Heterologous Production of Fungal Maleidrides Reveals the Cryptic Cyclization Involved in their Biosynthesis

Katherine Williams; Agnieszka J Szwalbe; Nicholas P Mulholland; Jason L Vincent; Andy Bailey; Christine L Willis; Thomas J Simpson; Russell J Cox

doi:10.1002/anie.201511882

Heterologous Production of Fungal Maleidrides Reveals the Cryptic Cyclization Involved in their Biosynthesis

Katherine Williams, Agnieszka J Szwalbe, Nicholas P Mulholland, Jason L Vincent, Andy Bailey, Christine L Willis, Thomas J Simpson, Russell J Cox

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Fungal maleidrides are an important family of bioactive secondary metabolites that consist of 7, 8, or 9-membered carbocycles with one or two fused maleic anhydride moieties. The biosynthesis of byssochlamic acid (a nonadride) and agnestadride A (a heptadride) was investigated through gene disruption and heterologous expression experiments. The results reveal that the precursors for cyclization are formed by an iterative highly reducing fungal polyketide synthase supported by a hydrolase, together with two citrate-processing enzymes. The enigmatic ring formation is catalyzed by two proteins with homology to ketosteroid isomerases, and assisted by two proteins with homology to phosphatidylethanolamine-binding proteins.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6784-6788
Number of pages	5
Journal	Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume	55
Issue number	23
Early online date	21 Apr 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201511882
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2016

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Bristol BioDesign Institute
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synthetic biology
polyketides
maleidride
biosynthesis
cyclization
enzymes

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Heterologous Production of Fungal Maleidrides Reveals the Cryptic Cyclization Involved in their Biosynthesis

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