RRC ID 53731
Author Sun Y, Feng Z, Tomura T, Suzuki A, Miyano S, Tsuge T, Mori H, Suh JW, Iizuka T, Fudou R, Ojika M.
Title Heterologous Production of the Marine Myxobacterial Antibiotic Haliangicin and Its Unnatural Analogues Generated by Engineering of the Biochemical Pathway.
Journal Sci Rep
Abstract Despite their fastidious nature, marine myxobacteria have considerable genetic potential to produce novel secondary metabolites. The marine myxobacterium Haliangium ochraceum SMP-2 produces the antifungal polyketide haliangicin (1), but its productivity is unsatisfactory. The biosynthetic gene cluster hli (47.8 kbp) associated with 1 was identified and heterologously expressed in Myxococcus xanthus to permit the production of 1 with high efficiency (tenfold greater amount and threefold faster in growth speed compared with the original producer), as well as the generation of bioactive unnatural analogues of 1 through gene manipulation. A unique acyl-CoA dehydrogenase was found to catalyse an unusual γ,δ-dehydrogenation of the diketide starter unit, leading to the formation of the terminal alkene moiety of 1. Biological evaluation of the analogues obtained through this study revealed that their bioactivities (anti-oomycete and cytotoxic activities) can be modified by manipulating the vinyl epoxide at the terminus opposite the β-methoxyacrylate pharmacophore.
Volume 6
Pages 22091
Published 2016-2-26
DOI 10.1038/srep22091
PII srep22091
PMID 26915413
PMC PMC4768178
MeSH Antifungal Agents* Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / biosynthesis Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / genetics* Myxococcales / metabolism* Transgenes*
IF 3.998
Times Cited 17
Resource
Prokaryotes E. coli