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Hu G, Doerksen RS, Ambler BR, Krische MJ. Total Synthesis of the Phenylnaphthacenoid Type II Polyketide Antibiotic Formicamycin H via Regioselective Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydrogen Auto-Transfer [4 + 2] Cycloaddition. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:26351-26359. [PMID: 39265189 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c09068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/14/2024]
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The first total synthesis of the pentacyclic phenylnaphthacenoid type II polyketide antibiotic formicamycin H is described. A key feature of the synthesis involves the convergent, regioselective assembly of the tetracyclic core via ruthenium-catalyzed α-ketol-benzocyclobutenone [4 + 2] cycloaddition. Double dehydration of the diol-containing cycloadduct provides an achiral enone, which upon asymmetric nucleophilic epoxidation and further manipulations delivers the penultimate tetracyclic trichloride in enantiomerically enriched form. Subsequent chemo- and atroposelective Suzuki cross-coupling of the tetracyclic trichloride introduces the E-ring to complete the total synthesis. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses of two model compounds suggest that the initially assigned stereochemistry of the axially chiral C6-C7 linkage may require revision.
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- Guanyu Hu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 105 E 24th St., Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 105 E 24th St., Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 105 E 24th St., Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 105 E 24th St., Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Maglangit F, Wang S, Moser A, Kyeremeh K, Trembleau L, Zhou Y, Clark DJ, Tabudravu J, Deng H. Accraspiroketides A-B, Phenylnaphthacenoid-Derived Polyketides with Unprecedented [6 + 6+6 + 6] + [5 + 5] Spiro-Architecture. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2024; 87:831-836. [PMID: 38551509 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.3c01012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2024]
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Two novel polyketides, accraspiroketides A (1) and B (2), which feature unprecedented [6 + 6+6 + 6] + [5 + 5] spiro chemical architectures, were isolated from Streptomyces sp. MA37 ΔaccJ mutant strain. Compounds 1-2 exhibit excellent activity against Gram-positive bacteria (MIC = 1.5-6.3 μg/mL). Notably, 1 and 2 have superior activity against clinically isolated Enterococcus faecium K60-39 (MIC = 4.0 μg/mL and 4.7 μg/mL, respectively) than ampicillin (MIC = 25 μg/mL).
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- Fleurdeliz Maglangit
- Department of Biology and Environmental Science, College of Science, University of the Philippines Cebu, Gorordo Ave., Lahug, Cebu City, 6000 Philippines
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, People's Republic of China
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- ACD/Laboratories, Advanced Chemistry Development, Toronto Department, 8 King Street East, Suite 107, Toronto, Ontario M5C 1B5, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Ghana, Accra LG56, Ghana
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- Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Marine Biodiscovery Centre and Laboratory of Supramolecular Chemistry, School of Natural and Computing Sciences, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland, U.K
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- Research Center for Marine Drugs, State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Department of Pharmacy, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, People's Republic of China
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- EastChem, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, Scotland, U.K
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire PR1 2HE, England, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland, U.K
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Maglangit F, Deng H. Preparation, assay, and application of 4-fluorothreonine transaldolase from Streptomyces sp. MA37 for β-hydroxyl amino acid derivatives. Methods Enzymol 2024; 696:179-199. [PMID: 38658079 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2023.12.017] [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] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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β-Hydroxy-α-amino acids (βHAAs) are an essential class of building blocks of therapeutically important compounds and complex natural products. They contain two chiral centers at Cα and Cβ positions, resulting in four possible diastereoisomers. Many innovative asymmetric syntheses have been developed to access structurally diverse βHAAs. The main challenge, however, is the control of the relative and absolute stereochemistry of the asymmetric carbons in a sustainable way. In this respect, there has been considerable attention focused on the chemoenzymatic synthesis of βHAAs via a one-step process. Nature has evolved different enzymatic routes to produce these valuable βHAAs. Among these naturally occurring transformations, L-threonine transaldolases present potential biocatalysts to generate βHAAs in situ. 4-Fluorothreonine transaldolase from Streptomyces sp. MA37 (FTaseMA) catalyzes the cross-over transaldolation reaction between L-Thr and fluoroacetaldehyde to give 4-fluorothreonine and acetaldehyde (Ad). It has been demonstrated that FTaseMA displays considerable substrate plasticity toward structurally diverse aldehyde acceptors, leading to the production of various βHAAs. In this chapter, we describe methods for the preparation of FTaseMA, and the chemoenzymatic synthesis of βHAAs from various aldehydes and L-Thr using FTaseMA.
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- Fleurdeliz Maglangit
- Department of Biology and Environmental Science, College of Science, University of the Philippines Cebu, Lahug, Cebu City, Philippines.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
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Jiang K, Chen X, Yan X, Li G, Lin Z, Deng Z, Luo S, Qu X. An unusual aromatase/cyclase programs the formation of the phenyldimethylanthrone framework in anthrabenzoxocinones and fasamycin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2321722121. [PMID: 38446858 PMCID: PMC10945814 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2321722121] [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: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024] Open
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Aromatic polyketides are renowned for their wide-ranging pharmaceutical activities. Their structural diversity is mainly produced via modification of limited types of basic frameworks. In this study, we characterized the biosynthesis of a unique basic aromatic framework, phenyldimethylanthrone (PDA) found in (+)/(-)-anthrabenzoxocinones (ABXs) and fasamycin (FAS). Its biosynthesis employs a methyltransferase (Abx(+)M/Abx(-)M/FasT) and an unusual TcmI-like aromatase/cyclase (ARO/CYC, Abx(+)D/Abx(-)D/FasL) as well as a nonessential helper ARO/CYC (Abx(+)C/Abx(-)C/FasD) to catalyze the aromatization/cyclization of polyketide chain, leading to the formation of all four aromatic rings of the PDA framework, including the C9 to C14 ring and a rare angular benzene ring. Biochemical and structural analysis of Abx(+)D reveals a unique loop region, giving rise to its distinct acyl carrier protein-dependent specificity compared to other conventional TcmI-type ARO/CYCs, all of which impose on free molecules. Mutagenic analysis discloses critical residues of Abx(+)D for its catalytic activity and indicates that the size and shape of its interior pocket determine the orientation of aromatization/cyclization. This study unveils the tetracyclic and non-TcmN type C9 to C14 ARO/CYC, significantly expanding our cognition of ARO/CYCs and the biosynthesis of aromatic polyketide framework.
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- Kai Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200240, China
- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan430071, China
- Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai201203, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200240, China
- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan430071, China
- Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai201203, China
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- Abiochem Biotechnology Co. Ltd, Shanghai200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200240, China
- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan430071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200240, China
- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan430071, China
- Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai201203, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200240, China
- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan430071, China
- Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai201203, China
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Jiang ZM, Mou T, Sun Y, Su J, Yu LY, Zhang YQ. Environmental distribution and genomic characteristics of Solirubrobacter, with proposal of two novel species. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1267771. [PMID: 38107860 PMCID: PMC10722151 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1267771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023] Open
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Solirubrobacter spp. were abundant in soil samples collected from deserts and other areas with high UV radiation. In addition, a novel Solirubrobacter species, with strain CPCC 204708T as the type, was isolated and identified from sandy soil sample collected from the Badain Jaran Desert of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. Strain CPCC 204708T was Gram-stain positive, rod-shaped, non-motile, non-spore-forming, and grew optimally at 28-30°C, pH 7.0-8.0, and in the absence of NaCl. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain CPCC 204708T showed its identity within the genus Solirubrobacter, with highest nucleotide similarities (97.4-98.2%) to other named Solirubrobacter species. Phylogenetic and genomic analyses indicated that the strain was most closely related to Solirubrobacter phytolaccae KCTC 29190T, while represented a distinct species, as confirmed from physiological properties and comparison. The name Solirubrobacter deserti sp. nov. was consequently proposed, with CPCC 204708T (= DSM 105495T = NBRC 112942T) as the type strain. Genomic analyses of the Solirubrobacter spp. also suggested that Solirubrobacter sp. URHD0082 represents a novel species, for which the name Candidatus "Solirubrobacter pratensis" sp. nov. was proposed. Genomic analysis of CPCC 204708T revealed the presence of genes related to its adaptation to the harsh environments of deserts and may also harbor genes functional in plant-microbe interactions. Pan-genomic analysis of available Solirubrobacter spp. confirmed the presence of many of the above genes as core components of Solirubrobacter genomes and suggests they may possess beneficial potential for their associate plant and may be important resources for bioactive compounds.
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- Zhu-Ming Jiang
- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Dao-di Herb, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Dao-di Herb, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Dao-di Herb, Beijing, China
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Li X, Wu P, Wang W, Xue J, Li H, Tan H, Wei X. Anti-MRSA Dimeric and Brominated Phenyltetracenoids Produced by Streptomyces morookaense SC1169. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2023; 86:2571-2579. [PMID: 37947788 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.3c00788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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Eleven new phenyltetracenoid polyketides, streptovertimycins U (1) and V (2), 14-bromo-streptovertidione (3), streptovertimycins W-Y (4-6), and streptovertimycins Z1-Z5 (7-11), together with the known congeners fasamycins R (12) and S (13) and accramycins A (14) and B (15), were isolated from the NaBr-supplemented rice-grown cultures of Streptomyces morookaense SC1169. Their structures were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analysis, single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, and theoretical computations of ECD spectra. Compounds 1 and 2 are methylene-bridged dimers of accramycin A, and compounds 3 and 7-11 are brominated fasamycin congeners. Compounds 5 and 8-14 exhibited activity against the drug-resistant bacteria MRSA and VRE (MIC = 0.6-5.0 μg/mL), and the dimer 1 displayed activity against MRSA (MIC = 2.5 μg/mL). Compounds 6-15 showed cytotoxicity against the human carcinoma A549, HeLa, HepG2, and MCF-7 cells in the IC50 range between 1.7 and 9.2 μM.
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- Xiaoxia Li
- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China
- School of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquanlu 19A, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China
- School of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquanlu 19A, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China
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Maglangit F, Kyeremeh K, Deng H. Deletion of the accramycin pathway-specific regulatory gene accJ activates the production of unrelated polyketide metabolites. Nat Prod Res 2023; 37:2753-2758. [PMID: 36125461 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2022.2126466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2022] [Revised: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/11/2022] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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The manipulation of regulatory genes has been employed to awaken cryptic metabolites in Streptomyces. Of particular interest in recent years is the effect of disruption of a pathway-specific gene to other biosynthetic pathways. Herein, we report the inactivation of the accramycin pathway-specific regulatory gene, accJ in Streptomyces sp. MA37 resulted in the production of unrelated polyketide metabolites. Through detailed mass spectrometric and spectroscopic analyses, and comparison with literature data, their structures were deduced as 3-methoxy-2-methyl-4H-pyran-4-one (1), zanthopyranone (2), propioveratrone (3), and TW94a (4). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of the isolation of 1-3 from bacteria. Compounds 1, 2, and 4 showed weak to moderate activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, and Enterococcus faecium. Propioveratrone (3) displayed better inhibitory activity (MIC = 6.3 μg/mL) than ampicillin against multi-drug resistant E. faecium K60-39 clinical isolate (MIC = 25 μg/mL), suggesting a promising structural template for the drug development targeting Enterococcus isolates.
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- Fleurdeliz Maglangit
- Department of Biology and Environmental Science, College of Science, University of the Philippines Cebu, Lahug, Cebu City, Philippines
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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McDonald HP, Alford A, Devine R, Hems ES, Nepogodiev SA, Arnold CJ, Rejzek M, Stanley-Smith A, Holmes NA, Hutchings MI, Wilkinson B. Heterologous Expression of the Formicamycin Biosynthetic Gene Cluster Unveils Glycosylated Fasamycin Congeners. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2023. [PMID: 37327570 PMCID: PMC10391614 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.3c00052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Formicamycins and their biosynthetic intermediates the fasamycins are polyketide antibiotics produced by Streptomyces formicae KY5 from a pathway encoded by the for biosynthetic gene cluster. In this work the ability of Streptomyces coelicolor M1146 and the ability of Saccharopolyspora erythraea Δery to heterologously express the for biosynthetic gene cluster were assessed. This led to the identification of eight new glycosylated fasamycins modified at different phenolic groups with either a monosaccharide (glucose, galactose, or glucuronic acid) or a disaccharide comprised of a proximal hexose (either glucose or galactose), with a terminal pentose (arabinose) moiety. In contrast to the respective aglycones, minimal inhibitory screening assays showed these glycosylated congeners lacked antibacterial activity.
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- Hannah P McDonald
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, U.K
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, U.K
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, U.K
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, U.K
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- NMR Platform, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, U.K
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, U.K
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- Chemistry Platform, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, U.K
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, U.K
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, U.K
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, U.K
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Drug discovery research in Ghana, challenges, current efforts, and the way forward. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2022; 16:e0010645. [PMID: 36107859 PMCID: PMC9477258 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010645] [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] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We have a long-term vision to develop drug discovery research capacity within Ghana, to tackle unmet medical needs in Ghana and the wider West African region. However, there are several issues and challenges that need to be overcome to enable this vision, including training, human resource, equipment, infrastructure, procurement, and logistics. We discuss these challenges from the context of Ghana in this review. An important development is the universities and research centres within Ghana working together to address some of these challenges. Therefore, while there is a long way to go to fully accomplish our vision, there are encouraging signs.
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Jiang K, Yan X, Deng Z, Lei C, Qu X. Expanding the Chemical Diversity of Fasamycin Via Genome Mining and Biocatalysis. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2022; 85:943-950. [PMID: 35325544 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c01089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Genome mining and biocatalytic modification of chemical structures are critical methods to develop new antibiotics. In this study, eight new fasamycins (3, 4, 6, and 8-12) along with five known analogues (1, 2, 5, 7, and 13) were obtained by the overexpression of two phosphopantetheinyl transferases (PPtases) in Streptomyces kanamyceticus and biocatalytic transformation with two halogenases. These new compounds displayed significant activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis, in particular, C-29-methyl and C-2/C-22-halogen derivatives. This study increases the chemical diversity of bioactive fasamycin derivatives and provides useful halogenation tools for engineering their scaffolds.
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- Kai Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism & School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology and Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism & School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology and Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism & School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology and Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai 201203, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism & School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology and Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Cheng X, Ma L. Enzymatic synthesis of fluorinated compounds. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 105:8033-8058. [PMID: 34625820 PMCID: PMC8500828 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11608-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Revised: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Fluorinated compounds are widely used in the fields of molecular imaging, pharmaceuticals, and materials. Fluorinated natural products in nature are rare, and the introduction of fluorine atoms into organic compound molecules can give these compounds new functions and make them have better performance. Therefore, the synthesis of fluorides has attracted more and more attention from biologists and chemists. Even so, achieving selective fluorination is still a huge challenge under mild conditions. In this review, the research progress of enzymatic synthesis of fluorinated compounds is summarized since 2015, including cytochrome P450 enzymes, aldolases, fluoroacetyl coenzyme A thioesterases, lipases, transaminases, reductive aminases, purine nucleoside phosphorylases, polyketide synthases, fluoroacetate dehalogenases, tyrosine phenol-lyases, glycosidases, fluorinases, and multienzyme system. Of all enzyme-catalyzed synthesis methods, the direct formation of the C-F bond by fluorinase is the most effective and promising method. The structure and catalytic mechanism of fluorinase are introduced to understand fluorobiochemistry. Furthermore, the distribution, applications, and future development trends of fluorinated compounds are also outlined. Hopefully, this review will help researchers to understand the significance of enzymatic methods for the synthesis of fluorinated compounds and find or create excellent fluoride synthase in future research.Key points• Fluorinated compounds are distributed in plants and microorganisms, and are used in imaging, medicine, materials science.• Enzyme catalysis is essential for the synthesis of fluorinated compounds.• The loop structure of fluorinase is the key to forming the C-F bond.
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- Xinkuan Cheng
- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industry Microbiology, National and Local United Engineering Laboratory of Metabolic Control Fermentation Technology, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, No. 29, Thirteenth Street, Binhai New District, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industry Microbiology, National and Local United Engineering Laboratory of Metabolic Control Fermentation Technology, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, No. 29, Thirteenth Street, Binhai New District, Tianjin, 300457, China.
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Li X, Wu P, Li H, Xue J, Xu H, Wei X. Antibacterial and Cytotoxic Phenyltetracenoid Polyketides from Streptomyces morookaense. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2021; 84:1806-1815. [PMID: 34081476 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c00208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Formicapyridine-type racemates, streptovertidines A (1) and B (2), a 7,24-seco-fasamycin, streptovertidione (3), and the fasamycin-type streptovertimycins I-T (4-15), together with 13 known fasamycin congeners (16-28), were isolated from soil-derived Streptomyces morookaense SC1169. Their structures were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analysis and theoretical computations of ECD spectra. The fasamycin-type compounds 5, 8-12, 14, and 15 exhibited activity against the drug-resistant bacteria MRSA and VRE (MIC: 1.25-10.0 μg/mL). All isolates, except 3, 4, 10, and 24, displayed cytotoxicity against at least one of the human carcinoma A549, HeLa, HepG2, and MCF-7 cells (IC50 < 10.0 μM), of which some were also cytotoxic to the noncancerous Vero cells. Taken together, the activity data demonstrated that the fasamycin-type compounds were more selective to the tested bacteria over the mammalian cells. Structure-activity relationship analysis suggested that chlorination at C-2 in antibacterial fasamycin-type compounds improves the activity and selectivity to the bacteria. Theoretical simulations of reaction paths and chemical reactions for conversion of 3 to 1 were carried out and supported that the pyridine ring formation in formicapyridines proceeds nonenzymatically via 1,5-dicarbonyl condensation with ammonia.
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- Xiaoxia Li
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China
- School of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquanlu 19A, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources and Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China
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Fang Q, Wu L, Urwald C, Mugat M, Wang S, Kyeremeh K, Philips C, Law S, Zhou Y, Deng H. Genomic scanning enabling discovery of a new antibacterial bicyclic carbamate-containing alkaloid. Synth Syst Biotechnol 2021; 6:12-19. [PMID: 33553705 PMCID: PMC7820566 DOI: 10.1016/j.synbio.2021.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Revised: 01/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Non-ribosomal peptides are a group of structurally diverse natural products with various important therapeutic and agrochemical applications. Bacterial pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs), containing a scaffold of two fused five-membered ring system with a nitrogen atom at the bridgehead, have been found to originate from a multidomain non-ribosomal peptide synthetase to generate indolizidine intermediates, followed by multistep oxidation, catalysed by single Bayer-Villiger (BV) enzymes, to yield PA scaffolds. Although bacterial PAs are rare in natural product inventory, bioinformatics analysis suggested that the biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) that are likely to be responsible for the production of PA-like metabolites are widely distributed in bacterial genomes. However, most of the strains containing PA-like BGCs are not deposited in the public domain, therefore preventing further assessment of the chemical spaces of this group of bioactive metabolites. Here, we report a genomic scanning strategy to assess the potential of PA metabolites production in our culture collection without prior knowledge of genome information. Among the strains tested, we found fifteen contain the key BV enzymes that are likely to be involved in the last step of PA ring formation. Subsequently one-strain-many-compound (OSMAC) method, supported by a combination of HR-MS, NMR, SMART 2.0 technology, and GNPS analysis, allowed identification and characterization of a new [5 + 7] heterobicyclic carbamate, legoncarbamate, together with five known PAs, bohemamine derivatives, from Streptomyces sp. CT37, a Ghanaian soil isolate. The absolute stereochemistry of legoncarbamate was determined by comparison of measured and calculated ECD spectra. Legoncarbamate displays antibacterial activity against E. coli ATCC 25922 with an MIC value of 3.1 μg/mL. Finally, a biosynthetic model of legoncarbamate and other bohemamines was proposed based on the knowledge we have gained so far.
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- Qing Fang
- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland, UK
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland, UK
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland, UK
- ENSAIA, 2 avenue de la forêt de Haye, 54505 vandœuvre lès Nancy, France
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland, UK
- ENSAIA, 2 avenue de la forêt de Haye, 54505 vandœuvre lès Nancy, France
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG56, Legon-Accra, Ghana
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- NCIMB Ltd, Ferguson Building, Craibstone Estate, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB21 9YA, Scotland, UK
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- NCIMB Ltd, Ferguson Building, Craibstone Estate, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB21 9YA, Scotland, UK
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- Research Centre for Marine Drugs, State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Department of Pharmacy, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, China
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland, UK
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Devine R, McDonald HP, Qin Z, Arnold CJ, Noble K, Chandra G, Wilkinson B, Hutchings MI. Re-wiring the regulation of the formicamycin biosynthetic gene cluster to enable the development of promising antibacterial compounds. Cell Chem Biol 2021; 28:515-523.e5. [PMID: 33440167 PMCID: PMC8062789 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2020.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The formicamycins are promising antibiotics first identified in Streptomyces formicae KY5, which produces the compounds at low levels. Here, we show that by understanding the regulation of the for biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC), we can rewire the BGC to increase production levels. The for BGC consists of 24 genes expressed on nine transcripts. The MarR regulator ForJ represses expression of seven transcripts encoding the major biosynthetic genes as well as the ForGF two-component system that initiates biosynthesis. We show that overexpression of forGF in a ΔforJ background increases formicamycin production 10-fold compared with the wild-type. De-repression, by deleting forJ, also switches on biosynthesis in liquid culture and induces the production of additional, previously unreported formicamycin congeners. Furthermore, combining de-repression with mutations in biosynthetic genes leads to biosynthesis of additional bioactive precursors. Formicamycin biosynthesis requires 24 genes expressed on nine transcripts Deleting the MarR regulator ForJ increases formicamycin biosynthesis De-repressing formicamycin biosynthesis induces production in liquid culture Re-wiring regulation and biosynthesis results in the production of new congeners
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- Rebecca Devine
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.
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Maglangit F, Yu Y, Deng H. Bacterial pathogens: threat or treat (a review on bioactive natural products from bacterial pathogens). Nat Prod Rep 2021; 38:782-821. [PMID: 33119013 DOI: 10.1039/d0np00061b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Covering: up to the second quarter of 2020 Threat or treat? While pathogenic bacteria pose significant threats, they also represent a huge reservoir of potential pharmaceuticals to treat various diseases. The alarming antimicrobial resistance crisis and the dwindling clinical pipeline urgently call for the discovery and development of new antibiotics. Pathogenic bacteria have an enormous potential for natural products drug discovery, yet they remained untapped and understudied. Herein, we review the specialised metabolites isolated from entomopathogenic, phytopathogenic, and human pathogenic bacteria with antibacterial and antifungal activities, highlighting those currently in pre-clinical trials or with potential for drug development. Selected unusual biosynthetic pathways, the key roles they play (where known) in various ecological niches are described. We also provide an overview of the mode of action (molecular target), activity, and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) towards bacteria and fungi. The exploitation of pathogenic bacteria as a rich source of antimicrobials, combined with the recent advances in genomics and natural products research methodology, could pave the way for a new golden age of antibiotic discovery. This review should serve as a compendium to communities of medicinal chemists, organic chemists, natural product chemists, biochemists, clinical researchers, and many others interested in the subject.
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- Fleurdeliz Maglangit
- Department of Biology and Environmental Science, College of Science, University of the Philippines Cebu, Lahug, Cebu City, 6000, Philippines. and Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK.
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (MOE), Hubei Province Engineering and Technology Research Centre for Fluorinated Pharmaceuticals, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK.
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Jabila Mary TR, Kannan RR, Muthamil Iniyan A, Carlton Ranjith WA, Nandhagopal S, Vishwakarma V, Prakash Vincent SG. β-lactamase inhibitory potential of kalafungin from marine Streptomyces in Staphylococcus aureus infected zebrafish. Microbiol Res 2020; 244:126666. [PMID: 33338970 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2020.126666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Revised: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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β-lactamase inhibitors are potent synergistic drugs to deteriorate the multidrug-resistant bacteria. Here, we report the β-lactamase inhibitory ability of kalafungin isolated from a marine sponge derived Streptomyces sp. SBRK1. The IC50 value of the kalafungin was calculated as 225.37 ± 1.95 μM against β-lactamase. The enzyme kinetic analysis showed the Km value of 3.448 ± 0.7 μM and Vmax value of 215.356 ± 8 μM/min and the inhibition mechanism was identified as uncompetitive type. Along with the antibacterial activity, the cell surface analysis of kalafungin treated Staphylococcus aureus cells revealed destruction of cell membrane in response to β-lactamase inhibition. Molecular docking studies have confirmed the binding property of kalafungin against β-lactamase with two hydrogen bonds. In vivo efficacy studies in the zebrafish model by green fluorescent protein expressing S. aureus infection, survival, safety and behavioral profile were reported. The toxicity and anti-infection revealed that the compound was evidently active and safe to all organs. In conclusion, this is the first report on kalafungin with β- lactamase inhibition and suggests that kalafungin may useful for synergic antibacterial therapy with β-lactam drugs to overcome β-lactamase-based resistance of any bacterial pathogens.
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- Thankaraj Rajam Jabila Mary
- Infectious Disease Biology Lab, Centre for Molecular and Nanomedical Sciences, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Jeppiaar Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Chennai, 600119, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Infectious Disease Biology Lab, Centre for Molecular and Nanomedical Sciences, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Jeppiaar Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Chennai, 600119, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Centre for Marine Science and Technology (CMST), Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Rajakkamangalam, Kanyakumari, 629502, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Infectious Disease Biology Lab, Centre for Molecular and Nanomedical Sciences, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Jeppiaar Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Chennai, 600119, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Infectious Disease Biology Lab, Centre for Molecular and Nanomedical Sciences, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Jeppiaar Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Chennai, 600119, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Infectious Disease Biology Lab, Centre for Molecular and Nanomedical Sciences, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Jeppiaar Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Chennai, 600119, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Centre for Marine Science and Technology (CMST), Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Rajakkamangalam, Kanyakumari, 629502, Tamil Nadu, India
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Discovery of New Antibacterial Accramycins from a Genetic Variant of the Soil Bacterium, Streptomyces sp. MA37. Biomolecules 2020; 10:biom10101464. [PMID: 33092156 PMCID: PMC7590149 DOI: 10.3390/biom10101464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Continued mining of natural products from the strain Streptomyces sp. MA37 in our laboratory led to the discovery of a minor specialized metabolite (SM) called accramycin A. Owing to its low yield (0.2 mg/L) in the wild type strain, we investigated the roles of regulatory genes in the corresponding biosynthetic gene cluster (acc BGC) through gene inactivation with the aim of improving the titer of this compound. One of the resulting mutants (∆accJ) dramatically upregulated the production of accramycin A 1 by 330-fold (66 mg/L). Furthermore, ten new metabolites, accramycins B-K 2-11, were discovered, together with two known compounds, naphthacemycin B112 and fasamycin C 13 from the mutant extract. This suggested that accJ, annotated as multiple antibiotic resistance regulator (MarR), is a negative regulator gene in the accramycin biosynthesis. Compounds 1-13 inhibited the Gram-positive pathogens (Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis) and clinical isolates Enterococcus faecium (K59-68 and K60-39) and Staphylococcus haemolyticus with minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values in the range of 1.5-12.5 µg/mL. Remarkably, compounds 1-13 displayed superior activity against K60-39 (MIC = 3.1-6.3 µg/mL) compared to ampicillin (MIC = 25 µg/mL), and offered promising potential for the development of accramycin-based antibiotics that target multidrug-resistant Enterococcus clinical isolates. Our results highlight the importance of identifying the roles of regulatory genes in natural product discovery.
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Mangzira Kemung H, Tan LTH, Chan KG, Ser HL, Law JWF, Lee LH, Goh BH. Streptomyces sp. Strain MUSC 125 from Mangrove Soil in Malaysia with Anti-MRSA, Anti-Biofilm and Antioxidant Activities. Molecules 2020; 25:E3545. [PMID: 32756432 PMCID: PMC7435833 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25153545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2020] [Revised: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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There is an urgent need to search for new antibiotics to counter the growing number of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains, one of which is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Herein, we report a Streptomyces sp. strain MUSC 125 from mangrove soil in Malaysia which was identified using 16S rRNA phylogenetic and phenotypic analysis. The methanolic extract of strain MUSC 125 showed anti-MRSA, anti-biofilm and antioxidant activities. Strain MUSC 125 was further screened for the presence of secondary metabolite biosynthetic genes. Our results indicated that both polyketide synthase (pks) gene clusters, pksI and pksII, were detected in strain MUSC 125 by PCR amplification. In addition, gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) detected the presence of different chemicals in the methanolic extract. Based on the GC-MS analysis, eight known compounds were detected suggesting their contribution towards the anti-MRSA and anti-biofilm activities observed. Overall, the study bolsters the potential of strain MUSC 125 as a promising source of anti-MRSA and antibiofilm compounds and warrants further investigation.
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- Hefa Mangzira Kemung
- Biofunctional Molecule Exploratory Research Group (BMEX), School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway 47500, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia;
- Novel Bacteria and Drug Discovery Research Group (NBDD), Microbiome and Bioresource Research Strength (MBRS), Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway 47500, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia; (L.T.-H.T.); (H.-L.S.); (J.W.-F.L.)
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- Novel Bacteria and Drug Discovery Research Group (NBDD), Microbiome and Bioresource Research Strength (MBRS), Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway 47500, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia; (L.T.-H.T.); (H.-L.S.); (J.W.-F.L.)
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- Division of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
- International Genome Centre, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- Novel Bacteria and Drug Discovery Research Group (NBDD), Microbiome and Bioresource Research Strength (MBRS), Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway 47500, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia; (L.T.-H.T.); (H.-L.S.); (J.W.-F.L.)
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- Novel Bacteria and Drug Discovery Research Group (NBDD), Microbiome and Bioresource Research Strength (MBRS), Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway 47500, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia; (L.T.-H.T.); (H.-L.S.); (J.W.-F.L.)
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- Novel Bacteria and Drug Discovery Research Group (NBDD), Microbiome and Bioresource Research Strength (MBRS), Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway 47500, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia; (L.T.-H.T.); (H.-L.S.); (J.W.-F.L.)
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- Biofunctional Molecule Exploratory Research Group (BMEX), School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway 47500, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia;
- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- Health and Well-Being Cluster, Global Asia in the 21st Century (GA21) Platform, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway 47500, Subang Jaya, Malaysia
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Xu F, Liang Y, Ren J, Wang S, Zhan J. Discovery of a novel analogue of FR901533 and the corresponding biosynthetic gene cluster from Streptosporangium roseum No. 79089. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 104:7131-7142. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-10765-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Revised: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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From Ocean to Medicine: Pharmaceutical Applications of Metabolites from Marine Bacteria. Antibiotics (Basel) 2020; 9:antibiotics9080455. [PMID: 32731464 PMCID: PMC7460513 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics9080455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2020] [Revised: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Oceans cover seventy percent of the planet's surface and besides being an immense reservoir of biological life, they serve as vital sources for human sustenance, tourism, transport and commerce. Yet, it is estimated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that eighty percent of the oceans remain unexplored. The untapped biological resources present in oceans may be fundamental in solving several of the world's public health crises of the 21st century, which span from the rise of antibiotic resistance in bacteria, pathogenic fungi and parasites, to the rise of cancer incidence and viral infection outbreaks. In this review, health risks as well as how marine bacterial derived natural products may be tools to fight them will be discussed. Moreover, an overview will be made of the research pipeline of novel molecules, from identification of bioactive bacterial crude extracts to the isolation and chemical characterization of the molecules within the framework of the One Health approach. This review highlights information that has been published since 2014, showing the current relevance of marine bacteria for the discovery of novel natural products.
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Wu L, Tong MH, Kyeremeh K, Deng H. Identification of 5-Fluoro-5-Deoxy-Ribulose as a Shunt Fluorometabolite in Streptomyces sp. MA37. Biomolecules 2020; 10:biom10071023. [PMID: 32664266 PMCID: PMC7408626 DOI: 10.3390/biom10071023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Revised: 07/05/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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A fluorometabolite, 5-fluoro-5-deoxy-D-ribulose (5-FDRul), from the culture broth of the soil bacterium Streptomyces sp. MA37, was identified through a combination of genetic manipulation, chemo-enzymatic synthesis and NMR comparison. Although 5-FDRul has been chemically synthesized before, it was not an intermediate or a shunt product in previous studies of fluorometalism in S. cattleya. Our study of MA37 demonstrates that 5-FDRul is a naturally occurring fluorometabolite, rendering it a new addition to this rare collection of natural products. The genetic inactivation of key biosynthetic genes involved in the fluorometabolisms in MA37 resulted in the increased accumulation of unidentified fluorometabolites as observed from 19F-NMR spectral comparison among the wild type (WT) of MA37 and the mutated variants, providing evidence of the presence of other new biosynthetic enzymes involved in the fluorometabolite pathway in MA37.
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- Linrui Wu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK; (L.W.); (M.H.T.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK; (L.W.); (M.H.T.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG56 Legon-Accra, Ghana;
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK; (L.W.); (M.H.T.)
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Qin Z, Devine R, Booth TJ, Farrar EHE, Grayson MN, Hutchings MI, Wilkinson B. Formicamycin biosynthesis involves a unique reductive ring contraction. Chem Sci 2020; 11:8125-8131. [PMID: 33033611 PMCID: PMC7504897 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc01712d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Using a combination of biomimetic chemistry and molecular genetics we demonstrate that formicamycin biosynthesis proceeds via reductive Favorskii-like reaction.
Fasamycin natural products are biosynthetic precursors of the formicamycins. Both groups of compounds are polyketide natural products that exhibit potent antibacterial activity despite displaying different three-dimensional topologies. We show here that transformation of fasamycin into formicamycin metabolites requires two gene products and occurs via a novel two-step ring expansion-ring contraction pathway. Deletion of forX, encoding a flavin dependent monooxygenase, abolished formicamycin production and leads to accumulation of fasamycin E. Deletion of the adjacent gene forY, encoding a flavin dependent oxidoreductase, also abolished formicamycin biosynthesis and led to the accumulation of new lactone metabolites that represent Baeyer–Villiger oxidation products of the fasamycins. These results identify ForX as a Baeyer–Villiger monooxygenase capable of dearomatizing ring C of the fasamycins. Through in vivo cross feeding and biomimetic semi-synthesis experiments we showed that these lactone products represent biosynthetic intermediates that are reduced to formicamycins in a unique reductive ring contraction reaction catalyzed by ForY.
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- Zhiwei Qin
- Department of Molecular Microbiology , John Innes Centre , Norwich Research Park , Norwich , NR4 7UH , UK .
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- School of Biological Sciences , University of East Anglia , Norwich Research Park , Norwich , NR4 7TJ , UK .
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology , John Innes Centre , Norwich Research Park , Norwich , NR4 7UH , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Bath , Claverton Down , Bath BA2 7AY , UK
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Bath , Claverton Down , Bath BA2 7AY , UK
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology , John Innes Centre , Norwich Research Park , Norwich , NR4 7UH , UK . .,School of Biological Sciences , University of East Anglia , Norwich Research Park , Norwich , NR4 7TJ , UK .
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology , John Innes Centre , Norwich Research Park , Norwich , NR4 7UH , UK .
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Fang Q, Maglangit F, Mugat M, Urwald C, Kyeremeh K, Deng H. Targeted Isolation of Indole Alkaloids from Streptomyces sp. CT37. Molecules 2020; 25:E1108. [PMID: 32131464 PMCID: PMC7179168 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25051108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2020] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Four compounds (1-4) were isolated from the extracts of Streptomyces sp. CT37 using bioassay in conjunction with mass spectrometric molecular networking (MN) driven isolation. Their complete structures were established by high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HR-ESIMS), and 1D and 2D nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) data. Legonimide 1 was identified as a new alkaloid containing a rare linear imide motif in its structure, while compounds 2-4 were already known and their structures were elucidated as 1H-indole-3-carbaldehyde, actinopolymorphol B, (2R,3R)-1-phenylbutane-2,3-diol, respectively. The biosynthetic pathways of 1-4 were proposed based on the reported biogenesis of indole alkaloids in literature. Bioactivity tests for 1 and 2 revealed moderate growth inhibition activity against Candida albicans ATCC 10231 with MIC95 values of 21.54 µg/mL and 11.47 µg/mL, respectively.
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- Qing Fang
- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland, UK; (Q.F.); (F.M.)
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland, UK; (Q.F.); (F.M.)
- Department of Biology and Environmental Science, College of Science, University of the Philippines Cebu, Lahug, Cebu City 6000, Philippines
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- ENSAIA, 2 avenue de la forêt de Haye, 54505 vandœuvre lès Nancy, France; (M.M.); (C.U.)
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- ENSAIA, 2 avenue de la forêt de Haye, 54505 vandœuvre lès Nancy, France; (M.M.); (C.U.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG56 Legon-Accra, Ghana;
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland, UK; (Q.F.); (F.M.)
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Fang Q, Maglangit F, Wu L, Ebel R, Kyeremeh K, Andersen JH, Annang F, Pérez-Moreno G, Reyes F, Deng H. Signalling and Bioactive Metabolites from Streptomyces sp. RK44. Molecules 2020; 25:E460. [PMID: 31979050 PMCID: PMC7037778 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25030460] [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: 12/22/2019] [Revised: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Streptomyces remains one of the prolific sources of structural diversity, and a reservoir to mine for novel natural products. Continued screening for new Streptomyces strains in our laboratory led to the isolation of Streptomyces sp. RK44 from the underexplored areas of Kintampo waterfalls, Ghana, Africa. Preliminary screening of the metabolites from this strain resulted in the characterization of a new 2-alkyl-4-hydroxymethylfuran carboxamide (AHFA) 1 together with five known compounds, cyclo-(L-Pro-Gly) 2, cyclo-(L-Pro-L-Phe) 3, cyclo-(L-Pro-L-Val) 4, cyclo-(L-Leu-Hyp) 5, and deferoxamine E 6. AHFA 1, a methylenomycin (MMF) homolog, exhibited anti-proliferative activity (EC50 = 89.6 µM) against melanoma A2058 cell lines. This activity, albeit weak is the first report amongst MMFs. Furthermore, the putative biosynthetic gene cluster (ahfa) was identified for the biosynthesis of AHFA 1. DFO-E 6 displayed potent anti-plasmodial activity (IC50 = 1.08µM) against P. falciparum 3D7. High-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HR ESIMS) and molecular network assisted the targeted-isolation process, and tentatively identified six AHFA analogues, 7-12 and six siderophores 13-18.
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- Qing Fang
- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK; (Q.F.); (F.M.); (L.W.); (R.E.)
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK; (Q.F.); (F.M.); (L.W.); (R.E.)
- College of Science, Department of Biology and Environmental Science, University of the Philippines Cebu, Lahug, Cebu 6000, Philippines
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK; (Q.F.); (F.M.); (L.W.); (R.E.)
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK; (Q.F.); (F.M.); (L.W.); (R.E.)
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- Marine and Plant Research Laboratory of Ghana, Department of Chemistry, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG56 Legon, Accra, Ghana;
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- Fundación MEDINA, Avda. del Conocimiento 34, 18016 Armilla, Granada, Spain; (F.A.); (F.R.)
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- Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina “López-Neyra”, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) Avda. del Conocimiento 17, 18016 Armilla, Granada, Spain;
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- Fundación MEDINA, Avda. del Conocimiento 34, 18016 Armilla, Granada, Spain; (F.A.); (F.R.)
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK; (Q.F.); (F.M.); (L.W.); (R.E.)
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A Co-Culturing Approach Enables Discovery and Biosynthesis of a Bioactive Indole Alkaloid Metabolite. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25020256. [PMID: 31936318 PMCID: PMC7024260 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25020256] [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: 11/29/2019] [Revised: 12/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Whole-genome sequence data of the genus Streptomyces have shown a far greater chemical diversity of metabolites than what have been discovered under typical laboratory fermentation conditions. In our previous natural product discovery efforts on Streptomyces sp. MA37, a bacterium isolated from the rhizosphere soil sample in Legon, Ghana, we discovered a handful of specialised metabolites from this talented strain. However, analysis of the draft genome of MA37 suggested that most of the encoded biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) remained cryptic or silent, and only a small fraction of BGCs for the production of specialised metabolites were expressed when cultured in our laboratory conditions. In order to induce the expression of the seemingly silent BGCs, we have carried out a co-culture experiment by growing the MA37 strain with the Gram-negative bacterium Pseudomonas sp. in a co-culture chamber that allows co-fermentation of two microorganisms with no direct contact but allows exchange of nutrients, metabolites, and other chemical cues. This co-culture approach led to the upregulation of several metabolites that were not previously observed in the monocultures of each strain. Moreover, the co-culture induced the expression of the cryptic indole alkaloid BGC in MA37 and led to the characterization of the known indolocarbazole alkaloid, BE-13793C 1. Neither bacterium produced compound 1 when cultured alone. The structure of 1 was elucidated by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), mass spectrometry analyses and comparison of experimental with literature data. A putative biosynthetic pathway of 1 was proposed. Furthermore, BE-13793C 1 showed strong anti-proliferative activity against HT-29 (ATCC HTB-38) cells but no toxic effect to normal lung (ATCC CCL-171) cells. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report for the activity of 1 against HT-29. No significant antimicrobial and anti-trypanosomal activities for 1 were observed. This research provides a solid foundation for the fact that a co-culture approach paves the way for increasing the chemical diversity of strain MA37. Further characterization of other upregulated metabolites in this strain is currently ongoing in our laboratory.
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Maglangit F, Alrashdi S, Renault J, Trembleau L, Victoria C, Tong MH, Wang S, Kyeremeh K, Deng H. Characterization of the promiscuous N-acyl CoA transferase, LgoC, in legonoxamine biosynthesis. Org Biomol Chem 2020; 18:2219-2222. [DOI: 10.1039/d0ob00320d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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More than 500 siderophores are known to date, but only three were identified to be aryl-containing hydroxamate siderophores, legonoxamines A and B from Streptomyces sp. MA37, and aryl ferrioxamine 2 from Micrococcus luteus KLE1011.
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Affiliation(s)
- Fleurdeliz Maglangit
- Marine Biodiscovery Centre
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Aberdeen
- Aberdeen AB24 3UE
- UK
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Aberdeen
- Aberdeen AB24 3UE
- UK
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Aberdeen
- Aberdeen AB24 3UE
- UK
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry
- Leibniz University Hannover
- Schneiderberg 1B
- Germany
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Aberdeen
- Aberdeen AB24 3UE
- UK
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Aberdeen
- Aberdeen AB24 3UE
- UK
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- Marine and Plant Research Laboratory of Ghana
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Ghana
- P.O. Box LG56
- Ghana
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Aberdeen
- Aberdeen AB24 3UE
- UK
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