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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2008

Characterization of the tautomycin biosynthetic gene cluster from Streptomyces spiroverticillatus unveiling new insights into dialkylmaleic anhydride and polyketide biosynthesis.

Wenli Li, Jianhua Ju, Scott R Rajski, Hiroyuki Osada, Ben Shen

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Wenli LiDivision of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, USA.
Jianhua Ju
Scott R Rajski
Hiroyuki Osada
Ben Shen

Funding

Zeeh Pharmaceutical Experimental StationU19CA113297 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI THORSON, JON SCOTT · 2005 to 2009
$5.4M
NCI NIH HHS CA113297
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tautomycin (TTM) is a highly potent and specific protein phosphatase inhibitor isolated from Streptomyces spiroverticillatus. The biological activity of TTM makes it an important lead for drug discovery, whereas its spiroketal-containing polyketide chain and rare dialkylmaleic anhydride moiety draw attention to novel biosynthetic chemistries responsible for its production. To elucidate the biosynthetic machinery associated with these novel molecular features, the ttm biosynthetic gene cluster from S. spiroverticillatus was isolated and characterized, and its involvement in TTM biosynthesis was confirmed by gene inactivation and complementation experiments. The ttm cluster was localized to a 86-kb DNA region, consisting of 20 open reading frames that encode three modular type I polyketide synthases (TtmHIJ), one type II thioesterase (TtmT), five proteins for methoxymalonyl-S-acyl carrier protein biosynthesis (Ttm-ABCDE), eight proteins for dialkylmaleic anhydride biosynthesis and regulation (TtmKLMNOPRS), as well as two additional regulatory proteins (TtmF and TtmQ) and one tailoring enzyme (TtmG). A model for TTM biosynthesis is proposed based on functional assignments from sequence analysis, which agrees well with previous feeding experiments, and has been further supported by in vivo gene inactivation experiments. These findings set the stage to fully investigate TTM biosynthesis and to biosynthetically engineer new TTM analogs.

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Multigene FamilyCloning, MolecularEscherichia coliGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGene LibraryGenetic Complementation TestGenomeMacrolidesMaleic AnhydridesModels, BiologicalModels, ChemicalPhylogenyPolyketide SynthasesPyransSpiro CompoundsStreptomycesMacrolidesMaleic AnhydridesPolyketide SynthasesPyransSpiro Compoundstautomycin

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PMID18708355
PMCPMC2568922

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