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Hirano M, Kiyota S. Ru(0)-catalysed synthesis of borylated polyene building blocks by cross-dimerisation toward cross-coupling. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:7672-7686. [PMID: 38962873 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc02566k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/05/2024]
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Conjugated and non-conjugated polyenes are important substructures and are often found in biologically active compounds and natural products. Their preparation often needs multiple steps or iterative reactions and as a result, they have poor step economies. In this feature article, we show a new methodology to prepare these substructures by combinations of cross-dimerisation giving borylated polyenes and subsequent cross-coupling reactions. This divergent reaction strategy allows for the opportunity to access many bioactive compounds and natural products as well as some electronic materials.
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- Masafumi Hirano
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Nakacho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Nakacho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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Wang D, Mao H, Zhao Z, Liu L, Chen Y, Li P. Reprogramming of the Aurantinin Polyketide Assembly Line to Synthesize Auritriacids by Excising an Atypical Enoyl-CoA Hydratase Domain. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024:e2401708. [PMID: 38995095 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202401708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2024] [Revised: 06/14/2024] [Indexed: 07/13/2024]
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Modular polyketide synthases (PKSs) are capable of synthesizing diverse natural products with fascinating bioactivities. Canonical enoyl-CoA hydratases (ECHs) are components of the β-branching cassette that modifies the polyketide chain by adding a β-methyl branch. Herein, it is demonstrated that the deletion of an atypical ECHQ domain (featuring a Q280 residue) of Art21, a didomain protein contains an ECHQ domain and a thioesterase (TE) domain, reprograms the polyketide assembly line from synthesizing tetracyclic aurantinins (ARTs) to bicyclic auritriacids (ATAs) with much lower antibacterial activities. Genes encoding the ECHQ-TE didomain proteins distribute in many PKS gene clusters from different bacteria. Significantly, the ART PKS machinery can be directed to make ARTs, ATAs, or both of them by employing appropriate ECHQ-TE proteins, implying a great potential for using this reprogramming strategy in polyketide structure diversification.
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- Dacheng Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, 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 Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, 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 Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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Okazaki S, Shimada K, Komine N, Hirano M. Ru(0)-Catalyzed Regioselective Synthesis of Borylated-1,4- and -1,5-Diene Building Blocks. Organometallics 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Shione Okazaki
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Nakacho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Nakacho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Nakacho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Nakacho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Wang D, Li P, Yan JL, Mao H, Liu L, Wang M, Chen M, Ye T, Chen Y. Assigning the stereochemical structures of aurantinin A and B with the assistance of biosynthetic investigations. Org Chem Front 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2qo01251k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The stereochemistry of aurantinin was determined by spectroscopic and computational analysis with the assistance of biosynthetic studies. The latter method provided critical evidence for the assignment of the configuration of the 3-ketosugar moiety.
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- Dacheng Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Innovation Center of Marine Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals, School of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Wuyi University, Jiangmen 529020, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, 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 Microbial Resources, 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 Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- Innovation Center of Marine Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals, School of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Wuyi University, Jiangmen 529020, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Innovation Center of Marine Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals, School of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Wuyi University, Jiangmen 529020, Guangdong, China
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Xili, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Sesbanimide R, a Novel Cytotoxic Polyketide Produced by Magnetotactic Bacteria. mBio 2021; 12:mBio.00591-21. [PMID: 34006654 PMCID: PMC8262917 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00591-21] [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] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Genomic information from various magnetotactic bacteria suggested that besides their common ability to form magnetosomes, they potentially also represent a source of bioactive natural products. By using targeted deletion and transcriptional activation, we connected a large biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC) of the trans-acyltransferase polyketide synthase (trans-AT PKS) type to the biosynthesis of a novel polyketide in the alphaproteobacterium Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense Structure elucidation by mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) revealed that this secondary metabolite resembles sesbanimides, which were very recently reported from other taxa. However, sesbanimide R exhibits an additional arginine moiety the presence of which reconciles inconsistencies in the previously proposed sesbanimide biosynthesis pathway observed when comparing the chemical structure and the potential biochemistry encoded in the BGC. In contrast to the case with sesbanimides D, E, and F, we were able to assign the stereocenter of the arginine moiety experimentally and two of the remaining three stereocenters by predictive biosynthetic tools. Sesbanimide R displayed strong cytotoxic activity against several carcinoma cell lines.IMPORTANCE The findings of this study contribute a new secondary metabolite member to the glutarimide-containing polyketides. The determined structure of sesbanimide R correlates with its cytotoxic bioactivity, characteristic for members of this family. Sesbanimide R represents the first natural product isolated from magnetotactic bacteria and identifies this highly diverse group as a so-far-untapped source for the future discovery of novel secondary metabolites.
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Liu L, Yu Q, Zhang H, Tao W, Wang R, Bai L, Zhao YL, Shi T. Theoretical study on substrate recognition and catalytic mechanisms of gephyronic acid dehydratase DH1. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cy01776k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The bifunctional dehydratase GphF DH1 catalyzes both the dehydration of β-hydroxy and the double bond isomerization with the energy barrier of 27.0 kcal mol−1 and 17.2 kcal mol−1 respectively.
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- Lei Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences
- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai 200240
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences
- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai 200240
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences
- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai 200240
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences
- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai 200240
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences
- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai 200240
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences
- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai 200240
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences
- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai 200240
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences
- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai 200240
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Drufva EE, Hix EG, Bailey CB. Site directed mutagenesis as a precision tool to enable synthetic biology with engineered modular polyketide synthases. Synth Syst Biotechnol 2020; 5:62-80. [PMID: 32637664 PMCID: PMC7327777 DOI: 10.1016/j.synbio.2020.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Revised: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Modular polyketide synthases (PKSs) are a multidomain megasynthase class of biosynthetic enzymes that have great promise for the development of new compounds, from new pharmaceuticals to high value commodity and specialty chemicals. Their colinear biosynthetic logic has been viewed as a promising platform for synthetic biology for decades. Due to this colinearity, domain swapping has long been used as a strategy to introduce molecular diversity. However, domain swapping often fails because it perturbs critical protein-protein interactions within the PKS. With our increased level of structural elucidation of PKSs, using judicious targeted mutations of individual residues is a more precise way to introduce molecular diversity with less potential for global disruption of the protein architecture. Here we review examples of targeted point mutagenesis to one or a few residues harbored within the PKS that alter domain specificity or selectivity, affect protein stability and interdomain communication, and promote more complex catalytic reactivity.
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Key Words
- ACP, acyl carrier protein
- AT, acyltransferase
- DEBS, 6-deoxyerthronolide B synthase
- DH, dehydratase
- EI, enoylisomerase
- ER, enoylreductase
- KR, ketoreductase
- KS, ketosynthase
- LM, loading module
- MT, methyltransferase
- Mod, module
- PKS, polyketide synthase
- PS, pyran synthase
- Polyketide synthase
- Protein engineering
- Rational design
- SNAC, N-acetyl cysteamine
- Saturation mutagenesis
- Site directed mutagenesis
- Synthetic biology
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- Erin E. Drufva
- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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Liang H, Jiang L, Jiang Q, Shi J, Xiang J, Yan X, Zhu X, Zhao L, Shen B, Duan Y, Huang Y. A 3‐hydroxy‐3‐methylglutaryl‐CoA synthase‐based probe for the discovery of the acyltransferase‐less type I polyketide synthases. Environ Microbiol 2019; 21:4270-4282. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2019] [Revised: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Haoyu Liang
- Xiangya International Academy of Translational Medicine at Central South University Changsha Hunan China
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- Xiangya International Academy of Translational Medicine at Central South University Changsha Hunan China
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- School of Geosciences and Info‐physics at Central South University Changsha Hunan China
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- Xiangya International Academy of Translational Medicine at Central South University Changsha Hunan China
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- Xiangya International Academy of Translational Medicine at Central South University Changsha Hunan China
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- Xiangya International Academy of Translational Medicine at Central South University Changsha Hunan China
- National Engineering Research Center of Combinatorial Biosynthesis for Drug Discovery Changsha Hunan China
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- Xiangya International Academy of Translational Medicine at Central South University Changsha Hunan China
- National Engineering Research Center of Combinatorial Biosynthesis for Drug Discovery Changsha Hunan China
- Hunan Engineering Research Center of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Natural Product Drug Discovery Changsha Hunan China
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- Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University Kunming Yunnan China
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- Department of Chemistry The Scripps Research Institute Jupiter FL USA
- Molecular Medicine The Scripps Research Institute Jupiter FL USA
- Natural Products Library Initiative at The Scripps Research Institute, The Scripps Research Institute Jupiter FL USA
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- Xiangya International Academy of Translational Medicine at Central South University Changsha Hunan China
- National Engineering Research Center of Combinatorial Biosynthesis for Drug Discovery Changsha Hunan China
- Hunan Engineering Research Center of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Natural Product Drug Discovery Changsha Hunan China
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- Xiangya International Academy of Translational Medicine at Central South University Changsha Hunan China
- National Engineering Research Center of Combinatorial Biosynthesis for Drug Discovery Changsha Hunan China
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Al-Dhelaan R, Russo PS, Padden SE, Amaya A, Dong DW, You YO. Condensation-Incompetent Ketosynthase Inhibits trans-Acyltransferase Activity. ACS Chem Biol 2019; 14:304-312. [PMID: 30642162 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.8b01043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Nonelongating modules with condensation-incompetent ketosynthase (KS0) are frequently found in many trans-acyltransferase polyketide synthases ( trans-AT PKS). KS0 catalyzes translocation of carbon chain without decarboxylative condensation. Unlike typical elongating modules where malonylation of acyl carrier protein (ACP) precedes elongation, the malonylation of ACP downstream of KS0 is assumed to be prevented. In this study, the regulation mechanism(s) of ACP malonylation in a non-elongating module of difficidin biosynthase was investigated. In vitro reconstitution, protein mass spectrometry, and enzyme kinetics demonstrated that KS0 controls the pathway by inhibiting the trans-AT activity. Protein-protein interactions of the surrounding domains also contribute to the regulation. Enzyme kinetics further identified the DfnKS05 as an allosteric inhibitor of trans-AT. The principle and knowledge discovered from this study will enhance the understanding of this unusual PKS system.
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- Reham Al-Dhelaan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , George Mason University , Fairfax , Virginia 22030 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , George Mason University , Fairfax , Virginia 22030 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , George Mason University , Fairfax , Virginia 22030 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , George Mason University , Fairfax , Virginia 22030 , United States
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Skiba MA, Bivins MM, Schultz JR, Bernard SM, Fiers WD, Dan Q, Kulkarni S, Wipf P, Gerwick WH, Sherman DH, Aldrich CC, Smitha JL. Structural Basis of Polyketide Synthase O-Methylation. ACS Chem Biol 2018; 13:3221-3228. [PMID: 30489068 PMCID: PMC6470024 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.8b00687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Modular type I polyketide synthases (PKSs) produce some of the most chemically complex metabolites in nature through a series of multienzyme modules. Each module contains a variety of catalytic domains to selectively tailor the growing molecule. PKS O-methyltransferases ( O-MTs) are predicted to methylate β-hydroxyl or β-keto groups, but their activity and structure have not been reported. We determined the domain boundaries and characterized the catalytic activity and structure of the StiD and StiE O-MTs, which methylate opposite β-hydroxyl stereocenters in the myxobacterial stigmatellin biosynthetic pathway. Substrate stereospecificity was demonstrated for the StiD O-MT. Key catalytic residues were identified in the crystal structures and investigated in StiE O-MT via site-directed mutagenesis and further validated with the cyanobacterial CurL O-MT from the curacin biosynthetic pathway. Initial structural and biochemical analysis of PKS O-MTs supplies a new chemoenzymatic tool, with the unique ability to selectively modify hydroxyl groups during polyketide biosynthesis.
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- Meredith A. Skiba
- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, United States
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, United States
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, United States
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, United States
- Chemical Biology Doctoral Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, United States
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, United States
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, United States
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, United States
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, United States
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, United States
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, United States
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, United States
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Meinke JL, Mehaffey MR, Wagner DT, Sun N, Zhang Z, Brodbelt JS, Keatinge-Clay AT. Structural and Functional Studies of a gem-Dimethylating Methyltransferase from a trans-Acyltransferase Assembly Line. ACS Chem Biol 2018; 13:3306-3314. [PMID: 30371052 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.8b00733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The methyl substituents in products of trans-acyltransferase assembly lines are usually incorporated by S-adenosyl-methionine (SAM)-dependent methyltransferase (MT) domains. The gem-dimethyl moieties within the polyketide disorazol are installed through the iterative action of an MT in the third module of its assembly line. The 1.75-Å-resolution crystal structure of this MT helps elucidate how it catalyzes the addition of two methyl groups. Activity assays of point mutants on β-ketoacyl chains linked to an acyl carrier protein and N-acetylcysteamine provide additional insights into the roles of active site residues. The replacement of an alanine with a phenylalanine at an apparent gatekeeping position resulted in more monomethylation than dimethylation. MTs may form an interface with ketoreductases (KRs) and even mediate the docking of trans-acyltransferase assembly line polypeptides through this association.
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- Jessica L. Meinke
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Dodge GJ, Ronnow D, Taylor RE, Smith JL. Molecular Basis for Olefin Rearrangement in the Gephyronic Acid Polyketide Synthase. ACS Chem Biol 2018; 13:2699-2707. [PMID: 30179448 PMCID: PMC6233718 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.8b00645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Polyketide synthases (PKS) are a rich source of natural products of varied chemical composition and biological significance. Here, we report the characterization of an atypical dehydratase (DH) domain from the PKS pathway for gephyronic acid, an inhibitor of eukaryotic protein synthesis. Using a library of synthetic substrate mimics, the reaction course, stereospecificity, and tolerance to non-native substrates of GphF DH1 are probed via LC-MS analysis. Taken together, the studies establish GphF DH1 as a dual-function dehydratase/isomerase that installs an odd-to-even double bond and yields a product consistent with the isobutenyl terminus of gephyronic acid. The studies also reveal an unexpected C2 epimerase function in catalytic turnover with the native substrate. A 1.55-Å crystal structure of GphF DH1 guided mutagenesis experiments to elucidate the roles of key amino acids in the multistep DH1 catalysis, identifying critical functions for leucine and tyrosine side chains. The mutagenesis results were applied to add a secondary isomerase functionality to a nonisomerizing DH in the first successful gain-of-function engineering of a PKS DH. Our studies of GphF DH1 catalysis highlight the versatility of the DH active site and adaptation for a specific catalytic outcome with a specific substrate.
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- Greg J. Dodge
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Life Sciences Institute University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Life Sciences Institute University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109
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Synthetic biology of polyketide synthases. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 45:621-633. [DOI: 10.1007/s10295-018-2021-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2017] [Accepted: 02/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Complex reduced polyketides represent the largest class of natural products that have applications in medicine, agriculture, and animal health. This structurally diverse class of compounds shares a common methodology of biosynthesis employing modular enzyme systems called polyketide synthases (PKSs). The modules are composed of enzymatic domains that share sequence and functional similarity across all known PKSs. We have used the nomenclature of synthetic biology to classify the enzymatic domains and modules as parts and devices, respectively, and have generated detailed lists of both. In addition, we describe the chassis (hosts) that are used to assemble, express, and engineer the parts and devices to produce polyketides. We describe a recently developed software tool to design PKS system and provide an example of its use. Finally, we provide perspectives of what needs to be accomplished to fully realize the potential that synthetic biology approaches bring to this class of molecules.
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Cai W, Zhang W. Engineering modular polyketide synthases for production of biofuels and industrial chemicals. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2017; 50:32-38. [PMID: 28946011 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2017.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2017] [Revised: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 08/31/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Polyketide synthases (PKSs) are one of the most profound biosynthetic factories for producing polyketides with diverse structures and biological activities. These enzymes have been historically studied and engineered to make un-natural polyketides for drug discovery, and have also recently been explored for synthesizing biofuels and industrial chemicals due to their versatility and customizability. Here, we review recent advances in the mechanistic understanding and engineering of modular PKSs for producing polyketide-derived chemicals, and provide perspectives on this relatively new application of PKSs.
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- Wenlong Cai
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States; Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA 94158, United States.
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Hill RA, Sutherland A. Hot off the Press. Nat Prod Rep 2017; 34:940-944. [PMID: 28717803 DOI: 10.1039/c7np90028g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
A personal selection of 32 recent papers is presented covering various aspects of current developments in bioorganic chemistry and novel natural products such as svetamycin B from a Streptomyces species.
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Affiliation(s)
- Robert A Hill
- School of Chemistry, Glasgow University, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
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