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Sang M, Feng P, Chi LP, Zhang W. The biosynthetic logic and enzymatic machinery of approved fungi-derived pharmaceuticals and agricultural biopesticides. Nat Prod Rep 2024; 41:565-603. [PMID: 37990930 DOI: 10.1039/d3np00040k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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Covering: 2000 to 2023The kingdom Fungi has become a remarkably valuable source of structurally complex natural products (NPs) with diverse bioactivities. Since the revolutionary discovery and application of the antibiotic penicillin from Penicillium, a number of fungi-derived NPs have been developed and approved into pharmaceuticals and pesticide agents using traditional "activity-guided" approaches. Although emerging genome mining algorithms and surrogate expression hosts have brought revolutionary approaches to NP discovery, the time and costs involved in developing these into new drugs can still be prohibitively high. Therefore, it is essential to maximize the utility of existing drugs by rational design and systematic production of new chemical structures based on these drugs by synthetic biology. To this purpose, there have been great advances in characterizing the diversified biosynthetic gene clusters associated with the well-known drugs and in understanding the biosynthesis logic mechanisms and enzymatic transformation processes involved in their production. We describe advances made in the heterogeneous reconstruction of complex NP scaffolds using fungal polyketide synthases (PKSs), non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs), PKS/NRPS hybrids, terpenoids, and indole alkaloids and also discuss mechanistic insights into metabolic engineering, pathway reprogramming, and cell factory development. Moreover, we suggest pathways for expanding access to the fungal chemical repertoire by biosynthesis of representative family members via common platform intermediates and through the rational manipulation of natural biosynthetic machineries for drug discovery.
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- Moli Sang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China.
- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China
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Tost M, Kazmaier U. Stereoselective Synthesis of Secondary and Tertiary Boronic Esters via Matteson Homologation. Org Lett 2023; 25:6835-6839. [PMID: 37695257 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c02360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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Matteson homologations of chiral boronic esters with lithium dichlorocarbenoids and various nucleophiles proved to be a useful method for the synthesis of functionalized polyketides in a highly stereoselective fashion. Via repeated homologation steps, only 1,2-anti- and 1,3-syn-configured products were obtained. Homologation with substituted carbenoids followed by reaction with carbon nucleophiles resulted in configurationally inverted products and tertiary boronic esters in a highly stereoselective fashion. This approach significantly expands the potential of the Matteson reaction.
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- Markus Tost
- Organic Chemistry I, Saarland University, Campus, Building C4.2, D-66123 Saarbruecken, Germany
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- Organic Chemistry I, Saarland University, Campus, Building C4.2, D-66123 Saarbruecken, Germany
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Mrudulakumari Vasudevan U, Mai DHA, Krishna S, Lee EY. Methanotrophs as a reservoir for bioactive secondary metabolites: Pitfalls, insights and promises. Biotechnol Adv 2023; 63:108097. [PMID: 36634856 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2023.108097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2022] [Revised: 12/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Methanotrophs are potent natural producers of several bioactive secondary metabolites (SMs) including isoprenoids, polymers, peptides, and vitamins. Cryptic biosynthetic gene clusters identified from these microbes via genome mining hinted at the vast and hidden SM biosynthetic potential of these microbes. Central carbon metabolism in methanotrophs offers rare pathway intermediate pools that could be further diversified using advanced synthetic biology tools to produce valuable SMs; for example, plant polyketides, rare carotenoids, and fatty acid-derived SMs. Recent advances in pathway reconstruction and production of isoprenoids, squalene, ectoine, polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymer, cadaverine, indigo, and shinorine serve as proof-of-concept. This review provides theoretical guidance for developing methanotrophs as microbial chassis for high-value SMs. We summarize the distinct secondary metabolic potentials of type I and type II methanotrophs, with specific attention to products relevant to biomedical applications. This review also includes native and non-native SMs from methanotrophs, their therapeutic potential, strategies to induce silent biosynthetic gene clusters, and challenges.
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- Ushasree Mrudulakumari Vasudevan
- Department of Chemical Engineering (BK21 FOUR Integrated Engineering Program), Kyung Hee University, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 17104, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering (BK21 FOUR Integrated Engineering Program), Kyung Hee University, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 17104, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering (BK21 FOUR Integrated Engineering Program), Kyung Hee University, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 17104, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering (BK21 FOUR Integrated Engineering Program), Kyung Hee University, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 17104, Republic of Korea.
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Lee Y, Lee H, Lee Y, Cho S, Lee J, Kang J, Jung B, Lee Y. Synthesis of α-Borylmethyl-( E)-allylborons via Cu-Catalyzed Diboration of 1-Substituted Allenols and Their Application in Stereoselective Aldehyde Allylation. ACS Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c06061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- Yeonjoo Lee
- Department of Physics and Chemistry, DGIST, Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 01897, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Chemistry, DGIST, Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 01897, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Chemistry, DGIST, Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Chemistry, DGIST, Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Chemistry, DGIST, Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 01897, Republic of Korea
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Li Y, Washburn LA, Watanabe CMH. Thioester Capture Strategy for the Identification of Nonribosomal Peptide and Polyketide Intermediates. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2670:267-284. [PMID: 37184710 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3214-7_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) and polyketide synthases (PKSs) are multi-domainal megasynthases. While they are capable of generating a structurally diverse array of metabolites of therapeutic relevance, their mere size and complex nature of their assembly (intermediates are tethered and enzyme bound) make them inherently difficult to characterize. In order to facilitate structural characterization of these metabolites, a thioester capture strategy that enables direct trapping and characterization of the thioester-bound enzyme intermediates was developed. Specifically, a synthetic Biotin-Cys agent was designed and utilized, enabling direct analysis by LCMS/MS and NMR spectroscopy. In the long term, the approach might facilitate the discovery of novel scaffolds from cryptic biosynthetic pathways, paving the way for the development of drug leads and therapeutic initiatives.
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- Yueying Li
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
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Rapid assembly of stereochemically rich polycyclic tetrahydrofurans by a conjugate addition-Rh(II) catalysis sequence. Tetrahedron Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2022.154137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Bilyk O, Oliveira GS, de Angelo RM, Almeida MO, Honório KM, Leeper FJ, Dias MVB, Leadlay PF. Enzyme-Catalyzed Spiroacetal Formation in Polyketide Antibiotic Biosynthesis. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:14555-14563. [PMID: 35921248 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c03313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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A key step in the biosynthesis of numerous polyketides is the stereospecific formation of a spiroacetal (spiroketal). We report here that spiroacetal formation in the biosynthesis of the macrocyclic polyketides ossamycin and oligomycin involves catalysis by a novel spiroacetal cyclase. OssO from the ossamycin biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC) is homologous to OlmO, the product of an unannotated gene from the oligomycin BGC. The deletion of olmO abolished oligomycin production and led to the isolation of oligomycin-like metabolites lacking the spiroacetal structure. Purified OlmO catalyzed complete conversion of the major metabolite into oligomycin C. Crystal structures of OssO and OlmO reveal an unusual 10-strand β-barrel. Three conserved polar residues are clustered together in the β-barrel cavity, and site-specific mutation of any of these residues either abolished or substantially diminished OlmO activity, supporting a role for general acid/general base catalysis in spiroacetal formation.
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- Oksana Bilyk
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of Sao Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374, São Paulo, SP 05508-000, Brazil
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- School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities (EACH), University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, SP 03828-000, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry of Sao Carlos (IQSC), University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, SP 13566-590, Brazil
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- School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities (EACH), University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, SP 03828-000, Brazil
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of Sao Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374, São Paulo, SP 05508-000, Brazil.,Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV47 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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Bergstrom BD, Merrill AT, Fettinger JC, Tantillo DJ, Shaw JT. Divergent Asymmetric Synthesis of Panowamycins, TM‐135, and Veramycin F Using C−H Insertion with Donor/Donor Carbenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202203072. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202203072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Benjamin D. Bergstrom
- Department of Chemistry University of California, Davis One Shields Ave. Davis CA 95161 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Davis One Shields Ave. Davis CA 95161 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Davis One Shields Ave. Davis CA 95161 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Davis One Shields Ave. Davis CA 95161 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Davis One Shields Ave. Davis CA 95161 USA
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The Matteson homologation with vinyl nucleophiles was found to be a versatile tool for the synthesis of highly substituted and functionalized allyl boronic esters. High yields and stereoselectivities are obtained with sterically demanding alkyl boronic esters and/or Grignard reagents. With the application of such vinyl Matteson homologations, the polyketide fragment of lagunamide B is synthesized.
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- Thorsten Kinsinger
- Saarland University, Organic Chemistry I, Campus, Building C4.2, D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Saarland University, Organic Chemistry I, Campus, Building C4.2, D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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Divergent Asymmetric Synthesis of Panowamycins, TM‐135, and Veramycin F Using C−H Insertion with Donor/Donor Carbenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202203072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Gao S, Duan M, Liu J, Yu P, Houk KN, Chen M. Stereochemical Control via Chirality Pairing: Stereodivergent Syntheses of Enantioenriched Homoallylic Alcohols. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:24096-24106. [PMID: 34608723 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202107004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We report herein the development of stereodivergent syntheses of enantioenriched homoallylic alcohols using chiral nonracemic α-CH2 Bpin-substituted crotylboronate. Chiral phosphoric acid (S)-A-catalyzed asymmetric allyl addition with the reagent gave Z-anti-homoallylic alcohols with excellent enantioselectivities and Z-selectivities. When the enantiomeric acid catalyst (R)-A was utilized, the stereoselectivity was completely reversed and E-anti-homoallylic alcohols were obtained with high E-selectivities and excellent enantioselectivities. By pairing the chirality of the boron reagent with the catalyst, two complementary stereoisomers of chiral homoallylic alcohols can be obtained selectively from the same boron reagent. DFT computational studies were conducted to probe the origins of the observed stereoselectivity. These reactions generate highly enantioenriched homoallylic alcohol products that are valuable for rapid construction of polyketide structural frameworks.
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- Shang Gao
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 90095, USA.,Department of Chemistry and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 90095, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA
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Nagamalla S, Dhokale RA, Seidl FJ, Mague JT, Sathyamoorthi S. Unusual Rearrangement-Remercuration Reactions of Allylic Silanols. Org Chem Front 2021; 8:5361-5368. [PMID: 34868598 DOI: 10.1039/d1qo01008e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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We present the first examples of rearrangement reactions of allylic silanol substrates into linear ketone and 5-membered cyclic silanediol organomercurial products. Both reactions are mediated by Hg(OTf)2 but differ in the use of base, solvent, and temperature. The substrate scope of both transformations was explored, and the product organomercurials were shown to be valuable synthons. Mechanistic studies suggest that both products are the result of a series of transformations, cascading in one pot. DFT analysis provides a basis for understanding the rearrangement of a 6-endo intermediate into the 5-exo cyclic silanediol product.
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- Someshwar Nagamalla
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States, 66047
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States, 66047
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- Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70118
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States, 66047
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Gao S, Duan M, Liu J, Yu P, Houk KN, Chen M. Stereochemical Control via Chirality Pairing: Stereodivergent Syntheses of Enantioenriched Homoallylic Alcohols. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202107004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Shang Gao
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Auburn University Auburn AL 36849 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles California 90095 USA
- Department of Chemistry and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Auburn University Auburn AL 36849 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles California 90095 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Auburn University Auburn AL 36849 USA
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Andler O, Kazmaier U. Total synthesis of apratoxin A and B using Matteson's homologation approach. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:4866-4870. [PMID: 33998628 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob00713k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Apratoxin A and B, two members of an interesting class of marine cyclodepsipeptides are synthesized in a straightforward manner via Matteson homologation. Starting from a chiral boronic ester, the polyketide fragment of the apratoxins was obtained via five successive homologation steps in an overall yield of 27% and very good diastereoselectivity. This approach is highly flexible and should allow modification also of this part of the natural products, while previous modifications have been carried out mainly in the peptide fragment.
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- Oliver Andler
- Organic Chemistry, Saarland University, P.O. Box 151150, 66041 Saarbrücken, Germany.
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- Organic Chemistry, Saarland University, P.O. Box 151150, 66041 Saarbrücken, Germany.
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Huang H, Zhang T, Sun J. Mild C–C Bond Formation via Lewis Acid Catalyzed Oxetane Ring Opening with Soft Carbon Nucleophiles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202013062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Hai Huang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials & Technology School of Petrochemical Engineering Changzhou University Changzhou China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials & Technology School of Petrochemical Engineering Changzhou University Changzhou China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials & Technology School of Petrochemical Engineering Changzhou University Changzhou China
- Department of Chemistry The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR China
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Huang H, Zhang T, Sun J. Mild C-C Bond Formation via Lewis Acid Catalyzed Oxetane Ring Opening with Soft Carbon Nucleophiles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:2668-2673. [PMID: 33459485 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202013062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Mild oxetane opening by soft carbon nucleophiles has been developed for efficient C-C bond formation. In the presence of LiNTf2 or TBSNTf2 as catalyst, silyl ketene acetals were found to be effective nucleophiles to generate a wide range of highly oxygenated molecules, which are key substructure in natural products like polyketides. Furthermore, intramolecular oxetane opening by a styrene-based carbon nucleophile via a Prins-type process was also achieved with Sc(OTf)3 as catalyst, leading to efficient formation of the useful 2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]oxepine skeleton.
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- Hai Huang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials & Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials & Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials & Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, China.,Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Andler O, Kazmaier U. A Straightforward Synthesis of Polyketides via Ester Dienolate Matteson Homologation. Chemistry 2021; 27:949-953. [PMID: 33089903 PMCID: PMC7839490 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202004650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Application of ester dienolates as nucleophiles in Matteson homologations allows for the stereoselective synthesis of highly substituted α,β-unsaturated δ-hydroxy carboxyl acids, structural motifs widespread found in polyketide natural products. The protocol is rather flexible and permits the introduction of substituents and functionalities also at those positions which are not accessible by the commonly used aldol reaction. Therefore, this ester dienolate Matteson approach is an interesting alternative to the "classical" polyketide syntheses.
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- Oliver Andler
- Institut für Organische ChemieUniversität des SaarlandesCampus C4.266123SaarbrückenGermany
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- Institut für Organische ChemieUniversität des SaarlandesCampus C4.266123SaarbrückenGermany
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Gao S, Duan M, Shao Q, Houk KN, Chen M. Development of α,α-Disubstituted Crotylboronate Reagents and Stereoselective Crotylation via Brønsted or Lewis Acid Catalysis. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:18355-18368. [PMID: 33052047 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c04107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The development of α,α-disubstituted crotylboronate reagents is reported. Chiral Brønsted acid-catalyzed asymmetric aldehyde addition with the developed E-crotylboron reagent gave (E)-anti-1,2-oxaborinan-3-enes with excellent enantioselectivities and E-selectivities. With BF3·OEt2 catalysis, the stereoselectivity is reversed, and (Z)-δ-boryl-anti-homoallylic alcohols are obtained with excellent Z-selectivities from the same E-crotylboron reagent. The Z-crotylboron reagent also participates in BF3·OEt2-catalyzed crotylation to furnish (Z)-δ-boryl-syn-homoallylic alcohols with good Z-selectivities. DFT computations establish the origins of observed enantio- and stereoselectivities of chiral Brønsted acid-catalyzed asymmetric allylation. Stereochemical models for BF3·OEt2-catalyzed reactions are proposed to rationalize the Z-selective allyl additions. These reactions generate highly valuable homoallylic alcohol products with a stereodefined trisubstituted alkene unit. The synthetic utility is further demonstrated by the total syntheses of salinipyrones A and B.
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- Shang Gao
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, United States
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Ruthenium-catalysed multicomponent synthesis of the 1,3-dienyl-6-oxy polyketide motif. Nat Chem 2020; 12:629-637. [PMID: 32483385 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-020-0464-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Polyketide natural products are an important class of biologically active compounds. Although substantial progress has been made on the synthesis of repetitive polyketide motifs through the iterative application of a single reaction type, synthetic access to more diverse motifs that require more than one type of carbon-carbon bond connection remains a challenge. Here we describe a catalytic, multicomponent method for the synthesis of the privileged polyketide 1,3-dienyl-6-oxy motif. The method allows for the formation of two new carbon-carbon bonds and two stereodefined olefins. It generates products that contain up to three contiguous sp3 stereocentres with a high stereoselectivity in a single operation and can be used to generate chiral products. The successful development of this methodology relies on the remarkable efficiency of the ruthenium-catalysed alkene-alkyne coupling reaction between readily available vinyl boronic acids and alkynes to provide unsymmetrical 3-boryl-1,4-diene reagents. In the presence of carbonyl compounds, these reagents undergo highly diastereoselective allylations to afford the desired 1,3-dienyl-6-oxy motif and enable complex polyketide synthesis in a rapid and asymmetric fashion.
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Pettigrew TR, Porter RJ, Walsh SJ, Housden MP, Lam NYS, Carroll JS, Parker JS, Spring DR, Paterson I. Total synthesis and biological evaluation of simplified aplyronine analogues as synthetically tractable anticancer agents. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:1529-1532. [PMID: 31922172 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc09050a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The aplyronines are a family of highly cytotoxic marine natural products with potential application in targeted cancer chemotherapy. To address the severe supply issue, function-oriented molecular editing of their macrolactone scaffold led to the design of a series of simplified aplyronine analogues. Enabled by a highly convergent aldol-based route, the total synthesis of four analogues was achieved, with a significant improvement in step economy versus previous compounds, and their cancer cell growth inhibition in the HeLa cell line was determined. The modular strategy presented offers a means for significantly shortening their chemical synthesis to facilitate the continued development of this promising class of anticancer agent.
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- Talia R Pettigrew
- University Chemical Laboratory, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- University Chemical Laboratory, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- University Chemical Laboratory, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK and Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK
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- University Chemical Laboratory, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- University Chemical Laboratory, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK
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- Early Chemical Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, UK
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- University Chemical Laboratory, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- University Chemical Laboratory, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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Peng H, Ishida K, Hertweck C. Loss of Single-Domain Function in a Modular Assembly Line Alters the Size and Shape of a Complex Polyketide. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:18252-18256. [PMID: 31595618 PMCID: PMC6916388 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201911315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The structural wealth of complex polyketide metabolites produced by bacteria results from intricate, highly evolved biosynthetic programs of modular assembly lines, in which the number of modules defines the size of the backbone, and the domain composition controls the degree of functionalization. We report a remarkable case where polyketide chain length and scaffold depend on the function of a single β-keto processing domain: A ketoreductase domain represents a switch between diverging biosynthetic pathways leading either to the antifungal aureothin or to the nematicidal luteoreticulin. By a combination of heterologous expression, mutagenesis, metabolite analyses, and in vitro biotransformation we elucidate the factors governing non-colinear polyketide assembly involving module skipping and demonstrate that a simple point mutation in type I polyketide synthase (PKS) can have a dramatic effect on the metabolic profile. This finding sheds new light on possible evolutionary scenarios and may inspire future synthetic biology approaches.
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- Huiyun Peng
- Department of Biomolecular ChemistryLeibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI)Beutenbergstrasse 11a07745JenaGermany
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- Department of Biomolecular ChemistryLeibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI)Beutenbergstrasse 11a07745JenaGermany
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- Department of Biomolecular ChemistryLeibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI)Beutenbergstrasse 11a07745JenaGermany
- Faculty of Biological SciencesChair for Natural Product ChemistryFriedrich Schiller University Jena07743JenaGermany
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Peng H, Ishida K, Hertweck C. Loss of Single‐Domain Function in a Modular Assembly Line Alters the Size and Shape of a Complex Polyketide. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201911315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Huiyun Peng
- Department of Biomolecular ChemistryLeibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI) Beutenbergstrasse 11a 07745 Jena Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular ChemistryLeibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI) Beutenbergstrasse 11a 07745 Jena Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular ChemistryLeibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI) Beutenbergstrasse 11a 07745 Jena Germany
- Faculty of Biological SciencesChair for Natural Product ChemistryFriedrich Schiller University Jena 07743 Jena Germany
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Lam NYS, Paterson I. Stereocontrolled Synthesis as an Enabling Tool for the Configurational Assignment of Marine Polyketide Natural Products. European J Org Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201901243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Nelson Y. S. Lam
- University Chemical Laboratory; Lensfield Road CB2 1EW Cambridge United Kingdom
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- University Chemical Laboratory; Lensfield Road CB2 1EW Cambridge United Kingdom
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Kornfuehrer T, Eustáquio AS. Diversification of polyketide structures via synthase engineering. MEDCHEMCOMM 2019; 10:1256-1272. [PMID: 32180918 PMCID: PMC7053703 DOI: 10.1039/c9md00141g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2019] [Accepted: 05/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Polyketide natural products possess diverse biological activities including antibiotic, anticancer, and immunosuppressive. Their equally varied and complex structures arise from head-to-tail condensation of simple carboxyacyl monomers. Since the seminal discovery that biosynthesis of polyketides such as the macrolide erythromycin is catalyzed by uncharacteristically large, multifunctional enzymes, termed modular type I polyketide synthases, chemists and biologists alike have been inspired to harness the apparent modularity of the synthases to further diversify polyketide structures. Yet, initial attempts to perform "combinatorial biosynthesis" failed due to challenges associated with maintaining the structural and catalytic integrity of large, chimeric synthases. Fast forward nearly 30 years, and advancements in our understanding of polyketide synthase structure and function have allowed the field to make significant progress toward effecting desired modifications to polyketide scaffolds in addition to engineering small, chiral fragments. This review highlights selected examples of polyketide diversification via control of monomer selection, oxidation state, stereochemistry, and cyclization. We conclude with a perspective on the present and future of polyketide structure diversification and hope that the examples presented here will encourage medicinal chemists to embrace polyketide synthetic biology as a means to revitalize polyketide drug discovery.
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- Taylor Kornfuehrer
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy and Center for Biomolecular Sciences , College of Pharmacy , University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago , Illinois 60607 , USA . ; Tel: +1 3124137082
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy and Center for Biomolecular Sciences , College of Pharmacy , University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago , Illinois 60607 , USA . ; Tel: +1 3124137082
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Sakamoto K, Hakamata A, Iwasaki A, Suenaga K, Tsuda M, Fuwa H. Total Synthesis, Stereochemical Revision, and Biological Assessment of Iriomoteolide-2a. Chemistry 2019; 25:8528-8542. [PMID: 30882926 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201900813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Revised: 03/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Iriomoteolide-2a is a marine macrolide metabolite isolated from a cultured broth of the benthic dinoflagellate Amphidinium sp. HYA024 strain. This naturally occurring substance was reported to show remarkable cytotoxic activity against human cancer cell lines HeLa and DG-75 and in vivo antitumor activity against murine leukemia P388 cell line. Herein, the total synthesis, stereochemical revision, and biological assessment of iriomoteolide-2a are reported in detail. Total synthesis of the proposed structure 1 of iriomoteolide-2a featured a late-stage convergent assembly of three components by a Suzuki-Miyaura coupling, an esterification, and a ring-closing metathesis. However, the NMR data of synthetic 1 were not identical to those of the natural product. Careful analysis of the NMR data of the authentic material and synthesis/NMR analysis of appropriately designed model compounds led to consideration of four possible stereoisomers 2-5 as candidates for the correct structure. Accordingly, total syntheses of 2-5 were achieved by taking advantage of the convergent strategy, and comparison of the NMR spectra of synthetic 2-5 with those of the natural product led to the conclusion that 5 shows the correct relative configuration of iriomoteolide-2a. The absolute configuration of this natural product was finally established through chiral HPLC analysis of synthetic 5/ent-5 with the authentic sample. The antiproliferative activity of the synthetic compounds was assessed against HeLa and A549 cells to show that, in contrast to expectation, synthetic 5 and ent-5 were only marginally active in these cell lines. This work clearly underscores the vital role of total synthesis in the establishment of the structure and biological activity of natural products.
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- Keita Sakamoto
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, 1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8551, Japan.,Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, 223-8522, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, 223-8522, Japan
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- Center for Advanced Marine Core Research and Department of, Agriculture and Marine Science, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8502, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, 1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8551, Japan
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Phillips AW, Anketell MJ, Balan T, Lam NYS, Williams S, Paterson I. Toward the total synthesis of patellazole B: synthesis of an advanced C1-C25 fragment corresponding to the macrocyclic skeleton. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 16:8286-8291. [PMID: 30209471 DOI: 10.1039/c8ob01621f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The patellazoles are a family of complex marine macrolides that exhibit potent cytotoxicity against cancer cell lines. However, despite extensive characterisation efforts, their full stereochemical assignment has remained elusive. We report our approach towards the synthesis-enabled structural elucidation of patellazole B (4), a 24-membered macrolide with 16 stereocentres and a signature thiazole-containing side chain. Our plan hinges upon isolating the unknown stereocentres into a single C20-C25 fragment to facilitate the flexible assembly of various possible diastereomers of an advanced C1-C25 fragment. Towards this end, a highly convergent and modular synthesis of one candidate diastereomer 37, corresponding to the patellazole B macrocyclic skeleton, has been achieved based on the strategic application of stereocontrolled aldol methodology, combined with Suzuki and Heck cross-coupling reactions.
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- Andrew W Phillips
- University Chemical Laboratory, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK.
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Lam NYS, Muir G, Challa VR, Britton R, Paterson I. A counterintuitive stereochemical outcome from a chelation-controlled vinylmetal aldehyde addition leads to the configurational reassignment of phormidolide A. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:9717-9720. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc05067a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Detailed NMR spectroscopic comparisons of a series of synthetic C10–C23 fragments with a known derivative of phormidolide A resulted in the configurational reassignment of seven of its 11 stereocentres.
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- Department of Chemistry
- Simon Fraser University
- Burnaby
- Canada
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- Department of Chemistry
- Simon Fraser University
- Burnaby
- Canada
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Musiol-Kroll EM, Wohlleben W. Acyltransferases as Tools for Polyketide Synthase Engineering. Antibiotics (Basel) 2018; 7:antibiotics7030062. [PMID: 30022008 PMCID: PMC6164871 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics7030062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2018] [Revised: 07/14/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Polyketides belong to the most valuable natural products, including diverse bioactive compounds, such as antibiotics, anticancer drugs, antifungal agents, immunosuppressants and others. Their structures are assembled by polyketide synthases (PKSs). Modular PKSs are composed of modules, which involve sets of domains catalysing the stepwise polyketide biosynthesis. The acyltransferase (AT) domains and their “partners”, the acyl carrier proteins (ACPs), thereby play an essential role. The AT loads the building blocks onto the “substrate acceptor”, the ACP. Thus, the AT dictates which building blocks are incorporated into the polyketide structure. The precursor- and occasionally the ACP-specificity of the ATs differ across the polyketide pathways and therefore, the ATs contribute to the structural diversity within this group of complex natural products. Those features make the AT enzymes one of the most promising tools for manipulation of polyketide assembly lines and generation of new polyketide compounds. However, the AT-based PKS engineering is still not straightforward and thus, rational design of functional PKSs requires detailed understanding of the complex machineries. This review summarizes the attempts of PKS engineering by exploiting the AT attributes for the modification of polyketide structures. The article includes 253 references and covers the most relevant literature published until May 2018.
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- Ewa Maria Musiol-Kroll
- Interfakultäres Institut für Mikrobiologie und Infektionsmedizin, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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- Interfakultäres Institut für Mikrobiologie und Infektionsmedizin, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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Han BY, Lam NYS, MacGregor CI, Goodman JM, Paterson I. A synthesis-enabled relative stereochemical assignment of the C1-C28 region of hemicalide. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018. [PMID: 29536067 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc00933c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Through synthesising both candidate diastereomers of a model C1-C28 fragment of the potent cytotoxic marine polyketide hemicalide, an assignment of the relative configuration between the C1-C15 and C16-C26 regions has been achieved. By detailed NMR comparisons with the natural product, the relative stereochemistry between these two 1,6-related stereoclusters is elucidated as 13,18-syn rather than the previously proposed 13,18-anti relationship. A flexible and modular strategy using an advanced C1-C28 ketone fragment 22 is outlined to elucidate the remaining stereochemical features and achieve a total synthesis.
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- Bing Yuan Han
- University Chemical Laboratory, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK.
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Anžiček N, Williams S, Housden MP, Paterson I. Toward aplyronine payloads for antibody–drug conjugates: total synthesis of aplyronines A and D. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 16:1343-1350. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ob03204h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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We report an expedient total synthesis of aplyronines A and D, together with a linker-modified analogue for bioconjugation studies.
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- Nika Anžiček
- University Chemical Laboratory
- University of Cambridge
- UK
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- University Chemical Laboratory
- University of Cambridge
- UK
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