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ArticleNature communications2021

Efficient biosynthesis of nucleoside cytokinin angustmycin A containing an unusual sugar system.

Le Yu, Wenting Zhou, Yixuan She, Hongmin Ma, You-Sheng Cai, Ming Jiang, Zixin Deng, Neil P J Price, Wenqing Chen

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Le Yu *Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, 430071, Wuhan, China.
Wenting Zhou *Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, 430071, Wuhan, China.
Yixuan She *Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, 430071, Wuhan, China.
Hongmin MaKey Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, 430071, Wuhan, China.
You-Sheng CaiKey Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, 430071, Wuhan, China.
Ming JiangState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9437-0632
Zixin DengKey Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, 430071, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0724-3390
Neil P J PriceUS Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, IL, USA. neil.price@ars.usda.gov.ORCID 0000-0001-6255-4357
Wenqing ChenKey Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Ministry of Education, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, 430071, Wuhan, China. wqchen@whu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-2557-8960
Wuhan University · CNShanghai Jiao Tong University · CNAgricultural Research Service · US

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 31770041National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 31970052
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Angustmycin A has anti-mycobacterial and cytokinin activities, and contains an intriguing structure in which an unusual sugar with C5'-C6' dehydration is linked to adenine via an N-glycosidic bond. However, the logic underlying the biosynthesis of this molecule has long remained obscure. Here, we address angustmycin A biosynthesis by the full deciphering of its pathway. We demonstrate that AgmD, C, A, E, and B function as D-allulose 6-phosphate 3-epimerase, D-allulose 6-phosphate pyrophosphokinase, adenine phosphoallulosyltransferase, phosphoribohydrolase, and phosphatase, respectively, and that these collaboratively catalyze the relay reactions to biosynthesize angustmycin C. Additionally, we provide evidence that AgmF is a noncanonical dehydratase for the final step to angustmycin A via a self-sufficient strategy for cofactor recycling. Finally, we have reconstituted the entire six-enzyme pathway in vitro and in E. coli leading to angustmycin A production. These results expand the enzymatic repertoire regarding natural product biosynthesis, and also open the way for rational and rapid discovery of other angustmycin related antibiotics.

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AdenosineBacterial ProteinsBiosynthetic PathwaysCytokininsDehydrationEscherichia coliFermentationMolecular StructureMultigene FamilyNucleosidesRecombinant ProteinsStreptomycesAdenosineangustmycin ABacterial ProteinsCytokininsNucleosidesRecombinant Proteins

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