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Jia K, Sun H, Zhou Y, Zhang W. Biosynthesis of isonitrile lipopeptides. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2024; 81:102470. [PMID: 38788523 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2024.102470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2024] [Revised: 04/25/2024] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
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Isonitrile lipopeptides discovered from Actinobacteria have attracted wide attention due to their fascinating biosynthetic pathways and relevance to the virulence of many human pathogens including Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Specifically, the identification of the new class of isonitrile-forming enzymes that belong to non-heme iron (II) and α-ketoglutarate dependent dioxygenases has intrigued several research groups to investigate their catalytic mechanism. Here we summarize the recent studies on the biosynthesis of isonitrile lipopeptides from Streptomyces and Mycobacterium. The latest research on the core and tailoring enzymes involved in the pathway as well as the isonitrile metabolic enzymes are discussed in this review.
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- Kaimin Jia
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States; California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States; California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States.
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Matsuda K, Maruyama H, Imachi K, Ikeda H, Wakimoto T. Actinobacterial chalkophores: the biosynthesis of hazimycins. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2024; 77:228-237. [PMID: 38378905 DOI: 10.1038/s41429-024-00706-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2023] [Revised: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024]
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Copper is a transition metal element with significant effects on the morphological development and secondary metabolism of actinobacteria. In some microorganisms, copper-binding natural products are employed to modulate copper homeostasis, although their significance in actinobacteria remains largely unknown. Here, we identified the biosynthetic genes of the diisocyanide natural product hazimycin in Kitasatospora purpeofusca HV058, through gene knock-out and heterologous expression. Biochemical analyses revealed that hazimycin A specifically binds to copper, which diminishes its antimicrobial activity. The presence of a set of putative importer/exporter genes surrounding the biosynthetic genes suggested that hazimycin is a chalkophore that modulates the intracellular copper level. A bioinformatic survey of homologous gene cassettes, as well as the identification of two previously unknown hazimycin-producing Streptomyces strains, indicated that the isocyanide-based mechanism of copper homeostasis is prevalent in actinobacteria.
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- Kenichi Matsuda
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita 12, Nishi 6, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812, Japan.
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita 12, Nishi 6, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita 12, Nishi 6, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812, Japan
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- Technology Research Association for Next generation natural products chemistry, 2-4-7 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-0064, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita 12, Nishi 6, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812, Japan.
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Larghi EL, Bracca ABJ, Simonetti SO, Kaufman TS. Recent developments in the total synthesis of natural products using the Ugi multicomponent reactions as the key strategy. Org Biomol Chem 2024; 22:429-465. [PMID: 38126459 DOI: 10.1039/d3ob01837g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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The total syntheses of selected natural products using different versions of the Ugi multicomponent reaction is reviewed on a case-by-case basis. The revision covers the period 2008-2023 and includes detailed descriptions of the synthetic sequences, the use of state-of-the-art chemical reagents and strategies, as well as the advantages and limitations of the transformation and some remedial solutions. Relevant data on the isolation and bioactivity of the different natural targets are also briefly provided. The examples clearly evidence the strategic importance of this transformation and its key role in the modern natural products synthetic chemistry toolbox. This methodology proved to be a valuable means for easily building molecular complexity and efficiently delivering step-economic syntheses even of intricate structures, with a promising future.
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- Enrique L Larghi
- Instituto de Química Rosario (IQUIR, CONICET-UNR) and Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas - Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531 (2000), Rosario, Argentina.
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- Instituto de Química Rosario (IQUIR, CONICET-UNR) and Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas - Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531 (2000), Rosario, Argentina.
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- Instituto de Química Rosario (IQUIR, CONICET-UNR) and Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas - Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531 (2000), Rosario, Argentina.
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- Instituto de Química Rosario (IQUIR, CONICET-UNR) and Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas - Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531 (2000), Rosario, Argentina.
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Méndez Y, Vasco AV, Ivey G, Dias AL, Gierth P, Sousa BB, Navo CD, Torres-Mozas A, Rodrigues T, Jiménez-Osés G, Bernardes GJL. Merging the Isonitrile-Tetrazine (4+1) Cycloaddition and the Ugi Four-Component Reaction into a Single Multicomponent Process. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202311186. [PMID: 37682023 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202311186] [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: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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Multicomponent reactions are of utmost importance at generating a unique, wide, and complex chemical space. Herein we describe a novel multicomponent approach based on the combination of the isonitrile-tetrazine (4+1) cycloaddition and the Ugi four-component reaction to generate pyrazole amide derivatives. The scope of the reaction as well as mechanistic insights governing the 4H-pyrazol-4-imine tautomerization are provided. This multicomponent process provides access to a new chemical space of pyrazole amide derivatives and offers a tool for peptide modification and stapling.
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- Yanira Méndez
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed), Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Av. Prof Gama Pinto, 1649-003, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-028, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 800, 48160, Derio, Spain
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- Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 800, 48160, Derio, Spain
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- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed), Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Av. Prof Gama Pinto, 1649-003, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Building 800, 48160, Derio, Spain
- Ikerbaske, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013, Bilbao, Spain
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-028, Lisboa, Portugal
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Del Rio Flores A, Narayanamoorthy M, Cai W, Zhai R, Yang S, Shen Y, Seshadri K, De Matias K, Xue Z, Zhang W. Biosynthesis of Isonitrile Lipopeptide Metallophores from Pathogenic Mycobacteria. Biochemistry 2023; 62:824-834. [PMID: 36638317 PMCID: PMC9905339 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.2c00611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Isonitrile lipopeptides (INLPs) are known to be related to the virulence of pathogenic mycobacteria by mediating metal transport, but their biosynthesis remains obscure. In this work, we use in vitro biochemical assays, site-directed mutagenesis, chemical synthesis, and spectroscopy techniques to scrutinize the activity of core enzymes required for INLP biosynthesis in mycobacteria. Compared to environmental Streptomyces, pathogenic Mycobacterium employ a similar chemical logic and enzymatic machinery in INLP biosynthesis, differing mainly in the fatty-acyl chain length, which is controlled by multiple enzymes in the pathway. Our in-depth study on the non-heme iron(II) and α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase for isonitrile generation, including Rv0097 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), demonstrates that it recognizes a free-standing small molecule substrate, different from the recent hypothesis that a carrier protein is required for Rv0097 in Mtb. A key residue in Rv0097 is further identified to dictate the varied fatty-acyl chain length specificity between Streptomyces and Mycobacterium.
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- Antonio Del Rio Flores
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Schäfer RJB, Wilson K, Biedermann M, Moore BS, Sieber S, Wennemers H. Identification of Isonitrile-Containing Natural Products in Complex Biological Matrices through Ligation with Chlorooximes. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202203277. [PMID: 36331430 PMCID: PMC9892309 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202203277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Revised: 10/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Isonitrile-containing natural products have garnered attention for their manifold bioactivities but are difficult to detect and isolate due to the chemical lability of the isonitrile functional group. Here, we used the isonitrile-chlorooxime ligation (INC) in a reactivity-based screening (RBS) protocol for the detection and isolation of alkaloid and terpene isonitriles in the cyanobacterium Fischerella ambigua and a marine sponge of the order Bubarida, respectively. A trifunctional probe bearing a chlorooxime moiety, a UV active aromatic moiety, and a bromine label facilitated the chemoselective reaction with isonitriles, UV-Vis spectroscopic detection, and mass spectrometric analysis. The INC-based RBS allowed for the detection, isolation, and structural elucidation of isonitriles in microgram quantities.
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- Rebecca J. B. Schäfer
- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland,Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 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
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92093, United States
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- University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Choirunnisa AR, Arima K, Abe Y, Kagaya N, Kudo K, Suenaga H, Hashimoto J, Fujie M, Satoh N, Shin-ya K, Matsuda K, Wakimoto T. New azodyrecins identified by a genome mining-directed reactivity-based screening. Beilstein J Org Chem 2022; 18:1017-1025. [PMID: 36051562 PMCID: PMC9379638 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.18.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 07/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Only a few azoxy natural products have been identified despite their intriguing biological activities. Azodyrecins D–G, four new analogs of aliphatic azoxides, were identified from two Streptomyces species by a reactivity-based screening that targets azoxy bonds. A biological activity evaluation demonstrated that the double bond in the alkyl side chain is important for the cytotoxicity of azodyrecins. An in vitro assay elucidated the tailoring step of azodyrecin biosynthesis, which is mediated by the S-adenosylmethionine (SAM)-dependent methyltransferase Ady1. This study paves the way for the targeted isolation of aliphatic azoxy natural products through a genome-mining approach and further investigations of their biosynthetic mechanisms.
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Technology Research Association for Next Generation Natural Products Chemistry, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- Japan Biological Informatics Consortium (JBIC), Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan
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- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
- Global Station for Biosurfaces and Drug Discovery, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
- Global Station for Biosurfaces and Drug Discovery, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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Wang WF, Nsanzamahoro S, Zhang Y, Wang CB, Shi YP, Yang JL. A highly sensitive colorimetric sensing platform based on silver nanocomposites for alkaline phosphatase. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2022; 14:2431-2438. [PMID: 35678556 DOI: 10.1039/d2ay00632d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) plays significant roles in regulating intracellular processes and is an important biomarker connected to several diseases. In this work, one facile and sensitive sensing platform based on CQD-silver nanocomposites (CQD-silver NPs) for colorimetric detection of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) was introduced. ALP triggers the removal of the phosphate group of ascorbic acid 2-phosphate (AA2P), which is then transformed into ascorbic acid (AA). The as-obtained AA can easily cause significant aggregation of monodispersed NPs and cause the system color to turn from bright yellow to gray. Based on the color change of the ratio of 490 nm/630 nm, ALP was sensitively and selectively detected. Under the optimum, the established method showed linearity for ALP in the range of 0.1-50 U L-1 and the detection limit was low at 0.035 U L-1, and it was subjected to ALP inhibitor screening from goji berry extract. These results indicated that the colorimetric system can be used as a simple tool for visual and fast evaluation of ALP activity as well as providing an alternative to screen ALP inhibitors.
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- Wei-Feng Wang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources, Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources, Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources, Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources, Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources, Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources, Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China.
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Flores ADR, Barber CC, Narayanamoorthy M, Gu D, Shen Y, Zhang W. Biosynthesis of Isonitrile- and Alkyne-Containing Natural Products. Annu Rev Chem Biomol Eng 2022; 13:1-24. [PMID: 35236086 PMCID: PMC9811556 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-092120-025140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Natural products are a diverse class of biologically produced compounds that participate in fundamental biological processes such as cell signaling, nutrient acquisition, and interference competition. Unique triple-bond functionalities like isonitriles and alkynes often drive bioactivity and may serve as indicators of novel chemical logic and enzymatic machinery. Yet, the biosynthetic underpinnings of these groups remain only partially understood, constraining the opportunity to rationally engineer biomolecules with these functionalities for applications in pharmaceuticals, bioorthogonal chemistry, and other value-added chemical processes. Here, we focus our review on characterized biosynthetic pathways for isonitrile and alkyne functionalities, their bioorthogonal transformations, and prospects for engineering their biosynthetic machinery for biotechnological applications.
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- Antonio Del Rio Flores
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA,Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, California, USA
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Kupyaphores are zinc homeostatic metallophores required for colonization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:2110293119. [PMID: 35193957 PMCID: PMC8872721 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2110293119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the etiological agent of human tuberculosis (TB). Mtb can persist inside host macrophages by successfully adapting to intracellular conditions. Acquisition of balanced amounts of essential micronutrients is one such important process. Our studies have identified a metallophore produced on demand to restore Mtb zinc metabolic imbalance. These diacyl-diisonitrile lipopeptides, named kupyaphores, are specifically induced during infection and move in and out of cells to protect bacteria from host-mediated nutritional deprivation and intoxication. Furthermore, we identify an Mtb isonitrile hydratase homolog, expressed in low-zinc conditions, which probably facilitates zinc release from kupyaphores. Identification of this zinc acquisition strategy could provide opportunities in future to understand systemic zinc dysbiosis and associated manifestations in TB patients. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) endures a combination of metal scarcity and toxicity throughout the human infection cycle, contributing to complex clinical manifestations. Pathogens counteract this paradoxical dysmetallostasis by producing specialized metal trafficking systems. Capture of extracellular metal by siderophores is a widely accepted mode of iron acquisition, and Mtb iron-chelating siderophores, mycobactin, have been known since 1965. Currently, it is not known whether Mtb produces zinc scavenging molecules. Here, we characterize low-molecular-weight zinc-binding compounds secreted and imported by Mtb for zinc acquisition. These molecules, termed kupyaphores, are produced by a 10.8 kbp biosynthetic cluster and consists of a dipeptide core of ornithine and phenylalaninol, where amino groups are acylated with isonitrile-containing fatty acyl chains. Kupyaphores are stringently regulated and support Mtb survival under both nutritional deprivation and intoxication conditions. A kupyaphore-deficient Mtb strain is unable to mobilize sufficient zinc and shows reduced fitness upon infection. We observed early induction of kupyaphores in Mtb-infected mice lungs after infection, and these metabolites disappeared after 2 wk. Furthermore, we identify an Mtb-encoded isonitrile hydratase, which can possibly mediate intracellular zinc release through covalent modification of the isonitrile group of kupyaphores. Mtb clinical strains also produce kupyaphores during early passages. Our study thus uncovers a previously unknown zinc acquisition strategy of Mtb that could modulate host–pathogen interactions and disease outcome.
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Natural products have traditionally been a fruitful source of chemical matter that has been developed into novel therapeutics. Actinomycetes and several other bacterial taxa are especially gifted in biosynthesizing natural products. However, many decades of intense bioactivity-based screening led to a large rediscovery problem, rendering industrial natural product discovery pipelines uneconomical. Numerous methods for circumventing the rediscovery problem have been developed, among them various chemistry-focused strategies, including reactivity-based screening. Emerging from the field of chemical proteomics, reactivity-based screening relies on a reactive probe that chemoselectively modifies a functional group of interest in the context of a complex biological sample. Reactivity-based probes for several distinct functional groups have been deployed to discover new polyketide and peptidic natural products. This chapter describes the protocols to conduct a reactivity-based screening campaign, including bacteria cultivation and screening of cellular extracts with phenylglyoxal-, tetrazine-, thiol-, and aminooxy-functionalized probes, which respectively target primary uriedo, electron-rich olefins, Michael acceptors, and reactive carbonyls. In addition, a recent case study is presented that employs reactivity-based screening as a component of a forward genetics screen to identify a previously unknown peptidyl arginine deiminase. We anticipate that these methods will be useful for those interested in discovering natural products that evade detection by traditional, bioassay-guided methods and others who wish to rapidly connect metabolic chemotype with genotype.
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- Lonnie A. Harris
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States,Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States,Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States,Corresponding Author: 600 S. Mathews Avenue, Roger Adams Laboratory, Rm. 361, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, 217-333-1345,
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Lasso JD, Castillo-Pazos DJ, Li CJ. Green chemistry meets medicinal chemistry: a perspective on modern metal-free late-stage functionalization reactions. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:10955-10982. [PMID: 34382989 DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00380a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The progress of drug discovery and development is paced by milestones reached in organic synthesis. In the last decade, the advent of late-stage functionalization (LSF) reactions has represented a valuable breakthrough. Recent literature has defined these reactions as the chemoselective modification of complex molecules by means of C-H functionalization or the manipulation of endogenous functional groups. Traditionally, these diversifications have been accomplished by organometallic means. However, the presence of metals carries disadvantages related to their cost, environmental hazard and health risks. Fundamentally, green chemistry directives can help minimize such hazards through the development of metal-free LSF methodologies. In this review, we expand the current discussion on metal-free LSF reactions by providing an overview of C(sp2)-H, and C(sp3)-H functionalizations, as well as the utilization of heteroatom-containing functional groups as chemical handles. Selected topics such as metal-free cross-dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) reactions, organocatalysis, electrochemistry and photochemistry are also discussed. By writing the first review on metal-free LSF methodologies, we aim to highlight current advances in the field with examples that reveal specific challenges and solutions, as well as future research opportunities.
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- Juan D Lasso
- Department of Chemistry, FRQNT Centre for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, FRQNT Centre for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, FRQNT Centre for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada.
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Guo X, Zhang J, Li X, Xiao E, Lange JD, Rienstra CM, Burke MD, Mitchell DA. Sterol Sponge Mechanism Is Conserved for Glycosylated Polyene Macrolides. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2021; 7:781-791. [PMID: 34079896 PMCID: PMC8161476 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c00148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2021] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
Abstract
Amphotericin-like glycosylated polyene macrolides (GPMs) are a clinically and industrially important family of natural products, but the mechanisms by which they exert their extraordinary biological activities have remained unclear for more than half a century. Amphotericin B exerts fungicidal action primarily via self-assembly into an extramembranous sponge that rapidly extracts ergosterol from fungal membranes, but it has remained unclear whether this mechanism is applicable to other GPMs. Using a highly conserved polyene-hemiketal region of GPMs that we hypothesized to represent a conserved ergosterol-binding domain, we bioinformatically mapped the entirety of the GPM sequence-function space and expanded the number of GPM biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) by 10-fold. We further leveraged bioinformatic predictions and tetrazine-based reactivity screening targeting the electron-rich polyene region of GPMs to discover a first-in-class methyltetraene- and diepoxide-containing GPM, kineosporicin, and to assign BGCs to many new producers of previously reported members. Leveraging a range of structurally diverse known and newly discovered GPMs, we found that the sterol sponge mechanism of fungicidal action is conserved.
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- Xiaorui Guo
- Department
of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University
of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University
of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Carl
R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 1206 W. Gregory Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University
of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University
of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Carl
R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 1206 W. Gregory Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry and National Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison, DeLuca Biochemistry Laboratories, 433 Babcock Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University
of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Carl
R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 1206 W. Gregory Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Department
of Biochemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Beckman
Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801 United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University
of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Carl
R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 1206 W. Gregory Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Department
of Microbiology, University of Illinois
at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Revie NM, Cowen LE. Glycosylated Polyene Macrolides Kill Fungi via a Conserved Sterol Sponge Mechanism of Action. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2021; 7:706-708. [PMID: 34079890 PMCID: PMC8161489 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c00520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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- Nicole M. Revie
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1M1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1M1, Canada
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Hughes CC. Chemical labeling strategies for small molecule natural product detection and isolation. Nat Prod Rep 2021; 38:1684-1705. [PMID: 33629087 DOI: 10.1039/d0np00034e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Covering: Up to 2020.It is widely accepted that small molecule natural products (NPs) evolved to carry out a particular ecological function and that these finely-tuned molecules can sometimes be appropriated for the treatment of disease in humans. Unfortunately, for the natural products chemist, NPs did not evolve to possess favorable physicochemical properties needed for HPLC-MS analysis. The process known as derivatization, whereby an NP in a complex mixture is decorated with a nonnatural moiety using a derivatizing agent (DA), arose from this sad state of affairs. Here, NPs are freed from the limitations of natural functionality and endowed, usually with some degree of chemoselectivity, with additional structural features that make HPLC-MS analysis more informative. DAs that selectively label amines, carboxylic acids, alcohols, phenols, thiols, ketones, and aldehydes, terminal alkynes, electrophiles, conjugated alkenes, and isocyanides have been developed and will be discussed here in detail. Although usually employed for targeted metabolomics, chemical labeling strategies have been effectively applied to uncharacterized NP extracts and may play an increasing role in the detection and isolation of certain classes of NPs in the future.
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- Chambers C Hughes
- Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany 72076.
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Jonnalagadda R, Del Rio Flores A, Cai W, Mehmood R, Narayanamoorthy M, Ren C, Zaragoza JPT, Kulik HJ, Zhang W, Drennan CL. Biochemical and crystallographic investigations into isonitrile formation by a nonheme iron-dependent oxidase/decarboxylase. J Biol Chem 2021; 296:100231. [PMID: 33361191 PMCID: PMC7949033 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.015932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
The isonitrile moiety is found in marine sponges and some microbes, where it plays a role in processes such as virulence and metal acquisition. Until recently only one route was known for isonitrile biosynthesis, a condensation reaction that brings together a nitrogen atom of l-Trp/l-Tyr with a carbon atom from ribulose-5-phosphate. With the discovery of ScoE, a mononuclear Fe(II) α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase from Streptomyces coeruleorubidus, a second route was identified. ScoE forms isonitrile from a glycine adduct, with both the nitrogen and carbon atoms coming from the same glycyl moiety. This reaction is part of the nonribosomal biosynthetic pathway of isonitrile lipopeptides. Here, we present structural, biochemical, and computational investigations of the mechanism of isonitrile formation by ScoE, an unprecedented reaction in the mononuclear Fe(II) α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase superfamily. The stoichiometry of this enzymatic reaction is measured, and multiple high-resolution (1.45-1.96 Å resolution) crystal structures of Fe(II)-bound ScoE are presented, providing insight into the binding of substrate, (R)-3-((carboxylmethyl)amino)butanoic acid (CABA), cosubstrate α-ketoglutarate, and an Fe(IV)=O mimic oxovanadium. Comparison to a previously published crystal structure of ScoE suggests that ScoE has an "inducible" α-ketoglutarate binding site, in which two residues arginine-157 and histidine-299 move by approximately 10 Å from the surface of the protein into the active site to create a transient α-ketoglutarate binding pocket. Together, data from structural analyses, site-directed mutagenesis, and computation provide insight into the mode of α-ketoglutarate binding, the mechanism of isonitrile formation, and how the structure of ScoE has been adapted to perform this unusual chemical reaction.
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- Rohan Jonnalagadda
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA; California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA; Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, California, USA.
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
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Zhu M, Wang L, Zhang W, Liu Z, Ali M, Imtiaz M, He J. Diisonitrile-Mediated Reactive Oxygen Species Accumulation Leads to Bacterial Growth Inhibition. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2020; 83:1634-1640. [PMID: 32302148 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The diisonitrile copper chelator SF2768 biosynthesized by Streptomyces thioluteus functions as a chalkophore that transports extracellular copper into producer cells in a complexed form. It was demonstrated that the treatment of eight bacteria, including Bacillus subtilis and Acinetobacter baumannii, with SF2768 led to a moderate growth inhibition which is associated with an increased level of reactive oxygen species (ROS). In addition, SF2768 and its diisonitrile analogues proved to be effective tyrosinase inhibitors. Three new analogues, SF2768 I, K, and L, were identified by detailed spectroscopic analysis.
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- Mengyi Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biotechnology, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad campus, Abbottabad 22060, Pakistan
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- Soil and Environmental Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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