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Sweeney D, Chase AB, Bogdanov A, Jensen PR. MAR4 Streptomyces: A Unique Resource for Natural Product Discovery. J Nat Prod 2024; 87:439-452. [PMID: 38353658 PMCID: PMC10897937 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.3c01007] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2023] [Revised: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
Abstract
Marine-derived Streptomyces have long been recognized as a source of novel, pharmaceutically relevant natural products. Among these bacteria, the MAR4 clade within the genus Streptomyces has been identified as metabolically rich, yielding over 93 different compounds to date. MAR4 strains are particularly noteworthy for the production of halogenated hybrid isoprenoid natural products, a relatively rare class of bacterial metabolites that possess a wide range of biological activities. MAR4 genomes are enriched in vanadium haloperoxidase and prenyltransferase genes, thus accounting for the production of these compounds. Functional characterization of the enzymes encoded in MAR4 genomes has advanced our understanding of halogenated, hybrid isoprenoid biosynthesis. Despite the exceptional biosynthetic capabilities of MAR4 bacteria, the large body of research they have stimulated has yet to be compiled. Here we review 35 years of natural product research on MAR4 strains and update the molecular diversity of this unique group of bacteria.
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- Douglas Sweeney
- Scripps
Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department
of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, United States
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- Scripps
Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Scripps
Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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Stout CN, Wasfy NM, Chen F, Renata H. Charting the Evolution of Chemoenzymatic Strategies in the Syntheses of Complex Natural Products. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:18161-18181. [PMID: 37553092 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03422] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/10/2023]
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Bolstered by recent advances in bioinformatics, genetics, and enzyme engineering, the field of chemoenzymatic synthesis has enjoyed a rapid increase in popularity and utility. This Perspective explores the integration of enzymes into multistep chemical syntheses, highlighting the unique potential of biocatalytic transformations to streamline the synthesis of complex natural products. In particular, we identify four primary conceptual approaches to chemoenzymatic synthesis and illustrate each with a number of landmark case studies. Future opportunities and challenges are also discussed.
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- Carter N Stout
- Skaggs Doctoral Program in the Chemical and Biological Sciences, Scripps Research, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, BioScience Research Collaborative, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, BioScience Research Collaborative, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, BioScience Research Collaborative, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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Hooper AR, Oštrek A, Milian‐Lopez A, Sarlah D. Bioinspired Total Synthesis of Pyritide A2 through Pyridine Ring Synthesis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202212299. [PMID: 36123301 PMCID: PMC9827874 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202212299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Abstract
Pyritides belong to the ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide class of natural products that were recently genome-predicted and are structurally defined by unique pyridine-containing macrocycles. Inspired by their biosynthesis, proceeding through peptide modification and cycloaddition to form the heterocyclic core, we report the chemical synthesis of pyritide A2 involving pyridine ring synthesis from an amino acid precursor through aza-Diels-Alder reaction. This strategy permitted the preparation of the decorated pyridine core with an appended amino acid residue in two steps from a commercially available arginine derivative and secured pyritide A2 in ten steps. Moreover, the synthetic logic enables efficient preparation of different pyridine subunits associated with pyritides, allowing rapid and convergent access to this new class of natural products and analogues thereof.
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- Annie R. Hooper
- Department of Chemistry and Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic BiologyUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUrbanaIL 61801USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic BiologyUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUrbanaIL 61801USA,Department of ChemistryUniversity of PaviaViale Taramelli 1227100PaviaItaly
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- Department of Chemistry and Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic BiologyUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUrbanaIL 61801USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic BiologyUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUrbanaIL 61801USA,Department of ChemistryUniversity of PaviaViale Taramelli 1227100PaviaItaly
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Chen PYT, Adak S, Chekan JR, Liscombe DK, Miyanaga A, Bernhardt P, Diethelm S, Fielding EN, George JH, Miles ZD, Murray LAM, Steele TS, Winter JM, Noel JP, Moore BS. Structural Basis of Stereospecific Vanadium-Dependent Haloperoxidase Family Enzymes in Napyradiomycin Biosynthesis. Biochemistry 2022; 61:1844-1852. [PMID: 35985031 PMCID: PMC10978243 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.2c00338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Vanadium-dependent haloperoxidases (VHPOs) from Streptomyces bacteria differ from their counterparts in fungi, macroalgae, and other bacteria by catalyzing organohalogenating reactions with strict regiochemical and stereochemical control. While this group of enzymes collectively uses hydrogen peroxide to oxidize halides for incorporation into electron-rich organic molecules, the mechanism for the controlled transfer of highly reactive chloronium ions in the biosynthesis of napyradiomycin and merochlorin antibiotics sets the Streptomyces vanadium-dependent chloroperoxidases apart. Here we report high-resolution crystal structures of two homologous VHPO family members associated with napyradiomycin biosynthesis, NapH1 and NapH3, that catalyze distinctive chemical reactions in the construction of meroterpenoid natural products. The structures, combined with site-directed mutagenesis and intact protein mass spectrometry studies, afforded a mechanistic model for the asymmetric alkene and arene chlorination reactions catalyzed by NapH1 and the isomerase activity catalyzed by NapH3. A key lysine residue in NapH1 situated between the coordinated vanadate and the putative substrate binding pocket was shown to be essential for catalysis. This observation suggested the involvement of the ε-NH2, possibly through formation of a transient chloramine, as the chlorinating species much as proposed in structurally distinct flavin-dependent halogenases. Unexpectedly, NapH3 is modified post-translationally by phosphorylation of an active site His (τ-pHis) consistent with its repurposed halogenation-independent, α-hydroxyketone isomerase activity. These structural studies deepen our understanding of the mechanistic underpinnings of VHPO enzymes and their evolution as enantioselective biocatalysts.
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- Percival Yang-Ting Chen
- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Jack H. Skirball Center for Chemical Biology and Proteomics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Jack H. Skirball Center for Chemical Biology and Proteomics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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Becerril A, Pérez-Victoria I, Martín JM, Reyes F, Salas JA, Méndez C. Biosynthesis of Largimycins in Streptomyces argillaceus Involves Transient β-Alkylation and Cryptic Halogenation Steps Unprecedented in the Leinamycin Family. ACS Chem Biol 2022; 17:2320-2331. [PMID: 35830174 PMCID: PMC9396626 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.2c00416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Largimycins A1 and A2 are key members of a recently identified
family of hybrid nonribosomal peptide polyketides belonging to the
scarcely represented group of antitumor leinamycins. They are encoded
by the gene cluster lrg of Streptomyces argillaceus. This cluster contains a halogenase gene and two sets of genes for
the biosynthesis and incorporation of β branches at C3 and C9.
Noticeably, largimycins A1 and A2 are nonhalogenated compounds and
only contain a β branch at C3. By generating mutants in those
genes and characterizing chemically their accumulated compounds, we
could confirm the existence of a chlorination step at C19, the introduction
of an acetyl-derived olefinic exomethylene group at C9, and a propionyl-derived
β branch at C3 in the biosynthesis pathway. Since the olefinic
exomethylene group and the chlorine atom are absent in the final products,
those biosynthetic steps can be considered cryptic in the overall
pathway but essential to generating keto and epoxide functionalities
at C9 and C18/C19, respectively. We propose that chlorination at C19
is utilized as an activation strategy that creates the precursor halohydrin
to finally yield the epoxy functionality at C18/C19. This represents
a novel strategy to create such functionalities and extends the small
number of natural product biosynthetic pathways that include a cryptic
chlorination step.
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- Adriana Becerril
- Departamento de Biología Funcional e Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias (I.U.O.P.A), Universidad de Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain.,Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Asturias (ISPA), 33011 Oviedo, Spain
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- Fundación MEDINA, Centro de Excelencia en Investigación de Medicamentos Innovadores en Andalucía, Armilla, 18016 Granada, Spain
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- Fundación MEDINA, Centro de Excelencia en Investigación de Medicamentos Innovadores en Andalucía, Armilla, 18016 Granada, Spain
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- Fundación MEDINA, Centro de Excelencia en Investigación de Medicamentos Innovadores en Andalucía, Armilla, 18016 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Funcional e Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias (I.U.O.P.A), Universidad de Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain.,Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Asturias (ISPA), 33011 Oviedo, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Funcional e Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias (I.U.O.P.A), Universidad de Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain.,Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Asturias (ISPA), 33011 Oviedo, Spain
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Wu Y, Du X, Wang X, Liu H, Zhou L, Tang Y, Li D. Bio-inspired construction of a tetracyclic ring system with an avarane skeleton: total synthesis of dactyloquinone A. Org Chem Front 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2qo00792d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
We report the asymmetric construction of an avarane skeleton. The strategy involves a Lewis acid-catalyzed cyclization reaction, which drives the methyl groups of two different configurations at the C-4 site to migrate by 1, 2-rearrangement.
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- Yumeng Wu
- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, People's Republic of China
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Serna AV, Kürti L, Siitonen JH. Synthesis of (±)‐Setigerumine I: Biosynthetic Origins of the Elusive Racemic
Papaveraceae
Isoxazolidine Alkaloids**. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202111049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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]
Affiliation(s)
- Ana V. Serna
- Department of Chemistry Rice University 6500 Main Street Houston TX 77030 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Rice University 6500 Main Street Houston TX 77030 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Rice University 6500 Main Street Houston TX 77030 USA
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Serna AV, Kürti L, Siitonen JH. Synthesis of (±)-Setigerumine I: Biosynthetic Origins of the Elusive Racemic Papaveraceae Isoxazolidine Alkaloids*. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:27236-27240. [PMID: 34706137 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202111049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The biosynthetic origins of the structurally related racemic isoxazolidine Papaveraceae alkaloids Setigerumine I, Dactylicapnosinine and Dactylicapnosine have remained elusive since their original isolation over two decades ago. Herein we report the first biosynthetic hypothesis for their formation and, inspired by it, the first synthesis of (±)-Setigerumine I with accompanying computational rationale. Based on the results, these isoxazolidine alkaloids arise from racemizing oxidative rearrangements of prominent isoquinoline alkaloids Noscapine and Hydrastine. The key steps featured in this synthesis are a room temperature Cope elimination and a domino oxidation/inverse-electron demand 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of an axially chiral, yet configurationally unstable, intermediate. The work opens this previously inaccessible family of natural products for biological studies.
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- Ana V Serna
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6500 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6500 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6500 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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Couillaud J, Duquesne K, Iacazio G. Extension of the Terpene Chemical Space: the Very First Biosynthetic Steps. Chembiochem 2021; 23:e202100642. [PMID: 34905641 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202100642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Revised: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
The structural diversity of terpenes is particularly notable and many studies are carried out to increase it further. In the terpene biosynthetic pathway this diversity is accessible from only two common precursors, i. e. isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP) and dimethylallyl diphosphate (DMAPP). Methods recently developed (e. g. the Terpene Mini Path) have allowed DMAPP and IPP to be obtained from a two-step enzymatic conversion of industrially available isopentenol (IOH) and dimethylallyl alcohol (DMAOH) into their corresponding diphosphates. Easily available IOH and DMAOH analogues then offer quick access to modified terpenoids thus avoiding the tedious chemical synthesis of unnatural diphosphates. The aim of this minireview is to cover the literature devoted to the use of these analogues for widening the accessible terpene chemical space.
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- Julie Couillaud
- Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, iSm2 Marseille, CNRS UMR 7313, Av. Escadrille Normandie-Niemen, 13013, Marseille, France.,Actual address: Systems and Synthetic Biology Division, Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, iSm2 Marseille, CNRS UMR 7313, Av. Escadrille Normandie-Niemen, 13013, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, iSm2 Marseille, CNRS UMR 7313, Av. Escadrille Normandie-Niemen, 13013, Marseille, France
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Covering: Up to December 2020Enzymatic halogenation reactions are essential for the production of thousands of halogenated natural products. However, in recent years, scientists discovered several halogenases that transiently incorporate halogen atoms in intermediate biosynthetic molecules to activate them for further chemical reactions such as cyclopropanation, terminal alkyne formation, C-/O-alkylation, biaryl coupling, and C-C rearrangements. In each case, the halogen atom is lost in the course of biosynthesis to the final product and is hence termed "cryptic". In this review, we provide an overview of our current knowledge of cryptic halogenation reactions in natural product biosynthesis.
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- Sanjoy Adak
- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92093, USA.
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92093, USA. .,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Baumgartner JT, McKinnie SMK. Investigating the Role of Vanadium-Dependent Haloperoxidase Enzymology in Microbial Secondary Metabolism and Chemical Ecology. mSystems 2021; 6:e0078021. [PMID: 34427499 DOI: 10.1128/mSystems.00780-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
The chemical diversity of natural products is established by an elegant network of biosynthetic machinery and controlled by a suite of intracellular and environmental cues. Advances in genomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics have provided useful insight to understand how organisms respond to abiotic and biotic factors to adjust their chemical output; this has permitted researchers to begin asking bigger-picture questions regarding the ecological significance of these molecules to the producing organism and its community. Our lab is motivated by understanding how select microbes construct and manipulate bioactive molecules by utilizing vanadium-dependent haloperoxidase (VHPO) enzymology. This commentary will give perspective into our efforts to understand the unique VHPO-catalyzed conversions which modulate the activities within two ecologically relevant natural product families. Through enhancing our knowledge of microbial natural product biosynthesis, we can understand how and why these bioactive molecules are created.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yang Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Peking University Xue Yuan Road No. 38 Beijing 100191 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Peking University Xue Yuan Road No. 38 Beijing 100191 China
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- NuChem Sciences 2350 rue Cohen Suite 201, Saint-Laurent Quebec H4R 2N6 Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Peking University Xue Yuan Road No. 38 Beijing 100191 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Peking University Xue Yuan Road No. 38 Beijing 100191 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Peking University Xue Yuan Road No. 38 Beijing 100191 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Peking University Xue Yuan Road No. 38 Beijing 100191 China
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Zhang Y, Ji Y, Franzoni I, Guo C, Jia H, Hong B, Li H. Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Berkeleyone A and Preaustinoids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:14869-14874. [PMID: 33856105 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202104014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Herein we report the first enantioselective total synthesis of 3,5-dimethylorsellinic acid-derived meroterpenoids (-)-berkeleyone A and its five congeners ((-)-preaustinoids A, A1, B, B1, and B2) in 12-15 steps, starting from commercially available 2,4,6-trihydroxybenzoic acid hydrate. Based upon the recognition of latent symmetry within D-ring, our convergent synthesis features two critical reactions: 1) a symmetry-breaking, diastereoselective dearomative alkylation to assemble the entire carbon core, and 2) a Sc(OTf)3 -mediated sequential Krapcho dealkoxycarbonylation/carbonyl α-tert-alkylation to forge the intricate bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane framework. We also conducted our preliminary biomimetic investigations and uncovered a series of rearrangements (α-ketol, α-hydroxyl-β-diketone, etc.) responsible for the biomimetic diversification of (-)-berkeleyone A into its five preaustinoid congeners.
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- Yang Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Xue Yuan Road No. 38, Beijing, 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Xue Yuan Road No. 38, Beijing, 100191, China
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- NuChem Sciences, 2350 rue Cohen Suite 201, Saint-Laurent, Quebec, H4R 2N6, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Xue Yuan Road No. 38, Beijing, 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Xue Yuan Road No. 38, Beijing, 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Xue Yuan Road No. 38, Beijing, 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Xue Yuan Road No. 38, Beijing, 100191, China
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Covering: up to mid-2020 Terpenoids, also called isoprenoids, are the largest and most structurally diverse family of natural products. Found in all domains of life, there are over 80 000 known compounds. The majority of characterized terpenoids, which include some of the most well known, pharmaceutically relevant, and commercially valuable natural products, are produced by plants and fungi. Comparatively, terpenoids of bacterial origin are rare. This is counter-intuitive to the fact that recent microbial genomics revealed that almost all bacteria have the biosynthetic potential to create the C5 building blocks necessary for terpenoid biosynthesis. In this review, we catalogue terpenoids produced by bacteria. We collected 1062 natural products, consisting of both primary and secondary metabolites, and classified them into two major families and 55 distinct subfamilies. To highlight the structural and chemical space of bacterial terpenoids, we discuss their structures, biosynthesis, and biological activities. Although the bacterial terpenome is relatively small, it presents a fascinating dichotomy for future research. Similarities between bacterial and non-bacterial terpenoids and their biosynthetic pathways provides alternative model systems for detailed characterization while the abundance of novel skeletons, biosynthetic pathways, and bioactivies presents new opportunities for drug discovery, genome mining, and enzymology.
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- Jeffrey D Rudolf
- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
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Natural products are biosynthesized from a limited pool of starting materials via pathways that obey the same chemical logic as textbook organic reactions. Given the structure of a natural product, it is therefore often possible to predict its likely biosynthesis. Although biosynthesis mainly occurs in the highly specific chemical environments of enzymes, the field of biomimetic total synthesis attempts to replicate predisposed pathways using chemical reagents.We have followed several guidelines in our biomimetic approach to total synthesis. The overarching aim is to construct the same skeletal C-C and C-heteroatom bonds and in the same order as our biosynthetic hypothesis. In order to explore the innate reactivity of (bio)synthetic intermediates, the use of protecting groups is avoided or at least minimized. The key step, which is usually a cascade reaction, should be predisposed to selectively generate molecular complexity under substrate control (e.g., cycloadditions, radical cyclizations, carbocation rearrangements). In general, simple reagents and mild conditions are used; many of the total syntheses presented in this Account could be achieved using pre-1980s methodology. We have focused almost exclusively on the synthesis of meroterpenoids, that is, natural products of mixed terpene and aromatic polyketide origin, using commercially available terpenes and electron-rich aromatic compounds as starting materials. Finally, all of the syntheses in this Account involve a dearomatization step as a means to trigger a cascade reaction or to construct stereochemical complexity from a planar, aromatic intermediate.A biomimetic strategy can offer several advantages to a total synthesis project. Most obviously, successful biomimetic syntheses are usually concise and efficient, naturally adhering to the atom, step, and redox economies of synthesis. For example, in this Account, we describe a four-step synthesis of garcibracteatone and a three-step synthesis of nyingchinoid A. It is difficult to imagine shorter, non-biomimetic syntheses of these intricate molecules. Furthermore, biomimetic synthesis gives insight into biosynthesis by revealing the chemical relationships between biosynthetic intermediates. Access to these natural substrates allows collaboration with biochemists to help uncover the function of newly discovered enzymes and elucidate biosynthetic pathways, as demonstrated in our work on the napyradiomycin family. Third, by making biosynthetic connections between natural products, we can sometimes highlight incorrect structural assignments, and herein we discuss structure revisions of siphonodictyal B, rasumatranin D, and furoerioaustralasine. Last, biomimetic synthesis motivates the prediction of "undiscovered natural products" (i.e., missing links in biosynthesis), which inspired the isolation of prenylbruceol A and isobruceol.
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- Jonathan H. George
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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Chen HP, Abe I. Microbial soluble aromatic prenyltransferases for engineered biosynthesis. Synth Syst Biotechnol 2021; 6:51-62. [PMID: 33778178 PMCID: PMC7973389 DOI: 10.1016/j.synbio.2021.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Revised: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Prenyltransferase (PTase) enzymes play crucial roles in natural product biosynthesis by transferring isoprene unit(s) to target substrates, thereby generating prenylated compounds. The prenylation step leads to a diverse group of natural products with improved membrane affinity and enhanced bioactivity, as compared to the non-prenylated forms. The last two decades have witnessed increasing studies on the identification, characterization, enzyme engineering, and synthetic biology of microbial PTase family enzymes. We herein summarize several examples of microbial soluble aromatic PTases for chemoenzymatic syntheses of unnatural novel prenylated compounds.
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Key Words
- Biosynthesis
- DHN, dihydroxynaphthalene
- DMAPP, dimethylallyl diphosphate
- DMATS, dimethylallyltryptophan synthase
- DMSPP, dimethylallyl S-thiolodiphosphate
- Enzyme engineering
- FPP, farnesyl diphosphate
- GFPP, geranyl farnesyl diphosphate
- GPP, geranyl diphosphate
- GSPP, geranyl S- thiolodiphosphate
- IPP, isopentenyl pyrophosphate
- Microbial prenyltransferase
- PPP, phytyl pyrophosphate
- PTase, prenyltransferase
- Prenylation
- RiPP, ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified peptide
- Synthetic biology
- THN, 1,3,6,8-tetrahydroxynaphthalene
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- He-Ping Chen
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.,School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, PR China
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.,Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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This review covers the literature published between January and December in 2018 for marine natural products (MNPs), with 717 citations (706 for the period January to December 2018) referring to compounds isolated from marine microorganisms and phytoplankton, green, brown and red algae, sponges, cnidarians, bryozoans, molluscs, tunicates, echinoderms, mangroves and other intertidal plants and microorganisms. The emphasis is on new compounds (1554 in 469 papers for 2018), together with the relevant biological activities, source organisms and country of origin. Reviews, biosynthetic studies, first syntheses, and syntheses that led to the revision of structures or stereochemistries, have been included. The proportion of MNPs assigned absolute configuration over the last decade is also surveyed.
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- Anthony R Carroll
- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia. and Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia and School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
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- Centre for Biodiscovery, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Chemistry, School of Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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Yu X, Gao Y, Frank M, Mándi A, Kurtán T, Müller WE, Kalscheuer R, Guo Z, Zou K, Liu Z, Proksch P. Induction of ambuic acid derivatives by the endophytic fungus Pestalotiopsis lespedezae through an OSMAC approach. Tetrahedron 2021; 79:131876. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2020.131876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Qu C, Long X, Sang Y, Zhang M, Zhao X, Xue XS, Deng J. Biomimetic Total Synthesis of (±)-Carbocyclinone-534 Reveals Its Biosynthetic Pathway. Org Lett 2020; 22:9421-9426. [PMID: 33086787 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c02865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Carbocyclinone-534 is a new antibiotic produced after the metabolism of tapinarof. We identify a biomimetic total synthesis of carbocyclinone-534 in eight steps by taking advantage of an intermolecular Diels-Alder homodimerization/dehydrogenation/intramolecular Diels-Alder cycloaddition cascade. This synthetic sequence provides direct experimental evidence for revealing the biosynthetic pathway of carbocyclinone-534.
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- Chunlei Qu
- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 100049, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 100049, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 100049, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 100049, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 100049, China
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Fernandes RA, Kumar P, Choudhary P. Evolution of Strategies in Protecting‐Group‐Free Synthesis of Natural Products: A Recent Update. European J Org Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202001246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Rodney A. Fernandes
- Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 400076 Mumbai, Powai Maharashtra India
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- Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 400076 Mumbai, Powai Maharashtra India
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- Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 400076 Mumbai, Powai Maharashtra India
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Menon BRK, Richmond D, Menon N. Halogenases for biosynthetic pathway engineering: Toward new routes to naturals and non-naturals. Catalysis Reviews 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/01614940.2020.1823788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Binuraj R. K. Menon
- Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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Murray LAM, McKinnie SMK, Moore BS, George JH. Meroterpenoid natural products from Streptomyces bacteria - the evolution of chemoenzymatic syntheses. Nat Prod Rep 2020; 37:1334-1366. [PMID: 32602506 PMCID: PMC7578067 DOI: 10.1039/d0np00018c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [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: 01/05/2023]
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Covering: Up to January 2020Meroterpenoids derived from the polyketide 1,3,6,8-tetrahydroxynaphthalene (THN) are complex natural products produced exclusively by Streptomyces bacteria. These antibacterial compounds include the napyradiomycins, merochlorins, marinones, and furaquinocins and have inspired many attempts at their chemical synthesis. In this review, we highlight the role played by biosynthetic studies in the stimulation of biomimetic and, ultimately, chemoenzymatic total syntheses of these natural products. In particular, the application of genome mining techniques to marine Streptomyces bacteria led to the discovery of unique prenyltransferase and vanadium-dependent haloperoxidase enzymes that can be used as highly selective biocatalysts in fully enzymatic total syntheses, thus overcoming the limitations of purely chemical reagents.
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- Lauren A M Murray
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.
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Isoprenoid quinones are bioactive molecules that include an isoprenoid chain and a quinone head. They are traditionally found to be involved in primary metabolism, where they act as electron transporters, but specialized isoprenoid quinones are also produced by all domains of life. Here, we report the engineering of a baker's yeast strain, Saccharomyces cerevisiae EPYFA3, for the production of isoprenoid quinones. Our yeast strain was developed through overexpression of the shikimate pathway in a well-established recipient strain (S. cerevisiae EPY300) where the mevalonate pathway is overexpressed. As a proof of concept, our new host strain was used to overproduce the endogenous isoprenoid quinone coenzyme Q6, resulting in a nearly 3-fold production increase. EPYFA3 represents a valuable platform for the heterologous production of high value isoprenoid quinones. EPYFA3 will also facilitate the elucidation of isoprenoid quinone biosynthetic pathways.
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- Divjot Kaur
- School of Life Sciences and Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K
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- Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K
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- School of Life Sciences and Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K
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- School of Life Sciences and Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K
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Sadhukhan S, Santhi J, Baire B. The α,α‐Dihalocarbonyl Building Blocks: An Avenue for New Reaction Development in Organic Synthesis. Chemistry 2020; 26:7145-7175. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201905475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Revised: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Santu Sadhukhan
- Department of ChemistryIndian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai 600036 India
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- Department of ChemistryIndian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai 600036 India
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- Department of ChemistryIndian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai 600036 India
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Wang J, Ran H, Xie X, Wang K, Li SM. Spontaneous oxidative cyclisations of 1,3-dihydroxy-4-dimethylallylnaphthalene to tricyclic derivatives. Org Biomol Chem 2020; 18:2646-2649. [PMID: 32207506 DOI: 10.1039/d0ob00354a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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]
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The attachment of a dimethylallyl moiety to C4 of 1,3-dihydroxynaphthalene led to spontaneous oxidative cyclisations, resulting in the formation of two tetrahydrobenzofuran and one bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane derivatives. Incubation under an 18O-rich atmosphere proved that both the incorporated oxygen atoms originated from O2. A radical-involved mechanism is proposed for these cyclisations.
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- Jinglin Wang
- Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie und Biotechnologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Robert-Koch-Straße 4, 35037 Marburg, Germany. and Union Hospital of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Department of Pharmacy, No. 1227, Jiefang Road, 430030 Wuhan, China
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- Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie und Biotechnologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Robert-Koch-Straße 4, 35037 Marburg, Germany.
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- Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universit-t Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Nature Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, Tongji Medical College of Pharmacy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430030 Wuhan, China
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- Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie und Biotechnologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Robert-Koch-Straße 4, 35037 Marburg, Germany.
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Covering: up to July 2019 Terpene synthases (TSs) are responsible for generating much of the structural diversity found in the superfamily of terpenoid natural products. These elegant enzymes mediate complex carbocation-based cyclization and rearrangement cascades with a variety of electron-rich linear and cyclic substrates. For decades, two main classes of TSs, divided by how they generate the reaction-triggering initial carbocation, have dominated the field of terpene enzymology. Recently, several novel and unconventional TSs that perform TS-like reactions but do not resemble canonical TSs in sequence or structure have been discovered. In this review, we identify 12 families of non-canonical TSs and examine their sequences, structures, functions, and proposed mechanisms. Nature provides a wide diversity of enzymes, including prenyltransferases, methyltransferases, P450s, and NAD+-dependent dehydrogenases, as well as completely new enzymes, that utilize distinctive reaction mechanisms for TS chemistry. These unique non-canonical TSs provide immense opportunities to understand how nature evolved different tools for terpene biosynthesis by structural and mechanistic characterization while affording new probes for the discovery of novel terpenoid natural products and gene clusters via genome mining. With every new discovery, the dualistic paradigm of TSs is contradicted and the field of terpene chemistry and enzymology continues to expand.
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- Jeffrey D Rudolf
- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Johnson BP, Scull EM, Dimas DA, Bavineni T, Bandari C, Batchev AL, Gardner ED, Nimmo SL, Singh S. Acceptor substrate determines donor specificity of an aromatic prenyltransferase: expanding the biocatalytic potential of NphB. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 104:4383-4395. [PMID: 32189045 PMCID: PMC7190591 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-10529-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Revised: 02/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Abstract Aromatic prenyltransferases are known for their extensive promiscuity toward aromatic acceptor substrates and their ability to form various carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds. Of particular interest among the prenyltransferases is NphB, whose ability to geranylate cannabinoid precursors has been utilized in several in vivo and in vitro systems. It has therefore been established that prenyltransferases can be utilized as biocatalysts for the generation of useful compounds. However, recent observations of non-native alkyl-donor promiscuity among prenyltransferases indicate the role of NphB in biocatalysis could be expanded beyond geranylation reactions. Therefore, the goal of this study was to elucidate the donor promiscuity of NphB using different acceptor substrates. Herein, we report distinct donor profiles between NphB-catalyzed reactions involving the known substrate 1,6-dihydroxynaphthalene and an FDA-approved drug molecule sulfabenzamide. Furthermore, we report the first instance of regiospecific, NphB-catalyzed N-alkylation of sulfabenzamide using a library of non-native alkyl-donors, indicating the biocatalytic potential of NphB as a late-stage diversification tool. Key Points • NphB can utilize the antibacterial drug sulfabenzamide as an acceptor. • The donor profile of NphB changes dramatically with the choice of acceptor. • NphB performs a previously unknown regiospecific N-alkylation on sulfabenzamide. • Prenyltransferases like NphB can be utilized as drug-alkylating biocatalysts. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s00253-020-10529-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Bryce P Johnson
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center, University of Oklahoma, 101 Stephenson Parkway, Norman, OK, 73019, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center, University of Oklahoma, 101 Stephenson Parkway, Norman, OK, 73019, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center, University of Oklahoma, 101 Stephenson Parkway, Norman, OK, 73019, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center, University of Oklahoma, 101 Stephenson Parkway, Norman, OK, 73019, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center, University of Oklahoma, 101 Stephenson Parkway, Norman, OK, 73019, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center, University of Oklahoma, 101 Stephenson Parkway, Norman, OK, 73019, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center, University of Oklahoma, 101 Stephenson Parkway, Norman, OK, 73019, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center, University of Oklahoma, 101 Stephenson Parkway, Norman, OK, 73019, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center, University of Oklahoma, 101 Stephenson Parkway, Norman, OK, 73019, USA.
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Burchill L, Pepper HP, Sumby CJ, George JH. ortho-Quinone Methide Cyclizations Inspired by the Busseihydroquinone Family of Natural Products. Org Lett 2019; 21:8304-8307. [PMID: 31593469 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b03060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A series of cascade reactions of o-quinone methides have been developed based on the proposed biosynthesis of busseihydroquinone and parvinaphthol meroterpenoid natural products. The polycyclic framework of the most complex family members, busseihydroquinone E and parvinaphthol C, was assembled by an intramolecular [4 + 2] cycloaddition of an electron-rich chromene substrate. The resultant cyclic enol ether underwent rearrangements under acidic or oxidative conditions, which led to a new total synthesis of rhodonoid D.
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- Laura Burchill
- Department of Chemistry , University of Adelaide , Adelaide , South Australia 5005 , Australia
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Adelaide , Adelaide , South Australia 5005 , Australia
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Adelaide , Adelaide , South Australia 5005 , Australia
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Adelaide , Adelaide , South Australia 5005 , Australia
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- Matthew A. Coleman
- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Lauren A. M. Murray
- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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Schuppe AW, Zhao Y, Liu Y, Newhouse TR. Total Synthesis of (+)-Granatumine A and Related Bislactone Limonoid Alkaloids via a Pyran to Pyridine Interconversion. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:9191-9196. [PMID: 31117671 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b04508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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We report the first total synthesis of (+)-granatumine A, a limonoid alkaloid with PTP1B inhibitory activity, in ten steps. Over the course of this study, two key methodological advances were made: a cost-effective procedure for ketone α,β-dehydrogenation using allyl-Pd catalysis, and a Pd-catalyzed protocol to convert epoxyketones to 1,3-diketones. The central tetrasubstituted pyridine is formed by a convergent Knoevenagel condensation and carbonyl-selective electrocyclization cascade, which was followed by a direct transformation of a 2 H-pyran to a pyridine. These studies have led to the structural revision of two members of this family.
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- Alexander W Schuppe
- Department of Chemistry , Yale University , 225 Prospect Street , New Haven , Connecticut 06520-8107 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Yale University , 225 Prospect Street , New Haven , Connecticut 06520-8107 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Yale University , 225 Prospect Street , New Haven , Connecticut 06520-8107 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Yale University , 225 Prospect Street , New Haven , Connecticut 06520-8107 , United States
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Lardon N, Liffert R, Linden A, Gademann K. The Furan Shuffling Hypothesis: A Biogenetic Proposal for Eremophilane Sesquiterpenoids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:7004-7007. [PMID: 30901154 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201901898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Based on the structural similarities of the recently isolated eremophilane-type sesquiterpenoids microsphaeropsisin B and C and the iso-eremophilane periconianone C, a revised biogenetic hypothesis for C8-C11-connected iso-eremophilanes is presented and corroborated by strong experimental evidence. The first enantioselective total syntheses of microsphaeropsisin B and C were achieved starting from a known intermediate, whose synthesis was elaborated previously in the total synthesis of periconianone A, and in a total of 15 steps starting from γ-hydroxy carvone. Mild reaction conditions for the subsequent α-ketol rearrangement not only resulted in the herein proposed conversion of microsphaeropsisin B into periconianone C, but also in the conversion of microsphaeropsisin C into 4-epi-periconianone C.
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- Nicolas Lardon
- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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Lardon N, Liffert R, Linden A, Gademann K. The Furan Shuffling Hypothesis: A Biogenetic Proposal for Eremophilane Sesquiterpenoids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201901898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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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- Nicolas Lardon
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Zurich Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zurich Switzerland
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Zurich Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zurich Switzerland
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Zurich Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zurich Switzerland
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Zurich Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zurich Switzerland
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A concise route toward two advanced fragments in the context of the total synthesis of the unique natural product azamerone is reported. Key synthetic features include the enantioselective synthesis of an epoxysilane and its Lewis-acid-induced cyclization and the installation of the pyridazine ring via a formylation/condensation sequence. This route provides strategic insights into the chemistry of phthalazinediols, facilitating synthetic approaches toward this class of natural products.
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- Simon D Schnell
- Department of Chemistry , University of Zurich , Winterthurerstrasse 190 , 8057 Zurich , Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Zurich , Winterthurerstrasse 190 , 8057 Zurich , Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Zurich , Winterthurerstrasse 190 , 8057 Zurich , Switzerland
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McKinnie SMK, Miles ZD, Jordan PA, Awakawa T, Pepper HP, Murray LAM, George JH, Moore BS. Total Enzyme Syntheses of Napyradiomycins A1 and B1. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:17840-17845. [PMID: 30525563 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b10134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The biosynthetic route to the napyradiomycin family of bacterial meroterpenoids has been fully described 32 years following their original isolation and 11 years after their gene cluster discovery. The antimicrobial and cytotoxic natural products napyradiomycins A1 and B1 are produced using three organic substrates (1,3,6,8-tetrahydroxynaphthalene, dimethylallyl pyrophosphate, and geranyl pyrophosphate), and catalysis via five enzymes: two aromatic prenyltransferases (NapT8 and T9); and three vanadium dependent haloperoxidase (VHPO) homologues (NapH1, H3, and H4). Building upon the previous characterization of NapH1, H3, and T8, we herein describe the initial (NapT9, H1) and final (NapH4) steps required for napyradiomycin construction. This remarkably streamlined biosynthesis highlights the utility of VHPO enzymology in complex natural product generation, as NapH4 efficiently performs a unique chloronium-induced terpenoid cyclization to establish two stereocenters and a new carbon-carbon bond, and dual-acting NapH1 catalyzes chlorination and etherification reactions at two distinct stages of the pathway. Moreover, we employed recombinant napyradiomycin biosynthetic enzymes to chemoenzymatically synthesize milligram quantities in one pot in 1 day. This method represents a viable enantioselective approach to produce complex halogenated metabolites, like napyradiomycin B1, that have yet to be chemically synthesized.
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- Shaun M K McKinnie
- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego , La Jolla , California 92093 , United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego , La Jolla , California 92093 , United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego , La Jolla , California 92093 , United States
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego , La Jolla , California 92093 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Adelaide , Adelaide , South Australia 5005 , Australia
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Adelaide , Adelaide , South Australia 5005 , Australia
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Adelaide , Adelaide , South Australia 5005 , Australia
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego , La Jolla , California 92093 , United States.,Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of California San Diego , La Jolla , California 92093 , United States
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- Xiu Gu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5580, United States
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Hill RA, Sutherland A. Hot off the Press. Nat Prod Rep 2018; 35:1024-1028. [PMID: 30209473 DOI: 10.1039/c8np90032a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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]
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A personal selection of 32 recent papers is presented covering various aspects of current developments in bioorganic chemistry and novel natural products such as huperphlegmine A from Huperzia phlegmaria.
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- Robert A Hill
- School of Chemistry, Glasgow University, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
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