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Kubyshkin V, Rubini M. Proline Analogues. Chem Rev 2024. [PMID: 38941181 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.4c00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/30/2024]
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Within the canonical repertoire of the amino acid involved in protein biogenesis, proline plays a unique role as an amino acid presenting a modified backbone rather than a side-chain. Chemical structures that mimic proline but introduce changes into its specific molecular features are defined as proline analogues. This review article summarizes the existing chemical, physicochemical, and biochemical knowledge about this peculiar family of structures. We group proline analogues from the following compounds: substituted prolines, unsaturated and fused structures, ring size homologues, heterocyclic, e.g., pseudoproline, and bridged proline-resembling structures. We overview (1) the occurrence of proline analogues in nature and their chemical synthesis, (2) physicochemical properties including ring conformation and cis/trans amide isomerization, (3) use in commercial drugs such as nirmatrelvir recently approved against COVID-19, (4) peptide and protein synthesis involving proline analogues, (5) specific opportunities created in peptide engineering, and (6) cases of protein engineering with the analogues. The review aims to provide a summary to anyone interested in using proline analogues in systems ranging from specific biochemical setups to complex biological systems.
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- School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Yan YF, Liu Y, Liang H, Cai L, Yang XY, Yin TP. The erythromycin polyketide compound TMC-154 stimulates ROS generation to exert antibacterial effects against Streptococcus pyogenes. J Proteomics 2024; 292:105057. [PMID: 38043864 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2023.105057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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The erythromycin polyketide compound TMC-154 is a secondary metabolite that is isolated from the rhizospheric fungus Clonostachys rogersoniana associated with Panax notoginseng, which possesses antibacterial activity. However, its antibacterial mechanism has not been investigated thus far. In this study, proteomics coupled with bioinformatics approaches was used to explore the antibacterial mechanism of TMC-154. KEGG pathway enrichment analysis indicated that eight signaling pathways were associated with TMC-154, including oxidative phosphorylation, cationic antimicrobial peptide (CAMP) resistance, benzoate degradation, heme acquisition systems, glycine/serine and threonine metabolism, beta-lactam resistance, ascorbate and aldarate metabolism, and phosphotransferase system (PTS). Cell biology experiments confirmed that TMC-154 could induce reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation in Streptococcus pyogenes; moreover, TMC-154-induced antibacterial effects could be blocked by the inhibition of ROS generation with the antioxidant N-acetyl L-cysteine. In addition, TMC-154 combined with ciprofloxacin or chloramphenicol had synergistic antibacterial effects. These findings indicate the potential of TMC-154 as a promising drug to treat S. pyogenes infections. SIGNIFICANCE: Streptococcus pyogenes is a nearly ubiquitous human pathogen that causes a variety of diseases ranging from mild pharyngitis and skin infection to fatal sepsis and toxic heat shock syndrome. With the increasing incidence of known antibiotic resistance, there is an urgent need to find novel drugs with good antibacterial activity against S. pyogenes. In this study, we found that TMC-154, a secondary metabolite from the fungus Clonostachys rogersoniana, inhibited the growth of various bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus, S. pyogenes, Streptococcus mutans, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Vibrio parahemolyticus. Proteomic analysis combined with cell biology experiments revealed that TMC-154 stimulated ROS generation to exert antibacterial effects against S. pyogenes. This study provides potential options for the treatment of S. pyogenes infections in the future.
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- Yuan-Feng Yan
- School of Bioengineering, Zhuhai Campus of Zunyi Medical University, Zhuhai, Guangdong 519041, China
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- School of Bioengineering, Zhuhai Campus of Zunyi Medical University, Zhuhai, Guangdong 519041, China
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- School of Bioengineering, Zhuhai Campus of Zunyi Medical University, Zhuhai, Guangdong 519041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, Yunnan Characteristic Plant Extraction Laboratory, Functional Molecules Analysis and Biotransformation Key Laboratory of Universities in Yunnan Province, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
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- School of Bioengineering, Zhuhai Campus of Zunyi Medical University, Zhuhai, Guangdong 519041, China.
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- School of Bioengineering, Zhuhai Campus of Zunyi Medical University, Zhuhai, Guangdong 519041, China.
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Kwon T, Hovde BT. Global characterization of biosynthetic gene clusters in non-model eukaryotes using domain architectures. Sci Rep 2024; 14:1534. [PMID: 38233413 PMCID: PMC10794256 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-50095-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024] Open
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The majority of pharmaceuticals are derived from natural products, bioactive compounds naturally synthesized by organisms to provide evolutionary advantages. Although the rich evolutionary history of eukaryotic algal species implicates a high potential for natural product-based drug discovery, it remains largely untouched. This study investigates 2762 putative biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) from 212 eukaryotic algal genomes. To analyze a vast set of structurally diverse BGCs, we employed comparative analysis based on the vectorization of biosynthetic domains, referred to as biosynthetic domain architecture (BDA). By characterizing core biosynthetic machineries through BDA, we identified key BDAs of modular BGCs in diverse eukaryotes and introduced 16 candidate modular BGCs with similar BDAs to previously validated BGCs. This study provides a global characterization of eukaryotic algal BGCs, offering an alternative to laborious manual curation for BGC prioritization.
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- Taehyung Kwon
- Genomics and Bioanalytics Group, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Genomics and Bioanalytics Group, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA.
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Paulsel TQ, Williams GJ. Current State-of-the-Art Toward Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Polyketide Natural Products. Chembiochem 2023; 24:e202300386. [PMID: 37615926 PMCID: PMC10964317 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202300386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Revised: 08/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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Polyketide natural products have significant promise as pharmaceutical targets for human health and as molecular tools to probe disease and complex biological systems. While the biosynthetic logic of polyketide synthases (PKS) is well-understood, biosynthesis of designer polyketides remains challenging due to several bottlenecks, including substrate specificity constraints, disrupted protein-protein interactions, and protein solubility and folding issues. Focusing on substrate specificity, PKSs are typically interrogated using synthetic thioesters. PKS assembly lines and their products offer a wealth of information when studied in a chemoenzymatic fashion. This review provides an overview of the past two decades of polyketide chemoenzymatic synthesis and their contributions to the field of chemical biology. These synthetic strategies have successfully yielded natural product derivatives while providing critical insights into enzymatic promiscuity and mechanistic activity.
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- Thaddeus Q Paulsel
- Department of Chemistry, NC State University Dabney Hall, Room 208, Campus Box 8204, 2620 Yarbrough Dr., NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
- Comparative Medicine Institute, NC State University, 1060 William Moore Dr., NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, NC State University Dabney Hall, Room 208, Campus Box 8204, 2620 Yarbrough Dr., NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
- Comparative Medicine Institute, NC State University, 1060 William Moore Dr., NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA
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Chen H, Bai X, Sun T, Wang X, Zhang Y, Bian X, Zhou H. The Genomic-Driven Discovery of Glutarimide-Containing Derivatives from Burkholderia gladioli. Molecules 2023; 28:6937. [PMID: 37836780 PMCID: PMC10574677 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28196937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Revised: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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Glutarimide-containing polyketides exhibiting potent antitumor and antimicrobial activities were encoded via conserved module blocks in various strains that favor the genomic mining of these family compounds. The bioinformatic analysis of the genome of Burkholderia gladioli ATCC 10248 showed a silent trans-AT PKS biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC) on chromosome 2 (Chr2C8), which was predicted to produce new glutarimide-containing derivatives. Then, the silent polyketide synthase gene cluster was successfully activated via in situ promoter insertion and heterologous expression. As a result, seven glutarimide-containing analogs, including five new ones, gladiofungins D-H (3-7), and two known gladiofungin A/gladiostatin (1) and 2 (named gladiofungin C), were isolated from the fermentation of the activated mutant. Their structures were elucidated through the analysis of HR-ESI-MS and NMR spectroscopy. The structural diversities of gladiofungins may be due to the degradation of the butenolide group in gladiofungin A (1) during the fermentation and extraction process. Bioactivity screening showed that 2 and 4 had moderate anti-inflammatory activities. Thus, genome mining combined with promoter engineering and heterologous expression were proved to be effective strategies for the pathway-specific activation of the silent BGCs for the directional discovery of new natural products.
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- Hanna Chen
- Helmholtz International Lab for Anti-Infectives, Shandong University–Helmholtz Institute of Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; (H.C.); (X.B.); (T.S.); (X.W.)
- School of Medicine, Linyi University, Shuangling Road, Linyi 276000, 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; (H.C.); (X.B.); (T.S.); (X.W.)
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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; (H.C.); (X.B.); (T.S.); (X.W.)
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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; (H.C.); (X.B.); (T.S.); (X.W.)
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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; (H.C.); (X.B.); (T.S.); (X.W.)
- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, 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; (H.C.); (X.B.); (T.S.); (X.W.)
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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; (H.C.); (X.B.); (T.S.); (X.W.)
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Minas HA, François RMM, Hemmerling F, Fraley AE, Dieterich CL, Rüdisser SH, Meoded RA, Collin S, Weissman KJ, Gruez A, Piel J. Modular Oxime Formation by a trans-AT Polyketide Synthase. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202304481. [PMID: 37216334 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202304481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Revised: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Modular trans-acyltransferase polyketide synthases (trans-AT PKSs) are enzymatic assembly lines that biosynthesize complex polyketide natural products. Relative to their better studied cis-AT counterparts, the trans-AT PKSs introduce remarkable chemical diversity into their polyketide products. A notable example is the lobatamide A PKS, which incorporates a methylated oxime. Here we demonstrate biochemically that this functionality is installed on-line by an unusual oxygenase-containing bimodule. Furthermore, analysis of the oxygenase crystal structure coupled with site-directed mutagenesis allows us to propose a model for catalysis, as well as identifying key protein-protein interactions that support this chemistry. Overall, our work adds oxime-forming machinery to the biomolecular toolbox available for trans-AT PKS engineering, opening the way to introducing such masked aldehyde functionalities into diverse polyketides.
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- Hannah A Minas
- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, IMoPA, 54000, Nancy, France
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy Platform, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Hönggerbergring 64, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, IMoPA, 54000, Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, IMoPA, 54000, Nancy, France
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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Gao Y, Birkelbach J, Fu C, Herrmann J, Irschik H, Morgenstern B, Hirschfelder K, Li R, Zhang Y, Jansen R, Müller R. The Disorazole Z Family of Highly Potent Anticancer Natural Products from Sorangium cellulosum: Structure, Bioactivity, Biosynthesis, and Heterologous Expression. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0073023. [PMID: 37318329 PMCID: PMC10434194 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00730-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023] Open
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Myxobacteria serve as a treasure trove of secondary metabolites. During our ongoing search for bioactive natural products, a novel subclass of disorazoles termed disorazole Z was discovered. Ten disorazole Z family members were purified from a large-scale fermentation of the myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum So ce1875 and characterized by electrospray ionization-high-resolution mass spectrometry (ESI-HRMS), X-ray, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and Mosher ester analysis. Disorazole Z compounds are characterized by the lack of one polyketide extension cycle, resulting in a shortened monomer in comparison to disorazole A, which finally forms a dimer in the bis-lactone core structure. In addition, an unprecedented modification of a geminal dimethyl group takes place to form a carboxylic acid methyl ester. The main component disorazole Z1 shows comparable activity in effectively killing cancer cells to disorazole A1 via binding to tubulin, which we show induces microtubule depolymerization, endoplasmic reticulum delocalization, and eventually apoptosis. The disorazole Z biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC) was identified and characterized from the alternative producer S. cellulosum So ce427 and compared to the known disorazole A BGC, followed by heterologous expression in the host Myxococcus xanthus DK1622. Pathway engineering by promoter substitution and gene deletion paves the way for detailed biosynthesis studies and efficient heterologous production of disorazole Z congeners. IMPORTANCE Microbial secondary metabolites are a prolific reservoir for the discovery of bioactive compounds, which prove to be privileged scaffolds for the development of new drugs such as antibacterial and small-molecule anticancer drugs. Consequently, the continuous discovery of novel bioactive natural products is of great importance for pharmaceutical research. Myxobacteria, especially Sorangium spp., which are known for their large genomes with yet-underexploited biosynthetic potential, are proficient producers of such secondary metabolites. From the fermentation broth of Sorangium cellulosum strain So ce1875, we isolated and characterized a family of natural products named disorazole Z, which showed potent anticancer activity. Further, we report on the biosynthesis and heterologous production of disorazole Z. These results can be stepping stones toward pharmaceutical development of the disorazole family of anticancer natural products for (pre)clinical studies.
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- Yunsheng Gao
- Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and Department of Pharmacy at Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
- Helmholtz International Lab for Anti-Infectives, Shandong University-Helmholtz Institute of Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
- Helmholtz International Lab for Anti-Infectives, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and Department of Pharmacy at Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and Department of Pharmacy at Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
- Helmholtz International Lab for Anti-Infectives, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and Department of Pharmacy at Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and Department of Pharmacy at Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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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, 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, China
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- Department of Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and Department of Pharmacy at Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
- Helmholtz International Lab for Anti-Infectives, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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Haq S, Oyler BL, Williams E, Khan MM, Goodlett DR, Bachvaroff T, Place AR. Investigating A Multi-Domain Polyketide Synthase in Amphidinium carterae. Mar Drugs 2023; 21:425. [PMID: 37623706 PMCID: PMC10455422 DOI: 10.3390/md21080425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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Dinoflagellates are unicellular organisms that are implicated in harmful algal blooms (HABs) caused by potent toxins that are produced through polyketide synthase (PKS) pathways. However, the exact mechanisms of toxin synthesis are unknown due to a lack of genomic segregation of fat, toxins, and other PKS-based pathways. To better understand the underlying mechanisms, the actions and expression of the PKS proteins were investigated using the toxic dinoflagellate Amphidinium carterae as a model. Cerulenin, a known ketosynthase inhibitor, was shown to reduce acetate incorporation into all fat classes with the toxins amphidinol and sulpho-amphidinol. The mass spectrometry analysis of cerulenin-reacted synthetic peptides derived from ketosynthase domains of A. carterae multimodular PKS transcripts demonstrated a strong covalent bond that could be localized using collision-induced dissociation. One multi-modular PKS sequence present in all dinoflagellates surveyed to date was found to lack an AT domain in toxin-producing species, indicating trans-acting domains, and was shown by Western blotting to be post-transcriptionally processed. These results demonstrate how toxin synthesis in dinoflagellates can be differentiated from fat synthesis despite common underlying pathway.
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- Saddef Haq
- Institute for Marine and Environmental Technologies, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, 701 East Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21202, USA; (S.H.); (E.W.); (T.B.)
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- University of Maryland School of Medicine, 655 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; (B.L.O.); (M.M.K.)
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- Institute for Marine and Environmental Technologies, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, 701 East Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21202, USA; (S.H.); (E.W.); (T.B.)
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- University of Maryland School of Medicine, 655 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; (B.L.O.); (M.M.K.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8S 1P7, Canada;
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- Institute for Marine and Environmental Technologies, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, 701 East Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21202, USA; (S.H.); (E.W.); (T.B.)
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- Institute for Marine and Environmental Technologies, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, 701 East Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21202, USA; (S.H.); (E.W.); (T.B.)
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Dextro RB, Fiore MF, Long PF. Resolving Confusion Surrounding d-Ala-d-Ala Ligase Catalysis in Cyanobacterial Mycosporine-Like Amino Acid (MAA) Biosynthesis. Chembiochem 2023; 24:e202300158. [PMID: 37104846 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202300158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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Mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) are natural UV-absorbing sunscreens that evolved in cyanobacteria and algae to palliate harmful effects from obligatory exposure to solar radiation. Multiple lines of evidence prove that in cyanobacteria all MAAs are derived from mycosporine-glycine, which is typically modified by an ATP-dependent ligase encoded by the gene mysD. The function of the mysD ligase has been experimentally described but haphazardly named based solely upon sequence similarity to the d-alanine-d-alanine ligase of bacterial peptidoglycan biosynthesis. Combining phylogeny and alpha-fold tertiary protein structure prediction unambiguously distinguished mysD from d-alanine-d-alanine ligase. The renaming of mysD to mycosporine-glycine-amine ligase (MG-amine ligase) using recognised enzymology rules of nomenclature is, therefore, proposed, and considers relaxed specificity for several different amino acid substrates. The evolutionary and ecological context of MG-amine ligase catalysis merits wider appreciation especially when considering exploiting cyanobacteria for biotechnology, for example, producing mixtures of MAAs with enhanced optical or antioxidant properties.
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- Rafael B Dextro
- Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA), University of São Paulo, Avenida Centenário 303, Piracicaba, 13416-000, Brazil
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- Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA), University of São Paulo, Avenida Centenário 303, Piracicaba, 13416-000, Brazil
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, 150 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9NH, UK
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Multifunctional Enzymes in Microbial Secondary Metabolic Processes. Catalysts 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/catal13030581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/15/2023] Open
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Microorganisms possess a strong capacity for secondary metabolite synthesis, which is represented by tightly controlled networks. The absence of any enzymes leads to a change in the original metabolic pathway, with a decrease in or even elimination of a synthetic product, which is not permissible under conditions of normal life activities of microorganisms. In order to improve the efficiency of secondary metabolism, organisms have evolved multifunctional enzymes (MFEs) that can catalyze two or more kinds of reactions via multiple active sites. However, instead of interfering, the multifunctional catalytic properties of MFEs facilitate the biosynthetic process. Among the numerous MFEs considered of vital importance in the life activities of living organisms are the synthases involved in assembling the backbone of compounds using different substrates and modifying enzymes that confer the final activity of compounds. In this paper, we review MFEs in terms of both synthetic and post-modifying enzymes involved in secondary metabolic biosynthesis, focusing on polyketides, non-ribosomal peptides, terpenoids, and a wide range of cytochrome P450s(CYP450s), and provide an overview and describe the recent progress in the research on MFEs.
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Wan X, Yao G, Wang K, Bao S, Han P, Wang F, Song T, Jiang H. Transcriptomic analysis of polyketide synthesis in dinoflagellate, Prorocentrum lima. HARMFUL ALGAE 2023; 123:102391. [PMID: 36894212 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2023.102391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Revised: 12/31/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The benthic dinoflagellate Prorocentrum lima is among the most common toxic morphospecies with a cosmopolitan distribution. P. lima can produce polyketide compounds, such as okadaic acid (OA), dinophysistoxin (DTX) and their analogues, which are responsible for diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP). Studying the molecular mechanism of DSP toxin biosynthesis is crucial for understanding the environmental driver influencing toxin biosynthesis as well as for better monitoring of marine ecosystems. Commonly, polyketides are produced by polyketide synthases (PKS). However, no gene has been confirmatively assigned to DSP toxin production. Here, we assembled a transcriptome from 94,730,858 Illumina RNAseq reads using Trinity, resulting in 147,527 unigenes with average sequence length of 1035 nt. Using bioinformatics analysis methods, we found 210 unigenes encoding single-domain PKS with sequence similarity to type I PKSs, as reported in other dinoflagellates. In addition, 15 transcripts encoding multi-domain PKS (forming typical type I PKSs modules) and 5 transcripts encoding hybrid nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS)/PKS were found. Using comparative transcriptome and differential expression analysis, a total of 16 PKS genes were identified to be up-regulated in phosphorus-limited cultures, which was related to the up regulation of toxin expression. In concert with other recent transcriptome analyses, this study contributes to the building consensus that dinoflagellates may utilize a combination of Type I multi-domain and single-domain PKS proteins, in an as yet undefined manner, to synthesize polyketides. Our study provides valuable genomic resource for future research in order to understand the complex mechanism of toxin production in this dinoflagellate.
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- Xiukun Wan
- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing 102205, China
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- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing 102205, China
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- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing 102205, China
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- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing 102205, China
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- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing 102205, China
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- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing 102205, China
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- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing 102205, China
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- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing 102205, China.
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Genomic Insights and Functional Analysis Reveal Plant Growth Promotion Traits of Paenibacillus mucilaginosus G78. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:genes14020392. [PMID: 36833318 PMCID: PMC9956331 DOI: 10.3390/genes14020392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Revised: 01/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Paenibacillus mucilaginosus has widely been reported as a plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). However, the important genomic insights into plant growth promotion in this species remain undescribed. In this study, the genome of P. mucilaginosus G78 was sequenced using Illumina NovaSeq PE150. It contains 8,576,872 bp with a GC content of 58.5%, and was taxonomically characterized. Additionally, a total of 7337 genes with 143 tRNAs, 41 rRNAs, and 5 ncRNAs were identified. This strain can prohibit the growth of the plant pathogen, but also has the capability to form biofilm, solubilize phosphate, and produce IAA. Twenty-six gene clusters encoding secondary metabolites were identified, and the genotypic characterization indirectly proved its resistant ability to ampicillin, bacitracin, polymyxin and chloramphenicol. The putative exopolysaccharide biosynthesis and biofilm formation gene clusters were explored. According to the genetic features, the potential monosaccharides of its exopolysaccharides for P. mucilaginosus G78 may include glucose, mannose, galactose, fucose, that can probably be acetylated and pyruvated. Conservation of the pelADEFG compared with other 40 Paenibacillus species suggests that Pel may be specific biofilm matrix component in P. mucilaginosus. Several genes relevant to plant growth-promoting traits, i.e., IAA production and phosphate solubilization are well conserved compared with other 40 other Paenibacillus strains. The current study can benefit for understanding the plant growth-promoting traits of P. mucilaginosus as well as its potential application in agriculture as PGPR.
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Singh HW, Creamer KE, Chase AB, Klau LJ, Podell S, Jensen PR. Metagenomic Data Reveal Type I Polyketide Synthase Distributions Across Biomes. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.01.09.523365. [PMID: 36711755 PMCID: PMC9882069 DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.09.523365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Microbial polyketide synthase (PKS) genes encode the biosynthesis of many biomedically important natural products, yet only a small fraction of nature's polyketide biosynthetic potential has been realized. Much of this potential originates from type I PKSs (T1PKSs), which can be delineated into different classes and subclasses based on domain organization and structural features of the compounds encoded. Notably, phylogenetic relationships among PKS ketosynthase (KS) domains provide a method to classify the larger and more complex genes in which they occur. Increased access to large metagenomic datasets from diverse habitats provides opportunities to assess T1PKS biosynthetic diversity and distributions through the analysis of KS domain sequences. Here, we used the webtool NaPDoS2 to detect and classify over 35,000 type I KS domains from 137 metagenomic data sets reported from eight diverse biomes. We found biome-specific separation with soils enriched in modular cis -AT and hybrid cis -AT KSs relative to other biomes and marine sediments enriched in KSs associated with PUFA and enediyne biosynthesis. By extracting full-length KS domains, we linked the phylum Actinobacteria to soil-specific enediyne and cis -AT clades and identified enediyne and monomodular KSs in phyla from which the associated compound classes have not been reported. These sequences were phylogenetically distinct from those associated with experimentally characterized PKSs suggesting novel structures or enzyme functions remain to be discovered. Lastly, we employed our metagenome-extracted KS domains to evaluate commonly used type I KS PCR primers and identified modifications that could increase the KS sequence diversity recovered from amplicon libraries. Importance Polyketides are a crucial source of medicines, agrichemicals, and other commercial products. Advances in our understanding of polyketide biosynthesis coupled with the accumulation of metagenomic sequence data provide new opportunities to assess polyketide biosynthetic potential across biomes. Here, we used the webtool NaPDoS2 to assess type I PKS diversity and distributions by detecting and classifying KS domains across 137 metagenomes. We show that biomes are differentially enriched in KS domain classes, providing a roadmap for future biodiscovery strategies. Further, KS phylogenies reveal both biome-specific clades that do not include biochemically characterized PKSs, highlighting the biosynthetic potential of poorly explored environments. The large metagenome-derived KS dataset allowed us to identify regions of commonly used type I KS PCR primers that could be modified to capture a larger extent of KS diversity. These results facilitate both the search for novel polyketides and our understanding of the biogeographical distribution of PKSs across earth's major biomes.
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Invertebrates, particularly sponges, have been a dominant source of new marine natural products. For example, lasonolide A (LSA) is a potential anticancer molecule isolated from the marine sponge Forcepia sp., with nanomolar growth inhibitory activity and a unique cytotoxicity profile against the National Cancer Institute 60-cell-line screen. Here, we identified the putative biosynthetic pathway for LSA. Genomic binning of the Forcepia sponge metagenome revealed a Gram-negative bacterium belonging to the phylum Verrucomicrobia as the candidate producer of LSA. Phylogenetic analysis showed that this bacterium, here named "Candidatus Thermopylae lasonolidus," only has 88.78% 16S rRNA identity with the closest relative, Pedosphaera parvula Ellin514, indicating that it represents a new genus. The lasonolide A (las) biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC) was identified as a trans-acyltransferase (AT) polyketide synthase (PKS) pathway. Compared with its host genome, the las BGC exhibits a significantly different GC content and pentanucleotide frequency, suggesting a potential horizontal acquisition of the gene cluster. Furthermore, three copies of the putative las pathway were identified in the candidate producer genome. Differences between the three las repeats were observed, including the presence of three insertions, two single-nucleotide polymorphisms, and the absence of a stand-alone acyl carrier protein in one of the repeats. Even though the verrucomicrobial producer shows signs of genome reduction, its genome size is still fairly large (about 5 Mbp), and, compared to its closest free-living relative, it contains most of the primary metabolic pathways, suggesting that it is in the early stages of reduction. IMPORTANCE While sponges are valuable sources of bioactive natural products, a majority of these compounds are produced in small quantities by uncultured symbionts, hampering the study and clinical development of these unique compounds. Lasonolide A (LSA), isolated from marine sponge Forcepia sp., is a cytotoxic molecule active at nanomolar concentrations, which causes premature chromosome condensation, blebbing, cell contraction, and loss of cell adhesion, indicating a novel mechanism of action and making it a potential anticancer drug lead. However, its limited supply hampers progression to clinical trials. We investigated the microbiome of Forcepia sp. using culture-independent DNA sequencing, identified genes likely responsible for LSA synthesis in an uncultured bacterium, and assembled the symbiont's genome. These insights provide future opportunities for heterologous expression and cultivation efforts that may minimize LSA's supply problem.
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Ageenko NV, Kiselev KV, Odintsova NA. Quinoid Pigments of Sea Urchins Scaphechinus mirabilis and Strongylocentrotus intermedius: Biological Activity and Potential Applications. Mar Drugs 2022; 20:611. [PMID: 36286435 PMCID: PMC9605347 DOI: 10.3390/md20100611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Revised: 09/18/2022] [Accepted: 09/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This review presents literature data: the history of the discovery of quinoid compounds, their biosynthesis and biological activity. Special attention is paid to the description of the quinoid pigments of the sea urchins Scaphechinus mirabilis (from the family Scutellidae) and Strongylocentrotus intermedius (from the family Strongylocentrotidae). The marine environment is considered one of the most important sources of natural bioactive compounds with extremely rich biodiversity. Primary- and some secondary-mouthed animals contain very high concentrations of new biologically active substances, many of which are of significant potential interest for medical purposes. The quinone pigments are products of the secondary metabolism of marine animals, can have complex structures and become the basis for the development of new natural products in echinoids that are modulators of chemical interactions and possible active ingredients in medicinal preparations. More than 5000 chemical compounds with high pharmacological potential have been isolated and described from marine organisms. There are three well known ways of naphthoquinone biosynthesis-polyketide, shikimate and mevalonate. The polyketide pathway is the biosynthesis pathway of various quinones. The shikimate pathway is the main pathway in the biosynthesis of naphthoquinones. It should be noted that all quinoid compounds in plants and animals can be synthesized by various ways of biosynthesis.
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- Natalya V. Ageenko
- Laboratory of Cytotechnology, National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science, The Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FEB RAS), 690041 Vladivostok, Russia
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology, Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science, FEB RAS, 690022 Vladivostok, Russia
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- Laboratory of Cytotechnology, National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science, The Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FEB RAS), 690041 Vladivostok, Russia
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Tittes YU, Herbst DA, Martin SFX, Munoz-Hernandez H, Jakob RP, Maier T. The structure of a polyketide synthase bimodule core. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eabo6918. [PMID: 36129979 PMCID: PMC9491710 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abo6918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Polyketide synthases (PKSs) are predominantly microbial biosynthetic enzymes. They assemble highly potent bioactive natural products from simple carboxylic acid precursors. The most versatile families of PKSs are organized as assembly lines of functional modules. Each module performs one round of precursor extension and optional modification, followed by directed transfer of the intermediate to the next module. While enzymatic domains and even modules of PKSs are well understood, the higher-order modular architecture of PKS assembly lines remains elusive. Here, we visualize a PKS bimodule core using cryo-electron microscopy and resolve a two-dimensional meshwork of the bimodule core formed by homotypic interactions between modules. The sheet-like organization provides the framework for efficient substrate transfer and for sequestration of trans-acting enzymes required for polyketide production.
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Kačar D, Schleissner C, Cañedo LM, Rodríguez P, de la Calle F, Cuevas C, Galán B, García JL. In vivo production of pederin by labrenzin pathway expansion. Metab Eng Commun 2022; 14:e00198. [PMID: 35517715 PMCID: PMC9062313 DOI: 10.1016/j.mec.2022.e00198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Revised: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Pederin is a potent polyketide toxin that causes severe skin lesions in humans after contact with insects of genus Paederus. Due to its potent anticancer activities, pederin family compounds have raised the interest of pharmaceutical industry. Despite the extensive studies on the cluster of biosynthetic genes responsible for the production of pederin, it has not yet been possible to isolate and cultivate its bacterial endosymbiont producer. However, the marine bacterium Labrenzia sp. PHM005 was recently reported to produce labrenzin, the closest pederin analog. By cloning a synthetic pedO gene encoding one of the three O-methyltraferase of the pederin cluster into Labrenzia sp. PHM005 we have been able to produce pederin for the first time by fermentation in the new recombinant strain.
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- Dina Kačar
- Department of Microbial and Plant Biotechnology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Research and Development Department, PharmaMar S.A, Madrid, Spain
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- Research and Development Department, PharmaMar S.A, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbial and Plant Biotechnology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbial and Plant Biotechnology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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Tang JW, Liu X, Ye W, Li ZR, Qian PY. Biosynthesis and bioactivities of microbial genotoxin colibactins. Nat Prod Rep 2022; 39:991-1014. [PMID: 35288725 DOI: 10.1039/d1np00050k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Covering: up to 2021Colibactin(s), a group of secondary metabolites produced by the pks island (clb cluster) of Escherichia coli, shows genotoxicity relevant to colorectal cancer and thus significantly affects human health. Over the last 15 years, substantial efforts have been exerted to reveal the molecular structure of colibactin, but progress is slow owing to its instability, low titer, and elusive and complex biosynthesis logic. Fortunately, benefiting from the discovery of the prodrug mechanism, over 40 precursors of colibactin have been reported. Some key biosynthesis genes located on the pks island have also been characterised. Using an integrated bioinformatics, metabolomics, and chemical synthesis approach, researchers have recently characterised the structure and possible biosynthesis processes of colibactin, thereby providing new insights into the unique biosynthesis logic and the underlying mechanism of the biological activity of colibactin. Early developments in the study of colibactin have been summarised in several previous reviews covering various study periods, whereas the two most recent reviews have focused primarily on the chemical synthesis of colibactin. The present review aims to provide an update on the biosynthesis and bioactivities of colibactin.
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- Jian-Wei Tang
- Department of Ocean Science, Hong Kong Branch of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. .,Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Guangzhou 511458, China
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- Department of Ocean Science, Hong Kong Branch of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. .,Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Guangzhou 511458, China
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- Department of Ocean Science, Hong Kong Branch of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. .,State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Ocean Science, Hong Kong Branch of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. .,Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Guangzhou 511458, China
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Li X, Fu J, Li Y, Liu J, Gao R, Shi Y, Li Y, Sun H, Wang L, Li Y, Jiang B, Wu L, Hong B. Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase for Catalyzing C-42 Hydroxylation of the Glycine-Derived Fragment in Hangtaimycin Biosynthesis. Org Lett 2022; 24:1388-1393. [PMID: 35138108 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c00242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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A hybrid trans-AT PKS/NRPS gene cluster htm was identified with defined boundaries for hangtaimycin biosynthesis in Streptomyces spectabilis CPCC200148. Deoxyhangtaimycin, a new derivative of hangtaimycin, was identified from the htm11 gene knockout mutant. In vitro biochemical assays demonstrated that the cytochrome P450 monooxygenase Htm11 was responsible for the stereoselective hydroxylation of deoxyhangtaimycin to hangtaimycin. More importantly, deoxyhangtaimycin showed activity against influenza A virus at the micromolar level, highlighting its potential as an antiviral lead compound.
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- Xingxing Li
- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Tiantan Xili, 100050 Beijing, China
- CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Tiantan Xili, 100050 Beijing, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Tiantan Xili, 100050 Beijing, China
- CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Tiantan Xili, 100050 Beijing, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Tiantan Xili, 100050 Beijing, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Tiantan Xili, 100050 Beijing, China
- CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Tiantan Xili, 100050 Beijing, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Tiantan Xili, 100050 Beijing, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Tiantan Xili, 100050 Beijing, China
- CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Tiantan Xili, 100050 Beijing, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Tiantan Xili, 100050 Beijing, China
- CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Tiantan Xili, 100050 Beijing, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Tiantan Xili, 100050 Beijing, China
- CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Tiantan Xili, 100050 Beijing, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Tiantan Xili, 100050 Beijing, China
- CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Tiantan Xili, 100050 Beijing, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Tiantan Xili, 100050 Beijing, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Tiantan Xili, 100050 Beijing, China
- CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Tiantan Xili, 100050 Beijing, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Tiantan Xili, 100050 Beijing, China
- CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Tiantan Xili, 100050 Beijing, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Antibiotics, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Tiantan Xili, 100050 Beijing, China
- CAMS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology for Drug Innovation, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Tiantan Xili, 100050 Beijing, China
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Characterization of pyridomycin B reveals the formation of functional groups in antimycobacterial pyridomycin. Appl Environ Microbiol 2022; 88:e0203521. [PMID: 35108072 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02035-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pyridomycin, a cyclodepsipeptide with potent antimycobacterial activity, specifically inhibits the InhA enoyl reductase of Mycobacteria tuberculosis. Structure-activity relationship studies indicated that the enolic acid moiety in pyridomycin core system is an important pharmacophoric group and the natural configuration of the C-10 hydroxyl contributes to the bioactivity of pyridomycin. The ring structure of pyridomycin was generated by the nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) and polyketide synthase (PKS) hybrid system (PyrE-F-G). Bioinformatics analysis reveals that SDR family protein Pyr2 functions as a 3-oxoacyl ACP reductase in the pyridomycin pathway. Inactivation of pyr2 resulted in accumulation of pyridomycin B, a new pyridomycin analogue featured with enol moiety in pyridyl alanine moiety and a saturated 3-methylvaleric acid group. The elucidated structure of pyridomycin B suggests that rather than functioning as a post-tailoring enzyme, Pyr2 catalyzes ketoreduction to form the C-10 hydroxyl group in pyridyl alanine moiety and the double bond formation of the enolic acid moiety derived from isoleucine when the intermediate assembled by PKS-NRPS machinery is still tethered to the last NRPS module, in a special energy-saving manner. Ser-His-Lys residues constitute the active site of Pyr2, which is different from the typically conserved Tyr based catalytic triad in the majority of SDRs. Site-directed mutation identified that His154 in the active site is a critical residue for pyridomycin B production. These findings will improve our understanding of the pyridomycin biosynthetic logic, identify the missing link for the double bound formation of enol ester in pyridomycin and enable creating chemical diversity of pyridomycin derivatives. Importance Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world's leading causes of death by infection. Recently, pyridomycin, the antituberculous natural product from Streptomyces has garnered considerable attention for being determined as a target inhibitor of InhA enoyl reductase of Mycobacteria tuberculosis. In this study, we report a new pyridomycin analogue from mutant HTT12, demonstrate the essential role of a previously ignored gene pyr2 in pyridomycin biosynthetic pathway, and imply that Pyr2 functions as a trans ketoreductase (KR) contributing to the formation of functional groups of pyridomycin utilize a distinct catalytic mechanism. As enol moiety are important for pharmaceutical activities of pyridomycin, our work would expand the understanding the mechanism of SDR family proteins and set the stage for future bioengineering of new pyridomycin derivatives.
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Chakraborty K, Kizhakkekalam VK, Joy M. Polyketide-derived macrobrevins from marine macroalga-associated Bacillus amyloliquefaciens as promising antibacterial agents against pathogens causing nosocomial infections. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2022; 193:112983. [PMID: 34695706 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2021.112983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Marine heterotrophs are treasured bio-resources of antimicrobial metabolites, and herein we report the biosynthetic potential of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (ex. Fukumoto) Priest et al. (Bacillaceae) strain MTCC 12713 isolated from an intertidal macroalga Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) L.M.Liao (Rhodophyta: Solieriaceae). The bacterium showed promising biological activities against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis. Genome mining of B. amyloliquefaciens MTCC 12713 predicted the gene clusters coding for biosynthesis of antibacterial metabolites. Bioactivity-guided purification was directed to isolate four homologous members of trans-acyltransferase polyketide synthase-derived antibiotics, which were classified as macrobrevin analogues. The compounds exhibited antibacterial activities against nosocomial pathogens, for example, methicillin-resistant S. aureus, vancomycin-resistant E. faecalis, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa with a range of MIC values from 1.56 to 6.25 μg/mL, although standard antibiotic chloramphenicol was active at 6.25-12.5 μg/mL. Conspicuously, the macrobrevin compound encompassing hexahydro-41-hydroxy-macrobrevin-31-acetate functionality, displayed considerably greater antagonistic activities against methicillin-resistant S. aureus, vancomycin-resistant E. faecalis, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, P. aeruginosa, K. pneumoniae, and Streptococcus pyogenes (MIC 1.56 μg/mL) compared to the positive controls and other macrobrevin analogues. Trans-AT polyketide synthase-stimulated biosynthetic pathway of macrobrevin compounds, through repetitive decarboxylative Claisen condensation between acetyl-S-KS domain and malonate-S-ACP units could corroborate the structural elucidation. In the genome mining study, among the 34 biosynthetic gene clusters, a hybrid trans-acyltransferase (trans-AT) pks/nrps gene cluster, which extends up to ∼81 Kb, was recognized in the genome of B. amyloliquefaciens MTCC 12713. The pks/nrps cluster revealed 46% similarity to trans-AT PKS-derived macrobrevin isolated from a mesophilic bacterium Brevibacillus sp. Leaf182 associated with the phyllosphere of the wild-type genotype of Arabidopsis thaliana. The binding positions for macrobrevins with S. aureus peptide deformylase showed docking score of larger than 14 kcal/mol, which was considerably greater than macrolactin N and actinonin (<10 kcal/mol). These present findings documented that the marine heterotrophic B. amyloliquefaciens MTCC 12713 could be used to develop prospective antibacterial agents belonging to macrobrevin analogues for biotechnological and pharmaceutical applications.
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- Kajal Chakraborty
- Marine Bioprospecting Section of Marine Biotechnology Division, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Ernakulam North, P.B. No. 1603, Cochin, Kerala State, India.
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- Marine Bioprospecting Section of Marine Biotechnology Division, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Ernakulam North, P.B. No. 1603, Cochin, Kerala State, India; Faculty of Marine Sciences, Lakeside Campus, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, Kerala State, India
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- Marine Bioprospecting Section of Marine Biotechnology Division, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Ernakulam North, P.B. No. 1603, Cochin, Kerala State, India
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Hélaine V, Gastaldi C, Lemaire M, Clapés P, Guérard-Hélaine C. Recent Advances in the Substrate Selectivity of Aldolases. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c04273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Virgil Hélaine
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, SIGMA Clermont, Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, SIGMA Clermont, Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, SIGMA Clermont, Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Biological Chemistry Department, Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia, IQAC−CSIC, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, SIGMA Clermont, Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Chakraborty K, Kizhakkekalam VK, Joy M, Chakraborty RD. Bacillibactin class of siderophore antibiotics from a marine symbiotic Bacillus as promising antibacterial agents. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 106:329-340. [PMID: 34913995 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11632-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2021] [Revised: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Preliminary antibacterial metabolite production screening unveiled that B. amyloliquefaciens MTCC 12,713 associated with the intertidal red alga Kappaphycus alverezii exhibited potential inhibitory effects against drug-resistant pathogens methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Four homologous siderophore types of bacillibactins were isolated from a heterotrophic marine bacterium through bioactivity-guided purification. All detectable natural product gene clusters in B. amyloliquefaciens MTCC 12,713 were analyzed by sequencing the complete genome of the bacterium. The studied compounds displayed broad spectrum bactericidal activity against multidrug-resistant strains with a range of minimum inhibitory concentration values from 1.56 to 6.25 µg/mL, whereas standard antibiotic chloramphenicol was active at 6.25 to 12.5 µg/mL. Structure-bioactivity relationship assessment showed that higher electronic values were responsible for antibacterial properties against the nosocomial pathogens. The 2, 3-dihydroxybenzoate (dhb)-assisted biosynthetic pathway of catecholate-enclosed bacillibactins was proposed through the bacillibactin synthase multienzyme complex catalysis followed by dimerization of dhbACEBF operons with 16 genes (~ 12 kb bacterial genome). The present findings recognized an undescribed 4-methoxy-11'-pentanoyloxy-bacillibactin C as a source of potential antibacterial agent for use against drug-resistant pathogens for pharmaceutical applications. KEY POINTS: • Bacillus amyloliquefaciens in association with Kappaphycus alverezii was isolated • Four antibacterial bacillibactin analogs were identified from symbiotic bacterium • 4-Methoxy-11'-pentanoyloxy-bacillibactin C showed potential antibacterial activity.
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- Kajal Chakraborty
- Marine Bioprospecting Section of Marine Biotechnology Division, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Ernakulam North, P.B. No. 1603, Cochin, India.
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- Marine Bioprospecting Section of Marine Biotechnology Division, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Ernakulam North, P.B. No. 1603, Cochin, India.,Faculty of Marine Sciences, Lakeside Campus, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, Kerala State, India
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- Marine Bioprospecting Section of Marine Biotechnology Division, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Ernakulam North, P.B. No. 1603, Cochin, India
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- Crustacean Fisheries Division, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Ernakulam North, P.B. No. 1603, Cochin, Kerala State, India
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Genome Mining of Pseudomonas Species: Diversity and Evolution of Metabolic and Biosynthetic Potential. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26247524. [PMID: 34946606 PMCID: PMC8704066 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26247524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Microbial genome sequencing has uncovered a myriad of natural products (NPs) that have yet to be explored. Bacteria in the genus Pseudomonas serve as pathogens, plant growth promoters, and therapeutically, industrially, and environmentally important microorganisms. Though most species of Pseudomonas have a large number of NP biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) in their genomes, it is difficult to link many of these BGCs with products under current laboratory conditions. In order to gain new insights into the diversity, distribution, and evolution of these BGCs in Pseudomonas for the discovery of unexplored NPs, we applied several bioinformatic programming approaches to characterize BGCs from Pseudomonas reference genome sequences available in public databases along with phylogenetic and genomic comparison. Our research revealed that most BGCs in the genomes of Pseudomonas species have a high diversity for NPs at the species and subspecies levels and built the correlation of species with BGC taxonomic ranges. These data will pave the way for the algorithmic detection of species- and subspecies-specific pathways for NP development.
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Anestis K, Kohli GS, Wohlrab S, Varga E, Larsen TO, Hansen PJ, John U. Polyketide synthase genes and molecular trade-offs in the ichthyotoxic species Prymnesium parvum. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 795:148878. [PMID: 34252778 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Prymnesium parvum is a bloom forming haptophyte that has been responsible for numerous fish kill events across the world. The toxicity of P. parvum has been attributed to the production of large polyketide compounds, collectively called prymnesins, which based on their structure can be divided into A-, B- and C-type. The polyketide chemical nature of prymnesins indicates the potential involvement of polyketide synthases (PKSs) in their biosynthesis. However, little is known about the presence of PKSs in P. parvum as well as the potential molecular trade-offs of toxin biosynthesis. In the current study, we generated and analyzed the transcriptomes of nine P. parvum strains that produce different toxin types and have various cellular toxin contents. Numerous type I PKSs, ranging from 37 to 109, were found among the strains. Larger modular type I PKSs were mainly retrieved from strains with high cellular toxin levels and eight consensus transcripts were present in all nine strains. Gene expression variance analysis revealed potential molecular trade-offs associated with cellular toxin quantity, showing that basic metabolic processes seem to correlate negatively with cellular toxin content. These findings point towards the presence of metabolic costs for maintaining high cellular toxin quantity. The detailed analysis of PKSs in P. parvum is the first step towards better understanding the molecular basis of the biosynthesis of prymnesins and contributes to the development of molecular tools for efficient monitoring of future blooms.
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- Konstantinos Anestis
- Ecological Chemistry, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570, Bremerhaven, Germany.
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- Ecological Chemistry, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570, Bremerhaven, Germany.
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- Ecological Chemistry, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570, Bremerhaven, Germany; Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity, Ammerländer Heerstraße 231, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany.
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- Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger Straße 40, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads 221, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
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- Marine Biology Section, University of Copenhagen, Strandpromenaden 5, 3000 Helsingør, Denmark.
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- Ecological Chemistry, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570, Bremerhaven, Germany; Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity, Ammerländer Heerstraße 231, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany.
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Biermann F, Helfrich EJN. Hidden Treasures: Microbial Natural Product Biosynthesis off the Beaten Path. mSystems 2021; 6:e0084621. [PMID: 34463578 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00846-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Microbes produce structurally diverse natural products to interact with their environment. Many of the biosynthetic products involved in this "metabolic small talk" have been exploited for the treatment of various diseases. As an alternative to the traditional bioactivity-guided workflow, genome mining has been introduced for targeted natural product discovery based on genome sequence information. In this commentary, we will discuss the evolution of genome mining, as well as its current limitations. The Helfrich laboratory aims to play a leading role in overcoming these limitations with the development of computational strategies to identify noncanonical biosynthetic pathways and to decipher the principles that govern the production of the associated metabolites. We will use these insights to develop algorithms for the prediction of natural product scaffolds. These studies will pave the way toward a more comprehensive understanding of the full biosynthetic repertoire encoded in microbial genomes and provide access to novel metabolites.
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- Friederike Biermann
- Institute for Molecular Bio Science, Goethe University Frankfurtgrid.7839.5, Frankfurt, Germany
- LOEWE Center for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (TBG), Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Bio Science, Goethe University Frankfurtgrid.7839.5, Frankfurt, Germany
- LOEWE Center for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (TBG), Frankfurt, Germany
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Guzman KM, Yuet KP, Lynch SR, Liu CW, Khosla C. Properties of a "Split-and-Stuttering" Module of an Assembly Line Polyketide Synthase. J Org Chem 2021; 86:11100-11106. [PMID: 33755455 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c00120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Notwithstanding the "one-module-one-elongation-cycle" paradigm of assembly line polyketide synthases (PKSs), some PKSs harbor modules that iteratively elongate their substrates through a defined number of cycles. While some insights into module iteration, also referred to as "stuttering", have been derived through in vivo and in vitro analysis of a few PKS modules, a general understanding of the mechanistic principles underlying module iteration remains elusive. This report serves as the first interrogation of a stuttering module from a trans-AT subfamily PKS that is also naturally split across two polypeptides. Previous work has shown that Module 5 of the NOCAP (nocardiosis associated polyketide) synthase iterates precisely three times in the biosynthesis of its polyketide product, resulting in an all-trans-configured triene moiety in the polyketide product. Here, we describe the intrinsic catalytic properties of this NOCAP synthase module. Through complementary experiments in vitro and in E. coli, the "split-and-stuttering" module was shown to catalyze up to five elongation cycles, although its dehydratase domain ceased to function after three cycles. Unexpectedly, the central olefinic group of this truncated product had a cis configuration. Our findings set the stage for further in-depth analysis of a structurally and functionally unusual PKS module with contextual biosynthetic plasticity.
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Li ZR, Sun J, Du Y, Pan A, Zeng L, Maboudian R, Burne RA, Qian PY, Zhang W. Mutanofactin promotes adhesion and biofilm formation of cariogenic Streptococcus mutans. Nat Chem Biol 2021; 17:576-584. [PMID: 33664521 DOI: 10.1038/s41589-021-00745-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Cariogenic Streptococcus mutans is known as a predominant etiological agent of dental caries due to its exceptional capacity to form biofilms. From strains of S. mutans isolated from dental plaque, we discovered, in the present study, a polyketide/nonribosomal peptide biosynthetic gene cluster, muf, which directly correlates with a strong biofilm-forming capability. We then identified the muf-associated bioactive product, mutanofactin-697, which contains a new molecular scaffold, along with its biosynthetic logic. Further mode-of-action studies revealed that mutanofactin-697 binds to S. mutans cells and also extracellular DNA, increases bacterial hydrophobicity, and promotes bacterial adhesion and subsequent biofilm formation. Our findings provided an example of a microbial secondary metabolite promoting biofilm formation via a physicochemical approach, highlighting the importance of secondary metabolism in mediating critical processes related to the development of dental caries.
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- Zhong-Rui Li
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Ocean Science and Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Ocean Science and Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Hu JQ, Wang JJ, Li YL, Zhuo L, Zhang A, Sui HY, Li XJ, Shen T, Yin Y, Wu ZH, Hu W, Li YZ, Wu C. Combining NMR-Based Metabolic Profiling and Genome Mining for the Accelerated Discovery of Archangiumide, an Allenic Macrolide from the Myxobacterium Archangium violaceum SDU8. Org Lett 2021; 23:2114-2119. [PMID: 33689374 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c00265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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An unprecedented 19-membered allenic macrolide archangiumide (1) was discovered from the myxobacterium Archangium violaceum SDU8 by integrating NMR-based metabolic profiling and genome mining. Its biosynthesis pathway was proposed based on the architectural analysis of the encoding trans-AT PKS genes and validated by isotope labeling. The methodology of combing 2D NMR-based metabolic profiling and bioinformatics-aided structure prediction, as exemplified by this study, is anticipated to improve discovery efficiency of a broader range of microbial "dark matter".
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- Jia-Qi Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 266237 Qingdao, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 266237 Qingdao, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 266237 Qingdao, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 266237 Qingdao, P.R. China
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- Fetal Medicine Center, Qingdao Women and Children's Hospital, Qingdao University, 266071 Qingdao, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 266237 Qingdao, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 266237 Qingdao, P.R. China
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- Key Lab of Chemical Biology (MOE), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, 250100 Jinan, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 266237 Qingdao, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 266237 Qingdao, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 266237 Qingdao, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 266237 Qingdao, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 266237 Qingdao, P.R. China
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Helfrich EJN, Ueoka R, Chevrette MG, Hemmerling F, Lu X, Leopold-Messer S, Minas HA, Burch AY, Lindow SE, Piel J, Medema MH. Evolution of combinatorial diversity in trans-acyltransferase polyketide synthase assembly lines across bacteria. Nat Commun 2021; 12:1422. [PMID: 33658492 PMCID: PMC7930024 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21163-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Trans-acyltransferase polyketide synthases (trans-AT PKSs) are bacterial multimodular enzymes that biosynthesize diverse pharmaceutically and ecologically important polyketides. A notable feature of this natural product class is the existence of chemical hybrids that combine core moieties from different polyketide structures. To understand the prevalence, biosynthetic basis, and evolutionary patterns of this phenomenon, we developed transPACT, a phylogenomic algorithm to automate global classification of trans-AT PKS modules across bacteria and applied it to 1782 trans-AT PKS gene clusters. These analyses reveal widespread exchange patterns suggesting recombination of extended PKS module series as an important mechanism for metabolic diversification in this natural product class. For three plant-associated bacteria, i.e., the root colonizer Gynuella sunshinyii and the pathogens Xanthomonas cannabis and Pseudomonas syringae, we demonstrate the utility of this computational approach for uncovering cryptic relationships between polyketides, accelerating polyketide mining from fragmented genome sequences, and discovering polyketide variants with conserved moieties of interest. As natural combinatorial hybrids are rare among the more commonly studied cis-AT PKSs, this study paves the way towards evolutionarily informed, rational PKS engineering to produce chimeric trans-AT PKS-derived polyketides.
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- Eric J N Helfrich
- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Institute for Molecular Bio Science, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Bioinformatics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Bioinformatics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Sulheim S, Fossheim FA, Wentzel A, Almaas E. Automatic reconstruction of metabolic pathways from identified biosynthetic gene clusters. BMC Bioinformatics 2021; 22:81. [PMID: 33622234 PMCID: PMC7901079 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-021-03985-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background A wide range of bioactive compounds is produced by enzymes and enzymatic complexes encoded in biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs). These BGCs can be identified and functionally annotated based on their DNA sequence. Candidates for further research and development may be prioritized based on properties such as their functional annotation, (dis)similarity to known BGCs, and bioactivity assays. Production of the target compound in the native strain is often not achievable, rendering heterologous expression in an optimized host strain as a promising alternative. Genome-scale metabolic models are frequently used to guide strain development, but large-scale incorporation and testing of heterologous production of complex natural products in this framework is hampered by the amount of manual work required to translate annotated BGCs to metabolic pathways. To this end, we have developed a pipeline for an automated reconstruction of BGC associated metabolic pathways responsible for the synthesis of non-ribosomal peptides and polyketides, two of the dominant classes of bioactive compounds. Results The developed pipeline correctly predicts 72.8% of the metabolic reactions in a detailed evaluation of 8 different BGCs comprising 228 functional domains. By introducing the reconstructed pathways into a genome-scale metabolic model we demonstrate that this level of accuracy is sufficient to make reliable in silico predictions with respect to production rate and gene knockout targets. Furthermore, we apply the pipeline to a large BGC database and reconstruct 943 metabolic pathways. We identify 17 enzymatic reactions using high-throughput assessment of potential knockout targets for increasing the production of any of the associated compounds. However, the targets only provide a relative increase of up to 6% compared to wild-type production rates. Conclusion With this pipeline we pave the way for an extended use of genome-scale metabolic models in strain design of heterologous expression hosts. In this context, we identified generic knockout targets for the increased production of heterologous compounds. However, as the predicted increase is minor for any of the single-reaction knockout targets, these results indicate that more sophisticated strain-engineering strategies are necessary for the development of efficient BGC expression hosts.
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- Snorre Sulheim
- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Sem Sælands vei 8, 7034, Trondheim, Norway. .,Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Richard Birkelands vei 3, 7034, Trondheim, Norway.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Sem Sælands vei 8, 7034, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Richard Birkelands vei 3, 7034, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Sem Sælands vei 8, 7034, Trondheim, Norway.,K.G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Håkon Jarls gate 11, 7030, Trondheim, Norway
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Hashimoto T, Hashimoto J, Kagaya N, Nishimura T, Suenaga H, Nishiyama M, Kuzuyama T, Shin-Ya K. A novel oxazole-containing tetraene compound, JBIR-159, produced by heterologous expression of the cryptic trans-AT type polyketide synthase biosynthetic gene cluster. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2021; 74:354-358. [PMID: 33558648 DOI: 10.1038/s41429-021-00410-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Revised: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Using genome mining approach, we identified a novel biosynthetic gene cluster containing trans-AT type PKS genes from Streptomyces versipellis 4083-SVS6. A bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clone, pKU503JL68_PN1_P10-C12, accommodating the entire biosynthetic gene cluster was obtained from a BAC library. Heterologous expression of the biosynthetic gene cluster in Streptomyces lividans TK23 led to the production of a novel polyene compound, JBIR-159. We report herein the biosynthetic gene cluster for JBIR-159, and the heterologous expression, isolation, structure determination and a brief biological activity.
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- Takuya Hashimoto
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Japan Biological Informatics Consortium (JBIC), Tokyo, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Technology Research Association for Next Generation Natural Products Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan. .,Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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Walker PD, Weir ANM, Willis CL, Crump MP. Polyketide β-branching: diversity, mechanism and selectivity. Nat Prod Rep 2021; 38:723-756. [PMID: 33057534 DOI: 10.1039/d0np00045k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Covering: 2008 to August 2020 Polyketides are a family of natural products constructed from simple building blocks to generate a diverse range of often complex chemical structures with biological activities of both pharmaceutical and agrochemical importance. Their biosynthesis is controlled by polyketide synthases (PKSs) which catalyse the condensation of thioesters to assemble a functionalised linear carbon chain. Alkyl-branches may be installed at the nucleophilic α- or electrophilic β-carbon of the growing chain. Polyketide β-branching is a fascinating biosynthetic modification that allows for the conversion of a β-ketone into a β-alkyl group or functionalised side-chain. The overall transformation is catalysed by a multi-protein 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl synthase (HMGS) cassette and is reminiscent of the mevalonate pathway in terpene biosynthesis. The first step most commonly involves the aldol addition of acetate to the electrophilic carbon of the β-ketothioester catalysed by a 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl synthase (HMGS). Subsequent dehydration and decarboxylation selectively generates either α,β- or β,γ-unsaturated β-alkyl branches which may be further modified. This review covers 2008 to August 2020 and summarises the diversity of β-branch incorporation and the mechanistic details of each catalytic step. This is extended to discussion of polyketides containing multiple β-branches and the selectivity exerted by the PKS to ensure β-branching fidelity. Finally, the application of HMGS in data mining, additional β-branching mechanisms and current knowledge of the role of β-branches in this important class of biologically active natural products is discussed.
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- P D Walker
- Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
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Hou SY, Zhang MY, Wang HD, Zhang YX. Biosynthesis Gene Cluster and Oxazole Ring Formation Enzyme for Inthomycins in Streptomyces sp. Strain SYP-A7193. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:e01388-20. [PMID: 32801183 PMCID: PMC7531957 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01388-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Inthomycins belong to a growing family of oxazole-containing polyketides and exhibit a broad spectrum of anti-oomycete and herbicidal activities. In this study, we purified inthomycins A and B from the metabolites of Streptomyces sp. strain SYP-A7193 and determined their chemical structures. Genome sequencing, comparative genomic analysis, and gene disruption of Streptomyces sp. SYP-A7193 showed that the inthomycin biosynthetic gene cluster (itm) belonged to the hybrid polyketide synthase (PKS)/nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) system. Functional domain comparison and disruption/complementation experiments of itm12 resulted in the complete loss of inthomycins A and B and the subsequent restoration of their production, confirming that itm12 encodes a discrete acyltransferase (AT), and hence, itm was considered to belong to the trans-AT type I PKS system. Moreover, the disruption/complementation experiments of itm15 also resulted in the loss and restoration of inthomycin A and B formation. Further gene cloning, expression, purification, and activity verification of itm15 revealed that Itm15 is a cyclodehydratase that catalyzes a straight-chain dehydration reaction to form an oxazole ring for the biosynthesis of inthomycins A and B. Thus, we discovered a novel enzyme that catalyzes oxazole ring formation and elucidated the complete biosynthetic pathway of inthomycins.IMPORTANCEStreptomyces species produce numerous secondary metabolites with diverse structures and pharmacological activities that are beneficial for human health and have several applications in agriculture. In this study, hybrid nonribosomal peptide synthetase/polyketide synthase metabolites inthomycins A and B were isolated from after fermenting Streptomyces sp. SYP-A7193. Genome sequencing, gene disruption, gene complementation, heterologous expression, and activity assay revealed that the biosynthesis gene assembly line of inthomycins A and B was a 95.3-kb trans-AT type I PKS system in the strain SYP-A7193. More importantly, Itm15, a cyclodehydratase, was identified to be an oxazole ring formation enzyme required for the biosynthesis of inthomycins A and B; it is significant to discover this catalyzation reaction in the PKS/NRPS system in the field of microbiology. Our findings could provide further insights into the diversity of trans-AT type I PKS systems and the mechanism of oxazole cyclization involved in the biosynthesis of natural products.
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- Shao-Yang Hou
- School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China
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Buitimea-Cantúa GV, Marsch-Martinez N, Ríos-Chavez P, Méndez-Bravo A, Molina-Torres J. Global gene expression analyses of the alkamide-producing plant Heliopsis longipes supports a polyketide synthase-mediated biosynthesis pathway. PeerJ 2020; 8:e10074. [PMID: 33033663 PMCID: PMC7521342 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Alkamides are plant-specific bioactive molecules. They are low molecular weight N-substituted α-unsaturated acyl amides that display biological explicit activities in different organisms from bacteria, fungi, insects to mammals and plants. The acyl chain has been proposed to be biosynthesized from a fatty acid; however, this has not been demonstrated yet. Heliopsis longipes (Asteraceae) accumulates in root a C10 alkamide called affinin in its roots, but not in leaves. The closely related species Heliopsis annua does not produce alkamides. To elucidate the biosynthetic pathway of the alkamides acyl chain, a comparative global gene expression analysis contrasting roots and leaves of both species was performed. METHODS Transcriptomics analysis allowed to identify genes highly expressed in H. longipes roots, but not in tissues and species that do not accumulate alkamides. The first domain searched was the Ketosynthase (KS) domain. The phylogenetic analysis using sequences of the KS domain of FAS and PKS from different organisms, revealed that KS domains of the differentially expressed transcripts in H. longipes roots and the KS domain found in transcripts of Echinacea purpurea, another alkamides producer species, were grouped together with a high bootstrap value of 100%, sharing great similarity. Among the annotated transcripts, we found some coding for the enzymatic domains KS, AT, ACP, DH, OR and TE, which presented higher expression in H. longipes roots than in leaves. The expression level of these genes was further evaluated by qRT-PCR. All unigenes tested showed higher expression in H. longipes roots than in any the other samples. Based on this and considering that the acyl chain of affinin presents unsaturated bonds at even C numbers, we propose a new putative biosynthesis pathway mediated by a four modules polyketide synthase (PKS). RESULTS The global gene expression analysis led to the selection of a set of candidate genes involved in the biosynthesis of the acyl chain of affinin, suggesting that it may be performed by a non-iterative, partially reductive, four module type I PKS complex (PKS alk) previously thought to be absent from the plant kingdom.
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- Department of Biotecnologia y Bioquímica, CINVESTAV Unidad Irapuato, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químico-Biológicas, Universidad de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Análisis y Síntesis Ecológica, CONACYT – Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
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- Department of Biotecnologia y Bioquímica, CINVESTAV Unidad Irapuato, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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Nair AV, Robson A, Ackrill TD, Till M, Byrne MJ, Back CR, Tiwari K, Davies JA, Willis CL, Race PR. Structure and mechanism of a dehydratase/decarboxylase enzyme couple involved in polyketide β-methyl branch incorporation. Sci Rep 2020; 10:15323. [PMID: 32948786 PMCID: PMC7501309 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71850-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Complex polyketides of bacterial origin are biosynthesised by giant assembly-line like megaenzymes of the type 1 modular polyketide synthase (PKS) class. The trans-AT family of modular PKSs, whose biosynthetic frameworks diverge significantly from those of the archetypal cis-AT type systems represent a new paradigm in natural product enzymology. One of the most distinctive enzymatic features common to trans-AT PKSs is their ability to introduce methyl groups at positions β to the thiol ester in the growing polyketide chain. This activity is achieved through the action of a five protein HCS cassette, comprising a ketosynthase, a 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase, a dehydratase, a decarboxylase and a dedicated acyl carrier protein. Here we report a molecular level description, achieved using a combination of X-ray crystallography, in vitro enzyme assays and site-directed mutagenesis, of the bacillaene synthase dehydratase/decarboxylase enzyme couple PksH/PksI, responsible for the final two steps in β-methyl branch installation in this trans-AT PKS. Our work provides detailed mechanistic insight into this biosynthetic peculiarity and establishes a molecular framework for HCS cassette enzyme exploitation and manipulation, which has future potential value in guiding efforts in the targeted synthesis of functionally optimised 'non-natural' natural products.
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- Asha V Nair
- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.,BrisSynBio Synthetic Biology Research Centre, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.,BrisSynBio Synthetic Biology Research Centre, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.,BrisSynBio Synthetic Biology Research Centre, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.,BrisSynBio Synthetic Biology Research Centre, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.,BrisSynBio Synthetic Biology Research Centre, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK. .,BrisSynBio Synthetic Biology Research Centre, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK.
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Liu L, Zhou S, Deng Y. The 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase: an engineered enzyme for carbon chain elongation of chemical compounds. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 104:8117-8129. [PMID: 32830293 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-10848-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2020] [Revised: 08/09/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Because of their function of catalyzing the rearrangement of the carbon chains, thiolases have attracted increasing attentions over the past decades. The 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase (KAT) is a member of the thiolase, which is capable of catalyzing the Claisen condensation reaction between the two acyl-CoAs, thereby achieving carbon chain elongation. In this way, diverse value-added compounds might be synthesized starting from simple small CoA thioesters. However, most KATs are hampered by low stability and poor substrate specificity, which has hindered the development of large-scale biosynthesis. In this review, the common characteristics in the three-dimensional structure of KATs from different sources are summarized. Moreover, structure-guided rational engineering is discussed as a strategy for enhancing the performance of KATs. Finally, we reviewed the metabolic engineering applications of KATs for producing various energy-storage molecules, such as n-butanol, fatty acids, dicarboxylic acids, and polyhydroxyalkanoates. KEY POINTS: • Summarize the structural characteristics and catalyzation mechanisms of KATs. • Review on the rational engineering to enhance the performance of KATs. • Discuss the applications of KATs for producing energy-storage molecules.
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- Lixia Liu
- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology (NELCF), Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Provincial Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology (NELCF), Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Provincial Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology (NELCF), Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, People's Republic of China. .,Jiangsu Provincial Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, People's Republic of China.
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Chakraborty K, Kizhakkekalam VK, Joy M, Chakraborty RD. Moving away from traditional antibiotic treatment: can macrocyclic lactones from marine macroalga-associated heterotroph be the alternatives? Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 104:7117-7130. [PMID: 32621124 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-10658-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Revised: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Intertidal red algae Hypnea valentiae associated Bacillus amyloliquefaciens MTCC 12716 revealed potential inhibitory effects on the growth of drug-resistant pathogens. In the genome of B. amyloliquefaciens MTCC 12716, biosynthetic gene clusters encoding antibacterial metabolites were predicted, which might be expressed and contributed to the broad-spectrum anti-infective activity. Three homologue members of the 24-membered macrocyclic lactone family, named as bacvalactones 1-3 bearing 13-O-ethyl (1); 15-O-furanyl-13-O-isobutyl-7-O-propyl-propanoate (2); and 15-O-furanyl-13-O-isobutyl-7-O-propyl-propanoate-7,24-dimethyl (3) functionalities, were acquired through bioactivity-guided purification. The macrocyclic lactones displayed bactericidal activity against opportunistic pathogens causing nosocomial infections, for instance, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis (VREfs), and multidrug-resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumonia with MIC ≤ 3.0 μg/mL, whereas standard antibiotics ampicillin and chloramphenicol were active only at concentrations of ≥ 6.25 mg/mL. The biosynthetic pathway of macrocyclic lactones that are generated by trans-AT polyketide synthases through stepwise extension of an acetyl starter unit by eleven sequential Claisen condensations with malonyl-CoA was established, and the structures were correlated with the gene organization of the mln operon, which encompasses nine genes mln A-I (approximately 47 kb in size). The best binding poses for each compounds (1-3) with Staphylococcus aureus peptide deformylase (SaPDF) unveiled docking scores (≥ 9.70 kcal/mol) greater than that of natural peptide deformylase inhibitors, macrolactin N and actinonin (9.14 and 6.96 kcal/mol, respectively), which supported their potential in vitro bioactivities. Thus, the present work demonstrated the potential of macrocyclic lactone for biotechnological and pharmaceutical applications against emerging multidrug-resistant pathogens. Key Points •Three antibacterial bacvalactones were identified from the symbiotic bacterium. •The symbiotic bacterial genome was explored to identify the biosynthetic gene clusters. •Trans-AT pks-assisted mln biosynthetic pathway of the macrocyclic lactone was proposed. •In silicomolecular interactions of the bacvalactones with S. aureus PDF were analyzed.
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- Kajal Chakraborty
- Marine Bioprospecting Section of Marine Biotechnology Division, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Ernakulam North, P.B. No. 1603, Cochin, India.
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- Marine Bioprospecting Section of Marine Biotechnology Division, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Ernakulam North, P.B. No. 1603, Cochin, India.,Faculty of Marine Sciences, Lakeside Campus, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, Kerala State, India
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- Marine Bioprospecting Section of Marine Biotechnology Division, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Ernakulam North, P.B. No. 1603, Cochin, India
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- Crustacean Fisheries Division, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Ernakulam North, P.B. No. 1603, Cochin, India
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Andrić S, Meyer T, Ongena M. Bacillus Responses to Plant-Associated Fungal and Bacterial Communities. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1350. [PMID: 32655531 PMCID: PMC7324712 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Some members of root-associated Bacillus species have been developed as biocontrol agents due to their contribution to plant protection by directly interfering with the growth of pathogens or by stimulating systemic resistance in their host. As rhizosphere-dwelling bacteria, these bacilli are surrounded and constantly interacting with other microbes via different types of communications. With this review, we provide an updated vision of the molecular and phenotypic responses of Bacillus upon sensing other rhizosphere microorganisms and/or their metabolites. We illustrate how Bacillus spp. may react by modulating the production of secondary metabolites, such as cyclic lipopeptides or polyketides. On the other hand, some developmental processes, such as biofilm formation, motility, and sporulation may also be modified upon interaction, reflecting the adaptation of Bacillus multicellular communities to microbial competitors for preserving their ecological persistence. This review also points out the limited data available and a global lack of knowledge indicating that more research is needed in order to, not only better understand the ecology of bacilli in their natural soil niche, but also to better assess and improve their promising biocontrol potential.
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- Sofija Andrić
- Microbial Processes and Interactions Laboratory, Terra Teaching and Research Center, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium
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- Microbial Processes and Interactions Laboratory, Terra Teaching and Research Center, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium
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- Microbial Processes and Interactions Laboratory, Terra Teaching and Research Center, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium
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Drufva EE, Hix EG, Bailey CB. Site directed mutagenesis as a precision tool to enable synthetic biology with engineered modular polyketide synthases. Synth Syst Biotechnol 2020; 5:62-80. [PMID: 32637664 PMCID: PMC7327777 DOI: 10.1016/j.synbio.2020.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Revised: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Modular polyketide synthases (PKSs) are a multidomain megasynthase class of biosynthetic enzymes that have great promise for the development of new compounds, from new pharmaceuticals to high value commodity and specialty chemicals. Their colinear biosynthetic logic has been viewed as a promising platform for synthetic biology for decades. Due to this colinearity, domain swapping has long been used as a strategy to introduce molecular diversity. However, domain swapping often fails because it perturbs critical protein-protein interactions within the PKS. With our increased level of structural elucidation of PKSs, using judicious targeted mutations of individual residues is a more precise way to introduce molecular diversity with less potential for global disruption of the protein architecture. Here we review examples of targeted point mutagenesis to one or a few residues harbored within the PKS that alter domain specificity or selectivity, affect protein stability and interdomain communication, and promote more complex catalytic reactivity.
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Key Words
- ACP, acyl carrier protein
- AT, acyltransferase
- DEBS, 6-deoxyerthronolide B synthase
- DH, dehydratase
- EI, enoylisomerase
- ER, enoylreductase
- KR, ketoreductase
- KS, ketosynthase
- LM, loading module
- MT, methyltransferase
- Mod, module
- PKS, polyketide synthase
- PS, pyran synthase
- Polyketide synthase
- Protein engineering
- Rational design
- SNAC, N-acetyl cysteamine
- Saturation mutagenesis
- Site directed mutagenesis
- Synthetic biology
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- Erin E. Drufva
- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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Wang J, Zhang R, Chen X, Sun X, Yan Y, Shen X, Yuan Q. Biosynthesis of aromatic polyketides in microorganisms using type II polyketide synthases. Microb Cell Fact 2020; 19:110. [PMID: 32448179 PMCID: PMC7247197 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-020-01367-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Aromatic polyketides have attractive biological activities and pharmacological properties. Different from other polyketides, aromatic polyketides are characterized by their polycyclic aromatic structure. The biosynthesis of aromatic polyketides is usually accomplished by the type II polyketide synthases (PKSs), which produce highly diverse polyketide chains by sequential condensation of the starter units with extender units, followed by reduction, cyclization, aromatization and tailoring reactions. Recently, significant progress has been made in characterization and engineering of type II PKSs to produce novel products and improve product titers. In this review, we briefly summarize the architectural organizations and genetic contributions of PKS genes to provide insight into the biosynthetic process. We then review the most recent progress in engineered biosynthesis of aromatic polyketides, with emphasis on generating novel molecular structures. We also discuss the current challenges and future perspectives in the rational engineering of type II PKSs for large scale production of aromatic polyketides.
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- Jia Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China
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- School of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China
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- School of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China.
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Wu Z, Luo H, Yu L, Lee WH, Li L, Mak YL, Lin S, Lam PKS. Characterizing ciguatoxin (CTX)- and Non-CTX-producing strains of Gambierdiscus balechii using comparative transcriptomics. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 717:137184. [PMID: 32084685 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Revised: 01/28/2020] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Gambierdiscus spp. can produce the polyketide compound, ciguatoxin (CTX), and are hence responsible for ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP). Studying the molecular mechanism that regulates CTX production is crucial for understanding the environmental trigger of CTX as well as for better informing fishery management. Commonly, polyketide synthases are important for polyketide synthesis; however, no gene has been confirmatively assigned to CTX production. Here, suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) and transcriptome sequencing (RNA-Seq) were used to compare a CTX-producing strain with a non-CTX-producing strain. Using both methods, a total of 52 polyketide synthase (PKS) genes were identified to be up-regulated in the CTX-producing G. balechii, including transcripts encoding single-domain PKSs as well as transcripts encoding multi-domain PKSs. Using reverse transcription quantitative PCR, the expression of these genes in the CTX-producing strain and in nitrogen-limited cultures of the strain was further documented. These data suggest that PKSs are likely involved in polyketide synthesis and potentially in CTX synthesis in this dinoflagellate species. Our study provides the candidate biomarkers for the detection of CTXs or CFP in waters or any other organisms as well as a valuable genomic resource for the research on Gambierdiscus and other dinoflagellates.
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- Zhen Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory for the Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity, Research Centre for the Oceans and Human Health, City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China; Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory for the Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity, Research Centre for the Oceans and Human Health, City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
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Ueoka R, Meoded RA, Gran‐Scheuch A, Bhushan A, Fraaije MW, Piel J. Genome Mining of Oxidation Modules in
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‐Acyltransferase Polyketide Synthases Reveals a Culturable Source for Lobatamides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201916005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Reiko Ueoka
- Institute of Microbiology ETH Zurich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4 8093 Zurich Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology ETH Zurich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4 8093 Zurich Switzerland
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- Molecular Enzymology Group University of Groningen Nijenborgh 4 9747AG Groningen The Netherlands
- Department of Chemical and Bioprocesses Engineering Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Avenida Vicuña Mackenna 4860 7820436 Santiago Chile
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- Institute of Microbiology ETH Zurich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4 8093 Zurich Switzerland
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- Molecular Enzymology Group University of Groningen Nijenborgh 4 9747AG Groningen The Netherlands
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- Institute of Microbiology ETH Zurich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4 8093 Zurich Switzerland
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Ueoka R, Meoded RA, Gran‐Scheuch A, Bhushan A, Fraaije MW, Piel J. Genome Mining of Oxidation Modules in trans-Acyltransferase Polyketide Synthases Reveals a Culturable Source for Lobatamides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:7761-7765. [PMID: 32040255 PMCID: PMC7586987 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201916005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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: 12/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Bacterial trans-acyltransferase polyketide synthases (trans-AT PKSs) are multimodular megaenzymes that biosynthesize many bioactive natural products. They contain a remarkable range of domains and module types that introduce different substituents into growing polyketide chains. As one such modification, we recently reported Baeyer-Villiger-type oxygen insertion into nascent polyketide backbones, thereby generating malonyl thioester intermediates. In this work, genome mining focusing on architecturally diverse oxidation modules in trans-AT PKSs led us to the culturable plant symbiont Gynuella sunshinyii, which harbors two distinct modules in one orphan PKS. The PKS product was revealed to be lobatamide A, a potent cytotoxin previously only known from a marine tunicate. Biochemical studies show that one module generates glycolyl thioester intermediates, while the other is proposed to be involved in oxime formation. The data suggest varied roles of oxygenation modules in the biosynthesis of polyketide scaffolds and support the importance of trans-AT PKSs in the specialized metabolism of symbiotic bacteria.
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- Reiko Ueoka
- Institute of MicrobiologyETH ZurichVladimir-Prelog-Weg 48093ZurichSwitzerland
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- Institute of MicrobiologyETH ZurichVladimir-Prelog-Weg 48093ZurichSwitzerland
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- Molecular Enzymology GroupUniversity of GroningenNijenborgh 49747AGGroningenThe Netherlands
- Department of Chemical and Bioprocesses EngineeringPontificia Universidad Católica de ChileAvenida Vicuña Mackenna 48607820436SantiagoChile
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- Institute of MicrobiologyETH ZurichVladimir-Prelog-Weg 48093ZurichSwitzerland
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- Molecular Enzymology GroupUniversity of GroningenNijenborgh 49747AGGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Institute of MicrobiologyETH ZurichVladimir-Prelog-Weg 48093ZurichSwitzerland
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Piech O, Cox RJ. Reengineering the programming of a functional domain of an iterative highly reducing polyketide synthase. RSC Adv 2020; 10:18469-18476. [PMID: 35517211 PMCID: PMC9053739 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra04026f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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A structural model of the enoyl reductase (ER) catalytic domain of the fungal highly-reducing polyketide synthase squalestatin tetraketide synthase (SQTKS) was developed. Simulated docking of substrates and inhibitors allowed the definition of active site residues involved in catalysis and substrate selectivity. These were investigated in silico with the aim of extending the substrate scope. Residues were identified which limit the substrate selectivity of the SQTKS ER, and these were mutated and the engineered ER domain assayed in vitro. Significant changes to the programming of the mutant SQTKS ER domains were observed allowing the processing of longer and more methylated substrates.
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- Oliver Piech
- Institute for Organic Chemistry, Leibniz University of Hannover Schneiderberg 1B 30167 Hannover Germany .,BMWZ, Leibniz University of Hannover Schneiderberg 38 30167 Hannover Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry, Leibniz University of Hannover Schneiderberg 1B 30167 Hannover Germany .,BMWZ, Leibniz University of Hannover Schneiderberg 38 30167 Hannover Germany
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Wang L, Song Z, Race PR, Spencer J, Simpson TJ, Crump MP, Willis CL. Mixing and matching genes of marine and terrestrial origin in the biosynthesis of the mupirocin antibiotics. Chem Sci 2020; 11:5221-5226. [PMID: 34122978 PMCID: PMC8159325 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc06192d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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With growing understanding of the underlying pathways of polyketide biosynthesis, along with the continual expansion of the synthetic biology toolkit, it is becoming possible to rationally engineer and fine-tune the polyketide biosynthetic machinery for production of new compounds with improved properties such as stability and/or bioactivity. However, engineering the pathway to the thiomarinol antibiotics has proved challenging. Here we report that genes from a marine Pseudoalternomonas sp. producing thiomarinol can be expressed in functional form in the biosynthesis of the clinically important antibiotic mupirocin from the soil bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens. It is revealed that both pathways employ the same unusual mechanism of tetrahydropyran (THP) ring formation and the enzymes are cross compatible. Furthermore, the efficiency of downstream processing of 10,11-epoxy versus 10,11-alkenic metabolites are comparable. Optimisation of the fermentation conditions in an engineered strain in which production of pseudomonic acid A (with the 10,11-epoxide) is replaced by substantial titres of the more stable pseudomonic acid C (with a 10,11-alkene) pave the way for its development as a more stable antibiotic with wider applications than mupirocin.
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- Luoyi Wang
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol Cantock's Close BS8 1TS Bristol UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol Cantock's Close BS8 1TS Bristol UK
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol University Walk BS8 1TD Bristol UK
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- School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol BS8 1TD Bristol UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol Cantock's Close BS8 1TS Bristol UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol Cantock's Close BS8 1TS Bristol UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol Cantock's Close BS8 1TS Bristol UK
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Sigrist R, Luhavaya H, McKinnie SMK, Ferreira da Silva A, Jurberg ID, Moore BS, Gonzaga de Oliveira L. Nonlinear Biosynthetic Assembly of Alpiniamide by a Hybrid cis/ trans-AT PKS-NRPS. ACS Chem Biol 2020; 15:1067-1077. [PMID: 32195572 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.0c00081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Alpiniamide A is a linear polyketide produced by Streptomyces endophytic bacteria. Despite its relatively simple chemical structure suggestive of a linear assembly line biosynthetic construction involving a hybrid polyketide synthase-nonribosomal peptide synthetase enzymatic protein machine, we report an unexpected nonlinear synthesis of this bacterial natural product. Using a combination of genomics, heterologous expression, mutagenesis, isotope-labeling, and chain terminator experiments, we propose that alpiniamide A is assembled in two halves and then ligated into the mature molecule. We show that each polyketide half is constructed using orthogonal biosynthetic strategies, employing either cis- or trans-acyl transferase mechanisms, thus prompting an alternative proposal for the operation of this PKS-NRPS.
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- Renata Sigrist
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brazil
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brazil
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brazil
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brazil
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Kizhakkekalam VK, Chakraborty K, Joy M. Oxygenated elansolid-type of polyketide spanned macrolides from a marine heterotrophic Bacillus as prospective antimicrobial agents against multidrug-resistant pathogens. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2020; 55:105892. [PMID: 31926284 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.105892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2019] [Revised: 12/14/2019] [Accepted: 12/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Three homologous oxygenated elansolid-type of polyketide spanned macrolides were isolated from a heterotrophic marine bacterium, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens MTCC 12716, associated with an intertidal red alga Hypnea valentiae. The complete genome of the bacterium was sequenced and all detectable natural product gene clusters were analysed. The B. amyloliquefaciens MTCC 12716 genome features polyketide synthase (pks) systems of every known formally classified family, nonribosomal peptide synthetases and hybrid clusters. Comprehensive spectroscopic studies revealed the compounds to possess isobenzofuranyl benzoate and 1H-furopyrano[2,3-c]oxacyclononadecine-6-carboxylate moieties. The identified compounds displayed broad-spectrum bactericidal activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis, and drug-resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae with minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of ≤1.0 µg/mL, whereas the standard antibiotics ampicillin and chloramphenicol were active only at concentrations of ≥6.25 µg/mL. The plausible mechanism of elansolid-type macrolide biosynthesis by trans-AT polyketide synthases through the pks starter unit para-hydroxybenzoic acid was hypothesised, and the structures were correlated with the gene organisation, with the predicted gene cluster comprising 16 genes (~81 kb in size). The best binding poses for each compound with the peptide deformylase (PDF) protein of S. aureus revealed docking scores (>11.30 kcal/mol) greater than actinonin (6.96 kcal/mol), a natural PDF inhibitor. The higher electronic values along with optimum lipophilic parameters support the potential anti-infective properties of the studied macrolides. These antibacterial elansolid-type of polyketide spanned macrolides in marine symbiotic B. amyloliquefaciens could be potential leads for biotechnological and pharmaceutical applications against emerging multidrug-resistant pathogens.
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- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Ernakulam North P.O., P.B. No. 1603, Cochin 682018, Kerala State, India.
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- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Ernakulam North P.O., P.B. No. 1603, Cochin 682018, Kerala State, India
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Nivina A, Yuet KP, Hsu J, Khosla C. Evolution and Diversity of Assembly-Line Polyketide Synthases. Chem Rev 2019; 119:12524-12547. [PMID: 31838842 PMCID: PMC6935866 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Assembly-line polyketide synthases (PKSs) are among the most complex protein machineries known in nature, responsible for the biosynthesis of numerous compounds used in the clinic. Their present-day diversity is the result of an evolutionary path that has involved the emergence of a multimodular architecture and further diversification of assembly-line PKSs. In this review, we provide an overview of previous studies that investigated PKS evolution and propose a model that challenges the currently prevailing view that gene duplication has played a major role in the emergence of multimodularity. We also analyze the ensemble of orphan PKS clusters sequenced so far to evaluate how large the entire diversity of assembly-line PKS clusters and their chemical products could be. Finally, we examine the existing techniques to access the natural PKS diversity in natural and heterologous hosts and describe approaches to further expand this diversity through engineering.
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- Aleksandra Nivina
- Department
of Chemistry, Stanford ChEM-H, Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford
University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Stanford ChEM-H, Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford
University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Stanford ChEM-H, Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford
University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Stanford ChEM-H, Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford
University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Zhang Z, Cepeda AJ, Robles ML, Hirsch M, Kumru K, Zhou JA, Keatinge-Clay AT. General chemoenzymatic route to two-stereocenter triketides employing assembly line ketoreductases. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 56:157-160. [PMID: 31799975 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc07966a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Modular polyketide synthases (PKSs) are enzymatic assembly lines that fuse carbon fragments into complex chiral products. Here, their synthetic logic is employed to chemoenzymatically generate two-stereocenter triketides. Each of the four stereoisomers was constructed in a stereocontrolled manner using C-acylation and two PKS ketoreductases possessing opposite stereoselectivities.
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- Zhicheng Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 100 E. 24th St., Austin, TX 78712, USA
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