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Maleckis M, Wibowo M, Gren T, Jarmusch SA, Sterndorff EB, Booth T, Henriksen NNSE, Whitford CM, Jiang X, Jørgensen TS, Ding L, Weber T. Biosynthesis of the Azoxy Compound Azodyrecin from Streptomyces mirabilis P8-A2. ACS Chem Biol 2024; 19:641-653. [PMID: 38340355 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.3c00632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Azoxy compounds are a distinctive group of bioactive secondary metabolites characterized by a unique RN═N+(O-)R moiety. The azoxy moiety is present in various classes of metabolites that exhibit various biological activities. The enzymatic mechanisms underlying azoxy bond formation remain enigmatic. Azodyrecins are cytotoxic azoxy metabolites produced by Streptomyces mirabilis P8-A2. Here, we cloned and confirmed the putative azd biosynthetic gene cluster through CATCH cloning followed by expression and production of azodyrecins in two heterologous hosts, S. albidoflavus J1074 and S. coelicolor M1146, respectively. We explored the function of 14 enzymes in azodyrecin biosynthesis through gene knockout using CRISPR-Cas9 base editing in the native producer, S. mirabilis P8-A2. The key intermediates were analyzed in the mutants through MS/MS fragmentation studies, revealing azoxy bond formation via the conversion of hydrazine to an azo compound followed by further oxygenation. Enzymes involved in modifications of the precursor could be postulated based on their predicted function and the intermediates identified in the knockout strains. Moreover, the distribution of the azoxy biosynthetic gene clusters across Streptomyces spp. genomes is explored, highlighting the presence of these clusters in over 20% of the Streptomyces spp. genomes and revealing that azoxymycin and valanimycin are scarce, while azodyrecin and KA57A-like clusters are widely distributed across the phylogenetic tree.
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- Matiss Maleckis
- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 220, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 221, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 220, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 221, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 220, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 220, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 221, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 220, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 220, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 220, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 221, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 220, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Lyng M, Jørgensen JPB, Schostag MD, Jarmusch SA, Aguilar DKC, Lozano-Andrade CN, Kovács ÁT. Competition for iron shapes metabolic antagonism between Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas marginalis. ISME J 2024; 18:wrad001. [PMID: 38365234 PMCID: PMC10811728 DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wrad001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
Abstract
Siderophores have long been implicated in sociomicrobiology as determinants of bacterial interrelations. For plant-associated genera, like Bacillus and Pseudomonas, siderophores are well known for their biocontrol functions. Here, we explored the functional role of the Bacillus subtilis siderophore bacillibactin (BB) in an antagonistic interaction with Pseudomonas marginalis. The presence of BB strongly influenced the outcome of the interaction in an iron-dependent manner. The BB producer B. subtilis restricts colony spreading of P. marginalis by repressing the transcription of histidine kinase-encoding gene gacS, thereby abolishing production of secondary metabolites such as pyoverdine and viscosin. By contrast, lack of BB restricted B. subtilis colony growth. To explore the specificity of the antagonism, we cocultured B. subtilis with a collection of fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. and found that the Bacillus-Pseudomonas interaction is conserved, expanding our understanding of the interplay between two of the most well-studied genera of soil bacteria.
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- Mark Lyng
- Bacterial Interactions and Evolution Group, DTU Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs Lyngby 2800, Denmark
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- Bacterial Interactions and Evolution Group, DTU Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs Lyngby 2800, Denmark
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- Bacterial Ecophysiology & Biotechnology, DTU Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs Lyngby 2800, Denmark
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- Natural Product Discovery, DTU Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs Lyngby 2800, Denmark
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- Bacterial Interactions and Evolution Group, DTU Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs Lyngby 2800, Denmark
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- Bacterial Interactions and Evolution Group, DTU Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs Lyngby 2800, Denmark
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- Bacterial Interactions and Evolution Group, DTU Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs Lyngby 2800, Denmark
- Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden 2333 BE, The Netherlands
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Bech PK, Jarmusch SA, Rasmussen JA, Limborg MT, Gram L, Henriksen NNSE. Succession of microbial community composition and secondary metabolism during marine biofilm development. ISME Commun 2024; 4:ycae006. [PMID: 38390522 PMCID: PMC10881302 DOI: 10.1093/ismeco/ycae006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2024] [Revised: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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In nature, secondary metabolites mediate interactions between microorganisms residing in complex microbial communities. However, the degree to which community dynamics can be linked to secondary metabolite potential remains largely unknown. In this study, we address the relationship between community succession and secondary metabolism variation. We used 16S and 18S rRNA gene and adenylation domain amplicon sequencing, genome-resolved metagenomics, and untargeted metabolomics to track the taxons, biosynthetic gene clusters, and metabolome dynamics in situ of microorganisms during marine biofilm succession over 113 days. Two phases were identified during the community succession, with a clear shift around Day 29, where the alkaloid secondary metabolites, pseudanes, were also detected. The microbial secondary metabolite potential changed between the phases, and only a few community members, including Myxococotta spp., were responsible for the majority of the biosynthetic gene cluster potential in the early succession phase. In the late phase, bryozoans and benthic copepods were detected, and the microbial nonribosomal peptide potential drastically decreased in association with a reduction in the relative abundance of the prolific secondary metabolite producers. Conclusively, this study provides evidence that the early succession of the marine biofilm community favors prokaryotes with high nonribosomal peptide synthetase potential. In contrast, the late succession is dominated by multicellular eukaryotes and a reduction in bacterial nonribosomal peptide synthetase potential.
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- Pernille Kjersgaard Bech
- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, DK-2800, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, DK-2800, Denmark
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- Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen K, DK-1014, Denmark
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- Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen K, DK-1014, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, DK-2800, Denmark
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Lozano-Andrade CN, Nogueira CG, Henriksen NNSE, Wibowo M, Jarmusch SA, Kovács ÁT. Establishment of a transparent soil system to study Bacillus subtilis chemical ecology. ISME Commun 2023; 3:110. [PMID: 37838789 PMCID: PMC10576751 DOI: 10.1038/s43705-023-00318-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/16/2023]
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Bacterial secondary metabolites are structurally diverse molecules that drive microbial interaction by altering growth, cell differentiation, and signaling. Bacillus subtilis, a Gram-positive soil-dwelling bacterium, produces a wealth of secondary metabolites, among them, lipopeptides have been vastly studied by their antimicrobial, antitumor, and surfactant activities. However, the natural functions of secondary metabolites in the lifestyles of the producing organism remain less explored under natural conditions, i.e. in soil. Here, we describe a hydrogel-based transparent soil system to investigate B. subtilis chemical ecology under controllable soil-like conditions. The transparent soil matrix allows the growth of B. subtilis and other isolates gnotobiotically and under nutrient-controlled conditions. Additionally, we show that transparent soil allows the detection of lipopeptides production and dynamics by HPLC-MS, and MALDI-MS imaging, along with fluorescence imaging of 3-dimensional bacterial assemblages. We anticipate that this affordable and highly controllable system will promote bacterial chemical ecology research and help to elucidate microbial interactions driven by secondary metabolites.
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- DTU Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kgs Lyngby, Denmark
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- DTU Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kgs Lyngby, Denmark
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- DTU Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kgs Lyngby, Denmark
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- DTU Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kgs Lyngby, Denmark.
- Institute of Biology, Leiden University, 2333 BE, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Buenrostro-Muñoz J, Jarmusch SA, Souza V, Martínez-Cárdenas A, Fajardo-Hernández CA, Yeverino IR, Eguiarte LE, Figueroa M. Metabolomic Diversity in Microbial Mats Under Different Environmental Conditions: A Tool to Test Microbial Ecosystem Chemical Change. Chem Biodivers 2023:e202300829. [PMID: 37721179 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.202300829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
Abstract
Microbial mats are microbial communities capable of recycling the essential elements of life and considered to be the oldest evidence of microbial communities on Earth. Due to their uniqueness and limited sampling material, analyzing their metabolomic profile in different seasons or conditions is challenging. In this study, microbial mats from a small pond in the Cuatro Cienegas Basin in Coahuila, Mexico, were collected in wet and dry seasons. In addition to these samples, mesocosm experiments from the wet samples were set. These mats are elastic and rise after heavy rainfall by forming gas domes structures known as "Archean domes", by the outgassing of methanogenic bacteria, archaea, and sulfur bacteria. Extracts from all mats and mesocosms were subjected to untargeted mass spectrometry-based metabolomics and molecular networking analysis. Interestingly, each mat showed high chemical diversity that may be explained by the temporal dynamic processes in which they were sampled.
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- Jhoselinne Buenrostro-Muñoz
- Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04530, México
- Posgrado de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04530, México
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads 221, DK-2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04530, México
- Centro de Estudios del Cuaternario de Fuego-Patagonia y Antártica (CEQUA), Punta Arenas, Chile
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- Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04530, México
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- Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04530, México
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- Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04530, México
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- Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 04530, México
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Wang X, Jarmusch SA, Frisvad JC, Larsen TO. Current status of secondary metabolite pathways linked to their related biosynthetic gene clusters in Aspergillus section Nigri. Nat Prod Rep 2023; 40:237-274. [PMID: 35587705 DOI: 10.1039/d1np00074h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
Covering: up to the end of 2021Aspergilli are biosynthetically 'talented' micro-organisms and therefore the natural products community has continually been interested in the wealth of biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) encoding numerous secondary metabolites related to these fungi. With the rapid increase in sequenced fungal genomes combined with the continuous development of bioinformatics tools such as antiSMASH, linking new structures to unknown BGCs has become much easier when taking retro-biosynthetic considerations into account. On the other hand, in most cases it is not as straightforward to prove proposed biosynthetic pathways due to the lack of implemented genetic tools in a given fungal species. As a result, very few secondary metabolite biosynthetic pathways have been characterized even amongst some of the most well studied Aspergillus spp., section Nigri (black aspergilli). This review will cover all known biosynthetic compound families and their structural diversity known from black aspergilli. We have logically divided this into sub-sections describing major biosynthetic classes (polyketides, non-ribosomal peptides, terpenoids, meroterpenoids and hybrid biosynthesis). Importantly, we will focus the review on metabolites which have been firmly linked to their corresponding BGCs.
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- Xinhui Wang
- DTU Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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- DTU Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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- DTU Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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- DTU Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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Petras D, Phelan VV, Acharya D, Allen AE, Aron AT, Bandeira N, Bowen BP, Belle-Oudry D, Boecker S, Cummings DA, Deutsch JM, Fahy E, Garg N, Gregor R, Handelsman J, Navarro-Hoyos M, Jarmusch AK, Jarmusch SA, Louie K, Maloney KN, Marty MT, Meijler MM, Mizrahi I, Neve RL, Northen TR, Molina-Santiago C, Panitchpakdi M, Pullman B, Puri AW, Schmid R, Subramaniam S, Thukral M, Vasquez-Castro F, Dorrestein PC, Wang M. GNPS Dashboard: collaborative exploration of mass spectrometry data in the web browser. Nat Methods 2021; 19:134-136. [PMID: 34862502 DOI: 10.1038/s41592-021-01339-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Daniel Petras
- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,CMFI Cluster of Excellence, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Environmental Genomics, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Center for Computational Mass Spectrometry, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Analysis and Redesign of Biological Networks, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.,Henry Eyring Center for Cell & Genome Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- BIoactivity for Sustainable Development Group (BIODESS), Department of Chemistry, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Immunity, Inflammation, and Disease Laboratory, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel.,National Institute of Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
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- National Institute of Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel.,Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea, Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Departamento de Microbiología, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Center for Computational Mass Spectrometry, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.,Henry Eyring Center for Cell & Genome Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Environmental Genomics, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Centro Nacional de Innovaciones Biotecnologicas (CENIBiot), CeNAT-CONARE, 1174-1200, San Jose, Costa Rica
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. .,Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Jarmusch SA, van der Hooft JJJ, Dorrestein PC, Jarmusch AK. Advancements in capturing and mining mass spectrometry data are transforming natural products research. Nat Prod Rep 2021; 38:2066-2082. [PMID: 34612288 PMCID: PMC8667781 DOI: 10.1039/d1np00040c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Covering: 2016 up to 2021Mass spectrometry (MS) is an essential technology in natural products research with MS fragmentation (MS/MS) approaches becoming a key tool. Recent advancements in MS yield dense metabolomics datasets which have been, conventionally, used by individual labs for individual projects; however, a shift is brewing. The movement towards open MS data (and other structural characterization data) and accessible data mining tools is emerging in natural products research. Over the past 5 years, this movement has rapidly expanded and evolved with no slowdown in sight; the capabilities of today vastly exceed those of 5 years ago. Herein, we address the analysis of individual datasets, a situation we are calling the '2021 status quo', and the emergent framework to systematically capture sample information (metadata) and perform repository-scale analyses. We evaluate public data deposition, discuss the challenges of working in the repository scale, highlight the challenges of metadata capture and provide illustrative examples of the power of utilizing repository data and the tools that enable it. We conclude that the advancements in MS data collection must be met with advancements in how we utilize data; therefore, we argue that open data and data mining is the next evolution in obtaining the maximum potential in natural products research.
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- Scott A Jarmusch
- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads 221, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0751, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0751, USA
- Immunity, Inflammation, and Disease Laboratory, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Jarmusch SA, Lagos-Susaeta D, Diab E, Salazar O, Asenjo JA, Ebel R, Jaspars M. Iron-meditated fungal starvation by lupine rhizosphere-associated and extremotolerant Streptomyces sp. S29 desferrioxamine production. Mol Omics 2020; 17:95-107. [PMID: 33185220 DOI: 10.1039/d0mo00084a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Siderophores are iron-chelating compounds that aid iron uptake, one of the key strategies for microorganisms to carve out ecological niches in microbially diverse environments. Desferrioxamines are the principal siderophores produced by Streptomyces spp. Their biosynthesis has been well studied and as a consequence, the chemical potential of the pathway continues to expand. With all of this in mind, our study aimed to explore extremotolerant and lupine rhizosphere-derived Streptomyces sp. S29 for its potential antifungal capabilities. Cocultivation of isolate S29 was carried out with Aspergillus niger and Botrytis cinerea, both costly fungal phytopathogens in the wine industry, to simulate their interaction within the rhizosphere. The results indicate that not only is Streptomyces sp. S29 extraordinary at producing hydroxamate siderophores but uses siderophore production as a means to 'starve' the fungi of iron. High resolution LC-MS/MS followed by GNPS molecular networking was used to observe the datasets for desferrioxamines and guided structure elucidation of new desferrioxamine analogues. Comparing the new chemistry, using tools like molecular networking and MS2LDA, with the known biosynthesis, we show that the chemical potential of the desferrioxamine pathway has further room for exploration.
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- Scott A Jarmusch
- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Old Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland, UK.
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Jarmusch AK, Wang M, Aceves CM, Advani RS, Aguirre S, Aksenov AA, Aleti G, Aron AT, Bauermeister A, Bolleddu S, Bouslimani A, Caraballo Rodriguez AM, Chaar R, Coras R, Elijah EO, Ernst M, Gauglitz JM, Gentry EC, Husband M, Jarmusch SA, Jones KL, Kamenik Z, Le Gouellec A, Lu A, McCall LI, McPhail KL, Meehan MJ, Melnik AV, Menezes RC, Montoya Giraldo YA, Nguyen NH, Nothias LF, Nothias-Esposito M, Panitchpakdi M, Petras D, Quinn RA, Sikora N, van der Hooft JJJ, Vargas F, Vrbanac A, Weldon KC, Knight R, Bandeira N, Dorrestein PC. ReDU: a framework to find and reanalyze public mass spectrometry data. Nat Methods 2020; 17:901-904. [PMID: 32807955 DOI: 10.1038/s41592-020-0916-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
We present ReDU ( https://redu.ucsd.edu/ ), a system for metadata capture of public mass spectrometry-based metabolomics data, with validated controlled vocabularies. Systematic capture of knowledge enables the reanalysis of public data and/or co-analysis of one's own data. ReDU enables multiple types of analyses, including finding chemicals and associated metadata, comparing the shared and different chemicals between groups of samples, and metadata-filtered, repository-scale molecular networking.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alan K Jarmusch
- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Stein Clinical Research, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Center for Newborn Screening, Department of Congenital Disorders, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Old Aberdeen, UK
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska, Czech Republic
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- TIMC-IMAG, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, and Laboratories of Molecular Anthropology and Microbiome Research, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Research Group Mass Spectrometry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- Grupo de Investigación en Ciencias Biológicas y Bioprocesos (CIBIOP), Department of Biological Sciences, Universidad EAFIT, Medellín, Colombia
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Bioinformatics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. .,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. .,Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. .,Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Cortés-Albayay C, Jarmusch SA, Trusch F, Ebel R, Andrews BA, Jaspars M, Asenjo JA. Downsizing Class II Lasso Peptides: Genome Mining-Guided Isolation of Huascopeptin Containing the First Gly1-Asp7 Macrocycle. J Org Chem 2020; 85:1661-1667. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b02231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Carlos Cortés-Albayay
- Centre for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, CeBiB, Department of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Materials, University of Chile, Beauchef 851, Santiago 8370450, Chile
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Old Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland, U.K
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- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill AB25 2ZD, Scotland, U.K
- Division of Plant Sciences, College of Life Science, University of Dundee (at JHI), Errol Road, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, U.K
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Old Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland, U.K
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- Centre for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, CeBiB, Department of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Materials, University of Chile, Beauchef 851, Santiago 8370450, Chile
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Old Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland, U.K
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- Centre for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, CeBiB, Department of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Materials, University of Chile, Beauchef 851, Santiago 8370450, Chile
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Dalponte L, Parajuli A, Younger E, Mattila A, Jokela J, Wahlsten M, Leikoski N, Sivonen K, Jarmusch SA, Houssen WE, Fewer DP. N-Prenylation of Tryptophan by an Aromatic Prenyltransferase from the Cyanobactin Biosynthetic Pathway. Biochemistry 2018; 57:6860-6867. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Luca Dalponte
- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, U.K
- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Ashgrove Road West, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, U.K
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Viikki Biocenter 1, Viikinkaari 9, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, U.K
- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Ashgrove Road West, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, U.K
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Viikki Biocenter 1, Viikinkaari 9, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Viikki Biocenter 1, Viikinkaari 9, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Viikki Biocenter 1, Viikinkaari 9, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Viikki Biocenter 1, Viikinkaari 9, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Viikki Biocenter 1, Viikinkaari 9, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, U.K
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- Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, U.K
- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Ashgrove Road West, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, U.K
- Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Viikki Biocenter 1, Viikinkaari 9, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Shymanovich T, Saari S, Lovin ME, Jarmusch AK, Jarmusch SA, Musso AM, Charlton ND, Young CA, Cech NB, Faeth SH. Alkaloid variation among epichloid endophytes of sleepygrass (Achnatherum robustum) and consequences for resistance to insect herbivores. J Chem Ecol 2014; 41:93-104. [PMID: 25501262 DOI: 10.1007/s10886-014-0534-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2014] [Revised: 08/30/2014] [Accepted: 12/02/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Abstract
Epichloid endophytes are well known symbionts of many cool-season grasses that may alleviate environmental stresses for their hosts. For example, endophytes produce alkaloid compounds that may be toxic to invertebrate or vertebrate herbivores. Achnatherum robustum, commonly called sleepygrass, was aptly named due to the presence of an endophyte that causes toxic effects to livestock and wildlife. Variation in alkaloid production observed in two A. robustum populations located near Weed and Cloudcroft in the Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico, suggests two different endophyte species are present in these populations. Genetic analyses of endophyte-infected samples revealed major differences in the endophyte alkaloid genetic profiles from the two populations, which were supported with chemical analyses. The endophyte present in the Weed population was shown to produce chanoclavine I, paspaline, and terpendoles, so thus resembles the previously described Epichloë funkii. The endophyte present in the Cloudcroft population produces chanoclavineI, ergonovine, lysergic acid amide, and paspaline, and is an undescribed endophyte species. We observed very low survival rates for aphids feeding on plants infected with the Cloudcroft endophyte, while aphid survival was better on endophyte infected plants in the Weed population. This observation led to the hypothesis that the alkaloid ergonovine is responsible for aphid mortality. Direct testing of aphid survival on oat leaves supplemented with ergonovine provided supporting evidence for this hypothesis. The results of this study suggest that alkaloids produced by the Cloudcroft endophyte, specifically ergonovine, have insecticidal properties.
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- Tatsiana Shymanovich
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina Greensboro, 312 Eberhart Bldg., Greensboro, NC, 27412, USA,
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Bame JR, Graf TN, Junio HA, Bussey RO, Jarmusch SA, El-Elimat T, Falkinham JO, Oberlies NH, Cech RA, Cech NB. Sarothrin from Alkanna orientalis is an antimicrobial agent and efflux pump inhibitor. Planta Med 2013; 79:327-9. [PMID: 23468310 PMCID: PMC4527991 DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1328259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
An Alkanna orientalis leaf and flower extract inhibited the growth of Staphylococcus aureus, a pathogen that causes an estimated 478 000 hospitalizations in the US annually. Bioassay-guided fractionation of A. orientalis resulted in isolation of the flavonoid sarothrin (5,7,4'-trihydroxy-3,6,8-trimethoxyflavone), which inhibited the growth of Mycobacterium smegmatis (MIC 75 µM) and S. aureus (MIC > 800 µM), and possessed efflux pump inhibitory activity. This is the first report of antimicrobial or efflux pump inhibitory activity of sarothrin, and of its presence in A. orientalis. Our findings suggest that the effectiveness of A. orientalis extracts is due to a combination of multiple constituents, including sarothrin.
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- Jessica R. Bame
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of North Carolina Greensboro, 435 Sullivan Bldg, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of North Carolina Greensboro, 435 Sullivan Bldg, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of North Carolina Greensboro, 435 Sullivan Bldg, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of North Carolina Greensboro, 435 Sullivan Bldg, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of North Carolina Greensboro, 435 Sullivan Bldg, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of North Carolina Greensboro, 435 Sullivan Bldg, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of North Carolina Greensboro, 435 Sullivan Bldg, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA
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