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Nguyen KU, Zhang Y, Liu Q, Zhang R, Jin X, Taniguchi M, Miller ES, Lindsey JS. Tolyporphins-Exotic Tetrapyrrole Pigments in a Cyanobacterium-A Review. Molecules 2023; 28:6132. [PMID: 37630384 PMCID: PMC10459692 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28166132] [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: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
Abstract
Tolyporphins were discovered some 30 years ago as part of a global search for antineoplastic compounds from cyanobacteria. To date, the culture HT-58-2, comprised of a cyanobacterium-microbial consortium, is the sole known producer of tolyporphins. Eighteen tolyporphins are now known-each is a free base tetrapyrrole macrocycle with a dioxobacteriochlorin (14), oxochlorin (3), or porphyrin (1) chromophore. Each compound displays two, three, or four open β-pyrrole positions and two, one, or zero appended C-glycoside (or -OH or -OAc) groups, respectively; the appended groups form part of a geminal disubstitution motif flanking the oxo moiety in the pyrroline ring. The distinct structures and repertoire of tolyporphins stand alone in the large pigments-of-life family. Efforts to understand the cyanobacterial origin, biosynthetic pathways, structural diversity, physiological roles, and potential pharmacological properties of tolyporphins have attracted a broad spectrum of researchers from diverse scientific areas. The identification of putative biosynthetic gene clusters in the HT-58-2 cyanobacterial genome and accompanying studies suggest a new biosynthetic paradigm in the tetrapyrrole arena. The present review provides a comprehensive treatment of the rich science concerning tolyporphins.
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- Kathy-Uyen Nguyen
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8204, USA; (K.-U.N.); (Y.Z.); (Q.L.); (R.Z.); (X.J.); (M.T.)
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8204, USA; (K.-U.N.); (Y.Z.); (Q.L.); (R.Z.); (X.J.); (M.T.)
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8204, USA; (K.-U.N.); (Y.Z.); (Q.L.); (R.Z.); (X.J.); (M.T.)
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8204, USA; (K.-U.N.); (Y.Z.); (Q.L.); (R.Z.); (X.J.); (M.T.)
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8204, USA; (K.-U.N.); (Y.Z.); (Q.L.); (R.Z.); (X.J.); (M.T.)
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8204, USA; (K.-U.N.); (Y.Z.); (Q.L.); (R.Z.); (X.J.); (M.T.)
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7612, USA;
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8204, USA; (K.-U.N.); (Y.Z.); (Q.L.); (R.Z.); (X.J.); (M.T.)
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Barra L, Awakawa T, Abe I. Noncanonical Functions of Enzyme Cofactors as Building Blocks in Natural Product Biosynthesis. JACS AU 2022; 2:1950-1963. [PMID: 36186570 PMCID: PMC9516700 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2022] [Revised: 08/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Enzymes involved in secondary metabolite biosynthetic pathways have typically evolutionarily diverged from their counterparts functioning in primary metabolism. They often catalyze diverse and complex chemical transformations and are thus a treasure trove for the discovery of unique enzyme-mediated chemistries. Besides major natural product classes, such as terpenoids, polyketides, and ribosomally or nonribosomally synthesized peptides, biosynthetic investigations of noncanonical natural product biosynthetic pathways often reveal functionally distinct enzyme chemistries. In this Perspective, we aim to highlight challenges and opportunities of biosynthetic investigations on noncanonical natural product pathways that utilize primary metabolites as building blocks, otherwise generally considered as enzyme cofactors. A focus is made on the discovered chemical and enzymological novelties.
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- Lena Barra
- Graduate
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University
of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Graduate
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University
of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Collaborative
Research Institute of Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Graduate
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University
of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Collaborative
Research Institute of Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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Brückner C, Chaudhri N, Nevonen DE, Bhattacharya S, Graf A, Kaesmann E, Li R, Guberman-Pfeffer MJ, Mani T, Nimthong-Roldán A, Zeller M, Chauvet AAP, Nemykin V. Structural and Photophysical Characterization of All Five Constitutional Isomers of the Octaethyl-β,β'-dioxo-bacterio- and -isobacteriochlorin Series. Chemistry 2021; 27:16189-16203. [PMID: 34535932 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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It is well-known that treatment of β-octaethylporphyrin with H2 O2 /conc. H2 SO4 converts it to a β-oxochlorin as well as all five constitutional isomers of the corresponding β,β'-dioxo-derivatives: two bacteriochlorin-type isomers (β-oxo groups at opposite pyrrolic building blocks) and three isobacteriochlorin-type isomers (β-oxo-groups at adjacent pyrrolic building blocks). By virtue of the presence of the strongly electronically coupled β-oxo auxochromes, none of the chromophores are archetypical chlorins, bacteriochlorins, or isobacteriochlorins. Here the authors present, inter alia, the single crystal X-ray structures of all free-base diketone isomers and a comparative description of their UV-vis absorption spectra in neutral and acidic solutions, and fluorescence emission and singlet oxygen photosensitization properties, Magnetic Circular Dichroism (MCD) spectra, and singlet excited state lifetimes. DFT computations uncover underlying tautomeric equilibria and electronic interactions controlling their electronic properties, adding to the understanding of porphyrinoids carrying β-oxo functionalities. This comparative study lays the basis for their further study and utilization.
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- Christian Brückner
- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3060, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3060, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2 N2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield Dainton Building, Sheffield, S3 7HF, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield Dainton Building, Sheffield, S3 7HF, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3060, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3060, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3060, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Youngstown State University One University Plaza, Youngstown, OH 44555-3663, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Youngstown State University One University Plaza, Youngstown, OH 44555-3663, United States.,Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2084, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield Dainton Building, Sheffield, S3 7HF, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2 N2, Canada.,Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, 552 Buehler Hall, 1420 Circle Dr., Knoxville, TN, 37996-1600, United States
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Sollert C, Kocsi D, Jane RT, Orthaber A, Borbas KE. C-glycosylated pyrroles and their application in dipyrromethane and porphyrin synthesis. J PORPHYR PHTHALOCYA 2021. [DOI: 10.1142/s1088424621500723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Pyrrole C-glycosylated in either the 2- or the 3-position could be prepared by the acid-catalyzed reaction between trichloroacetimidate glycosyl donors and pyrrole, or [Formula: see text]-phenyl-tri?uoroacetimidate glucosyl donor and [Formula: see text]-TIPS pyrrole, respectively. Pyrroles carrying glucose, mannose, galactose and lactose in the 2-position, and glucose in the 3-position were obtained. The configurations of the products could be assigned using a combination of 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy. A number of undesired background reactions yielding a variety of stereo- and regioisomers were identified; in several cases these could be eliminated. Glycosylpyrroles could be incorporated into mono- and diglycosylated dipyrromethanes, a diglycosylated BODIPY dye, and a monoglycosylated Zn(II) porphyrin without damaging the sugar unit.
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- Carina Sollert
- Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory, Box 523, Uppsala University, 75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory, Box 523, Uppsala University, 75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory, Box 523, Uppsala University, 75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory, Box 523, Uppsala University, 75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory, Box 523, Uppsala University, 75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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Nguyen KU, Zhang R, Taniguchi M, Lindsey JS. Fluorescence Assay for Tolyporphins Amidst Abundant Chlorophyll in Crude Cyanobacterial Extracts. Photochem Photobiol 2021; 97:1507-1515. [PMID: 34152600 DOI: 10.1111/php.13474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Tolyporphins are distinctive tetrapyrrole natural products found singularly in a filamentous cyanobacterial-microbial holobiont (termed HT-58-2) from Micronesia. The absorption and fluorescence features of tolyporphins resemble those of chlorophyll a, complicating direct analysis of culture samples. Treatment of the crude (unfractionated) organic extract (CH2 Cl2 /2-propanol, 1:1) of HT-58-2 cultures with NaBH4 in methanol causes reduction of the peripheral ketone auxochromes, whereupon tolyporphins (predominantly 7,17-dioxobacteriochlorins) exhibit a bathochromic shift (λabs ~ 676 → ~ 700 nm) and chlorophyll a (a 131 -oxochlorin) exhibits a hypsochromic shift (λabs 665 → 634 nm). Fluorescence excitation spectroscopy (at 368 and 491 nm with λem 710 nm) enabled detection of reduced tolyporphins amidst abundant reduced chlorophyll a (1:19 ratio), a detection sensitivity >5 times that without reduction. The resulting assay combines simple sample preparation from non-axenic cultures at microscale quantities (2 mL, 2 μm), absence of any fractionation procedures, and fluorescence detection. Tolyporphins were readily detected in cultures of HT-58-2 at reasonable growth periods in the absence of environmental stressors, which was not possible previously.
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- Kathy-Uyen Nguyen
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
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O'Donnell TJ, Gurr JR, Dai J, Taniguchi M, Williams PG, Lindsey JS. Tolyporphins A–R, unusual tetrapyrrole macrocycles in a cyanobacterium from Micronesia, assessed quantitatively from the culture HT-58-2. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj02108g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Tolyporphins A–R are the newest additions to the family of native tetrapyrroles. LC-MS-dMRM and absorption spectroscopy have been employed for analysis of mixtures containing the 18 distinctive natural products.
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Honolulu
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Honolulu
- USA
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Tolyporphins, relatively new members of the pigments of life family found in a cyanobacterium, differ in the chromophores, pyrroline substituents, and stereochemistry, yet likely all derive from uroporphyrinogen III.
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Gurr JR, Dai J, Philbin CS, Sartain HT, O'Donnell TJ, Yoshida WY, Rheingold AL, Williams PG. Tolyporphins L-R: Unusual Tetrapyrroles from a Brasilonema sp. of Cyanobacterium. J Org Chem 2019; 85:318-326. [PMID: 31815480 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b01928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Tolyporphins L-R (2-8) have been isolated from a mixed cyanobacterium-microbial culture. The structures of tolyporphins L and M have been revised to four constitutional isomers, isolated as two mixtures of dioxobacteriochlorins (2/3 and 4/5). In contrast, tolyporphin P (6) is a fully oxidized tetrapyrrole, while tolyporphins Q and R (7 and 8) are oxochlorins. X-ray structures are reported for the first time for tolyporphins A (1), R (8), and E (9), revealing unexpected stereochemical variation within the series.
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- Joshua R Gurr
- Department of Chemistry , University of Hawaii at Manoa , Honolulu , Hawaii 96822 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Hawaii at Manoa , Honolulu , Hawaii 96822 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Hawaii at Manoa , Honolulu , Hawaii 96822 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Hawaii at Manoa , Honolulu , Hawaii 96822 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Hawaii at Manoa , Honolulu , Hawaii 96822 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Hawaii at Manoa , Honolulu , Hawaii 96822 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California, San Diego , 9500 Gilman Drive , La Jolla , 92093 California , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Hawaii at Manoa , Honolulu , Hawaii 96822 , United States
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Noboa MA, AbuSalim DI, Lash TD. Azulichlorins and Benzocarbachlorins Derived Therefrom. J Org Chem 2019; 84:11649-11664. [PMID: 31429281 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b01578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Acid-catalyzed condensation of azulidipyrrane aldehydes with a dihydrodipyrrin carbaldehyde afforded the first examples of azulichlorins. These macrocyclic products were isolated in a monoprotonated form, and the free bases proved to be somewhat unstable. The monocations were strongly diatropic, and proton NMR spectroscopy showed the internal C-H at ca. -2 ppm. Addition of TFA gave the related dications, but these exhibited significantly reduced aromatic ring currents. Reaction of an azulichlorin with tert-butyl hydroperoxide and KOH in dichloromethane/methanol gave a benzocarbachlorin and two related aldehydes. The UV-vis spectrum for the benzocarbachlorin showed a split Soret band at 414 and 430 nm, together with a strong chlorin-like absorption at 684 nm. The proton NMR spectrum indicated that the carbachlorin is strongly aromatic and the internal C-H was observed at -4.64 ppm. Addition of TFA afforded a C-protonated dication with a significantly increased diatropic ring current. The proton NMR spectrum, NICS calculations, and AICD plots indicated that the system favors a 22π electron delocalization pathway that runs through the fused benzo unit. Addition of TFA to the benzocarbachlorin aldehydes primarily led to the formation of monocations, and the generation of C-protonated dications was no longer favored due to the presence of electron-withdrawing formyl moieties.
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- Mario A Noboa
- Department of Chemistry , Illinois State University , Normal , Illinois 61790-4160 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Illinois State University , Normal , Illinois 61790-4160 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Illinois State University , Normal , Illinois 61790-4160 , United States
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Barnhart-Dailey M, Zhang Y, Zhang R, Anthony SM, Aaron JS, Miller ES, Lindsey JS, Timlin JA. Cellular localization of tolyporphins, unusual tetrapyrroles, in a microbial photosynthetic community determined using hyperspectral confocal fluorescence microscopy. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2019; 141:259-271. [PMID: 30903482 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-019-00625-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The cyanobacterial culture HT-58-2, composed of a filamentous cyanobacterium and accompanying community bacteria, produces chlorophyll a as well as the tetrapyrrole macrocycles known as tolyporphins. Almost all known tolyporphins (A-M except K) contain a dioxobacteriochlorin chromophore and exhibit an absorption spectrum somewhat similar to that of chlorophyll a. Here, hyperspectral confocal fluorescence microscopy was employed to noninvasively probe the locale of tolyporphins within live cells under various growth conditions (media, illumination, culture age). Cultures grown in nitrate-depleted media (BG-110 vs. nitrate-rich, BG-11) are known to increase the production of tolyporphins by orders of magnitude (rivaling that of chlorophyll a) over a period of 30-45 days. Multivariate curve resolution (MCR) was applied to an image set containing images from each condition to obtain pure component spectra of the endogenous pigments. The relative abundances of these components were then calculated for individual pixels in each image in the entire set, and 3D-volume renderings were obtained. At 30 days in media with or without nitrate, the chlorophyll a and phycobilisomes (combined phycocyanin and phycobilin components) co-localize in the filament outer cytoplasmic region. Tolyporphins localize in a distinct peripheral pattern in cells grown in BG-110 versus a diffuse pattern (mimicking the chlorophyll a localization) upon growth in BG-11. In BG-110, distinct puncta of tolyporphins were commonly found at the septa between cells and at the end of filaments. This work quantifies the relative abundance and envelope localization of tolyporphins in single cells, and illustrates the ability to identify novel tetrapyrroles in the presence of chlorophyll a in a photosynthetic microorganism within a non-axenic culture.
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- Meghan Barnhart-Dailey
- Bioenergy and Defense Technologies, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185-0895, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-8204, USA
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- Bioenergy and Defense Technologies, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185-0895, USA
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- Advanced Imaging Center, Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, 20147, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7615, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-8204, USA.
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- Bioenergy and Defense Technologies, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185-0895, USA.
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Hughes RA, Jin X, Zhang Y, Zhang R, Tran S, Williams PG, Lindsey JS, Miller ES. Genome sequence, metabolic properties and cyanobacterial attachment of Porphyrobacter sp. HT-58-2 isolated from a filamentous cyanobacterium–microbial consortium. Microbiology (Reading) 2018; 164:1229-1239. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Rebecca-Ayme Hughes
- 1Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
- 2Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7615, USA
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- 1Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- 1Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- 1Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- 1Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
- 3Enloe Magnet High School, Raleigh, North Carolina 27610, USA
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- 4Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822-2275, USA
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- 1Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- 2Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7615, USA
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Zhang Y, Zhang R, Hughes RA, Dai J, Gurr JR, Williams PG, Miller ES, Lindsey JS. Quantitation of Tolyporphins, Diverse Tetrapyrrole Secondary Metabolites with Chlorophyll-Like Absorption, from a Filamentous Cyanobacterium-Microbial Community. PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS : PCA 2018; 29:205-216. [PMID: 29110356 DOI: 10.1002/pca.2735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Revised: 09/07/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Tolyporphins are unusual tetrapyrrole macrocycles produced by a non-axenic filamentous cyanobacterium (HT-58-2). Tolyporphins A-J, L, and M share a common dioxobacteriochlorin core, differ in peripheral substituents, and exhibit absorption spectra that overlap that of the dominant cyanobacterial pigment, chlorophyll a. Identification and accurate quantitation of the various tolyporphins in these chlorophyll-rich samples presents challenges. OBJECTIVE To develop methods for the quantitative determination of tolyporphins produced under various growth conditions relative to that of chlorophyll a. METHODOLOGY Chromatographic fractionation of large-scale (440 L) cultures afforded isolated individual tolyporphins. Lipophilic extraction of small-scale (25 mL) cultures, HPLC separation with an internal standard, and absorption detection enabled quantitation of tolyporphin A and chlorophyll a, and by inference the amounts of tolyporphins A-M. Absorption spectroscopy with multicomponent analysis of lipophilic extracts (2 mL cultures) afforded the ratio of all tolyporphins to chlorophyll a. The reported absorption spectral data for the various tolyporphins required re-evaluation for quantitative purposes. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The amount of tolyporphin A after 50 days of illumination ranged from 0.13 nmol/mg dry cells (media containing nitrate) to 1.12 nmol/mg (without nitrate), with maximum 0.23 times that of chlorophyll a. Under soluble-nitrogen deprivation after 35-50 days, tolyporphin A represents 1/3-1/2 of the total tolyporphins, and the total amount of tolyporphins is up to 1.8-fold that of chlorophyll a. CONCLUSIONS The quantitative methods developed herein should facilitate investigation of the biosynthesis of tolyporphins (and other tetrapyrroles) as well as examination of other strains for production of tolyporphins. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Yunlong Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-8204, USA
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, 96822-2275, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, 96822-2275, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, 96822-2275, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-8204, USA
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Zhang Y, Zhang R, Nazari M, Bagley MC, Miller ES, Williams PG, Muddiman DC, Lindsey JS. Mass spectrometric detection of chlorophyll a and the tetrapyrrole secondary metabolite tolyporphin A in the filamentous cyanobacterium HT-58-2. Approaches to high-throughput screening of intact cyanobacteria. J PORPHYR PHTHALOCYA 2018. [DOI: 10.1142/s108842461750078x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Tolyporphins are unusual tetrapyrrole macrocycles produced by the filamentous cyanobacterium–microbial community HT-58-2, the only known source to date. Numerous cyanobacterial samples have been collected worldwide but most have not been screened for secondary metabolites. Identification of tolyporphins typically has entailed lipophilic extraction followed by chromatographic fractionation and spectroscopic and/or mass spectrometric analysis. For quantitation, lengthy lipophilic extraction, sample processing and HPLC separation are needed. Examination by MALDI-TOF-MS (with the matrix 1,5-diaminonaphthalene) of lipophilic crude extracts of small-scale HT-58-2 samples (2 mL) without chromatographic fractionation enabled semi-quantitation of tolyporphin A over a 41-day growth period. Screening for tolyporphin A in intact or slightly sheared and vortexed HT-58-2 samples (no lipophilic extraction), and confirmation of identity by tandem MS, were carried out by IR-MALDESI-FTMS. Tolyporphin A was identified by the molecular ion and four characteristic fragments. The molecular ion of chlorophyll [Formula: see text] also was observed. The sheared and vortexed sample contained substantial numbers of intact cells as demonstrated by regrowth of the filamentous cyanobacterium–microbial culture. The semi-quantitative and rapid qualitative methods developed herein should facilitate examination of other tolyporphin-producing organisms among the vast worldwide strains of cyanobacteria as well as investigation of the biosynthesis of tolyporphins.
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- Yunlong Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822-2275, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
| | - Jonathan S. Lindsey
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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Genome Sequence and Composition of a Tolyporphin-Producing Cyanobacterium-Microbial Community. Appl Environ Microbiol 2017; 83:AEM.01068-17. [PMID: 28754701 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01068-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The cyanobacterial culture HT-58-2 was originally described as a strain of Tolypothrix nodosa with the ability to produce tolyporphins, which comprise a family of distinct tetrapyrrole macrocycles with reported efflux pump inhibition properties. Upon reviving the culture from what was thought to be a nonextant collection, studies of culture conditions, strain characterization, phylogeny, and genomics have been undertaken. Here, HT-58-2 was shown by 16S rRNA analysis to closely align with Brasilonema strains and not with Tolypothrix isolates. Light, fluorescence, and scanning electron microscopy revealed cyanobacterium filaments that are decorated with attached bacteria and associated with free bacteria. Metagenomic surveys of HT-58-2 cultures revealed a diversity of bacteria dominated by Erythrobacteraceae, 97% of which are Porphyrobacter species. A dimethyl sulfoxide washing procedure was found to yield enriched cyanobacterial DNA (presumably by removing community bacteria) and sequence data sufficient for genome assembly. The finished, closed HT-58-2Cyano genome consists of 7.85 Mbp (42.6% G+C) and contains 6,581 genes. All genes for biosynthesis of tetrapyrroles (e.g., heme, chlorophyll a, and phycocyanobilin) and almost all for cobalamin were identified dispersed throughout the chromosome. Among the 6,177 protein-encoding genes, coding sequences (CDSs) for all but two of the eight enzymes for conversion of glutamic acid to protoporphyrinogen IX also were found within one major gene cluster. The cluster also includes 10 putative genes (and one hypothetical gene) encoding proteins with domains for a glycosyltransferase, two cytochrome P450 enzymes, and a flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD)-binding protein. The composition of the gene cluster suggests a possible role in tolyporphin biosynthesis.IMPORTANCE A worldwide search more than 25 years ago for cyanobacterial natural products with anticancer activity identified a culture (HT-58-2) from Micronesia that produces tolyporphins. Tolyporphins are tetrapyrroles, like chlorophylls, but have several profound structural differences that reside outside the bounds of known biosynthetic pathways. To begin probing the biosynthetic origin and biological function of tolyporphins, our research has focused on studying the cyanobacterial strain, about which almost nothing has been previously reported. We find that the HT-58-2 culture is composed of the cyanobacterium and a community of associated bacteria, complicating the question of which organisms make tolyporphins. Elucidation of the cyanobacterial genome revealed an intriguing gene cluster that contains tetrapyrrole biosynthesis genes and a collection of unknown genes, suggesting that the cluster may be responsible for tolyporphin production. Knowledge of the genome and the gene cluster sharply focuses research to identify related cyanobacterial producers of tolyporphins and delineate the tolyporphin biosynthetic pathway.
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