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Long Q, Zhou W, Zhou H, Tang Y, Chen W, Liu Q, Bian X. Polyamine-containing natural products: structure, bioactivity, and biosynthesis. Nat Prod Rep 2024; 41:525-564. [PMID: 37873660 DOI: 10.1039/d2np00087c] [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: 10/25/2023]
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Covering: 2005 to August, 2023Polyamine-containing natural products (NPs) have been isolated from a wide range of terrestrial and marine organisms and most of them exhibit remarkable and diverse activities, including antimicrobial, antiprotozoal, antiangiogenic, antitumor, antiviral, iron-chelating, anti-depressive, anti-inflammatory, insecticidal, antiobesity, and antioxidant properties. Their extraordinary activities and potential applications in human health and agriculture attract increasing numbers of studies on polyamine-containing NPs. In this review, we summarized the source, structure, classification, bioactivities and biosynthesis of polyamine-containing NPs, focusing on the biosynthetic mechanism of polyamine itself and representative polyamine alkaloids, polyamine-containing siderophores with catechol/hydroxamate/hydroxycarboxylate groups, nonribosomal peptide-(polyketide)-polyamine (NRP-(PK)-PA), and NRP-PK-long chain poly-fatty amine (lcPFAN) hybrid molecules.
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- Qingshan Long
- Hunan Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center for Agricultural Microbiology Application, Hunan Institute of Microbiology, Changsha, 410009, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Veterinary Chemical Drugs and Pharmaceutics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural, Affairs, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 200241, China
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- Helmholtz International Lab for Anti-Infectives, Shandong University-Helmholtz Institute of Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China.
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- Hunan Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center for Agricultural Microbiology Application, Hunan Institute of Microbiology, Changsha, 410009, China.
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- College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China.
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- Hunan Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center for Agricultural Microbiology Application, Hunan Institute of Microbiology, Changsha, 410009, China.
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- Helmholtz International Lab for Anti-Infectives, Shandong University-Helmholtz Institute of Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China.
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Yang J, Wencewicz TA. In Vitro Reconstitution of Fimsbactin Biosynthesis from Acinetobacter baumannii. ACS Chem Biol 2022; 17:2923-2935. [PMID: 36122366 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.2c00573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Siderophores produced via nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) pathways serve as critical virulence factors for many pathogenic bacteria. Improved knowledge of siderophore biosynthesis guides the development of inhibitors, vaccines, and other therapeutic strategies. Fimsbactin A is a mixed ligand siderophore derived from human pathogenic Acinetobacter baumannii that contains phenolate-oxazoline, catechol, and hydroxamate metal chelating groups branching from a central l-Ser tetrahedral unit via amide and ester linkages. Fimsbactin A is derived from two molecules of l-Ser, two molecules of 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid (DHB), and one molecule of l-Orn and is a product of the fbs biosynthetic operon. Here, we report the complete in vitro reconstitution of fimsbactin A biosynthesis in a cell-free system using purified enzymes. We demonstrate the conversion of l-Orn to N1-acetyl-N1-hydroxy-putrescine (ahPutr) via ordered action of FbsJ (decarboxylase), FbsI (flavin N-monooxygenase), and FbsK (N-acetyltransferase). We achieve conversion of l-Ser, DHB, and l-Orn to fimsbactin A using FbsIJK in combination with the NRPS modules FbsEFGH. We also demonstrate chemoenzymatic conversion of synthetic ahPutr to fimsbactin A using FbsEFGH and establish the substrate selectivity for the NRPS adenylation domains in FbsH (DHB) and FbsF (l-Ser). We assign a role for the type II thioesterase FbsM in producing the shunt metabolite 2-(2,3-dihydroxyphenyl)-4,5-dihydrooxazole-4-carboxylic acid (DHB-oxa) via cleavage of the corresponding thioester intermediate that is tethered to NRPS peptidyl carrier domains during biosynthetic assembly. We propose a mechanism for branching NRPS-derived peptides via amide and ester linkages via the dynamic equilibration of N-DHB-Ser and O-DHB-Ser thioester intermediates via hydrolysis of DHB-oxa thioester intermediates. We also propose a genetic signature for NRPS "branching" in the presence of a terminating C-T-C motif (FbsG).
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- Jinping Yang
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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Hoffmann KM, Kingsbury JS, March NL, Jang Y, Nguyen JH, Hutt MM. Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Select Intermediates and Natural Products of the Desferrioxamine E Siderophore Pathway. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27196144. [PMID: 36234688 PMCID: PMC9571020 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27196144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Revised: 09/11/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The NIS synthetase family of enzymes responsible for the biosynthesis of siderophores is increasingly associated with bacterial virulence. Proteins in this class represent outstanding potential drug targets, assuming that basic biochemical and structural characterizations can be completed. Towards this goal, we have mated an improved synthesis of the non-commercial amino acid N-hydroxy-N-succinylcadaverine (HSC, 6) with an isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) assay that profiles the iterative stages of HSC trimerization and macrocyclization by NIS synthetase DesD from Streptomyces coelicolor. HSC synthesis begins with multigram-scale Gabrielle and tert-butyl N-(benzyloxy)carbamate alkylations of 1-bromo-5-chloropentane following prior literature, but the end-game reported herein has two advantages for greater material throughput: (1) hydrogenolysis of benzyl ether and Cbz blocking groups is best accomplished with Pearlman’s catalyst at 40 psi of H2 and (2) purification of neutral (zwitterionic) HSC is effected by simple flash chromatography over silica gel in MeOH. HSC is subsequently shown to be a substrate for NIS synthetase DesD, which catalyzes three successive amide bond syntheses via adenyl monophosphate ester intermediates. We quantify and present the iterative and overall enzyme kinetic constants associated with formation of the cyclotrimeric siderophore desferrioxamine E (dfoE, 1).
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Yang J, Banas VS, Patel KD, Rivera GSM, Mydy LS, Gulick AM, Wencewicz TA. An acyl-adenylate mimic reveals the structural basis for substrate recognition by the iterative siderophore synthetase DesD. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:102166. [PMID: 35750210 PMCID: PMC9356276 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Revised: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Siderophores are conditionally essential metabolites used by microbes for environmental iron sequestration. Most Streptomyces strains produce hydroxamate-based desferrioxamine (DFO) siderophores composed of repeating units of N1-hydroxy-cadaverine (or N1-hydroxy-putrescine) and succinate. The DFO biosynthetic operon, desABCD, is highly conserved in Streptomyces; however, expression of desABCD alone does not account for the vast structural diversity within this natural product class. Here, we report the in vitro reconstitution and biochemical characterization of four DesD orthologs from Streptomyces strains that produce unique DFO siderophores. Under in vitro conditions, all four DesD orthologs displayed similar saturation steady-state kinetics (Vmax = 0.9–2.5 μM⋅min−1) and produced the macrocyclic trimer DFOE as the favored product, suggesting a conserved role for DesD in the biosynthesis of DFO siderophores. We further synthesized a structural mimic of N1-hydroxy-N1-succinyl-cadaverine (HSC)-acyl-adenylate, the HSC-acyl sulfamoyl adenosine analog (HSC-AMS), and obtained crystal structures of DesD in the ATP-bound, AMP/PPi-bound, and HSC-AMS/Pi-bound forms. We found HSC-AMS inhibited DesD orthologs (IC50 values = 48–53 μM) leading to accumulation of linear trimeric DFOG and di-HSC at the expense of macrocyclic DFOE. Addition of exogenous PPi enhanced DesD inhibition by HSC-AMS, presumably via stabilization of the DesD–HSC-AMS complex, similar to the proposed mode of adenylate stabilization where PPi remains buried in the active site. In conclusion, our data suggest that acyl-AMS derivatives may have utility as chemical probes and bisubstrate inhibitors to reveal valuable mechanistic and structural insight for this unique family of adenylating enzymes.
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- Jinping Yang
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA.
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Liu L, Wang W, Wu S, Gao H. Recent Advances in the Siderophore Biology of Shewanella. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:823758. [PMID: 35250939 PMCID: PMC8891985 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.823758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Despite the abundance of iron in nature, iron acquisition is a challenge for life in general because the element mostly exists in the extremely insoluble ferric (Fe3+) form in oxic environments. To overcome this, microbes have evolved multiple iron uptake strategies, a common one of which is through the secretion of siderophores, which are iron-chelating metabolites generated endogenously. Siderophore-mediated iron transport, a standby when default iron transport routes are abolished under iron rich conditions, is essential under iron starvation conditions. While there has been a wealth of knowledge about the molecular basis of siderophore synthesis, uptake and regulation in model bacteria, we still know surprisingly little about siderophore biology in diverse environmental microbes. Shewanella represent a group of γ-proteobacteria capable of respiring a variety of organic and inorganic substrates, including iron ores. This respiratory process relies on a large number of iron proteins, c-type cytochromes in particular. Thus, iron plays an essential and special role in physiology of Shewanella. In addition, these bacteria use a single siderophore biosynthetic system to produce an array of macrocyclic dihydroxamate siderophores, some of which show particular biological activities. In this review, we first outline current understanding of siderophore synthesis, uptake and regulation in model bacteria, and subsequently discuss the siderophore biology in Shewanella.
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- Lulu Liu
- Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Mekasha S, Linke D. Secretion Systems in Gram-Negative Bacterial Fish Pathogens. Front Microbiol 2022; 12:782673. [PMID: 34975803 PMCID: PMC8714846 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.782673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Bacterial fish pathogens are one of the key challenges in the aquaculture industry, one of the fast-growing industries worldwide. These pathogens rely on arsenal of virulence factors such as toxins, adhesins, effectors and enzymes to promote colonization and infection. Translocation of virulence factors across the membrane to either the extracellular environment or directly into the host cells is performed by single or multiple dedicated secretion systems. These secretion systems are often key to the infection process. They can range from simple single-protein systems to complex injection needles made from dozens of subunits. Here, we review the different types of secretion systems in Gram-negative bacterial fish pathogens and describe their putative roles in pathogenicity. We find that the available information is fragmented and often descriptive, and hope that our overview will help researchers to more systematically learn from the similarities and differences between the virulence factors and secretion systems of the fish-pathogenic species described here.
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- Sophanit Mekasha
- Section for Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Section for Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Liu J, Nothias LF, Dorrestein PC, Tahlan K, Bignell DRD. Genomic and Metabolomic Analysis of the Potato Common Scab Pathogen Streptomyces scabiei. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:11474-11487. [PMID: 34056303 PMCID: PMC8153979 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c00526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Streptomyces scabiei is a key causative agent of common scab disease, which causes significant economic losses to potato growers worldwide. This organism produces several phytotoxins that are known or suspected to contribute to host-pathogen interactions and disease development; however, the full metabolic potential of S. scabiei has not been previously investigated. In this study, we used a combined metabolomic and genomic approach to investigate the metabolites that are produced by S. scabiei. The genome sequence was analyzed using antiSMASH and DeepBGC to identify specialized metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters. Using untargeted liquid chromatography-coupled tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS2), the metabolic profile of S. scabiei was compared after cultivation on three different growth media. MS2 data were analyzed using Feature-Based Molecular Networking and hierarchical clustering in BioDendro. Metabolites were annotated by performing a Global Natural Products Social Molecular Networking (GNPS) spectral library search or using Network Annotation Propagation, SIRIUS, MetWork, or Competitive Fragmentation Modeling for Metabolite Identification. Using this approach, we were able to putatively identify new analogues of known metabolites as well as molecules that were not previously known to be produced by S. scabiei. To our knowledge, this study represents the first global analysis of specialized metabolites that are produced by this important plant pathogen.
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- Jingyu Liu
- Department
of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 232 Elizabeth Avenue, St. John’s, NL A1B 3X9, Canada
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- Collaborative
Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California
San Diego, La Jolla, San Diego, California 92093, United States
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- Collaborative
Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California
San Diego, La Jolla, San Diego, California 92093, United States
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- Department
of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 232 Elizabeth Avenue, St. John’s, NL A1B 3X9, Canada
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- Department
of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 232 Elizabeth Avenue, St. John’s, NL A1B 3X9, Canada
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Brown CJM, Codd R. Directing macrocyclic architecture using iron(III)-, gallium(III)-, or zirconium(IV)-assisted ring closure of linear dimeric endo-hydroxamic acid ligands. J Inorg Biochem 2020; 216:111337. [PMID: 33360106 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2020.111337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Revised: 11/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Dimeric hydroxamic acid macrocycles are a subclass of bacterial siderophores produced for iron acquisition. Limited yields from natural sources provides the impetus to develop synthetic routes to improve access to these compounds, which have potential utility in metal ion binding applications in the environment and medicine. This work has examined the role of metal ions in forming pre-complexes with linear endo-hydroxamic acid (endo-HXA) ligands bearing terminal amine and carboxylic acid groups optimally configured for in situ ring closure reactions. The 1:1 reaction between Fe(III) and the dimeric endo-HXA ligand 5-((5-(5-((5-aminopentyl)(hydroxy)amino)-5-oxopentanamido)pentyl)(hydroxy)amino)-5-oxopentanoic acid (PPH-PPH) (1) formed the pre-complex (PC) [Fe(PP-PP)-PC]+ with in situ amide coupling generating the macrocycle (MC) [Fe(PP)2-MC]+ and, following Fe(III) removal, the apo-macrocycle 1,13-dihydroxy-1,7,13,19-tetraazacyclotetracosane-2,6,14,18-tetraone (PPH)2-MC (2). The 1:2 reaction system between Fe(III) and the monomeric endo-HXA ligand 5-((5-aminopentyl)(hydroxy)amino)-5-oxopentanoic acid (PPH) gave significantly less [Fe(PP)2-MC]+ than the former system, due to the requirement to form two rather than one amide bond(s). The 1:1 Ga(III):1 system yielded [Ga(PP-PP)-PC]+ and [Ga(PP)2-MC]+. Neither [Zr(PP-PP)-PC]2+ nor [Zr(PP)2-MC]2+ was detected in the 1:1 Zr(IV):1 system. Instead, the Zr(IV) system showed the formation of a 1:2 Zr(IV):1 pre-complex [Zr(PP-PP)2-PC], which following in situ amide bond forming chemistry, generated two Zr(IV) macrocyclic complexes with distinct architectures: a dimer-of-dimers complex [Zr((PP)2)2-MC] and an end-to-end macrocycle [Zr(PP)4-MC]. The formation of [Fe(PP)2-MC]+, [Ga(PP)2-MC]+ or [Zr((PP)2)2-MC] was confirmed from reconstitution experiments with 2. The work has shown that the choice of metal ion in metal-assisted ring closure reactions directs the assembly of macrocyclic complexes with distinct architectures.
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- Christopher J M Brown
- The University of Sydney, School of Medical Sciences (Pharmacology), New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- The University of Sydney, School of Medical Sciences (Pharmacology), New South Wales 2006, Australia.
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Hoffmann KM, Goncuian ES, Karimi KL, Amendola CR, Mojab Y, Wood KM, Prussia GA, Nix J, Yamamoto M, Lathan K, Orion IW. Cofactor Complexes of DesD, a Model Enzyme in the Virulence-related NIS Synthetase Family. Biochemistry 2020; 59:3427-3437. [PMID: 32885650 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The understudied nonribosomal-peptide-synthetase-independent siderophore (NIS) synthetase family has been increasingly associated with virulence in bacterial species due to its key role in the synthesis of hydroxamate and carboxylate "stealth" siderophores. We have identified a model family member, DesD, from Streptomyces coelicolor, to structurally characterize using a combination of a wild-type and a Arg306Gln variant in apo, cofactor product AMP-bound, and cofactor reactant ATP-bound complexes. The kinetics in the family has been limited by solubility and reporter assays, so we have developed a label-free kinetics assay utilizing a single-injection isothermal-titration-calorimetry-based method. We report second-order rate constants that are 50 times higher than the previous estimations for DesD. Our Arg306Gln DesD variant was also tested under identical buffer and substrate conditions, and its undetectable activity was confirmed. These are the first reported structures for DesD, and they describe the critical cofactor coordination. This is also the first label-free assay to unambiguously determine the kinetics for an NIS synthetase.
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- Katherine M Hoffmann
- Department of Chemistry, California Lutheran University, 60 West Olsen Road #3700, Thousand Oaks, California 91360, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, California Lutheran University, 60 West Olsen Road #3700, Thousand Oaks, California 91360, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, California Lutheran University, 60 West Olsen Road #3700, Thousand Oaks, California 91360, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Gonzaga University, 502 East Boone Avenue, Spokane, Washington 99258, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, California Lutheran University, 60 West Olsen Road #3700, Thousand Oaks, California 91360, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Gonzaga University, 502 East Boone Avenue, Spokane, Washington 99258, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Gonzaga University, 502 East Boone Avenue, Spokane, Washington 99258, United States
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Gonzaga University, 502 East Boone Avenue, Spokane, Washington 99258, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, California Lutheran University, 60 West Olsen Road #3700, Thousand Oaks, California 91360, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Gonzaga University, 502 East Boone Avenue, Spokane, Washington 99258, United States
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Atencio LA, Boya P. CA, Martin H. C, Mejía LC, Dorrestein PC, Gutiérrez M. Genome Mining, Microbial Interactions, and Molecular Networking Reveals New Dibromoalterochromides from Strains of Pseudoalteromonas of Coiba National Park-Panama. Mar Drugs 2020; 18:md18090456. [PMID: 32899199 PMCID: PMC7551054 DOI: 10.3390/md18090456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The marine bacterial genus Pseudoalteromonas is known for their ability to produce antimicrobial compounds. The metabolite-producing capacity of Pseudoalteromonas has been associated with strain pigmentation; however, the genomic basis of their antimicrobial capacity remains to be explained. In this study, we sequenced the whole genome of six Pseudoalteromonas strains (three pigmented and three non-pigmented), with the purpose of identifying biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) associated to compounds we detected via microbial interactions along through MS-based molecular networking. The genomes were assembled and annotated using the SPAdes and RAST pipelines and mined for the identification of gene clusters involved in secondary metabolism using the antiSMASH database. Nineteen BGCs were detected for each non-pigmented strain, while more than thirty BGCs were found for two of the pigmented strains. Among these, the groups of genes of nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS) that code for bromoalterochromides stand out the most. Our results show that all strains possess BGCs for the production of secondary metabolites, and a considerable number of distinct polyketide synthases (PKS) and NRPS clusters are present in pigmented strains. Furthermore, the molecular networking analyses revealed two new molecules produced during microbial interactions: the dibromoalterochromides D/D' (11-12).
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- Librada A. Atencio
- Centro de Biodiversidad y Descubrimiento de Drogas, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología (INDICASAT), Clayton, Panama City 0843-01103, Panama; (L.A.A.); (C.A.B.P.); (C.M.H.)
- Department of Biotechnology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar, Guntur 522510, India
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- Centro de Biodiversidad y Descubrimiento de Drogas, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología (INDICASAT), Clayton, Panama City 0843-01103, Panama; (L.A.A.); (C.A.B.P.); (C.M.H.)
- Department of Biotechnology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar, Guntur 522510, India
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- Centro de Biodiversidad y Descubrimiento de Drogas, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología (INDICASAT), Clayton, Panama City 0843-01103, Panama; (L.A.A.); (C.A.B.P.); (C.M.H.)
- Department of Biotechnology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar, Guntur 522510, India
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- Centro de Biodiversidad y Descubrimiento de Drogas, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología (INDICASAT), Clayton, Panama City 0843-01103, Panama; (L.A.A.); (C.A.B.P.); (C.M.H.)
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa Ancón, Panama City 0843-03092, Panama
- Correspondence: (L.C.M.); (M.G.); Tel.: +507-517-0700 (L.C.M. & M.G.); Fax: +507-517-0701 (L.C.M. & M.G.)
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA;
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- Centro de Biodiversidad y Descubrimiento de Drogas, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología (INDICASAT), Clayton, Panama City 0843-01103, Panama; (L.A.A.); (C.A.B.P.); (C.M.H.)
- Correspondence: (L.C.M.); (M.G.); Tel.: +507-517-0700 (L.C.M. & M.G.); Fax: +507-517-0701 (L.C.M. & M.G.)
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Mügge C, Heine T, Baraibar AG, van Berkel WJH, Paul CE, Tischler D. Flavin-dependent N-hydroxylating enzymes: distribution and application. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 104:6481-6499. [PMID: 32504128 PMCID: PMC7347517 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-10705-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 05/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Amino groups derived from naturally abundant amino acids or (di)amines can be used as "shuttles" in nature for oxygen transfer to provide intermediates or products comprising N-O functional groups such as N-hydroxy, oxazine, isoxazolidine, nitro, nitrone, oxime, C-, S-, or N-nitroso, and azoxy units. To this end, molecular oxygen is activated by flavin, heme, or metal cofactor-containing enzymes and transferred to initially obtain N-hydroxy compounds, which can be further functionalized. In this review, we focus on flavin-dependent N-hydroxylating enzymes, which play a major role in the production of secondary metabolites, such as siderophores or antimicrobial agents. Flavoprotein monooxygenases of higher organisms (among others, in humans) can interact with nitrogen-bearing secondary metabolites or are relevant with respect to detoxification metabolism and are thus of importance to understand potential medical applications. Many enzymes that catalyze N-hydroxylation reactions have specific substrate scopes and others are rather relaxed. The subsequent conversion towards various N-O or N-N comprising molecules is also described. Overall, flavin-dependent N-hydroxylating enzymes can accept amines, diamines, amino acids, amino sugars, and amino aromatic compounds and thus provide access to versatile families of compounds containing the N-O motif. Natural roles as well as synthetic applications are highlighted. Key points • N-O and N-N comprising natural and (semi)synthetic products are highlighted. • Flavin-based NMOs with respect to mechanism, structure, and phylogeny are reviewed. • Applications in natural product formation and synthetic approaches are provided. Graphical abstract .
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- Carolin Mügge
- Microbial Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Chemistry and Physics, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Leipziger Str. 29, 09599, Freiberg, Germany
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- Microbial Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany
- Rottendorf Pharma GmbH, Ostenfelder Str. 51-61, 59320, Ennigerloh, Germany
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- Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Wageningen University & Research, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Biocatalysis, Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, HZ 2629, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Microbial Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany.
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Novel South African Rare Actinomycete Kribbella speibonae Strain SK5: A Prolific Producer of Hydroxamate Siderophores Including New Dehydroxylated Congeners. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25132979. [PMID: 32610457 PMCID: PMC7411998 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25132979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2020] [Revised: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In this paper, we report on the chemistry of the rare South African Actinomycete Kribbella speibonae strain SK5, a prolific producer of hydroxamate siderophores and their congeners. Two new analogues, dehydroxylated desferrioxamines, speibonoxamine 1 and desoxy-desferrioxamine D12, have been isolated, together with four known hydroxamates, desferrioxamine D13, desferrioxamine B 4, desoxy-nocardamine 5 and nocardamine 6, and a diketopiperazine (DKP) 7. The structures of 1–7 were characterized by the analysis of HRESIMS and 1D and 2D NMR data, as well as by comparison with the relevant literature. Three new dehydroxy desferrioxamine derivatives 8–10 were tentatively identified in the molecular network of K.speibonae strain SK5 extracts, and structures were proposed based on their MS/MS fragmentation patterns. A plausible spb biosynthetic pathway was proposed. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of the isolation of desferrioxamines from the actinobacterial genus Kribbella.
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Promiscuous Enzymes Cause Biosynthesis of Diverse Siderophores in Shewanella oneidensis. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:AEM.00030-20. [PMID: 32005730 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00030-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The siderophore synthetic system in Shewanella species is able to synthesize dozens of macrocyclic siderophores in vitro with synthetic precursors. In vivo, however, although three siderophores are produced naturally in Shewanella algae B516, which carries a lysine decarboxylase (AvbA) specific for siderophore synthesis, only one siderophore can be detected from many other Shewanella species. In this study, we examined a siderophore-overproducing mutant of Shewanella oneidensis which lacks an AvbA counterpart, and we found that it can also produce these three siderophores. We identified both SpeC and SpeF as promiscuous decarboxylases for both lysine and ornithine to synthesize the siderophore precursors cadaverine and putrescine, respectively. Intriguingly, putrescine is mainly synthesized from arginine through an arginine decarboxylation pathway in a constitutive manner, not liable to the concentrations of iron and siderophores. Our results provide further evidence that the substrate availability plays a determining role in siderophore production. Furthermore, we provide evidence to suggest that under iron starvation conditions, cells allocate more putrescine for siderophore biosynthesis by downregulating the expression of the enzyme that transforms putrescine into spermidine. Overall, this study provides another example of the great flexibility of bacterial metabolism that is honed by evolution to better fit living environments of these bacteria.IMPORTANCE The simultaneous production of multiple siderophores is considered a general strategy for microorganisms to rapidly adapt to their ever-changing environments. In this study, we show that some Shewanella spp. may downscale their capability for siderophore synthesis to facilitate adaptation. Although S. oneidensis lacks an enzyme specifically synthesizing cadaverine, it can produce it by using promiscuous ornithine decarboxylases. Despite this ability, this bacterium predominately produces the primary siderophore while restraining the production of secondary siderophores by regulating substrate availability. In addition to using the arginine decarboxylase (ADC) pathway for putrescine synthesis, cells optimize the putrescine pool for siderophore production. Our work provides an insight into the coordinated synthesis of multiple siderophores by harnessing promiscuous enzymes in bacteria and underscores the importance of substrate pools for the biosynthesis of natural products.
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Siderophores have important functions for bacteria in iron acquisition and as virulence factors. In this chapter we will discuss the engineering of cyclic hydroxamate siderophores by various biochemical approaches based on the example of Shewanella algae. The marine gamma-proteobacterium S. algae produces three different cyclic hydroxamate siderophores as metabolites via a single biosynthetic gene cluster and one of them is an important key player in interspecies competition blocking swarming of Vibrio alginolyticus. AvbD is the key metabolic enzyme assembling the precursors into three different core structures and hence an interesting target for metabolic and biochemical engineering. Synthetic natural and unnatural precursors can be converted in vitro with purified AvbD to generate siderophores with various ring sizes ranging from analytical to milligram scale. These engineered siderophores can be applied, for example, as swarming inhibitors against V. alginolyticus. Here, we describe the synthesis of the natural and unnatural siderophore precursors HS[X]A and provide our detailed protocols for protein expression of AvbD, conversion of HS[X]A with the enzyme to produce ring-size engineered siderophores and secondly for a biosynthetic feeding strategy that allows to extract engineered siderophores in the milligram scale.
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Rütschlin S, Böttcher T. Dissecting the Mechanism of Oligomerization and Macrocyclization Reactions of NRPS-Independent Siderophore Synthetases. Chemistry 2018; 24:16044-16051. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201803494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2018] [Revised: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Sina Rütschlin
- Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, Zukunftskolleg; Chemistry Department; University of Konstanz; Universitätsstrasse 10 78457 Konstanz Germany
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- Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, Zukunftskolleg; Chemistry Department; University of Konstanz; Universitätsstrasse 10 78457 Konstanz Germany
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Cloning of the Bisucaberin B Biosynthetic Gene Cluster from the Marine Bacterium Tenacibaculum mesophilum, and Heterologous Production of Bisucaberin B. Mar Drugs 2018; 16:md16090342. [PMID: 30235820 PMCID: PMC6164419 DOI: 10.3390/md16090342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2018] [Revised: 09/12/2018] [Accepted: 09/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The biosynthetic gene cluster for bisucaberin B (1, bsb gene cluster), an N-hydroxy-N-succinyl diamine (HSD)-based siderophore, was cloned from the marine bacterium Tenacibaculum mesophilum, originated from a marine sponge. The bsb gene cluster consists of six open reading frames (ORFs), in contrast to the four ORFs typically seen in biosynthetic gene clusters of the related molecules. Heterologous expression of the key enzyme, BsbD2, which is responsible for the final biosynthetic step of 1 resulted in production of bisucaberin B (1), but not bisucaberin (2) a macrocyclic counterpart of 1. To date, numbers of related enzymes producing macrocyclic analogues have been reported, but this work represents the first example of the HSD-based siderophore biosynthetic enzyme which exclusively produces a linear molecule rather than macrocyclic counterparts.
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Codd R, Soe CZ, Pakchung AAH, Sresutharsan A, Brown CJM, Tieu W. The chemical biology and coordination chemistry of putrebactin, avaroferrin, bisucaberin, and alcaligin. J Biol Inorg Chem 2018; 23:969-982. [PMID: 29946977 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-018-1585-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Dihydroxamic acid macrocyclic siderophores comprise four members: putrebactin (putH2), avaroferrin (avaH2), bisucaberin (bisH2), and alcaligin (alcH2). This mini-review collates studies of the chemical biology and coordination chemistry of these macrocycles, with an emphasis on putH2. These Fe(III)-binding macrocycles are produced by selected bacteria to acquire insoluble Fe(III) from the local environment. The macrocycles are optimally pre-configured for Fe(III) binding, as established from the X-ray crystal structure of dinuclear [Fe2(alc)3] at neutral pH. The dimeric macrocycles are biosynthetic products of two endo-hydroxamic acid ligands flanked by one amine group and one carboxylic acid group, which are assembled from 1,4-diaminobutane and/or 1,5-diaminopentane as initial substrates. The biosynthesis of alcH2 includes an additional diamine C-hydroxylation step. Knowledge of putH2 biosynthesis supported the use of precursor-directed biosynthesis to generate unsaturated putH2 analogues by culturing Shewanella putrefaciens in medium supplemented with unsaturated diamine substrates. The X-ray crystal structures of putH2, avaH2 and alcH2 show differences in the relative orientations of the amide and hydroxamic acid functional groups that could prescribe differences in solvation and other biological properties. Functional differences have been borne out in biological studies. Although evolved for Fe(III) acquisition, solution coordination complexes have been characterised between putH2 and oxido-V(IV/V), Mo(VI), or Cr(V). Retrosynthetic analysis of 1:1 complexes of [Fe(put)]+, [Fe(ava)]+, and [Fe(bis)]+ that dominate at pH < 5 led to a forward metal-templated synthesis approach to generate the Fe(III)-loaded macrocycles, with apo-macrocycles furnished upon incubation with EDTA. This mini-review aims to capture the rich chemistry and chemical biology of these seemingly simple compounds.
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- Rachel Codd
- School of Medical Sciences (Pharmacology) and Bosch Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
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- School of Medical Sciences (Pharmacology) and Bosch Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences (Pharmacology) and Bosch Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences (Pharmacology) and Bosch Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences (Pharmacology) and Bosch Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences (Pharmacology) and Bosch Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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Rütschlin S, Gunesch S, Böttcher T. One Enzyme To Build Them All: Ring-Size Engineered Siderophores Inhibit the Swarming Motility of Vibrio. ACS Chem Biol 2018; 13:1153-1158. [PMID: 29653054 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.8b00084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bacteria compete for ferric iron by producing siderophores, and some microbes engage in piracy by scavenging siderophores of their competitors. The macrocyclic hydroxamate siderophore avaroferrin of Shewanella algae inhibits swarming of Vibrio alginolyticus by evading this piracy. Avaroferrin, as well as related putrebactin and bisucaberin, are produced by the IucC-like synthetases AvbD, PubC, and BibCC. Here, we have established that they are capable of synthesizing not only their native product but also other siderophores. Exploiting this relaxed substrate specificity by synthetic precursors generated 15 different ring-size engineered macrocycles ranging from 18- to 28-membered rings, indicating unprecedented biosynthetic flexibility of the enzymes. Two of the novel siderophores could be obtained in larger quantities by precursor-directed biosynthesis in S. algae. Both inhibited swarming motility of Vibrio and, similar to avaroferrin, the most active one exhibited a heterodimeric architecture. Our results demonstrate the impact of minor structural changes on biological activity, which may trigger the evolution of siderophore diversity.
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- Sina Rütschlin
- Department of Chemistry, Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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The secreted metabolome of Streptomyces chartreusis and implications for bacterial chemistry. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:2490-2495. [PMID: 29463727 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1715713115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Actinomycetes are known for producing diverse secondary metabolites. Combining genomics with untargeted data-dependent tandem MS and molecular networking, we characterized the secreted metabolome of the tunicamycin producer Streptomyces chartreusis NRRL 3882. The genome harbors 128 predicted biosynthetic gene clusters. We detected >1,000 distinct secreted metabolites in culture supernatants, only 22 of which were identified based on standards and public spectral libraries. S. chartreusis adapts the secreted metabolome to cultivation conditions. A number of metabolites are produced iron dependently, among them 17 desferrioxamine siderophores aiding in iron acquisition. Eight previously unknown members of this long-known compound class are described. A single desferrioxamine synthesis gene cluster was detected in the genome, yet different sets of desferrioxamines are produced in different media. Additionally, a polyether ionophore, differentially produced by the calcimycin biosynthesis cluster, was discovered. This illustrates that metabolite output of a single biosynthetic machine can be exquisitely regulated not only with regard to product quantity but also with regard to product range. Compared with chemically defined medium, in complex medium, total metabolite abundance was higher, structural diversity greater, and the average molecular weight almost doubled. Tunicamycins, for example, were only produced in complex medium. Extrapolating from this study, we anticipate that the larger part of bacterial chemistry, including chemical structures, ecological functions, and pharmacological potential, is yet to be uncovered.
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Thode SK, Rojek E, Kozlowski M, Ahmad R, Haugen P. Distribution of siderophore gene systems on a Vibrionaceae phylogeny: Database searches, phylogenetic analyses and evolutionary perspectives. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0191860. [PMID: 29444108 PMCID: PMC5812596 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2017] [Accepted: 01/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Siderophores are small molecules synthesized and secreted by bacteria and fungi to scavenge iron. Extracellular ferri-siderohores are recognized by cognate receptors on the cell surface for transport over membranes. Several siderophore systems from Vibrionaceae representatives are known and well understood, e.g., the molecular structure of the siderophore, the biosynthesis gene cluster and pathway, and the gene expression pattern. Less is known about how these systems are distributed among the ~140 Vibrionaceae species, and which evolutionary processes contributed to the present-day distribution. In this work, we compiled existing knowledge on siderophore biosynthesis systems and siderophore receptors from Vibrionaceae and used phylogenetic analyses to investigate their organization, distribution, origin and evolution. Through literature searches, we identified nine different siderophore biosynthesis systems and thirteen siderophore receptors in Vibrionaceae. Homologs were identified by BLAST searches, and the results were mapped onto a Vibrionaceae phylogeny. We identified 81 biosynthetic systems distributed in 45 Vibrionaceae species and 16 unclassified Vibrionaceae strains, and 409 receptors in 89 Vibrionaceae species and 49 unclassified Vibrionaceae strains. The majority of taxa are associated with at least one type of siderophore biosynthesis system, some (e.g., aerobactin and vibrioferrin) of which are widely distributed in the family, whereas others (i.e., bisucaberin and vibriobactin) are found in one lineage. Cognate receptors are found more widespread. Phylogenetic analysis of three siderophore systems (piscibactin, vibrioferrin and aerobactin) show that their present-day distribution can be explained by an old insertion into Vibrionaceae, followed mainly by stable vertical evolution and extensive loss, and some cases of horizontal gene transfers. The present work provides an up to date overview of the distribution of siderophore-based iron acquisition systems in Vibrionaceae, and presents phylogenetic analysis of these systems. Our results suggest that the present-day distribution is a result of several evolutionary processes, such as old and new gene acquisitions, gene loss, and both vertical and horizontal gene transfers.
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- Sunniva Katharina Thode
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Bioinformatics (SfB), Faculty of Science and Technology, UiT − The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Natural Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Education and Natural Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Hamar, Norway
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- Department of Natural Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Education and Natural Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Hamar, Norway
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- Department of Natural Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Education and Natural Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Hamar, Norway
- * E-mail: (PH); (RA)
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Bioinformatics (SfB), Faculty of Science and Technology, UiT − The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- * E-mail: (PH); (RA)
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Szamosvári D, Rütschlin S, Böttcher T. From pirates and killers: does metabolite diversity drive bacterial competition? Org Biomol Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8ob00150b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This article discusses interspecies competition by sets of closely related metabolites with significantly different biological activities.
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- Dávid Szamosvári
- Department of Chemistry
- Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology
- University of Konstanz
- 78457 Konstanz
- Germany
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- Department of Chemistry
- Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology
- University of Konstanz
- 78457 Konstanz
- Germany
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- Department of Chemistry
- Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology
- University of Konstanz
- 78457 Konstanz
- Germany
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Timmermans ML, Paudel YP, Ross AC. Investigating the Biosynthesis of Natural Products from Marine Proteobacteria: A Survey of Molecules and Strategies. Mar Drugs 2017; 15:E235. [PMID: 28762997 PMCID: PMC5577590 DOI: 10.3390/md15080235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2017] [Revised: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The phylum proteobacteria contains a wide array of Gram-negative marine bacteria. With recent advances in genomic sequencing, genome analysis, and analytical chemistry techniques, a whole host of information is being revealed about the primary and secondary metabolism of marine proteobacteria. This has led to the discovery of a growing number of medically relevant natural products, including novel leads for the treatment of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and cancer. Of equal interest, marine proteobacteria produce natural products whose structure and biosynthetic mechanisms differ from those of their terrestrial and actinobacterial counterparts. Notable features of secondary metabolites produced by marine proteobacteria include halogenation, sulfur-containing heterocycles, non-ribosomal peptides, and polyketides with unusual biosynthetic logic. As advances are made in the technology associated with functional genomics, such as computational sequence analysis, targeted DNA manipulation, and heterologous expression, it has become easier to probe the mechanisms for natural product biosynthesis. This review will focus on genomics driven approaches to understanding the biosynthetic mechanisms for natural products produced by marine proteobacteria.
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- Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
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Thode SK, Bækkedal C, Söderberg JJ, Hjerde E, Hansen H, Haugen P. Construction of a fur null mutant and RNA-sequencing provide deeper global understanding of the Aliivibrio salmonicida Fur regulon. PeerJ 2017; 5:e3461. [PMID: 28717590 PMCID: PMC5511505 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2017] [Accepted: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The ferric uptake regulator (Fur) is a transcription factor and the main regulator of iron acquisition in prokaryotes. When bound to ferric iron, Fur recognizes its DNA binding site and generally executes its function by repressing transcription of its target genes. Due to its importance in virulence, the Fur regulon is well studied for several model bacteria. In our previous work, we used computational predictions and microarray to gain insights into Fur-regulation in Aliivibrio salmonicida, and have identified a number of genes and operons that appear to be under direct control of Fur. To provide a more accurate and deeper global understanding of the biological role of Fur we have now generated an A. salmonicida fur knock-out strain and used RNA-sequencing to compare gene expression between the wild-type and fur null mutant strains. RESULTS An A. salmonicida fur null mutant strain was constructed. Biological assays demonstrate that deletion of fur results in loss of fitness, with reduced growth rates, and reduced abilities to withstand low-iron conditions, and oxidative stress. When comparing expression levels in the wild-type and the fur null mutant we retrieved 296 differentially expressed genes distributed among 18 of 21 functional classes of genes. A gene cluster encoding biosynthesis of the siderophore bisucaberin represented the highest up-regulated genes in the fur null mutant. Other highly up-regulated genes all encode proteins important for iron acquisition. Potential targets for the RyhB sRNA was predicted from the list of down-regulated genes, and significant complementarities were found between RyhB and mRNAs of the fur, sodB, cysN and VSAL_I0422 genes. Other sRNAs with potential functions in iron homeostasis were identified. CONCLUSION The present work provides by far the most comprehensive and deepest understanding of the Fur regulon in A. salmonicida to date. Our data also contribute to a better understanding of how Fur plays a key role in iron homeostasis in bacteria in general, and help to show how Fur orchestrates iron uptake when iron levels are extremely low.
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- Sunniva Katharina Thode
- Department of Chemistry and The Norwegian Structural Biology Centre, Faculty of Science and Technology, UiTThe Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Chemistry and The Norwegian Structural Biology Centre, Faculty of Science and Technology, UiTThe Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Chemistry and The Norwegian Structural Biology Centre, Faculty of Science and Technology, UiTThe Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Chemistry and The Norwegian Structural Biology Centre, Faculty of Science and Technology, UiTThe Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Chemistry and The Norwegian Structural Biology Centre, Faculty of Science and Technology, UiTThe Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Chemistry and The Norwegian Structural Biology Centre, Faculty of Science and Technology, UiTThe Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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Decoding and reprogramming fungal iterative nonribosomal peptide synthetases. Nat Commun 2017; 8:15349. [PMID: 28534477 PMCID: PMC5457498 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2016] [Accepted: 03/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) assemble a large group of structurally and functionally diverse natural products. While the iterative catalytic mechanism of bacterial NRPSs is known, it remains unclear how fungal NRPSs create products of desired length. Here we show that fungal iterative NRPSs adopt an alternate incorporation strategy. Beauvericin and bassianolide synthetases have the same C1-A1-T1-C2-A2-MT-T2a-T2b-C3 domain organization. During catalysis, C3 and C2 take turns to incorporate the two biosynthetic precursors into the growing depsipeptide chain that swings between T1 and T2a/T2b with C3 cyclizing the chain when it reaches the full length. We reconstruct the total biosynthesis of beauvericin in vitro by reacting C2 and C3 with two SNAC-linked precursors and present a domain swapping approach to reprogramming these enzymes for peptides with altered lengths. These findings highlight the difference between bacterial and fungal NRPS mechanisms and provide a framework for the enzymatic synthesis of non-natural nonribosomal peptides. Nonribosomal peptides are important bioactive molecules that are synthetized by enzymes containing several catalytic domains. Here the authors describe the catalytic mechanism of fungal nonribosomal peptide synthetases and present an approach to modify these enzymes to produce specific nonribosomal peptides.
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Waldman AJ, Ng TL, Wang P, Balskus EP. Heteroatom-Heteroatom Bond Formation in Natural Product Biosynthesis. Chem Rev 2017; 117:5784-5863. [PMID: 28375000 PMCID: PMC5534343 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Natural products that contain functional groups with heteroatom-heteroatom linkages (X-X, where X = N, O, S, and P) are a small yet intriguing group of metabolites. The reactivity and diversity of these structural motifs has captured the interest of synthetic and biological chemists alike. Functional groups containing X-X bonds are found in all major classes of natural products and often impart significant biological activity. This review presents our current understanding of the biosynthetic logic and enzymatic chemistry involved in the construction of X-X bond containing functional groups within natural products. Elucidating and characterizing biosynthetic pathways that generate X-X bonds could both provide tools for biocatalysis and synthetic biology, as well as guide efforts to uncover new natural products containing these structural features.
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- Abraham J. Waldman
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States
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Rütschlin S, Gunesch S, Böttcher T. One Enzyme, Three Metabolites: Shewanella algae Controls Siderophore Production via the Cellular Substrate Pool. Cell Chem Biol 2017; 24:598-604.e10. [PMID: 28434877 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2017.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2016] [Revised: 01/25/2017] [Accepted: 03/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Shewanella algae B516 produces avaroferrin, an asymmetric hydroxamate siderophore, which has been shown to inhibit swarming motility of Vibrio alginolyticus. We aimed to elucidate the biosynthesis of this siderophore and to investigate how S. algae coordinates the production of avaroferrin and its two symmetric counterparts. We reconstituted the reaction in vitro with the main enzyme AvbD and the putative biosynthetic precursors, and demonstrate that multispecificity of this enzyme results in the production of all three cyclic hydroxamate siderophores that were previously isolated as natural products from S. algae. Surprisingly, purified AvbD exhibited a clear preference for the larger cadaverine-derived substrate. In live cells, however, siderophore ratios are maximized toward avaroferrin production, and we demonstrate that these siderophore ratios are the result of a regulation on substrate pool level, which may allow rapid evolutionary adaptation to environmental changes. Our results thereby give insights into a unique evolutionary strategy toward metabolite diversity.
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- Sina Rütschlin
- Department of Chemistry, Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.
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Soe CZ, Telfer TJ, Levina A, Lay PA, Codd R. Simultaneous biosynthesis of putrebactin, avaroferrin and bisucaberin by Shewanella putrefaciens and characterisation of complexes with iron(III), molybdenum(VI) or chromium(V). J Inorg Biochem 2016; 162:207-215. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2015.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2015] [Revised: 11/06/2015] [Accepted: 12/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Lifa T, Tieu W, Hocking RK, Codd R. Forward and Reverse (Retro) Iron(III) or Gallium(III) Desferrioxamine E and Ring-Expanded Analogues Prepared Using Metal-Templated Synthesis from endo-Hydroxamic Acid Monomers. Inorg Chem 2015; 54:3573-83. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Tulip Lifa
- School of Medical Sciences (Pharmacology) and Bosch Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences (Pharmacology) and Bosch Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- College of Science, Technology & Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences (Pharmacology) and Bosch Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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Thode SK, Kahlke T, Robertsen EM, Hansen H, Haugen P. The immediate global responses of Aliivibrio salmonicida to iron limitations. BMC Microbiol 2015; 15:9. [PMID: 25649684 PMCID: PMC4324432 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-015-0342-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2014] [Accepted: 01/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Background Iron is an essential micronutrient for all living organisms, and virulence and sequestration of iron in pathogenic bacteria are believed to be correlated. As a defence mechanism, potential hosts therefore keep the level of free iron inside the body to a minimum. In general, iron metabolism is well studied for some bacteria (mostly human or animal pathogens). However, this area is still under-investigated for a number of important bacterial pathogens. Aliivibrio salmonicida is a fish pathogen, and previous studies of this bacterium have shown that production of siderophores is temperature regulated and dependent on low iron conditions. In this work we studied the immediate changes in transcription in response to a sudden decrease in iron levels in cultures of A. salmonicida. In addition, we compared our results to studies performed with Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio vulnificus using a pan-genomic approach. Results Microarray technology was used to monitor global changes in transcriptional levels. Cultures of A. salmonicida were grown to mid log phase before the iron chelator 2,2’-dipyridyl was added and samples were collected after 15 minutes of growth. Using our statistical cut-off values, we retrieved thirty-two differentially expressed genes where the most up-regulated genes belong to an operon encoding proteins responsible for producing the siderophore bisucaberin. A subsequent pan-transcriptome analysis revealed that nine of the up-regulated genes from our dataset were also up-regulated in datasets from similar experiments using V. cholerae and V. vulnificus, thus indicating that these genes are involved in a shared strategy to mitigate low iron conditions. Conclusions The present work highlights the effect of iron limitation on the gene regulatory network of the fish pathogen A. salmonicida, and provides insights into common and unique strategies of Vibrionaceae species to mitigate low iron conditions. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12866-015-0342-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Sunniva Katharina Thode
- Department of Chemistry and The Norwegian Structural Biology Centre, Faculty of Science and Technology, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, 9037, Norway.
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- Department of Chemistry and The Norwegian Structural Biology Centre, Faculty of Science and Technology, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, 9037, Norway. .,Current address: Environmental Genomics Team, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Castray Esplanade, Hobart, 7000, TAS, Australia.
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- Department of Chemistry and The Norwegian Structural Biology Centre, Faculty of Science and Technology, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, 9037, Norway.
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- Department of Chemistry and The Norwegian Structural Biology Centre, Faculty of Science and Technology, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, 9037, Norway.
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- Department of Chemistry and The Norwegian Structural Biology Centre, Faculty of Science and Technology, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, 9037, Norway.
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Production of avaroferrin and putrebactin by heterologous expression of a deep-sea metagenomic DNA. Mar Drugs 2014; 12:4799-809. [PMID: 25222668 PMCID: PMC4178481 DOI: 10.3390/md12094799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2014] [Revised: 08/12/2014] [Accepted: 09/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The siderophore avaroferrin (1), an inhibitor of Vibrio swarming that was recently identified in Shewanella algae B516, was produced by heterologous expression of the biosynthetic gene cluster cloned from a deep-sea sediment metagenomic DNA, together with two analogues, bisucaberin (2) and putrebactin (3). Avaroferrin (1) is a macrocyclic heterodimer of N-hydroxy-N-succinyl cadaverine (4) and N-hydroxy-N-succinyl-putrescine (5), whereas analogues 2 and 3 are homodimers of 4 and 5, respectively. Heterologous expression of two other related genes from culturable marine bacteria resulted in production of compounds 1–3, but in quite different proportions compared with production through expression of the metagenomic DNA.
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Heterologous Production of Desferrioxamines with a Fusion Biosynthetic Gene Cluster. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 77:2467-72. [DOI: 10.1271/bbb.130597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Soe CZ, Codd R. Unsaturated macrocyclic dihydroxamic acid siderophores produced by Shewanella putrefaciens using precursor-directed biosynthesis. ACS Chem Biol 2014; 9:945-56. [PMID: 24483365 DOI: 10.1021/cb400901j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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To acquire iron essential for growth, the bacterium Shewanella putrefaciens produces the macrocyclic dihydroxamic acid putrebactin (pbH2; [M + H(+)](+), m/zcalc 373.2) as its native siderophore. The assembly of pbH2 requires endogenous 1,4-diaminobutane (DB), which is produced from the ornithine decarboxylase (ODC)-catalyzed decarboxylation of l-ornithine. In this work, levels of endogenous DB were attenuated in S. putrefaciens cultures by augmenting the medium with the ODC inhibitor 1,4-diamino-2-butanone (DBO). The presence in the medium of DBO together with alternative exogenous non-native diamine substrates, (15)N2-1,4-diaminobutane ((15)N2-DB) or 1,4-diamino-2(E)-butene (E-DBE), resulted in the respective biosynthesis of (15)N-labeled pbH2 ((15)N4-pbH2; [M + H(+)](+), m/zcalc 377.2, m/zobs 377.2) or the unsaturated pbH2 variant, named here: E,E-putrebactene (E,E-pbeH2; [M + H(+)](+), m/zcalc 369.2, m/zobs 369.2). In the latter system, remaining endogenous DB resulted in the parallel biosynthesis of the monounsaturated DB-E-DBE hybrid, E-putrebactene (E-pbxH2; [M + H(+)](+), m/zcalc 371.2, m/zobs 371.2). These are the first identified unsaturated macrocyclic dihydroxamic acid siderophores. LC-MS measurements showed 1:1 complexes formed between Fe(III) and pbH2 ([Fe(pb)](+); [M](+), m/zcalc 426.1, m/zobs 426.2), (15)N4-pbH2 ([Fe((15)N4-pb)](+); [M](+), m/zcalc 430.1, m/zobs 430.1), E,E-pbeH2 ([Fe(E,E-pbe)](+); [M](+), m/zcalc 422.1, m/zobs 422.0), or E-pbxH2 ([Fe(E-pbx)](+); [M](+), m/zcalc 424.1, m/zobs 424.2). The order of the gain in siderophore-mediated Fe(III) solubility, as defined by the difference in retention time between the free ligand and the Fe(III)-loaded complex, was pbH2 (ΔtR = 8.77 min) > E-pbxH2 (ΔtR = 6.95 min) > E,E-pbeH2 (ΔtR = 6.16 min), which suggests one possible reason why nature has selected for saturated rather than unsaturated siderophores as Fe(III) solubilization agents. The potential to conduct multiple types of ex situ chemical conversions across the double bond(s) of the unsaturated macrocycles provides a new route to increased molecular diversity in this class of siderophore.
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- Cho Z. Soe
- School of Medical Sciences
(Pharmacology) and Bosch Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences
(Pharmacology) and Bosch Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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Böttcher T, Clardy J. A chimeric siderophore halts swarming Vibrio. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:3510-3. [PMID: 24615751 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201310729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Some bacteria swarm under some circumstances; they move rapidly and collectively over a surface. In an effort to understand the molecular signals controlling swarming, we isolated two bacterial strains from the same red seaweed, Vibrio alginolyticus B522, a vigorous swarmer, and Shewanella algae B516, which inhibits V. alginolyticus swarming in its vicinity. Plate assays combined with NMR, MS, and X-ray diffraction analyses identified a small molecule, which was named avaroferrin, as a potent swarming inhibitor. Avaroferrin, a previously unreported cyclic dihydroxamate siderophore, is a chimera of two well-known siderophores: putrebactin and bisucaberin. The sequenced genome of S. algae revealed avaroferrin's biosynthetic gene cluster to be a mashup of putrebactin and bisucaberin biosynthetic genes. Avaroferrin blocks swarming through its ability to bind iron in a form that cannot be pirated by V. alginolyticus, thereby securing this essential resource for its producer.
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- Thomas Böttcher
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 (USA)
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Böttcher T, Clardy J. Ein chimärer Siderophor stoppt das Schwarmverhalten vonVibrio. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201310729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Fujita MJ, Nakano K, Sakai R. Bisucaberin B, a linear hydroxamate class siderophore from the marine bacterium Tenacibaculum mesophilum. Molecules 2013; 18:3917-26. [PMID: 23549298 PMCID: PMC6270104 DOI: 10.3390/molecules18043917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2013] [Revised: 03/11/2013] [Accepted: 03/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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A siderophore, named bisucaberin B, was isolated from Tenacibaculum mesophilum bacteria separated from a marine sponge collected in the Republic of Palau. Using spectroscopic and chemical methods, the structure of bisucaberin B (1) was clearly determined to be a linear dimeric hydroxamate class siderophore. Although compound 1 is an open form of the known macrocyclic dimer bisucaberin (2), and was previously described as a bacterial degradation product of desferrioxamine B (4), the present report is the first description of the de novo biosynthesis of 1. To the best of our knowledge, compound 1 is the first chemically characterized siderophore isolated from a bacterium belonging to the phylum Bacteroidetes.
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- Masaki J Fujita
- Creative Research Institution, Hokkaido University, Hakodate 041-8611, Japan.
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Soe CZ, Pakchung AAH, Codd R. Directing the Biosynthesis of Putrebactin or Desferrioxamine B in Shewanella putrefaciens through the Upstream Inhibition of Ornithine Decarboxylase. Chem Biodivers 2012; 9:1880-90. [DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201200014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Burrell M, Hanfrey CC, Kinch LN, Elliott KA, Michael AJ. Evolution of a novel lysine decarboxylase in siderophore biosynthesis. Mol Microbiol 2012; 86:485-99. [PMID: 22906379 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08208.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Structural backbones of iron-scavenging siderophore molecules include polyamines 1,3-diaminopropane and 1,5-diaminopentane (cadaverine). For the cadaverine-based desferroxiamine E siderophore in Streptomyces coelicolor, the corresponding biosynthetic gene cluster contains an ORF encoded by desA that was suspected of producing the cadaverine (decarboxylated lysine) backbone. However, desA encodes an l-2,4-diaminobutyrate decarboxylase (DABA DC) homologue and not any known form of lysine decarboxylase (LDC). The only known function of DABA DC is, together with l-2,4-aminobutyrate aminotransferase (DABA AT), to synthesize 1,3-diaminopropane. We show here that S. coelicolor desA encodes a novel LDC and we hypothesized that DABA DC homologues present in siderophore biosynthetic clusters in the absence of DABA AT ORFs would be novel LDCs. We confirmed this by correctly predicting the LDC activity of a DABA DC homologue from a Yersinia pestis siderophore biosynthetic pathway. The corollary was confirmed for a DABA DC homologue, adjacent to a DABA AT ORF in a siderophore pathway in the cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis, which was shown to be a bona fide DABA DC. These findings enable prediction of whether a siderophore pathway will utilize 1,3-diaminopropane or cadaverine, and suggest that the majority of bacteria use DABA AT and DABA DC for siderophore, rather than norspermidine/polyamine biosynthesis.
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Fujita MJ, Kimura N, Yokose H, Otsuka M. Heterologous production of bisucaberin using a biosynthetic gene cluster cloned from a deep sea metagenome. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2011; 8:482-5. [PMID: 22051782 DOI: 10.1039/c1mb05431g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A siderophore biosynthetic gene cluster was cloned from a metagenomic library generated from deep sea sediment. The gene cluster was successfully expressed in Escherichia coli to produce bisucaberin, a siderophore originally reported from the marine bacterium Alteromonas haloplanktis. The cloned bisucaberin biosynthetic gene cluster was moderately similar to that of the known bisucaberin producer Vibrio salmonicida. However, the cloned gene cluster consists of four genes rather than three genes found in the V. salmonicida cluster. The low overall homology of the amino acid and nucleotide sequences with those of other species suggests that the cloned genes were derived from one of the unsequenced bacteria including uncultured species.
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- Masaki J Fujita
- Priority Organization for Innovation and Excellence, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
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Mansson M, Gram L, Larsen TO. Production of bioactive secondary metabolites by marine vibrionaceae. Mar Drugs 2011; 9:1440-1468. [PMID: 22131950 PMCID: PMC3225927 DOI: 10.3390/md9091440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2011] [Revised: 08/11/2011] [Accepted: 08/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Bacteria belonging to the Vibrionaceae family are widespread in the marine environment. Today, 128 species of vibrios are known. Several of them are infamous for their pathogenicity or symbiotic relationships. Despite their ability to interact with eukaryotes, the vibrios are greatly underexplored for their ability to produce bioactive secondary metabolites and studies have been limited to only a few species. Most of the compounds isolated from vibrios so far are non-ribosomal peptides or hybrids thereof, with examples of N-containing compounds produced independent of nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS). Though covering a limited chemical space, vibrios produce compounds with attractive biological activities, including antibacterial, anticancer, and antivirulence activities. This review highlights some of the most interesting structures from this group of bacteria. Many compounds found in vibrios have also been isolated from other distantly related bacteria. This cosmopolitan occurrence of metabolites indicates a high incidence of horizontal gene transfer, which raises interesting questions concerning the ecological function of some of these molecules. This account underlines the pending potential for exploring new bacterial sources of bioactive compounds and the challenges related to their investigation.
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- Maria Mansson
- Center from Microbial Biotechnology, Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads 221, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark; E-Mail:
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- National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads 221, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark; E-Mail:
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- Center from Microbial Biotechnology, Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads 221, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark; E-Mail:
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Schmelz S, Botting CH, Song L, Kadi NF, Challis GL, Naismith JH. Structural basis for acyl acceptor specificity in the achromobactin biosynthetic enzyme AcsD. J Mol Biol 2011; 412:495-504. [PMID: 21835184 PMCID: PMC3323832 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.07.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2011] [Revised: 07/25/2011] [Accepted: 07/26/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Siderophores are known virulence factors, and their biosynthesis is a target for new antibacterial agents. A non-ribosomal peptide synthetase-independent siderophore biosynthetic pathway in Dickeya dadantii is responsible for production of the siderophore achromobactin. The D. dadantii achromobactin biosynthesis protein D (AcsD) enzyme has been shown to enantioselectively esterify citric acid with l-serine in the first committed step of achromobactin biosynthesis. The reaction occurs in two steps: stereospecific activation of citric acid by adenylation, followed by attack of the enzyme-bound citryl adenylate by l-serine to produce the homochiral ester. We now report a detailed characterization of the substrate profile and mechanism of the second (acyl transfer) step of AcsD enzyme. We demonstrate that the enzyme catalyzes formation of not only esters but also amides from the citryl-adenylate intermediate. We have rationalized the substrate utilization profile for the acylation reaction by determining the first X-ray crystal structure of a product complex for this enzyme class. We have identified the residues that are important for both recognition of l-serine and catalysis of ester formation. Our hypotheses were tested by biochemical analysis of various mutants, one of which shows a reversal of specificity from the wild type with respect to non-natural substrates. This change can be rationalized on the basis of our structural data. That this change in specificity is accompanied by no loss in activity suggests that AcsD and other members of the non-ribosomal peptide synthetase-independent siderophore superfamily may have biotransformation potential.
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- Stefan Schmelz
- Scottish Structural Proteomics Facility and Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, The University of St Andrews, Scotland KY16 9ST, UK
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Pakchung AAH, Soe CZ, Lifa T, Codd R. Complexes formed in solution between vanadium(IV)/(V) and the cyclic dihydroxamic acid putrebactin or linear suberodihydroxamic acid. Inorg Chem 2011; 50:5978-89. [PMID: 21627146 PMCID: PMC3124108 DOI: 10.1021/ic1025119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [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: 12/15/2010] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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An aerobic solution prepared from V(IV) and the cyclic dihydroxamic acid putrebactin (pbH(2)) in 1:1 H(2)O/CH(3)OH at pH = 2 turned from blue to orange and gave a signal in the positive ion electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) at m/z(obs) 437.0 attributed to the monooxoV(V) species [V(V)O(pb)](+) ([C(16)H(26)N(4)O(7)V](+), m/z(calc) 437.3). A solution prepared as above gave a signal in the (51)V NMR spectrum at δ(V )= -443.3 ppm (VOCl(3), δ(V) = 0 ppm) and was electron paramagnetic resonance silent, consistent with the presence of [V(V)O(pb)](+). The formation of [V(V)O(pb)](+) was invariant of [V(IV)]:[pbH(2)] and of pH values over pH = 2-7. In contrast, an aerobic solution prepared from V(IV) and the linear dihydroxamic acid suberodihydroxamic acid (sbhaH(4)) in 1:1 H(2)O/CH(3)OH at pH values of 2, 5, or 7 gave multiple signals in the positive and negative ion ESI-MS, which were assigned to monomeric or dimeric V(V)- or V(IV)-sbhaH(4) complexes or mixed-valence V(V)/(IV)-sbhaH(4) complexes. The complexity of the V-sbhaH(4) system has been attributed to dimerization (2[V(V)O(sbhaH(2))](+) ↔ [(V(V)O)(2)(sbhaH(2))(2)](2+)), deprotonation ([V(V)O(sbhaH(2))](+) - H(+) ↔ [V(V)O(sbhaH)](0)), and oxidation ([V(IV)O(sbhaH(2))](0) -e(-) ↔ [V(V)O(sbhaH(2))](+)) phenomena and could be described as the sum of two pH-dependent vectors, the first comprising the deprotonation of hydroxamate (low pH) to hydroximate (high pH) and the second comprising the oxidation of V(IV) (low pH) to V(V) (high pH). Macrocyclic pbH(2) was preorganized to form [V(V)O(pb)](+), which would provide an entropy-based increase in its thermodynamic stability compared to V(V)-sbhaH(4) complexes. The half-wave potentials from solutions of [V(IV)]:[pbH(2)] (1:1) or [V(IV)]:[sbhaH(4)] (1:2) at pH = 2 were E(1/2) -335 or -352 mV, respectively, which differed from the expected trend (E(1/2) [VO(pb)](+/0) < V(V/IV)-sbhaH(4)). The complex solution speciation of the V(V)/(IV)-sbhaH(4) system prevented the determination of half-wave potentials for single species. The characterization of [V(V)O(pb)](+) expands the small family of documented V-siderophore complexes relevant to understanding V transport and assimilation in the biosphere.
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- Amalie A. H. Pakchung
- Center for Heavy Metals Research, School of Chemistry and School of Medical Sciences (Pharmacology) and Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- Center for Heavy Metals Research, School of Chemistry and School of Medical Sciences (Pharmacology) and Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- Center for Heavy Metals Research, School of Chemistry and School of Medical Sciences (Pharmacology) and Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- Center for Heavy Metals Research, School of Chemistry and School of Medical Sciences (Pharmacology) and Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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Recent advances in siderophore biosynthesis. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2009; 13:205-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2008] [Revised: 03/02/2009] [Accepted: 03/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cotton JL, Tao J, Balibar CJ. Identification and characterization of the Staphylococcus aureus gene cluster coding for staphyloferrin A. Biochemistry 2009; 48:1025-35. [PMID: 19138128 DOI: 10.1021/bi801844c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Siderophores are key virulence factors that allow bacteria to grow in iron-restricted environments. The Gram-positive pathogen Staphylococcus aureus is known to produce four siderophores for which genetic and/or structural data are unknown. Here we characterize the gene cluster responsible for producing the prevalent siderophore staphyloferrin A. In addition to expressing the cluster in the heterologous host Escherichia coli, which confers the ability to synthesize the siderophore, we reconstituted staphyloferrin A biosynthesis in vitro by expressing and purifying two key enzymes in the pathway. As with other polycarboxylate siderophores, staphyloferrin A is biosynthesized using the recently described nonribosomal peptide synthetase independent siderophore (NIS) biosynthetic pathway. Two NIS synthetases condense two molecules of citric acid to d-ornithine in a stepwise ordered process with SfnaD using the delta-amine as a nucleophile to form the first amide followed by SfnaB utilizing the alpha-amine to complete staphyloferrin A synthesis.
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- Jennifer L Cotton
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, 500 Technology Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Schmelz S, Kadi N, McMahon SA, Song L, Oves-Costales D, Oke M, Liu H, Johnson KA, Carter LG, Botting CH, White MF, Challis GL, Naismith JH. AcsD catalyzes enantioselective citrate desymmetrization in siderophore biosynthesis. Nat Chem Biol 2009; 5:174-82. [PMID: 19182782 PMCID: PMC2644304 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2008] [Accepted: 01/12/2009] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Bacterial pathogens need to scavenge iron from their host for growth and proliferation during infection. They have evolved several strategies to do this, one being the biosynthesis and excretion of small, high-affinity iron chelators known as siderophores. The biosynthesis of siderophores is an important area of study, not only for potential therapeutic intervention, but also to illuminate new enzyme chemistries. Two general pathways for siderophore biosynthesis exist: the well-characterized nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS)-dependent pathway and the NRPS-independent (NIS) pathway, which relies on a different family of sparsely-investigated synthetases. Here, we report structural and biochemical studies of AcsD from Pectobacterium (formerly Erwinia) chrysanthemi, a NIS synthetase involved in achromobactin biosynthesis. The structures of ATP and citrate complexes provide a mechanistic rationale for stereospecific formation of an enzyme-bound (3R)-citryl-adenylate, which reacts with L-serine to form a likely achromobactin precursor. AcsD is a novel acyl adenylate-forming enzyme with a new fold and chemical catalysis strategy.
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- Stefan Schmelz
- Scottish Structural Proteomics Facility and Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, The University of St Andrews, Scotland KY16 9ST, UK
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Kadi N, Challis GL. Chapter 17. Siderophore biosynthesis a substrate specificity assay for nonribosomal peptide synthetase-independent siderophore synthetases involving trapping of acyl-adenylate intermediates with hydroxylamine. Methods Enzymol 2009; 458:431-57. [PMID: 19374993 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(09)04817-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Siderophores are an important group of structurally diverse natural products that play key roles in ferric iron acquisition in most microorganisms. Two major pathways exist for siderophore biosynthesis. One is dependent on nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) multienzymes. The enzymology of several NRPS-dependent pathways to structurally diverse siderophores has been intensively studied for more than 10 years and is generally well understood. The other major pathway is NRPS-independent. It relies on a novel family of synthetase enzymes that until recently has received very little attention. Over the last 2 years, these enzymes have begun to be intensively investigated and several examples have now been characterized. In this article, we give an overview of the enzymology of NRPS-dependent and NRPS-independent pathways for siderophore biosynthesis, using selected examples to highlight key features. An important facet of many studies of the enzymology of siderophore biosynthesis has been to investigate the substrate specificity of the synthetase enzymes involved. For NRPS-dependent pathways, the ATP-pyrophophate exchange assay has been widely used to investigate the substrate specificity of adenylation domains within the synthetase multienzymes. This assay is ineffective for NRPS-independent siderophore (NIS) synthetases, probably because pyrophosphate is not released from the enzyme after the carboxylic acid substrate and ATP react to form an acyl adenylate. An alternative assay for enzymes that form acyl adenylates involves trapping of the activated carboxyl group with hydroxylamine to form a hydroxamic acid that can be converted to its ferric complex and detected spectrophotometrically. This assay has not been widely used for NRPS adenylation domains. Here, we show that it is an effective assay for examining the carboxylic acid substrate specificity of NIS synthetases. Application of the assay to the type B NIS synthetase AcsA shows that it is selective for alpha-ketoglutaric acid, confirming a bioinformatics-based prediction of the substrate specificity of this enzyme.
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- Nadia Kadi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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Corre C, Challis GL. New natural product biosynthetic chemistry discovered by genome mining. Nat Prod Rep 2009; 26:977-86. [DOI: 10.1039/b713024b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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