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Put H, Gerstmans H, Vande Capelle H, Fauvart M, Michiels J, Masschelein J. Bacillus subtilis as a host for natural product discovery and engineering of biosynthetic gene clusters. Nat Prod Rep 2024; 41:1113-1151. [PMID: 38465694 DOI: 10.1039/d3np00065f] [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: 03/12/2024]
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Covering: up to October 2023Many bioactive natural products are synthesized by microorganisms that are either difficult or impossible to cultivate under laboratory conditions, or that produce only small amounts of the desired compound. By transferring biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) into alternative host organisms that are more easily cultured and engineered, larger quantities can be obtained and new analogues with potentially improved biological activity or other desirable properties can be generated. Moreover, expression of cryptic BGCs in a suitable host can facilitate the identification and characterization of novel natural products. Heterologous expression therefore represents a valuable tool for natural product discovery and engineering as it allows the study and manipulation of their biosynthetic pathways in a controlled setting, enabling innovative applications. Bacillus is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria that is widely used in industrial biotechnology as a host for the production of proteins from diverse origins, including enzymes and vaccines. However, despite numerous successful examples, Bacillus species remain underexploited as heterologous hosts for the expression of natural product BGCs. Here, we review important advantages that Bacillus species offer as expression hosts, such as high secretion capacity, natural competence for DNA uptake, and the increasing availability of a wide range of genetic tools for gene expression and strain engineering. We evaluate different strain optimization strategies and other critical factors that have improved the success and efficiency of heterologous natural product biosynthesis in B. subtilis. Finally, future perspectives for using B. subtilis as a heterologous host are discussed, identifying research gaps and promising areas that require further exploration.
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- Hanne Put
- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.
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- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.
- Laboratory for Biomolecular Discovery & Engineering, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
- Biosensors Group, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.
- Laboratory for Biomolecular Discovery & Engineering, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.
- imec, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.
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- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.
- Laboratory for Biomolecular Discovery & Engineering, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Lenferink WB, Bakken LR, Jetten MSM, van Kessel MAHJ, Lücker S. Hydroxylamine production by Alcaligenes faecalis challenges the paradigm of heterotrophic nitrification. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eadl3587. [PMID: 38848370 PMCID: PMC11160463 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adl3587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/09/2024]
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Heterotrophic nitrifiers continue to be a hiatus in our understanding of the nitrogen cycle. Despite their discovery over 50 years ago, the physiology and environmental role of this enigmatic group remain elusive. The current theory is that heterotrophic nitrifiers are capable of converting ammonia to hydroxylamine, nitrite, nitric oxide, nitrous oxide, and dinitrogen gas via the subsequent actions of nitrification and denitrification. In addition, it was recently suggested that dinitrogen gas may be formed directly from ammonium. Here, we combine complementary high-resolution gas profiles, 15N isotope labeling studies, and transcriptomics data to show that hydroxylamine is the major product of nitrification in Alcaligenes faecalis. We demonstrated that denitrification and direct ammonium oxidation to dinitrogen gas did not occur under the conditions tested. Our results indicate that A. faecalis is capable of hydroxylamine production from an organic intermediate. These results fundamentally change our understanding of heterotrophic nitrification and have important implications for its biotechnological application.
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- Wouter B. Lenferink
- Department of Microbiology, Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1432 Ås, Norway
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- Department of Microbiology, Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Microbiology, Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Microbiology, Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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Cook GD, Stasulli NM. Employing synthetic biology to expand antibiotic discovery. SLAS Technol 2024; 29:100120. [PMID: 38340893 DOI: 10.1016/j.slast.2024.100120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Revised: 01/04/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacterial pathogens are a continually growing threat as our methods for combating these infections continue to be overcome by the evolution of resistance mechanisms. Recent therapeutic methods have not staved off the concern of AMR infections, so continued research focuses on new ways of identifying small molecules to treat AMR pathogens. While chemical modification of existing antibiotics is possible, there has been rapid development of resistance by pathogens that were initially susceptible to these compounds. Synthetic biology is becoming a key strategy in trying to predict and induce novel, natural antibiotics. Advances in cloning and mutagenesis techniques applied through a synthetic biology lens can help characterize the native regulation of antibiotic biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) to identify potential modifications leading to more potent antibiotic activity. Additionally, many cryptic antibiotic BGCs are derived from non-ribosomal peptide synthase (NRPS) and polyketide synthase (PKS) biosynthetic pathways; complex, clustered genetic sequences that give rise to amino acid-derived natural products. Synthetic biology can be applied to modify and metabolically engineer these enzyme-based systems to promote rapid and sustainable production of natural products and their variants. This review will focus on recent advances related to synthetic biology as applied to genetic pathway characterization and identification of antibiotics from naturally occurring BGCs. Specifically, we will summarize recent efforts to characterize BGCs via general genomic mutagenesis, endogenous gene expression, and heterologous gene expression.
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- Greta D Cook
- Department of Biology and Environmental Science, University of New Haven, 300 Boston Post Rd, Dodds Hall 316, West Haven 06516 USA
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- Department of Biology and Environmental Science, University of New Haven, 300 Boston Post Rd, Dodds Hall 316, West Haven 06516 USA.
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Dashti Y, Errington J. Chemistry and biology of specialized metabolites produced by Actinomadura. Nat Prod Rep 2024; 41:370-401. [PMID: 38099919 PMCID: PMC10951976 DOI: 10.1039/d3np00047h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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Covering: up to the end of 2022In recent years rare Actinobacteria have become increasingly recognised as a rich source of novel bioactive metabolites. Actinomadura are Gram-positive bacteria that occupy a wide range of ecological niches. This review highlights about 230 secondary metabolites produced by Actinomadura spp., reported until the end of 2022, including their bioactivities and selected biosynthetic pathways. Notably, the bioactive compounds produced by Actinomadura spp. demonstrate a wide range of activities, including antimicrobial, antitumor and anticoccidial effects, highlighting their potential in various fields.
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- Yousef Dashti
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2015, Australia.
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2015, Australia.
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Velázquez M, Fernández R, Lassaletta JM, Monge D. Asymmetric Dearomatization of Phthalazines by Anion-Binding Catalysis. Org Lett 2023; 25:8797-8802. [PMID: 38039188 PMCID: PMC10729020 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c03325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 11/12/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023]
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A straightforward methodology for the enantioselective synthesis of 1,2-dihydrophthalazines via dearomatization of phthalazines by anion-binding catalysis has been developed. The process involves the Mannich-type addition of silyl ketene acetals to in situ generated N-acylphthalazinium chlorides using a tert-leucine derived thiourea as a H-bond donor catalyst. Ensuing selective and high-yielding transformations provide appealing dihydro- and tetrahydro-phthalazines, phthalazones, and piperazic acid homologues, en route to biologically relevant molecules.
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- Marta Velázquez
- Departamento
de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Sevilla and Centro de Innovación
en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), C/Prof. García González, 1, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento
de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Sevilla and Centro de Innovación
en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), C/Prof. García González, 1, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto
de Investigaciones Químicas (CSIC-US) and Centro de Innovación
en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Avenida Américo Vespucio, 49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento
de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Sevilla and Centro de Innovación
en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), C/Prof. García González, 1, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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Shin D, Byun WS, Kang S, Kang I, Bae ES, An JS, Im JH, Park J, Kim E, Ko K, Hwang S, Lee H, Kwon Y, Ko YJ, Hong S, Nam SJ, Kim SB, Fenical W, Yoon YJ, Cho JC, Lee SK, Oh DC. Targeted and Logical Discovery of Piperazic Acid-Bearing Natural Products Based on Genomic and Spectroscopic Signatures. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:19676-19690. [PMID: 37642383 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c04699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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A targeted and logical discovery method was devised for natural products containing piperazic acid (Piz), which is biosynthesized from ornithine by l-ornithine N-hydroxylase (KtzI) and N-N bond formation enzyme (KtzT). Genomic signature-based screening of a bacterial DNA library (2020 strains) using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers targeting ktzT identified 62 strains (3.1%). The PCR amplicons of KtzT-encoding genes were phylogenetically analyzed to classify the 23 clades into two monophyletic groups, I and II. Cultivating hit strains in media supplemented with 15NH4Cl and applying 1H-15N heteronuclear multiple bond correlation (HMBC) along with 1H-15N heteronuclear single quantum coherence (HSQC) and 1H-15N HSQC-total correlation spectroscopy (HSQC-TOCSY) NMR experiments detected the spectroscopic signatures of Piz and modified Piz. Chemical investigation of the hit strains prioritized by genomic and spectroscopic signatures led to the identification of a new azinothricin congener, polyoxyperuin B seco acid (1), previously reported chloptosin (2) in group I, depsidomycin D (3) incorporating two dehydropiperazic acids (Dpz), and lenziamides A and B (4 and 5), structurally novel 31-membered cyclic decapeptides in group II. By consolidating the phylogenetic and chemical analyses, clade-structure relationships were elucidated for 19 of the 23 clades. Lenziamide A (4) inhibited STAT3 activation and induced G2/M cell cycle arrest, apoptotic cell death, and tumor growth suppression in human colorectal cancer cells. Moreover, lenziamide A (4) resensitized 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) activity in both in vitro cell cultures and the in vivo 5-FU-resistant tumor xenograft mouse model. This work demonstrates that the genomic and spectroscopic signature-based searches provide an efficient and general strategy for new bioactive natural products containing specific structural motifs.
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- Daniel Shin
- Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Products Research Institute and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, College of Pharmacy, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, National Center for Inter-University Research Facilities (NCIRF), Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Products Research Institute and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- MolGenBio Co., Ltd., Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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Goettig P, Koch NG, Budisa N. Non-Canonical Amino Acids in Analyses of Protease Structure and Function. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:14035. [PMID: 37762340 PMCID: PMC10531186 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241814035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/20/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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All known organisms encode 20 canonical amino acids by base triplets in the genetic code. The cellular translational machinery produces proteins consisting mainly of these amino acids. Several hundred natural amino acids serve important functions in metabolism, as scaffold molecules, and in signal transduction. New side chains are generated mainly by post-translational modifications, while others have altered backbones, such as the β- or γ-amino acids, or they undergo stereochemical inversion, e.g., in the case of D-amino acids. In addition, the number of non-canonical amino acids has further increased by chemical syntheses. Since many of these non-canonical amino acids confer resistance to proteolytic degradation, they are potential protease inhibitors and tools for specificity profiling studies in substrate optimization and enzyme inhibition. Other applications include in vitro and in vivo studies of enzyme kinetics, molecular interactions and bioimaging, to name a few. Amino acids with bio-orthogonal labels are particularly attractive, enabling various cross-link and click reactions for structure-functional studies. Here, we cover the latest developments in protease research with non-canonical amino acids, which opens up a great potential, e.g., for novel prodrugs activated by proteases or for other pharmaceutical compounds, some of which have already reached the clinical trial stage.
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- Peter Goettig
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Paracelsus Medical University, Strubergasse 21, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Biocatalysis Group, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany;
- Bioanalytics Group, Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany;
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- Bioanalytics Group, Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany;
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
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Liu W, Lu Z, Yuan S, Jiang X, Xian M. Identification and mechanistic analysis of a bifunctional enzyme involved in the C-N and N-N bond formation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2022; 635:154-160. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.10.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2022] [Revised: 10/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Wu MR, Miao LL, Liu Y, Qian XX, Hou TT, Ai GM, Yu L, Ma L, Gao XY, Qin YL, Zhu HZ, Du L, Li SY, Tian CL, Li DF, Liu ZP, Liu SJ. Identification and characterization of a novel hydroxylamine oxidase, DnfA, that catalyzes the oxidation of hydroxylamine to N 2. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:102372. [PMID: 35970391 PMCID: PMC9478400 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2022] [Revised: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Nitrogen (N2) gas in the atmosphere is partially replenished by microbial denitrification of ammonia. Recent study has shown that Alcaligenes ammonioxydans oxidizes ammonia to dinitrogen via a process featuring the intermediate hydroxylamine, termed “Dirammox” (direct ammonia oxidation). However, the unique biochemistry of this process remains unknown. Here, we report an enzyme involved in Dirammox that catalyzes the conversion of hydroxylamine to N2. We tested previously annotated proteins involved in redox reactions, DnfA, DnfB, and DnfC, to determine their ability to catalyze the oxidation of ammonia or hydroxylamine. Our results showed that none of these proteins bound to ammonia or catalyzed its oxidation; however, we did find DnfA bound to hydroxylamine. Further experiments demonstrated that, in the presence of NADH and FAD, DnfA catalyzed the conversion of 15N-labeled hydroxylamine to 15N2. This conversion did not happen under oxygen (O2)-free conditions. Thus, we concluded that DnfA encodes a hydroxylamine oxidase. We demonstrate that DnfA is not homologous to any known hydroxylamine oxidoreductases and contains a diiron center, which was shown to be involved in catalysis via electron paramagnetic resonance experiments. Furthermore, enzyme kinetics of DnfA were assayed, revealing a Km of 92.9 ± 3.0 μM for hydroxylamine and a kcat of 0.028 ± 0.001 s−1. Finally, we show that DnfA was localized in the cytoplasm and periplasm as well as in tubular membrane invaginations in HO-1 cells. To the best of our knowledge, we conclude that DnfA is the first enzyme discovered that catalyzes oxidation of hydroxylamine to N2.
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- Meng-Ru Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources and Environmental Microbiology Research Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, China 100049
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources and Environmental Microbiology Research Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources and Environmental Microbiology Research Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources and Environmental Microbiology Research Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources and Environmental Microbiology Research Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, China 100049
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources and Environmental Microbiology Research Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 230031, Hefei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources and Environmental Microbiology Research Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, China 100049
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources and Environmental Microbiology Research Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, China 100049
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources and Environmental Microbiology Research Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, China 100049
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources and Environmental Microbiology Research Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266273, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266273, China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 230031, Hefei, China; The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, and Center for BioAnalytical Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory of Physical Science at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources and Environmental Microbiology Research Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, China 100049.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources and Environmental Microbiology Research Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, China 100049.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources and Environmental Microbiology Research Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, China 100049; State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266273, China.
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Wei ZW, Niikura H, Morgan KD, Vacariu CM, Andersen RJ, Ryan KS. Free Piperazic Acid as a Precursor to Nonribosomal Peptides. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:13556-13564. [PMID: 35867963 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c03660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Piperazic acid (Piz) is a nonproteinogenic amino acid possessing a rare nitrogen-nitrogen bond. However, little is known about how Piz is incorporated into nonribosomal peptides, including whether adenylation domains specific to Piz exist. In this study, we show that free piperazic acid is directly adenylated and then incorporated into the incarnatapeptin nonribosomal peptides through isotopic incorporation studies. We also use in vitro reconstitution to demonstrate adenylation of free piperazic acid with a three-domain nonribosomal peptide synthetase from the incarnatapeptin gene cluster. We furthermore use bioinformatics and site-directed mutagenesis to outline consensus sequences for the adenylation of piperazic acid, which can now be used for the prediction of gene clusters linked to piperazic-acid-containing peptides. Finally, we discover a fusion protein of a piperazate synthase and an adenylation domain, highlighting the close biosynthetic relationship of piperazic acid formation and its adenylation. Altogether, our work demonstrates the evolution of biosynthetic systems for the activation of free piperazic acid through adenylation, a pathway we suggest is likely to be employed in the majority of pathways to piperazic-acid-containing peptides.
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Hou TT, Miao LL, Peng JS, Ma L, Huang Q, Liu Y, Wu MR, Ai GM, Liu SJ, Liu ZP. Dirammox Is Widely Distributed and Dependently Evolved in Alcaligenes and Is Important to Nitrogen Cycle. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:864053. [PMID: 35633697 PMCID: PMC9136411 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.864053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Nitrogen cycle is an essential process for environmental health. Dirammox (direct ammonia oxidation), encoded by the dnfT1RT2ABCD cluster, was a novel pathway for microbial N2 production defined in Alcaligenes ammonioxydans HO-1. Here, a copy of the cluster dnfT1RT2ABCD as a whole was proved to have existed and very conserved in all Alcaligenes genomes. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences and amino acid sequences of DnfAs, together with G + C content data, revealed that dnf cluster was evolved associated with the members of the genus Alcaligenes. Under 20% O2 conditions, 14 of 16 Alcaligenes strains showed Dirammox activity, which seemed likely taxon-related. However, the in vitro activities of DnfAs catalyzing the direct oxidation of hydroxylamine to N2 were not taxon-related but depended on the contents of Fe and Mn ions. The results indicated that DnfA is necessary but not sufficient for Dirammox activity. The fact that members of the genus Alcaligenes are widely distributed in various environments, including soil, water bodies (both freshwater and seawater), sediments, activated sludge, and animal-plant-associated environments, strongly suggests that Dirammox is important to the nitrogen cycle. In addition, Alcaligenes species are also commonly found in wastewater treatment plants, suggesting that they might be valuable resources for wastewater treatment.
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- Ting-Ting Hou
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Discovery of unusual dimeric piperazyl cyclopeptides encoded by a Lentzea flaviverrucosa DSM 44664 biosynthetic supercluster. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2117941119. [PMID: 35439047 PMCID: PMC9169926 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2117941119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Actinomycetes produce many clinically useful drugs, especially antibiotics and anticancer agents. Rare actinomycetes are known to produce bioactive molecules but they remain underexplored compared to more common Streptomyces spp. Natural molecules having piperazate building blocks are often bioactive, and genome analyses previously indicated the rare actinomycete Lentzea flaviverrucosa DSM 44664 may encode for the production of such molecules. To discover these from complex fermentation mixtures, we devised and employed a targeted metabolomic approach that revealed petrichorin A, an unusual heterodimeric biaryl-cyclohexapeptide. Its structure was determined by using multi-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance, theoretical calculations, and strain mutagenesis, and its biosynthesis implicated an atypical cytochrome p450 heterodimerization event. Petrichorin A demonstrated potent cytotoxicity, highlighting heterodimeric-biaryls as interesting features for future drug design. Rare actinomycetes represent an underexploited source of new bioactive compounds. Here, we report the use of a targeted metabologenomic approach to identify piperazyl compounds in the rare actinomycete Lentzea flaviverrucosa DSM 44664. These efforts to identify molecules that incorporate piperazate building blocks resulted in the discovery and structural elucidation of two dimeric biaryl-cyclohexapeptides, petrichorins A and B. Petrichorin B is a symmetric homodimer similar to the known compound chloptosin, but petrichorin A is unique among known piperazyl cyclopeptides because it is an asymmetric heterodimer. Due to the structural complexity of petrichorin A, solving its structure required a combination of several standard chemical methods plus in silico modeling, strain mutagenesis, and solving the structure of its biosynthetic intermediate petrichorin C for confident assignment. Furthermore, we found that the piperazyl cyclopeptides comprising each half of the petrichorin A heterodimer are made via two distinct nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) assembly lines, and the responsible NRPS enzymes are encoded within a contiguous biosynthetic supercluster on the L. flaviverrucosa chromosome. Requiring promiscuous cytochrome p450 crosslinking events for asymmetric and symmetric biaryl production, petrichorins A and B exhibited potent in vitro activity against A2780 human ovarian cancer, HT1080 fibrosarcoma, PC3 human prostate cancer, and Jurkat human T lymphocyte cell lines with IC50 values at low nM levels. Cyclic piperazyl peptides and their crosslinked derivatives are interesting drug leads, and our findings highlight the potential for heterodimeric bicyclic peptides such as petrichorin A for inclusion in future pharmaceutical design and discovery programs.
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Mori Y, Kobayashi H, Fujita Y, Yatagawa M, Kato S, Kawanishi S, Murata M, Oikawa S. Mechanism of reactive oxygen species generation and oxidative DNA damage induced by acrylohydroxamic acid, a putative metabolite of acrylamide. MUTATION RESEARCH. GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2022; 873:503420. [PMID: 35094805 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2021.503420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Acrylamide is formed during the heating of food and is also found in cigarette smoke. It is classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as a probable human carcinogen (Group 2A). Glycidamide, an epoxide metabolite of acrylamide, is implicated in the mechanism of acrylamide carcinogenicity. Acrylamide causes oxidative DNA damage in target organs. We sought to clarify the mechanism of acrylamide-induced oxidative DNA damage by investigating site-specific DNA damage and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation by a putative metabolite of acrylamide, acrylohydroxamic acid (AA). Our results, using 32P-5'-end-labeled DNA fragments, indicated that, although AA alone did not damage DNA, AA treated with amidase induced DNA damage in the presence of Cu(II). DNA cleavage occurred preferentially at T and C, and particularly at T in 5'-TG-3' sequences, and the DNA cleavage pattern was similar to that of hydroxylamine. The DNA damage was inhibited by methional, catalase, and Cu(I)-chelator bathocuproine, suggesting that H2O2 and Cu(I) are involved in the mechanism of DNA damage induced by AA treated with amidase. In addition, amidase-treated AA increased 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine formation in calf thymus DNA, an indicator of oxidative DNA damage, in a dose-dependent manner. In conclusion, hydroxylamine, possibly produced from AA treated with amidase, was autoxidized via the Cu(II)/Cu(I) redox cycle and H2O2 generation, suggesting that oxidative DNA damage induced by ROS plays an important role in acrylamide-related carcinogenesis.
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- Yurie Mori
- Department of Environmental and Molecular Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Edobashi 2-174, Tsu, Mie, 514-8507, Japan; Faculty of Pharmacy, Gifu University of Medical Science, 4-3-3 Nijigaoka, Kani, Gifu, 509-0293, Japan
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- Department of Environmental and Molecular Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Edobashi 2-174, Tsu, Mie, 514-8507, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Suzuka University of Medical Science, 3500-3, Minamitamagaki, Suzuka, Mie, 513-8670, Japan
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- Department of Environmental and Molecular Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Edobashi 2-174, Tsu, Mie, 514-8507, Japan
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- Radioisotope Experimental Facility, Advanced Science Research Promotion Center, Mie University, Edobashi 2-174, Tsu, Mie, 514-8507, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Suzuka University of Medical Science, 3500-3, Minamitamagaki, Suzuka, Mie, 513-8670, Japan
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- Department of Environmental and Molecular Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Edobashi 2-174, Tsu, Mie, 514-8507, Japan
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- Department of Environmental and Molecular Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Edobashi 2-174, Tsu, Mie, 514-8507, Japan.
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Kong C, Wang Z, Liu G, Chi Z, Ledesma‐Amaro R, Chi Z. Bioproduction of L-piperazic acid in gram scale using Aureobasidium melanogenum. Microb Biotechnol 2021; 14:1722-1729. [PMID: 34081404 PMCID: PMC8313269 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.13838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Revised: 05/08/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Currently, piperazic acid is chemically synthesized using ecologically unfriendly processes. Microbial synthesis from glucose is an attractive alternative to chemical synthesis. In this study, we report the production of L-piperazic acid via microbial fermentation with the first engineered fungal strain of Aureobasidium melanogenum; this strain was constructed by chassis development, genetic element reconstitution and optimization, synthetic rewiring and constitutive genetic circuit reconstitution, to build a robust L-piperazic acid synthetic cascade. These genetic modifications enable A. melanogenum to directly convert glucose to L-piperazic acid without relying on the use of either chemically synthesized precursors or harsh conditions. This bio-based process overcomes the shortcomings of the conventional synthesis routes. The ultimately engineered strain is a very high-efficient cell factory that can excrete 1.12 ± 0.05 g l-1 of L-piperazic acid after a 120-h 10.0-l fed-batch fermentation; this is the highest titre of L-piperazic acid reported using a microbial cell factory.
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- Cuncui Kong
- College of Marine Life SciencesOcean University of ChinaNo.5 Yushan RoadQingdao266003China
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- College of Marine Life SciencesOcean University of ChinaNo.5 Yushan RoadQingdao266003China
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- College of Marine Life SciencesOcean University of ChinaNo.5 Yushan RoadQingdao266003China
- Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and TechnologyNo.1 Wenhai RoadQingdao266237China
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- College of Marine Life SciencesOcean University of ChinaNo.5 Yushan RoadQingdao266003China
- Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and TechnologyNo.1 Wenhai RoadQingdao266237China
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- College of Marine Life SciencesOcean University of ChinaNo.5 Yushan RoadQingdao266003China
- Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and TechnologyNo.1 Wenhai RoadQingdao266237China
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Engelbrecht A, Saad H, Gross H, Kaysser L. Natural Products from Nocardia and Their Role in Pathogenicity. Microb Physiol 2021; 31:217-232. [PMID: 34139700 DOI: 10.1159/000516864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Nocardia spp. are filamentous Actinobacteria of the order Corynebacteriales and mostly known for their ability to cause localized and systemic infections in humans. However, the onset and progression of nocardiosis is only poorly understood, in particular the mechanisms of strain-specific presentations. Recent genome sequencing has revealed an extraordinary capacity for the production of specialized small molecules. Such secondary metabolites are often crucial for the producing microbe to survive the challenges of different environmental conditions. An interesting question thus concerns the role of these natural products in Nocardia-associated pathogenicity and immune evasion in a human host. In this review, a summary and discussion of Nocardia metabolites is presented, which may play a part in nocardiosis because of their cytotoxic, immunosuppressive and metal-chelating properties or otherwise vitally important functions. This review also contains so far unpublished data concerning the biosynthesis of these molecules that were obtained by detailed bioinformatic analyses.
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- Alicia Engelbrecht
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.,Department of Phytochemistry and Plant Systematics, Division of Pharmaceutical Industries, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.,Institute for Drug Discovery, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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He HY, Ryan KS. Glycine-derived nitronates bifurcate to O-methylation or denitrification in bacteria. Nat Chem 2021; 13:599-606. [PMID: 33782561 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-021-00656-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Natural products with rare functional groups are likely to be constructed by unique biosynthetic enzymes. One such rare functional group is the O-methyl nitronate, which can undergo [3 + 2] cycloaddition reactions with olefins in mild conditions. O-methyl nitronates are found in some natural products; however, how such O-methyl nitronates are assembled biosynthetically is unknown. Here we show that the assembly of the O-methyl nitronate in the natural product enteromycin carboxamide occurs via activation of glycine on a peptidyl carrier protein, followed by reaction with a diiron oxygenase to give a nitronate intermediate and then with a methyltransferase to give an O-methyl nitronate. Guided by the discovery of this pathway, we then identify related cryptic biosynthetic gene cassettes in other bacteria and show that these alternative gene cassettes can, instead, facilitate oxidative denitrification of glycine-derived nitronates. Altogether, our work reveals bifurcating pathways from a central glycine-derived nitronate intermediate in bacteria.
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- Hai-Yan He
- Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Recent Advances in the Heterologous Biosynthesis of Natural Products from Streptomyces. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/app11041851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Streptomyces is a significant source of natural products that are used as therapeutic antibiotics, anticancer and antitumor agents, pesticides, and dyes. Recently, with the advances in metabolite analysis, many new secondary metabolites have been characterized. Moreover, genome mining approaches demonstrate that many silent and cryptic biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) and many secondary metabolites are produced in very low amounts under laboratory conditions. One strain many compounds (OSMAC), overexpression/deletion of regulatory genes, ribosome engineering, and promoter replacement have been utilized to activate or enhance the production titer of target compounds. Hence, the heterologous expression of BGCs by transferring to a suitable production platform has been successfully employed for the detection, characterization, and yield quantity production of many secondary metabolites. In this review, we introduce the systematic approach for the heterologous production of secondary metabolites from Streptomyces in Streptomyces and other hosts, the genome analysis tools, the host selection, and the development of genetic control elements for heterologous expression and the production of secondary metabolites.
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Kang HS, Kim ES. Recent advances in heterologous expression of natural product biosynthetic gene clusters in Streptomyces hosts. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2021; 69:118-127. [PMID: 33445072 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2020.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Revised: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The heterologous expression of natural product biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) has traditionally been used as a genetic platform to link various natural product chemotypes to their corresponding genotypes. In recent years, heterologous expression has played an increasing role in natural products research with the advances in sequencing technologies and bioinformatics tools that allow for the rapid and systematic identification of known and cryptic BGCs from a large number of microbial genome sequences. The advances in synthetic biology have also facilitated the process of heterologous expression by providing tools for rapid cloning and engineering of BGCs to improve production yield or to activate silent BGCs. This paper summarizes the recent progress in the cloning and engineering of natural product BGCs and highlights recent examples of the heterologous expression of both known and cryptic BGCs in Streptomyces hosts, which will continue to play a pivotal role in genomics-driven natural product research.
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- Hahk-Soo Kang
- Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea.
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Engineering Heterologous Hosts for the Enhanced Production of Non-ribosomal Peptides. BIOTECHNOL BIOPROC E 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s12257-020-0080-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Aron AT, Gentry EC, McPhail KL, Nothias LF, Nothias-Esposito M, Bouslimani A, Petras D, Gauglitz JM, Sikora N, Vargas F, van der Hooft JJJ, Ernst M, Kang KB, Aceves CM, Caraballo-Rodríguez AM, Koester I, Weldon KC, Bertrand S, Roullier C, Sun K, Tehan RM, Boya P CA, Christian MH, Gutiérrez M, Ulloa AM, Tejeda Mora JA, Mojica-Flores R, Lakey-Beitia J, Vásquez-Chaves V, Zhang Y, Calderón AI, Tayler N, Keyzers RA, Tugizimana F, Ndlovu N, Aksenov AA, Jarmusch AK, Schmid R, Truman AW, Bandeira N, Wang M, Dorrestein PC. Reproducible molecular networking of untargeted mass spectrometry data using GNPS. Nat Protoc 2020; 15:1954-1991. [PMID: 32405051 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-020-0317-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 303] [Impact Index Per Article: 75.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Global Natural Product Social Molecular Networking (GNPS) is an interactive online small molecule-focused tandem mass spectrometry (MS2) data curation and analysis infrastructure. It is intended to provide as much chemical insight as possible into an untargeted MS2 dataset and to connect this chemical insight to the user's underlying biological questions. This can be performed within one liquid chromatography (LC)-MS2 experiment or at the repository scale. GNPS-MassIVE is a public data repository for untargeted MS2 data with sample information (metadata) and annotated MS2 spectra. These publicly accessible data can be annotated and updated with the GNPS infrastructure keeping a continuous record of all changes. This knowledge is disseminated across all public data; it is a living dataset. Molecular networking-one of the main analysis tools used within the GNPS platform-creates a structured data table that reflects the molecular diversity captured in tandem mass spectrometry experiments by computing the relationships of the MS2 spectra as spectral similarity. This protocol provides step-by-step instructions for creating reproducible, high-quality molecular networks. For training purposes, the reader is led through a 90- to 120-min procedure that starts by recalling an example public dataset and its sample information and proceeds to creating and interpreting a molecular network. Each data analysis job can be shared or cloned to disseminate the knowledge gained, thus propagating information that can lead to the discovery of molecules, metabolic pathways, and ecosystem/community interactions.
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- Allegra T Aron
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Center of Microbiome Innovation, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Groupe Mer, Molécules, Santé-EA 2160, UFR des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
- ThalassOMICS Metabolomics Facility, Plateforme Corsaire, Biogenouest, Nantes, France
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- College of Pharmacy, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
- ThalassOMICS Metabolomics Facility, Plateforme Corsaire, Biogenouest, Nantes, France
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Centro de Biodiversidad y Descubrimiento de Drogas, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología (INDICASAT AIP), Panama City, Panama
- Department of Biotechnology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Nagarjuna Nagar, India
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- Centro de Biodiversidad y Descubrimiento de Drogas, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología (INDICASAT AIP), Panama City, Panama
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- Centro de Biodiversidad y Descubrimiento de Drogas, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología (INDICASAT AIP), Panama City, Panama
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- Centro de Biodiversidad y Descubrimiento de Drogas, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología (INDICASAT AIP), Panama City, Panama
- Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí (UNACHI), David, Chiriquí, Panama
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- Centro de Biodiversidad y Descubrimiento de Drogas, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología (INDICASAT AIP), Panama City, Panama
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Productos Naturales (CIPRONA), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
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- Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
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- Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
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- Centro de Biodiversidad y Descubrimiento de Drogas, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología (INDICASAT AIP), Panama City, Panama
- Department of Biotechnology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Nagarjuna Nagar, India
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- School of Chemical & Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Centre for Plant Metabolomics Research, Department of Biochemistry, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa
- International R&D Division, Omnia Group (Pty) Ltd., Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Centre for Plant Metabolomics Research, Department of Biochemistry, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
- Center for Computational Mass Spectrometry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Zhang JJ, Tang X, Moore BS. Genetic platforms for heterologous expression of microbial natural products. Nat Prod Rep 2019; 36:1313-1332. [PMID: 31197291 PMCID: PMC6750982 DOI: 10.1039/c9np00025a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Covering: 2005 up to 2019Natural products are of paramount importance in human medicine. Not only are most antibacterial and anticancer drugs derived directly from or inspired by natural products, many other branches of medicine, such as immunology, neurology, and cardiology, have similarly benefited from natural product-based drugs. Typically, the genetic material required to synthesize a microbial specialized product is arranged in a multigene biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC), which codes for proteins associated with molecule construction, regulation, and transport. The ability to connect natural product compounds to BGCs and vice versa, along with ever-increasing knowledge of biosynthetic machineries, has spawned the field of genomics-guided natural product genome mining for the rational discovery of new chemical entities. One significant challenge in the field of natural product genome mining is how to rapidly link orphan biosynthetic genes to their associated chemical products. This review highlights state-of-the-art genetic platforms to identify, interrogate, and engineer BGCs from diverse microbial sources, which can be broken into three stages: (1) cloning and isolation of genomic loci, (2) heterologous expression in a host organism, and (3) genetic manipulation of cloned pathways. In the future, we envision natural product genome mining will be rapidly accelerated by de novo DNA synthesis and refactoring of whole biosynthetic pathways in combination with systematic heterologous expression methodologies.
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- Jia Jia Zhang
- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA. and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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Myronovskyi M, Luzhetskyy A. Heterologous production of small molecules in the optimized Streptomyces hosts. Nat Prod Rep 2019; 36:1281-1294. [PMID: 31453623 DOI: 10.1039/c9np00023b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Time span of literature covered: 2010-2018The genome mining of streptomycetes has revealed their great biosynthetic potential to produce novel natural products. One of the most promising exploitation routes of this biosynthetic potential is the refactoring and heterologous expression of corresponding biosynthetic gene clusters in a panel of specifically selected and optimized chassis strains. This article will review selected recent reports on heterologous production of natural products in streptomycetes. In the first part, the importance of heterologous production for drug discovery will be discussed. In the second part, the review will discuss recently developed genetic control elements (such as promoters, ribosome binding sites, terminators) and their application to achieve successful heterologous expression of biosynthetic gene clusters. Finally, the most widely used Streptomyces hosts for heterologous expression of biosynthetic gene clusters will be compared in detail. The article will be of interest to natural product chemists, molecular biologists, pharmacists and all individuals working in the natural products drug discovery field.
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- Saarland University, Department Pharmacy, Saarbrücken, Germany and Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany.
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Bacterial natural products display astounding structural diversity, which, in turn, endows them with a remarkable range of biological activities that are of significant value to modern society. Such structural features are generated by biosynthetic enzymes that construct core scaffolds or perform peripheral modifications, and can thus define natural product families, introduce pharmacophores and permit metabolic diversification. Modern genomics approaches have greatly enhanced our ability to access and characterize natural product pathways via sequence-similarity-based bioinformatics discovery strategies. However, many biosynthetic enzymes catalyse exceptional, unprecedented transformations that continue to defy functional prediction and remain hidden from us in bacterial (meta)genomic sequence data. In this Review, we highlight exciting examples of unusual enzymology that have been uncovered recently in the context of natural product biosynthesis. These suggest that much of the natural product diversity, including entire substance classes, awaits discovery. New approaches to lift the veil on the cryptic chemistries of the natural product universe are also discussed.
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Highlights of Streptomyces genetics. Heredity (Edinb) 2019; 123:23-32. [PMID: 31189905 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-019-0196-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2019] [Revised: 02/06/2019] [Accepted: 02/06/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Sixty years ago, the actinomycetes, which include members of the genus Streptomyces, with their bacterial cellular dimensions but a mycelial growth habit like fungi, were generally regarded as a possible intermediate group, and virtually nothing was known about their genetics. We now know that they are bacteria, but with many original features. Their genome is linear with a unique mode of replication, not circular like those of nearly all other bacteria. They transfer their chromosome from donor to recipient by a conjugation mechanism, but this is radically different from the E. coli paradigm. They have twice as many genes as a typical rod-shaped bacterium like Escherichia coli or Bacillus subtilis, and the genome typically carries 20 or more gene clusters encoding the biosynthesis of antibiotics and other specialised metabolites, only a small proportion of which are expressed under typical laboratory screening conditions. This means that there is a vast number of potentially valuable compounds to be discovered when these 'sleeping' genes are activated. Streptomyces genetics has revolutionised natural product chemistry by facilitating the analysis of novel biosynthetic steps and has led to the ability to engineer novel biosynthetic pathways and hence 'unnatural natural products', with potential to generate lead compounds for use in the struggle to combat the rise of antimicrobial resistance.
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Baulig A, Helmle I, Bader M, Wolf F, Kulik A, Al-Dilaimi A, Wibberg D, Kalinowski J, Gross H, Kaysser L. Biosynthetic reconstitution of deoxysugar phosphoramidate metalloprotease inhibitors using an N-P-bond-forming kinase. Chem Sci 2019; 10:4486-4490. [PMID: 31057776 PMCID: PMC6482885 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc00641a] [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: 02/05/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Phosphoramidon is a potent metalloprotease inhibitor and a widespread tool in cell biology research. It contains a dipeptide backbone that is uniquely linked to a 6-deoxysugar via a phosphoramidate bridge. Herein, we report the identification of a gene cluster for the formation of phosphoramidon and its detailed characterization. In vitro reconstitution of the biosynthesis established TalE as a phosphoramidate-forming kinase and TalC as the glycosyltransferase which installs the l-rhamnose moiety by phosphoester linkage.
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- Alexandra Baulig
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology , Pharmaceutical Institute , University of Tübingen , 72076 Tübingen , Germany . .,German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF) , partner site Tübingen , 72076 Tübingen , Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology , Pharmaceutical Institute , University of Tübingen , 72076 Tübingen , Germany .
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology , Pharmaceutical Institute , University of Tübingen , 72076 Tübingen , Germany . .,German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF) , partner site Tübingen , 72076 Tübingen , Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology , Pharmaceutical Institute , University of Tübingen , 72076 Tübingen , Germany . .,German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF) , partner site Tübingen , 72076 Tübingen , Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute for Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen (IMIT) , Microbiology/Biotechnology , University of Tübingen , 72076 Tübingen , Germany
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- Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec) , Bielefeld University , 33615 Bielefeld , Germany
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- Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec) , Bielefeld University , 33615 Bielefeld , Germany
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- Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec) , Bielefeld University , 33615 Bielefeld , Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology , Pharmaceutical Institute , University of Tübingen , 72076 Tübingen , Germany . .,German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF) , partner site Tübingen , 72076 Tübingen , Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology , Pharmaceutical Institute , University of Tübingen , 72076 Tübingen , Germany . .,German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF) , partner site Tübingen , 72076 Tübingen , Germany
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Zhi Y, Narindoshvili T, Bogomolnaya L, Talamantes M, El Saadi A, Andrews-Polymenis H, Raushel FM. Deciphering the Enzymatic Function of the Bovine Enteric Infection-Related Protein YfeJ from Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium. Biochemistry 2019; 58:1236-1245. [PMID: 30715856 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b01283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Non-typhoidal Salmonella can colonize the gastrointestinal system of cattle and can also cause significant food-borne disease in humans. The use of a library of single-gene deletions in Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium allowed identification of several proteins that are under selection in the intestine of cattle. STM2437 ( yfeJ) encodes one of these proteins, and it is currently annotated as a type I glutamine amidotransferase. STM2437 was purified to homogeneity, and its catalytic properties with a wide range of γ-glutamyl derivatives were determined. The catalytic efficiency toward the hydrolysis of l-glutamine was extremely weak with a kcat/ Km value of 20 M-1 s-1. γ-l-Glutamyl hydroxamate was identified as the best substrate for STM2437, with a kcat/ Km value of 9.6 × 104 M-1 s-1. A homology model of STM2437 was constructed on the basis of the known crystal structure of a protein of unknown function (Protein Data Bank entry 3L7N ), and γ-l-glutamyl hydroxamate was docked into the active site based on the binding of l-glutamine in the active site of carbamoyl phosphate synthetase. Acivicin was shown to inactivate the enzyme by reaction with the active site cysteine residue and the subsequent loss of HCl. Mutation of Cys91 to serine completely abolished catalytic activity. Inactivation of STM2437 did not affect the ability of this strain to colonize mice, but it inhibited the growth of S. enterica Typhimurium in bacteriologic media containing γ-l-glutamyl hydroxamate.
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- Yuan Zhi
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics , Texas A&M University , College Station , Texas 77843 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Texas A&M University , College Station , Texas 77843 , United States
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, College of Medicine , Texas A&M University System Health Science Center , Bryan , Texas 77807 , United States
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, College of Medicine , Texas A&M University System Health Science Center , Bryan , Texas 77807 , United States
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, College of Medicine , Texas A&M University System Health Science Center , Bryan , Texas 77807 , United States
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, College of Medicine , Texas A&M University System Health Science Center , Bryan , Texas 77807 , United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics , Texas A&M University , College Station , Texas 77843 , United States.,Department of Chemistry , Texas A&M University , College Station , Texas 77843 , United States
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Morgan KD, Andersen RJ, Ryan KS. Piperazic acid-containing natural products: structures and biosynthesis. Nat Prod Rep 2019; 36:1628-1653. [DOI: 10.1039/c8np00076j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Piperazic acid is a cyclic hydrazine and a non-proteinogenic amino acid found in diverse non-ribosomal peptide (NRP) and hybrid NRP–polyketide (PK) structures.
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- Kalindi D. Morgan
- Department of Chemistry
- University of British Columbia
- Vancouver
- Canada
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of British Columbia
- Vancouver
- Canada
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Kaysser L. Built to bind: biosynthetic strategies for the formation of small-molecule protease inhibitors. Nat Prod Rep 2019; 36:1654-1686. [DOI: 10.1039/c8np00095f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The discovery and characterization of natural product protease inhibitors has inspired the development of numerous pharmaceutical agents.
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- Leonard Kaysser
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology
- University of Tübingen
- 72076 Tübingen
- Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF)
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Wolf F, Leipoldt F, Kulik A, Wibberg D, Kalinowski J, Kaysser L. Characterization of the Actinonin Biosynthetic Gene Cluster. Chembiochem 2018; 19:1189-1195. [PMID: 29600569 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The hydroxamate moiety of the natural product actinonin mediates inhibition of metalloproteinases because of its chelating properties towards divalent cations in the active site of those enzymes. Owing to its antimicrobial activity, actinonin has served as a lead compound for the development of new antibiotic drug candidates. Recently, we identified a putative gene cluster for the biosynthesis of actinonin. Here, we confirm and characterize this cluster by heterologous pathway expression and gene-deletion experiments. We assigned the biosynthetic gene cluster to actinonin production and determine the cluster boundaries. Furthermore, we establish that ActI, an AurF-like oxygenase, is responsible for the N-hydroxylation reaction that forms the hydroxamate warhead. Our findings provide the basis for more detailed investigations of actinonin biosynthesis.
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- Felix Wolf
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 8, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner site Tübingen
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 8, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner site Tübingen
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- Interfaculty Institute for Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen (IMIT), Microbiology/Biotechnology, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 27, 33594, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 27, 33594, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 8, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner site Tübingen
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