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ArticleNature communications2018

Strobilurin biosynthesis in Basidiomycete fungi.

Risa Nofiani, Kate de Mattos-Shipley, Karen E Lebe, Li-Chen Han, Zafar Iqbal, Andrew M Bailey, Christine L Willis, Thomas J Simpson, Russell J Cox

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43citing papers in PubMed
12.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 110 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Risa NofianiSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
Kate de Mattos-ShipleySchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
Karen E LebeInstitute for Organic Chemistry, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Schneiderberg 1B, 30167, Hannover, Germany.
Li-Chen HanSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9504-5708
Zafar IqbalSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
Andrew M BaileySchool of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TH, UK.
Christine L WillisSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3919-3642
Thomas J SimpsonSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
Russell J CoxSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK. russell.cox@oci.uni-hannover.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1844-0157
University of Bristol · GBLeibniz University Hannover · DETanjungpura University · IDThe University of Agriculture, Peshawar · PK

Funding

SMALL INSTRUMENTATION GRANTS15CA066104 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI CLARK, GLENN T. · 1994 to 1994
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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/F011539/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/K002341/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/L01386X/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) BB/K002341/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) BB/L01368X/1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) INST 187/686-1Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/F066104/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Strobilurins from fungi are the inspiration for the creation of the β-methoxyacrylate class of agricultural fungicides. However, molecular details of the biosynthesis of strobilurins have remained cryptic. Here we report the sequence of genomes of two fungi that produce strobilurins and show that each contains a biosynthetic gene cluster, which encodes a highly reducing polyketide synthase with very unusual C-terminal hydrolase and methyltransferase domains. Expression of stpks1 in Aspergillus oryzae leads to the production of prestrobilurin A when the fermentation is supplemented with a benzoyl coenzyme A (CoA) analogue. This enables the discovery of a previously unobserved route to benzoyl CoA. Reconstruction of the gene cluster in A. oryzae leads to the formation of prestrobilurin A, and addition of the gene str9 encoding an FAD-dependent oxygenase leads to the key oxidative rearrangement responsible for the creation of the β-methoxyacrylate toxophore. Finally, two methyltransferases are required to complete the synthesis.

Indexed as

Aspergillus oryzaeBasidiomycotaMultigene FamilyPolyketide SynthasesStrobilurinsPolyketide SynthasesStrobilurins

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PMID30258052
PMCPMC6158276
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