioengineeringKey Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural BioengineeringMinistry of EducationGuizhou University Guiyang 550025 China
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- Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural BioengineeringKey Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural BioengineeringMinistry of EducationGuizhou University Guiyang 550025 China
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- Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural BioengineeringKey Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural BioengineeringMinistry of EducationGuizhou University Guiyang 550025 China
- Division of Chemistry & Biological ChemistrySchool of Physical & Mathematical SciencesNanyang Technological University Singapore 637371 Singapore
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Wu S, Liu C, Luo G, Jin Z, Zheng P, Chi YR. NHC-Catalyzed Chemoselective Reactions of Enals and Aminobenzaldehydes for Access to Chiral Dihydroquinolines. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:18410-18413. [PMID: 31604001 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201909479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2019] [Revised: 09/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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An N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalyzed reaction between α-bromoenals and 2-aminoaldehydes has been developed. Key steps include chemoselective reaction of the NHC catalyst with one of the aldehyde substrates (the bromoenal) to eventually generate an α,β-unsaturated acylazolium intermediate. Addition of the nitrogen atom of aminoaldehyde to the unsaturated azolium ester intermediate followed by intramolecular aldol reaction, β-lactone formation, and decarboxylation leads to chiral dihydroquinolines with high optical purity. The dihydroquinoline products, which are quickly prepared by using this method, can be readily transformed into a diverse set of functional molecules such as pyridines and chiral piperidines.
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- Shuquan Wu
- Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China
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- Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, 550025, China
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- Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China
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- Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China
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- Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China.,Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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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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Wang C, Hantke V, Cox RJ, Skellam E. Targeted Gene Inactivations Expose Silent Cytochalasans in Magnaporthe grisea NI980. Org Lett 2019; 21:4163-4167. [PMID: 31099577 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b01344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The biosynthetic gene cluster encoding the phytotoxin pyrichalasin H 5 was discovered in Magnaporthe grisea NI980, and the late-stage biosynthetic pathway of 5 was fully elucidated using targeted gene inactivations resulting in the isolation of 13 novel cytochalasans. This study reveals that the nonproteinogenic amino acid O-methyltyrosine is the true precursor of 5, and other cryptic cytochalasans and mutasynthesis experiments produce novel halogenated pyrichalasin H analogues.
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- Chongqing Wang
- Institute for Organic Chemistry and Centre for Biomolecular Drug Research , Leibniz University Hannover , Schneiderberg 38 , Hannover 30167 , Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry and Centre for Biomolecular Drug Research , Leibniz University Hannover , Schneiderberg 38 , Hannover 30167 , Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry and Centre for Biomolecular Drug Research , Leibniz University Hannover , Schneiderberg 38 , Hannover 30167 , Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry and Centre for Biomolecular Drug Research , Leibniz University Hannover , Schneiderberg 38 , Hannover 30167 , Germany
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Mukhopadhyay S, Pan SC. Organocatalytic Asymmetric Mannich Reaction of Dihydro-3-carboalkoxy-2-quinolones with PreformedN-Boc Imines. European J Org Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201900156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry; Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati; Assam 781039 India
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Muthukrishnan I, Sridharan V, Menéndez JC. Progress in the Chemistry of Tetrahydroquinolines. Chem Rev 2019; 119:5057-5191. [PMID: 30963764 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 229] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Tetrahydroquinoline is one of the most important simple nitrogen heterocycles, being widespread in nature and present in a broad variety of pharmacologically active compounds. This Review summarizes the progress achieved in the chemistry of tetrahydroquinolines, with emphasis on their synthesis, during the period from mid-2010 to early 2018.
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- Isravel Muthukrishnan
- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical and Biotechnology , SASTRA Deemed University , Thanjavur 613401 , Tamil Nadu , India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical and Biotechnology , SASTRA Deemed University , Thanjavur 613401 , Tamil Nadu , India.,Department of Chemistry and Chemical Sciences , Central University of Jammu , Rahya-Suchani (Bagla) , District-Samba, Jammu 181143 , Jammu and Kashmir , India
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- Unidad de Química Orgańica y Farmacéutica, Departamento de Química en Ciencias Farmacéuticas, Facultad de Farmacia , Universidad Complutense , 28040 Madrid , Spain
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Trost BM, Nagaraju A, Wang F, Zuo Z, Xu J, Hull KL. Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation of Dihydroquinolinones. Org Lett 2019; 21:1784-1788. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b00358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Barry M. Trost
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5080, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5080, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5080, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5080, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5080, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5080, United States
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Tang M, Zou Y, Yee D, Tang Y. Identification of the Pyranonigrin A Biosynthetic Gene Cluster by Genome Mining in Penicillium thymicola IBT 5891. AIChE J 2018; 64:4182-4186. [PMID: 31588145 DOI: 10.1002/aic.16324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Man‐Cheng Tang
- Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringUniversity of CaliforniaLos AngelesCA 90095
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- Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringUniversity of CaliforniaLos AngelesCA 90095
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- Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringUniversity of CaliforniaLos AngelesCA 90095
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- Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringUniversity of CaliforniaLos AngelesCA 90095
- Dept. of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of CaliforniaLos AngelesCA 90095
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Schwan J, Kleoff M, Hartmayer B, Heretsch P, Christmann M. Synthesis of Quinolinone Alkaloids via Aryne Insertions into Unsymmetric Imides in Flow. Org Lett 2018; 20:7661-7664. [PMID: 30479132 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b03392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A general strategy for the synthesis of 3,4-dioxygenated quinolin-2-one natural products is reported. The key step is a regioselective insertion of arynes into unsymmetric imides. When performed in continuous flow, the reaction proceeds within minutes, while lower yields and longer reaction times are observed in batch. The resulting N-acylated 2-aminobenzophenones were transformed to (±)-peniprequinolone, (±)-aflaquinolones E and F, (±)-6-deoxyaflaquinolone E, (±)-quinolinones A and B, and (±)-aniduquinolone C in 1-3 steps.
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- Johannes Schwan
- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie , Freie Universität Berlin , Takustr. 3 , 14195 Berlin , Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie , Freie Universität Berlin , Takustr. 3 , 14195 Berlin , Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie , Freie Universität Berlin , Takustr. 3 , 14195 Berlin , Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie , Freie Universität Berlin , Takustr. 3 , 14195 Berlin , Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie , Freie Universität Berlin , Takustr. 3 , 14195 Berlin , Germany
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Priya S, Weaver JD. Prenyl Praxis: A Method for Direct Photocatalytic Defluoroprenylation. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:16020-16025. [PMID: 30424602 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b09156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The prenyl fragment is the quintessential constituent of terpenoid natural products, a diverse family which contains numerous members with diverse biological properties. In contrast, fluorinated and multifluorinated arenes make up an important class of anthropogenic molecules which are highly relevant to material, agricultural, and pharmaceutical industries. While allylation chemistry is well developed, effective prenylation strategies have been less forthcoming. Herein, we describe the photocatalytic defluoroprenylation, a powerful method that provides access to "hybrid molecules" that possess both the functionality of a prenyl group and fluorinated arenes. This approach involves direct prenyl group transfer under very mild conditions, displays excellent functional group tolerance, and includes relatively short reaction times (<4 h), which is the fastest photocatalytic C-F functionalization developed to date. Additionally, the strategy can be extended to include allyl and geranyl (10 carbon fragment) transfers. Another prominent finding is a reagent-dependent switch in regioselectivity of the major product from para to ortho C-F functionalization.
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- Sonal Priya
- Department of Chemistry , Oklahoma State University , Stillwater , Oklahoma 74078 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Oklahoma State University , Stillwater , Oklahoma 74078 , United States
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Mukhopadhyay S, Pan SC. An organocatalytic asymmetric Mannich reaction for the synthesis of 3,3-disubstituted-3,4-dihydro-2-quinolones. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 16:5407-5411. [PMID: 30024000 DOI: 10.1039/c8ob01399c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The first organocatalytic asymmetric Mannich reaction employing 3,4-dihydro-2-quinolones has been developed for the synthesis of biologically important 3,3-disubstituted-dihydro-2-quinolones. N-Boc imine precursor amidosulfones as well as pre-formed N-Boc imine were used for this purpose. Cyclohexyldiamine derived bifunctional amino-thiourea catalysts were employed to provide the products in high enantio- and good diastereoselectivities.
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Enzymatic one-step ring contraction for quinolone biosynthesis. Nat Commun 2018; 9:2826. [PMID: 30026518 PMCID: PMC6053404 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05221-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The 6,6-quinolone scaffolds on which viridicatin-type fungal alkaloids are built are frequently found in metabolites that display useful biological activities. Here we report in vitro and computational analyses leading to the discovery of a hemocyanin-like protein AsqI from the Aspergillus nidulans aspoquinolone biosynthetic pathway that forms viridicatins via a conversion of the cyclopenin-type 6,7-bicyclic system into the viridicatin-type 6,6-bicyclic core through elimination of carbon dioxide and methylamine through methyl isocyanate. Viridicatin is a fungal alkaloid. Here, the authors identify and characterize the cyclopenase that catalyzes the last step of its biosynthesis in Aspergillus nidulans, the conversion of cyclopenin to viridicatin, and find that the reaction proceeds via an unusual elimination mechanism.
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Vece V, Jakkepally S, Hanessian S. Total Synthesis and Absolute Stereochemical Assignment of the Insecticidal Metabolites Yaequinolones J1 and J2. Org Lett 2018; 20:4277-4280. [PMID: 29975546 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b01701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A highly stereocontrolled total synthesis of (-)-yaequinolone J1 and (+)-yaequinolone J2 was accomplished using an Evans auxiliary to establish a syn-diol unit in an acyclic appendage to a preformed benzopyran core bearing a homoprenyl group. The first total synthesis of a complex member of this family of 3,4-dioxygenated 3,4-dihydro 4-aryl quinolin-2-(1 H)-ones also allowed the assignment of absolute stereochemistry, thereby suggesting the same for several members of this family of biogenetically related alkaloids hitherto reported with relative configurations of stereogenic carbons for some and absolute assignments relying on empirical data for others.
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- Vito Vece
- Department of Chemistry , Université de Montréal , P.O. Box 6128, Succ., Centre-ville, Montréal , Québec , Canada , H3C 3J7
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- Department of Chemistry , Université de Montréal , P.O. Box 6128, Succ., Centre-ville, Montréal , Québec , Canada , H3C 3J7
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- Department of Chemistry , Université de Montréal , P.O. Box 6128, Succ., Centre-ville, Montréal , Québec , Canada , H3C 3J7
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Chen S, Liu Z, Liu H, Long Y, Chen D, Lu Y, She Z. Lasiodiplactone A, a novel lactone from the mangrove endophytic fungus Lasiodiplodia theobromae ZJ-HQ1. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 15:6338-6341. [PMID: 28731123 DOI: 10.1039/c7ob01657c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lasiodiplactone A (1), an unprecedented lactone, was obtained from the mangrove endophytic fungus Lasiodiplodia theobromae ZJ-HQ1. The structure of 1 was established by analysis of NMR spectroscopic data and electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectra. Lasiodiplactone A (1) was the first example of lactone that possesses a unique tetracyclic system (12/6/6/5) of RAL12 (12-membered β-resorcylic acid lactone) with a pyran ring and a furan ring. A possible biogenetic pathway for 1 was proposed. Compound 1 showed anti-inflammatory activity by inhibiting nitric oxide (NO) production in lipopolysaccharide activated in RAW264.7 cells with IC50 value of 23.5 μM and exhibited potential α-glucosidase inhibitory activity with IC50 values of 29.4 μM.
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- Senhua Chen
- School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
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Liu Z, Qiu P, Li J, Chen G, Chen Y, Liu H, She Z. Anti-inflammatory polyketides from the mangrove-derived fungus Ascomycota sp. SK2YWS-L. Tetrahedron 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2017.12.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Convenient synthetic approach for tri- and tetraprenylated cyclodipeptides by consecutive enzymatic prenylations. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 102:2671-2681. [PMID: 29372298 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-8761-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2017] [Revised: 01/02/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The prenyltransferases EchPT1 and EchPT2 from Aspergillus ruber are responsible for the consecutive prenylations of cyclo-L-Trp-L-Ala, leading to the formation of the triprenylated echinulin as the predominant product. In this study, we demonstrate that EchPT1 also accepts all stereoisomers of cyclo-Trp-Ala and cyclo-Trp-Pro and catalyses regiospecific reverse C2-prenylation at the indole nucleus. EchPT1 products were well accepted by EchPT2 for multiple consecutive prenylations, with conversion yields of 84 to 98% for six of the eight substrates. C2-, C5- and C7-triprenylated derivatives are identified as major enzyme products, with product yields of 40 to 86% in seven cases. High product yields of 25-36%, i.e. approximate 30% of the total enzyme products, were observed for tetraprenylated derivatives in the four reaction mixtures with one D- and one L-configured amino acid residues. To the best of our knowledge, enzymatic preparation of tetraprenylated cyclodipeptides with such high efficacy has not been reported prior to this study.
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Nakamura H, Matsuda Y, Abe I. Unique chemistry of non-heme iron enzymes in fungal biosynthetic pathways. Nat Prod Rep 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c7np00055c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Reactions by non-heme iron enzymes in structurally intriguing fungal natural products pathways are summarized and discussed.
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- Hitomi Nakamura
- 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
- Department of Chemistry
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- The University of Tokyo
- Tokyo
- Japan
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Cui H, Lin Y, Luo M, Lu Y, Huang X, She Z. Diaporisoindoles A–C: Three Isoprenylisoindole Alkaloid Derivatives from the Mangrove Endophytic Fungus Diaporthe sp. SYSU-HQ3. Org Lett 2017; 19:5621-5624. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b02748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Hui Cui
- School of Chemistry, ‡School of Life Sciences and Biomedical Center, §South China Sea Bio-Resource
Exploitation
and Utilization Collaborative Innovation Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Chemistry, ‡School of Life Sciences and Biomedical Center, §South China Sea Bio-Resource
Exploitation
and Utilization Collaborative Innovation Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Chemistry, ‡School of Life Sciences and Biomedical Center, §South China Sea Bio-Resource
Exploitation
and Utilization Collaborative Innovation Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Chemistry, ‡School of Life Sciences and Biomedical Center, §South China Sea Bio-Resource
Exploitation
and Utilization Collaborative Innovation Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Chemistry, ‡School of Life Sciences and Biomedical Center, §South China Sea Bio-Resource
Exploitation
and Utilization Collaborative Innovation Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Chemistry, ‡School of Life Sciences and Biomedical Center, §South China Sea Bio-Resource
Exploitation
and Utilization Collaborative Innovation Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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Mukhopadhyay S, Nath U, Pan SC. Organocatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of 3,3-Disubstituted 3,4-Dihydro-2-quinolones. Adv Synth Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201700655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry; Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati; Assam India 781039
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- Department of Chemistry; Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati; Assam India 781039
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Oxidative cyclizations are important transformations that occur widely during natural product biosynthesis. The transformations from acyclic precursors to cyclized products can afford morphed scaffolds, structural rigidity, and biological activities. Some of the most dramatic structural alterations in natural product biosynthesis occur through oxidative cyclization. In this Review, we examine the different strategies used by nature to create new intra(inter)molecular bonds via redox chemistry. This Review will cover both oxidation- and reduction-enabled cyclization mechanisms, with an emphasis on the former. Radical cyclizations catalyzed by P450, nonheme iron, α-KG-dependent oxygenases, and radical SAM enzymes are discussed to illustrate the use of molecular oxygen and S-adenosylmethionine to forge new bonds at unactivated sites via one-electron manifolds. Nonradical cyclizations catalyzed by flavin-dependent monooxygenases and NAD(P)H-dependent reductases are covered to show the use of two-electron manifolds in initiating cyclization reactions. The oxidative installations of epoxides and halogens into acyclic scaffolds to drive subsequent cyclizations are separately discussed as examples of "disappearing" reactive handles. Last, oxidative rearrangement of rings systems, including contractions and expansions, will be covered.
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- Man-Cheng Tang
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 420 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 420 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Stanford University Chemistry, Engineering, and Medicine for Human Health (ChEM-H), Stanford University, 443 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 420 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Ma LF, Zheng Y, Qian HY, Wang Y, Shan WG, Zhan ZJ. New Metabolites from Penicillium Thymicola IBT 5891. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH 2017. [DOI: 10.3184/174751917x14858862342188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Two new secondary metabolites, fumiquinazoline T and thymipyrone A, were obtained from the culture broth of marine-derived Penicillium thymicola IBT 5891. The known compounds, fumiquinazoline F and J, alantrypinone and pestafolide A, were also isolated from this strain. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analysis, including HR-ESI-MS, IR, 1D- and 2D-NMR.
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- Lie-Feng Ma
- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P.R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P.R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P.R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P.R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P.R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P.R. China
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Enzyme-catalyzed cationic epoxide rearrangements in quinolone alkaloid biosynthesis. Nat Chem Biol 2017; 13:325-332. [PMID: 28114276 PMCID: PMC5310975 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.2283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Accepted: 11/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Epoxides are highly useful synthons and biosynthons for the construction of complex natural products during total synthesis and biosynthesis, respectively. Among enzyme-catalyzed epoxide transformations, a reaction that is notably missing, in regard to the synthetic toolbox, is cationic rearrangement that takes place under strong acid. This is a challenging transformation for enzyme catalysis, as stabilization of the carbocation intermediate upon epoxide cleavage is required. Here, we discovered two Brønsted acid enzymes that can catalyze two unprecedented epoxide transformations in biology. PenF from the penigequinolone pathway catalyzes a cationic epoxide rearrangement under physiological conditions to generate a quaternary carbon center, while AsqO from the aspoquinolone pathway catalyzes a 3-exo-tet cyclization to forge a cyclopropane-tetrahydrofuran ring system. The discovery of these new epoxide-modifying enzymes further highlights the versatility of epoxides in complexity generation during natural product biosynthesis.
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Zhao LM, Zhang AL, Zhang JH, Gao HS, Zhou W. Zinc-Mediated C-3 α-Prenylation of Isatins with Prenyl Bromide: Access to 3-Prenyl-3-hydroxy-2-oxindoles and Its Application. J Org Chem 2016; 81:5487-94. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b00836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Li-Ming Zhao
- School
of Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry
for Functional Materials, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, Jiangsu, China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry
for Functional Materials, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, Jiangsu, China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry
for Functional Materials, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, Jiangsu, China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry
for Functional Materials, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, Jiangsu, China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry
for Functional Materials, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, Jiangsu, China
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Covering: up to September 2015. Meroterpenoids are hybrid natural products that partially originate from the terpenoid pathway. The meroterpenoids derived from fungi display quite diverse structures, with a wide range of biological properties. This review summarizes the molecular bases for their biosyntheses, which were recently elucidated with modern techniques, and also discusses the plausible biosynthetic pathways of other related natural products lacking genetic information. (Complementary to the coverage of literature by Geris and Simpson in Nat. Prod. Rep., 2009, 26, 1063-1094.).
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- Yudai Matsuda
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Simonetti SO, Larghi EL, Kaufman TS. A convenient approach to an advanced intermediate toward the naturally occurring, bioactive 6-substituted 5-hydroxy-4-aryl-1H-quinolin-2-ones. Org Biomol Chem 2016; 14:2625-36. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ob02680f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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An advanced intermediate for the total synthesis of the 5-hydroxy-4-aryl-3,4-dihydro-1H-quinolin-2-one natural products and a 3,4-bisdesoxy analog of peniprequinolone were synthesized.
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- Sebastián O. Simonetti
- Instituto de Química Rosario (IQUIR
- CONICET-UNR) and Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas
- Universidad Nacional de Rosario
- S2002LRK Rosario
- Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Rosario (IQUIR
- CONICET-UNR) and Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas
- Universidad Nacional de Rosario
- S2002LRK Rosario
- Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Rosario (IQUIR
- CONICET-UNR) and Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas
- Universidad Nacional de Rosario
- S2002LRK Rosario
- Argentina
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Simonetti SO, Larghi EL, Kaufman TS. The 3,4-dioxygenated 5-hydroxy-4-aryl-quinolin-2(1H)-one alkaloids. Results of 20 years of research, uncovering a new family of natural products. Nat Prod Rep 2016; 33:1425-1446. [DOI: 10.1039/c6np00064a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The title alkaloids are discussed. Emphasis is placed on their isolation, source microorganisms and structure, as well as relevant biological activities and synthetic progress.
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- Sebastian O. Simonetti
- Instituto de Química Rosario (IQUIR, CONICET-UNR)
- Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas – Universidad Nacional de Rosario
- (2000) Rosario
- Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Rosario (IQUIR, CONICET-UNR)
- Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas – Universidad Nacional de Rosario
- (2000) Rosario
- Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Rosario (IQUIR, CONICET-UNR)
- Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas – Universidad Nacional de Rosario
- (2000) Rosario
- Argentina
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Xie W, Chang S. [Cu(NHC)]-Catalyzed C−H Allylation and Alkenylation of both Electron-Deficient and Electron-Rich (Hetero)arenes with Allyl Halides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201510180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Weilong Xie
- Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations; Institute for Basic Science (IBS); Daejeon 305-701 Korea
- Department of Chemistry; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST); Daejeon 305-701 Korea
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- Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations; Institute for Basic Science (IBS); Daejeon 305-701 Korea
- Department of Chemistry; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST); Daejeon 305-701 Korea
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Xie W, Chang S. [Cu(NHC)]-Catalyzed C−H Allylation and Alkenylation of both Electron-Deficient and Electron-Rich (Hetero)arenes with Allyl Halides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 55:1876-80. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201510180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Weilong Xie
- Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations; Institute for Basic Science (IBS); Daejeon 305-701 Korea
- Department of Chemistry; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST); Daejeon 305-701 Korea
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- Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations; Institute for Basic Science (IBS); Daejeon 305-701 Korea
- Department of Chemistry; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST); Daejeon 305-701 Korea
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