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Zhao M, Zhang W, Yang C, Zhang L, Huang H, Zhu Y, Ratnasekera D, Zhang C. Discovery of Kebanmycins with Antibacterial and Cytotoxic Activities from the Mangrove-Derived Streptomyces sp. SCSIO 40068. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2024; 87:1591-1600. [PMID: 38862138 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c00232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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Mangrove derived actinomycetes are a rich reservoir of bioactive natural products and play important roles in pharmaceutical chemistry. In a screen of actinomycetes from mangrove rhizosphere sedimental environments, the isolated strain Streptomyces sp. SCSIO 40068 displayed strong antibacterial activity. Further fractionation of the extract yielded four new compounds kebanmycins A-D (1-4) and two known analogues FD-594 (5) and the aglycon (6). The structures of 1-6 were determined based on extensive spectroscopic data and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. 1-3 featured a fused pyranonaphthaxanthene as an integral part of a 6/6/6/6/6/6 polycyclic motif, and showed bioactivity against a series of Gram-positive bacteria and cytotoxicity to several human tumor cells. In addition, the kebanmycins biosynthetic gene cluster (keb) was identified in Streptomyces sp. SCSIO 40068, and KebMT2 was biochemically characterized as a tailoring sugar-O-methyltransferase, leading to a proposed biosynthetic route to 1-6. This study paves the way to further investigate 1 as a potential lead compound.
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- Mengran Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Ocean Eco-Environmental Engineering, Sanya 572000, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Ocean Eco-Environmental Engineering, Sanya 572000, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Ocean Eco-Environmental Engineering, Sanya 572000, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Ocean Eco-Environmental Engineering, Sanya 572000, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Ocean Eco-Environmental Engineering, Sanya 572000, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Agricultural Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, Kamburupitiya 81000, Sri Lanka
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China
- Sanya Institute of Ocean Eco-Environmental Engineering, Sanya 572000, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Kong L, Deng Z, You D. Chemistry and biosynthesis of bacterial polycyclic xanthone natural products. Nat Prod Rep 2022; 39:2057-2095. [PMID: 36083257 DOI: 10.1039/d2np00046f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Covering: up to the end of 2021Bacterial polycyclic xanthone natural products (BPXNPs) are a growing family of natural xanthones featuring a pentangular architecture with various modifications to the tricyclic xanthone chromophore. Their structural diversities and various activities have fueled biosynthetic and chemical synthetic studies. Moreover, their more potent activities than the clinically used drugs make them potential candidates for the treatment of diseases. Future unraveling of structure activity relationships (SARs) will provide new options for the (bio)-synthesis of drug analogues with higher activities. This review summarizes the isolation, structural elucidation and biological activities and more importantly, the recent strategies for the microbial biosynthesis and chemical synthesis of BPXNPs. Regarding their biosynthesis, we discuss the recent progress in enzymes that synthesize tricyclic xanthone, the protein candidates for structural moieties (methylene dioxygen bridge and nitrogen heterocycle), tailoring enzymes for methylation and halogenation. The chemical synthesis part summarizes the recent methodology for the division synthesis and coupling construction of achiral molecular skeletons. Ultimately, perspectives on the biosynthetic study of BPXNPs are discussed.
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- Lingxin Kong
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
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Yu HQ, Li G, Lou HX. Isolation, Biosynthesis, and Biological Activity of Polycyclic Xanthones From Actinomycetes. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:922089. [PMID: 35910634 PMCID: PMC9327801 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.922089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Natural products from actinomycetes serve as a crucial source of clinical pharmaceuticals, especially antibiotics and anticancer agents. Among them, polycyclic xanthones belong to a growing group of highly oxygenated aromatic polyketides with a xanthone-containing angular hexacyclic framework. These biosynthetically unique small molecules are of great interest due to their wide spectrum of biological activities, especially the remarkable antibacterial activity against gram-positive bacteria and the significant antineoplastic effects toward various cancer cells at nanomolar concentrations. Their complex structures and significant bioactivities have aroused considerable attention in the chemical and biological communities in recent decades. This review covers the isolation, the biosynthesis, and the biological studies toward these structurally complex and biologically active molecules.
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- Hui-Qing Yu
- School of Basic Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
- *Correspondence: Gang Li,
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- Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
- Department of Natural Product Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, China
- Hong-Xiang Lou,
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Wex KW, Saur JS, Handel F, Ortlieb N, Mokeev V, Kulik A, Niedermeyer THJ, Mast Y, Grond S, Berscheid A, Brötz-Oesterhelt H. Bioreporters for direct mode of action-informed screening of antibiotic producer strains. Cell Chem Biol 2021; 28:1242-1252.e4. [PMID: 33761329 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2021.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Revised: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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A big challenge in natural product research of today is rapid dereplication of already known substances, to free capacities for the exploration of new agents. Prompt information on bioactivities and mode of action (MOA) speeds up the lead discovery process and is required for rational compound optimization. Here, we present a bioreporter approach as a versatile strategy for combined bioactivity- and MOA-informed primary screening for antimicrobials. The approach is suitable for directly probing producer strains grown on agar, without need for initial compound enrichment or purification, and works along the entire purification pipeline with culture supernatants, extracts, fractions, and pure substances. The technology allows for MOA-informed purification to selectively prioritize activities of interest. In combination with high-resolution mass spectrometry, the biosensor panel is an efficient and sensitive tool for compound deconvolution. Concomitant information on the affected metabolic pathway enables the selection of appropriate follow-up assays to elucidate the molecular target.
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- Katharina W Wex
- Department of Microbial Bioactive Compounds, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany; German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany
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- Biomolecular Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany; German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany; German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Bioactive Compounds, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany; Cluster of Excellence EXC 2124 - Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections, Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Bioactive Compounds, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany; Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany; Cluster of Excellence EXC 2124 - Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections, Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany; Department of Pharmaceutical Biology/Pharmacognosy Institute of Pharmacy, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Sachsen-Anhalt 06120, Germany; German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany; Department Bioresources for Bioeconomy and Health Research, Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen 38124, Germany; German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany
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- Biomolecular Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany; Cluster of Excellence EXC 2124 - Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections, Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Bioactive Compounds, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany; German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Bioactive Compounds, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany; German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany; Cluster of Excellence EXC 2124 - Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections, Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg 72076, Germany.
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She W, Ye W, Cheng A, Liu X, Tang J, Lan Y, Chen F, Qian PY. Discovery, Bioactivity Evaluation, Biosynthetic Gene Cluster Identification, and Heterologous Expression of Novel Albofungin Derivatives. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:635268. [PMID: 33633715 PMCID: PMC7902042 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.635268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The crude extract of Streptomyces chrestomyceticus exhibited strong and broad activities against most “ESKAPE pathogens.” We conducted a comprehensive chemical investigation for secondary metabolites from the S. chrestomyceticus strain and identified two novel albofungin (alb) derivatives, i.e., albofungins A (1) and B (2), along with two known compounds, i.e., albofungin (3) and chloroalbofungin (4). The chemical structures of the novel compounds were elucidated using HRMS, 1D and 2D NMR, and electronic circular dichroism spectroscopy. The draft genome of S. chrestomyceticus was sequenced, and a 72 kb albofungin (alb) gene cluster with 72 open reading frames encoding type II polyketide synthases (PKSs), regulators, and transporters, and tailoring enzymes were identified using bioinformatics analysis. The alb gene cluster was confirmed using the heterologous expression in Streptomyces coelicolor, which successfully produced the compounds 3 and 4. Furthermore, compounds 1–4 displayed remarkable activities against Gram-positive bacteria and antitumor activities toward various cancer cells. Notably, compounds 1 and 3 showed potent activities against Gram-negative pathogenic bacteria. The terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (dUTP) nick-end labeling and flow cytometry analysis verified that compound 1 inhibited cancer cell proliferation by inducing cellular apoptosis. These results indicated that albofungins might be potential candidates for the development of antibiotics and antitumor drugs.
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- Weiyi She
- SZU-HKUST Joint Ph.D. Program in Marine Environmental Science, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.,Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong, Laboratory (Guangzhou), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.,Division of Ocean Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- SZU-HKUST Joint Ph.D. Program in Marine Environmental Science, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.,Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong, Laboratory (Guangzhou), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.,Division of Ocean Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong, Laboratory (Guangzhou), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.,Division of Ocean Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong, Laboratory (Guangzhou), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.,Division of Ocean Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong, Laboratory (Guangzhou), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.,Division of Ocean Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong, Laboratory (Guangzhou), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.,Division of Ocean Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong, Laboratory (Guangzhou), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.,Division of Ocean Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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Kong L, Wang Q, Yang W, Shen J, Li Y, Zheng X, Wang L, Chu Y, Deng Z, Chooi YH, You D. Three Recently Diverging Duplicated Methyltransferases Exhibit Substrate-Dependent Regioselectivity Essential for Xantholipin Biosynthesis. ACS Chem Biol 2020; 15:2107-2115. [PMID: 32649177 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.0c00296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Polycyclic xanthones are characterized by highly oxygenated, angular hexacyclic frameworks and exhibit diverse biological activities. Although many of them have been isolated and chemically synthesized, the detailed biosynthetic machinery awaits discovery. Recently, xanthone construction in the xantholipin (1) pathway was shown to involve cryptic demethoxylation. This suggested a rationale for the existence of three O-methyltransferase (OMT) genes in the gene cluster, although there are only two O-methyl groups in the structure of 1. Here, in vivo and in vitro analysis have been used to show that the three paralogous OMTs, XanM1-M3, introduce individual methyl groups at specific points in the biosynthetic pathway. Each OMT can to some extent take over the role of the other OMTs, although they exhibit highly substrate-dependent regiospecificity. In addition, phylogenetic analysis suggests their evolution from a common ancestor. Four putative ancestral proteins were constructed, and one of them performed all the functions of XanM1-M3, while the others possessed more limited catalytic functions. The results suggest that a promiscuous common ancestor may have been able to catalyze all three reactions prior to gene duplication and functional divergence. The characterization of XanM1-M3 expands the enzyme inventory for polycyclic xanthone biosynthesis and suggests novel directed evolution approaches to diversifying natural product pathways.
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- Lingxin Kong
- 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 200030, China
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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 200030, China
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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 200030, China
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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 200030, China
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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 200030, China
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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 200030, China
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- Sichuan Industrial Institute of Antibiotics, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610052, China
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- Sichuan Industrial Institute of Antibiotics, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610052, China
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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 200030, China
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- School of Molecular Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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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 200030, China
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Hu X, Sun W, Li S, Li L, Yu L, Liu H, You X, Jiang B, Wu L. Cervinomycins C 1-4 with cytotoxic and antibacterial activity from Streptomyces sp. CPCC 204980. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2020; 73:812-817. [PMID: 32616897 DOI: 10.1038/s41429-020-0342-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Revised: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Polycyclic xanthones are secondary metabolites from actinomycetes and cervinomycin A and B are bioactive 26-membered polycyclic xanthones from Streptomyces sp. CPCC 204980. Herein, we report cervinomycins C1-4 (1-4) from the same strain. The structures of 1-4 were determined by 1D- and 2D-NMR, or single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Compounds 1-4 feature the open or loss of A (oxazolidine) ring in their angular polycyclic framework compared with cervinomycin B. Compounds 1-4 showed potent cytotoxicity against human cancer cell lines HCT116 and BxPC-3, with IC50 at 0.9-801.0 nM and strong anti-Gram-positive bacterial activity.
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- Xiaowen Hu
- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, China.
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, China.
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Liu LL, Liu HF, Gao HH, Yang ZZ, Feng XL, Gao JM, Zhao JB. Genome-based analysis of the type II PKS biosynthesis pathway of xanthones in Streptomyces caelestis and their antifungal activity. RSC Adv 2019; 9:37376-37383. [PMID: 35542260 PMCID: PMC9075769 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra07345k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The ethyl acetate extract from the liquid fermentation of S. caelestis Aw99c exhibited high and broad antifungal activities against plant pathogenic fungi. Bioassay guide fractionation led to the discovery of two xanthones, citreamicin ε and θ. The draft genome sequence of S. caelestis Aw99c was analyzed by a similarity-based approach to elucidate the pathway for the citreamicins. A 48 kb citreamicin (cit) gene cluster with 51 open reading frames encoding type II polyketide synthases and unique polyketide tailoring enzymes was proposed based on the genome analysis and the chemical structure derivation. In vitro antifungal assay showed that citreamicin ε exhibited significant growth inhibition against the plant pathogenic fungi with MIC values ranging from 1.56 to 12.5 μM. The cellular structural change of M. grisea treated with citreamicin ε was detected by SEM and the result showed that citreamicin ε caused disruptive surface of the mycelia. The ethyl acetate extract from the liquid fermentation of S. caelestis Aw99c exhibited high and broad antifungal activities against plant pathogenic fungi.![]()
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- Ling-Li Liu
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products & Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University Yangling 712100 Shaanxi People's Republic of China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products & Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University Yangling 712100 Shaanxi People's Republic of China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products & Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University Yangling 712100 Shaanxi People's Republic of China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products & Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University Yangling 712100 Shaanxi People's Republic of China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products & Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University Yangling 712100 Shaanxi People's Republic of China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products & Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University Yangling 712100 Shaanxi People's Republic of China
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- College of Information Engineering, Northwest A&F University Yangling 712100 Shaanxi People's Republic of China
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Maglangit F, Fang Q, Leman V, Soldatou S, Ebel R, Kyeremeh K, Deng H. Accramycin A, a New Aromatic Polyketide, from the Soil Bacterium, Streptomyces sp. MA37. Molecules 2019; 24:molecules24183384. [PMID: 31533358 PMCID: PMC6767120 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24183384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2019] [Revised: 09/05/2019] [Accepted: 09/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Drug-like molecules are known to contain many different building blocks with great potential as pharmacophores for drug discovery. The continued search for unique scaffolds in our laboratory led to the isolation of a novel Ghanaian soil bacterium, Streptomyces sp. MA37. This strain produces many bioactive molecules, most of which belong to carbazoles, pyrrolizidines, and fluorinated metabolites. Further probing of the metabolites of MA37 has led to the discovery of a new naphthacene-type aromatic natural product, which we have named accramycin A 1. This molecule was isolated using an HPLC-photodiode array (PDA) guided isolation process and MS/MS molecular networking. The structure of 1 was characterized by detailed analysis of LC-MS, UV, 1D, and 2D NMR data. Preliminary studies on the antibacterial properties of 1 using Group B Streptococcus (GBS) produced a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 27 µg/mL. This represents the first report of such bioactivity amongst the naphthacene-type aromatic polyketides, and also suggests the possibility for the further development of potent molecules against GBS based on the accramycin scaffold. A putative acc biosynthetic pathway for accramycin, featuring a tridecaketide-specific type II polyketide synthase, was proposed.
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- Fleurdeliz Maglangit
- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland, UK.
- College of Science, University of the Philippines Cebu, Lahug, Cebu City 6000, Philippines.
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland, UK.
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- Organic Chemistry Division, SIGMA Clermont, 27, Rue Roche Genes, 63170 Aubiere, France.
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland, UK.
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG56, Legon-Accra, Ghana.
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland, UK.
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Tolmie C, Smit MS, Opperman DJ. Native roles of Baeyer–Villiger monooxygenases in the microbial metabolism of natural compounds. Nat Prod Rep 2019; 36:326-353. [DOI: 10.1039/c8np00054a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Baeyer–Villiger monooxygenases function in the primary metabolism of atypical carbon sources, as well as the synthesis of complex microbial metabolites.
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- Carmien Tolmie
- Department of Biotechnology
- University of the Free State
- Bloemfontein
- South Africa
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- Department of Biotechnology
- University of the Free State
- Bloemfontein
- South Africa
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Kong L, Zhang W, Chooi YH, Wang L, Cao B, Deng Z, Chu Y, You D. A Multifunctional Monooxygenase XanO4 Catalyzes Xanthone Formation in Xantholipin Biosynthesis via a Cryptic Demethoxylation. Cell Chem Biol 2017; 23:508-16. [PMID: 27105283 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2016.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2016] [Revised: 02/19/2016] [Accepted: 03/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Xantholipin and several related polycyclic xanthone antibiotics feature a unique xanthone ring nucleus within a highly oxygenated, angular, fused hexacyclic system. In this study, we demonstrated that a flavin-dependent monooxygenase (FMO) XanO4 catalyzes the oxidative transformation of an anthraquinone to a xanthone system during the biosynthesis of xantholipin. In vitro isotopic labeling experiments showed that the reaction involves sequential insertion of two oxygen atoms, accompanied by an unexpected cryptic demethoxylation reaction. Moreover, characterizations of homologous FMOs of XanO4 suggested the generality of the XanO4-like-mediated reaction for the assembly of a xanthone ring in the biosynthesis of polycyclic xanthone antibiotics. These findings not only expand the repertoire of FMO activities but also reveal a novel mechanism for xanthone ring formation.
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- Lingxin Kong
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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- Sichuan Industrial Institute of Antibiotics, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610052, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Sichuan Industrial Institute of Antibiotics, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610052, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
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Genome mining of the sordarin biosynthetic gene cluster from Sordaria araneosa Cain ATCC 36386: characterization of cycloaraneosene synthase and GDP-6-deoxyaltrose transferase. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2016; 69:541-8. [PMID: 27072286 DOI: 10.1038/ja.2016.40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2016] [Revised: 03/04/2016] [Accepted: 03/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Sordarin is a glycoside antibiotic with a unique tetracyclic diterpene aglycone structure called sordaricin. To understand its intriguing biosynthetic pathway that may include a Diels-Alder-type [4+2]cycloaddition, genome mining of the gene cluster from the draft genome sequence of the producer strain, Sordaria araneosa Cain ATCC 36386, was carried out. A contiguous 67 kb gene cluster consisting of 20 open reading frames encoding a putative diterpene cyclase, a glycosyltransferase, a type I polyketide synthase, and six cytochrome P450 monooxygenases were identified. In vitro enzymatic analysis of the putative diterpene cyclase SdnA showed that it catalyzes the transformation of geranylgeranyl diphosphate to cycloaraneosene, a known biosynthetic intermediate of sordarin. Furthermore, a putative glycosyltransferase SdnJ was found to catalyze the glycosylation of sordaricin in the presence of GDP-6-deoxy-d-altrose to give 4'-O-demethylsordarin. These results suggest that the identified sdn gene cluster is responsible for the biosynthesis of sordarin. Based on the isolated potential biosynthetic intermediates and bioinformatics analysis, a plausible biosynthetic pathway for sordarin is proposed.
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Ogasawara Y, Yackley BJ, Greenberg JA, Rogelj S, Melançon CE. Expanding our understanding of sequence-function relationships of type II polyketide biosynthetic gene clusters: bioinformatics-guided identification of Frankiamicin A from Frankia sp. EAN1pec. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0121505. [PMID: 25837682 PMCID: PMC4383371 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2014] [Accepted: 01/31/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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A large and rapidly increasing number of unstudied “orphan” natural product biosynthetic gene clusters are being uncovered in sequenced microbial genomes. An important goal of modern natural products research is to be able to accurately predict natural product structures and biosynthetic pathways from these gene cluster sequences. This requires both development of bioinformatic methods for global analysis of these gene clusters and experimental characterization of select products produced by gene clusters with divergent sequence characteristics. Here, we conduct global bioinformatic analysis of all available type II polyketide gene cluster sequences and identify a conserved set of gene clusters with unique ketosynthase α/β sequence characteristics in the genomes of Frankia species, a group of Actinobacteria with underexploited natural product biosynthetic potential. Through LC-MS profiling of extracts from several Frankia species grown under various conditions, we identified Frankia sp. EAN1pec as producing a compound with spectral characteristics consistent with the type II polyketide produced by this gene cluster. We isolated the compound, a pentangular polyketide which we named frankiamicin A, and elucidated its structure by NMR and labeled precursor feeding. We also propose biosynthetic and regulatory pathways for frankiamicin A based on comparative genomic analysis and literature precedent, and conduct bioactivity assays of the compound. Our findings provide new information linking this set of Frankia gene clusters with the compound they produce, and our approach has implications for accurate functional prediction of the many other type II polyketide clusters present in bacterial genomes.
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- Yasushi Ogasawara
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico, United States of America
- Department of Biology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
- Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
- Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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Liang DM, Liu JH, Wu H, Wang BB, Zhu HJ, Qiao JJ. Glycosyltransferases: mechanisms and applications in natural product development. Chem Soc Rev 2015; 44:8350-74. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cs00600g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Glycosylation reactions mainly catalyzed by glycosyltransferases (Gts) occur almost everywhere in the biosphere, and always play crucial roles in vital processes.
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- Dong-Mei Liang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- China
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Kang HS, Brady SF. Mining soil metagenomes to better understand the evolution of natural product structural diversity: pentangular polyphenols as a case study. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:18111-9. [PMID: 25521786 PMCID: PMC4291760 DOI: 10.1021/ja510606j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Sequence-guided
mining of metagenomic libraries provides a means
of recovering specific natural product gene clusters of interest from
the environment. In this study, we use ketosynthase gene (KS) PCR
amplicon sequences (sequence tags) to explore the structural and biosynthetic
diversities of pentangular polyphenols (PP). In phylogenetic analyses,
eDNA-derived sequence tags often fall between closely related clades
that are associated with gene clusters known to encode distinct chemotypes.
We show that these common “intermediate” sequence tags
are useful for guiding the discovery of not only novel bioactive metabolites
but also collections of closely related gene clusters that can provide
new insights into the evolution of natural product structural diversity.
Gene clusters corresponding to two eDNA-derived KSβ sequence tags that reside between well-defined KSβ clades associated with the biosynthesis of (C24)-pradimicin and
(C26)-xantholipin type metabolites were recovered from archived soil
eDNA libraries. Heterologous expression of these gene clusters in Streptomyces albus led to
the isolation of three new PPs (compounds 1–3). Calixanthomycin A (1) shows potent antiproliferative
activity against HCT-116 cells, whereas arenimycins C (2) and D (3) display potent antibacterial activity. By
comparing genotypes and chemotypes across all known PP gene clusters,
we define four PP subfamilies, and also observe that the horizontal
transfer of PP tailoring genes has likely been restricted to gene
clusters that encode closely related chemical structures, suggesting
that only a fraction of the “natural product-like” chemical
space that can theoretically be encoded by these secondary metabolite
tailoring genes has likely been sampled naturally.
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- Hahk-Soo Kang
- Laboratory of Genetically Encoded Small Molecules, The Rockefeller University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute , 1230 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States
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Su C, Zhao XQ, Wang HN, Qiu RG, Tang L. Seamless stitching of biosynthetic gene cluster containing type I polyketide synthases using Red/ET mediated recombination for construction of stably co-existing plasmids. Gene 2014; 554:233-40. [PMID: 25311549 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2014] [Revised: 09/23/2014] [Accepted: 10/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Type I polyketides are natural products with diverse functions that are important for medical and agricultural applications. Manipulation of large biosynthetic gene clusters containing type I polyketide synthases (PKS) for heterologous expression is difficult due to the existence of conservative sequences of PKS in multiple modules. Red/ET mediated recombination has permitted rapid manipulation of large fragments; however, it requires insertion of antibiotic selection marker in the cassette, raising the problem of interference of expression by leaving "scar" sequence. Here, we report a method for precise seamless stitching of large polyketide biosynthetic gene cluster using a 48.4kb fragment containing type I PKS involved in fostriecin biosynthesis as an example. rpsL counter-selection was used to assist seamless stitching of large fragments, where we have overcome both the size limitations and the restriction on endonuclease sites during the Red/ET recombination. The compatibility and stability of the co-existing vectors (p184 and pMT) which respectively accommodate 16kb and 32.4kb inserted fragments were demonstrated. The procedure described here is efficient for manipulation of large DNA fragments for heterologous expression.
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- Chun Su
- Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Chemical, Environmental and Biological Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Chemical, Environmental and Biological Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China; School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Chemical, Environmental and Biological Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China; Beijing Biostar Technologies, Ltd., Beijing 101111, China
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- Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Chemical, Environmental and Biological Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China; Beijing Biostar Technologies, Ltd., Beijing 101111, China.
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Kang HS, Brady SF. Arixanthomycins A-C: Phylogeny-guided discovery of biologically active eDNA-derived pentangular polyphenols. ACS Chem Biol 2014; 9:1267-72. [PMID: 24730509 PMCID: PMC4076013 DOI: 10.1021/cb500141b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Soil
microbiomes are a rich source of uncharacterized natural product biosynthetic
gene clusters. Here we use short conserved biosynthetic gene sequences
(natural product sequence tags) amplified from soil microbiomes as
phylogenetic markers to correlate genotype to chemotype and target
the discovery of novel bioactive pentangular polyphenols from the
environment. The heterologous expression of an environmental DNA-derived
gene cluster (the ARX cluster), whose ketosynthase beta (KSβ) sequence tag was phylogenetically distinct from any known KSβ sequence, led to the discovery of the arixanthomycins.
Arixanthomycin A (1) exhibits potent antiproliferative
activity against human cancer cell lines.
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- Hahk-Soo Kang
- Howard
Hughes Medical Institute, Laboratory of Genetically Encoded Small
Molecules, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States
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- Howard
Hughes Medical Institute, Laboratory of Genetically Encoded Small
Molecules, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States
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Enhancement of FK506 production by engineering secondary pathways of Streptomyces tsukubaensis and exogenous feeding strategies. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 40:1023-37. [PMID: 23779221 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-013-1301-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2013] [Accepted: 05/29/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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FK506 is a clinically important macrocyclic polyketide with immunosuppressive activity produced by Streptomyces tsukubaensis. However, the low titer at which it is produced is a bottleneck to its application and use in industrial processes. We have overexpressed five potential targets associated with FK506 production (fkbO, fkbL, fkbP, fkbM, fkbD) which were identified in our previous study, with the aim to improve FK506 production. The results of the analysis showed that the constructed strains with an additional copy of each gene increased FK506 production by approximately 10-40 % compared with the wild-type strain D852. The results of the gene expression analysis indicated that each gene was upregulated. Combinatorial overexpression of the five genes resulted in a 146 % increase in the FK506 titer to 353.2 mg/L, in comparison with the titer produced by D852. To further improve the production of FK506 by the engineered strain HT-FKBOPLMD, we supplemented the medium with various nutrients, including soybean oil, lactate, succinate, shikimate, chorismate, lysine, pipecolate, isoleucine and valine. Optimization of feeding concentrations and times resulted in HT-FKBOPLMD being able to produce approximately 70 % more FK506, thereby reaching the maximal titer of 457.5 mg/L, with lower amounts of by-products (FK520 and 37,38-dihydro-FK506). These results demonstrate that the combination of the metabolically engineered secondary pathways and the exogenous feeding strategies developed here was able to be successfully applied to improve the production of industrially and clinically important compounds.
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Winter DK, Sloman DL, Porco JA. Polycyclic xanthone natural products: structure, biological activity and chemical synthesis. Nat Prod Rep 2013; 30:382-91. [PMID: 23334431 PMCID: PMC3615431 DOI: 10.1039/c3np20122h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Polycyclic xanthone natural products are a family of polyketides which are characterized by highly oxygenated, angular hexacyclic frameworks. In the last decade, this novel class of molecules has attracted noticeable attention from the synthetic and biological communities due to emerging reports of their potential use as antitumour agents. The aim of this article is to highlight the most recent developments of this subset of the xanthone family by detailing the innate challenges of the construction of this class of natural products, new synthetic approaches, and pharmacological data.
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- Dana K. Winter
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Chemical Methodology and Library Development (CMLD-BU), Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 (USA) Fax: (+1) 617-358-2847; Tel: (+1) 617-353-2493
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- Senior Scientist, Merck Research Laboratories-Boston: 3-120, 33 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115; Tel: (+1) 617-992-2063
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Chemical Methodology and Library Development (CMLD-BU), Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 (USA) Fax: (+1) 617-358-2847; Tel: (+1) 617-353-2493
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Li S, Xiao J, Zhu Y, Zhang G, Yang C, Zhang H, Ma L, Zhang C. Dissecting Glycosylation Steps in Lobophorin Biosynthesis Implies an Iterative Glycosyltransferase. Org Lett 2013; 15:1374-7. [PMID: 23432710 DOI: 10.1021/ol400342e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Sumei Li
- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, China, and Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, China, and Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, China, and Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, China, and Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, China, and Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, China, and Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, China, and Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, China, and Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Zhang W, Wang L, Kong L, Wang T, Chu Y, Deng Z, You D. Unveiling the post-PKS redox tailoring steps in biosynthesis of the type II polyketide antitumor antibiotic xantholipin. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 19:422-32. [PMID: 22444597 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2012.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2011] [Revised: 01/12/2012] [Accepted: 01/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Xantholipin from Streptomyces flavogriseus is a curved hexacyclic aromatic polyketide antitumor antibiotic. The entire 52 kb xantholipin (xan) biosynthetic gene cluster was sequenced, and bioinformatic analysis revealed open reading frames encoding type II polyketide synthases, regulators, and polyketide tailoring enzymes. Individual in-frame mutagenesis of five tailoring enzymes lead to the production of nine xantholipin analogs, revealing that the xanthone scaffold formation was catalyzed by the FAD binding monooxygenase XanO4, the δ-lactam formation by the asparagine synthetase homolog XanA, the methylenedioxy bridge generation by the P450 monooxygenase XanO2 and the hydroxylation of the carbon backbone by the FAD binding monooxygenase XanO5. These findings may also apply to other polycyclic xanthone antibiotics, and they form the basis for genetic engineering of the xantholipin and similar biosynthetic gene clusters for the generation of compounds with improved antitumor activities.
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- Weike Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China
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Genetic transformation of Diaporthe phaseolorum, an endophytic fungus found in mangrove forests, mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Curr Genet 2011; 58:21-33. [DOI: 10.1007/s00294-011-0362-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2011] [Revised: 12/20/2011] [Accepted: 12/21/2011] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Amagai K, Kudo F, Eguchi T. Biosynthetic pathway of macrolactam polyketide antibiotic cremimycin. Tetrahedron 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2011.08.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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