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ArticleNature communications2022

AvmM catalyses macrocyclization through dehydration/Michael-type addition in alchivemycin A biosynthesis.

Hong Jie Zhu, Bo Zhang, Wanqing Wei, Shuang He Liu, Lang Xiang, Jiapeng Zhu, Rui Hua Jiao, Yasuhiro Igarashi, Ghader Bashiri, Yong Liang and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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12 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Hong Jie Zhu *State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Centre, Institute of Artificial Intelligence Biomedicine, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
Bo Zhang *State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Centre, Institute of Artificial Intelligence Biomedicine, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8241-0630
Wanqing Wei *State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Centre, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8768-5273
Shuang He LiuState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Centre, Institute of Artificial Intelligence Biomedicine, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
Lang XiangState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Centre, Institute of Artificial Intelligence Biomedicine, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
Jiapeng ZhuState Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for TCM Quality and Efficacy, School of Medicine and Life Sciences, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, China.
Rui Hua JiaoState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Centre, Institute of Artificial Intelligence Biomedicine, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
Yasuhiro IgarashiBiotechnology Research Center and Department of Biotechnology, Toyama Prefectural University, Toyama, 939-0398, Japan.
Ghader BashiriLaboratory of Molecular and Microbial Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-5092-3749
Yong LiangState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Centre, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China. yongliang@nju.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-5026-6710
Ren Xiang TanState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Centre, Institute of Artificial Intelligence Biomedicine, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China. rxtan@nju.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-6708-8700
Hui Ming GeState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Centre, Institute of Artificial Intelligence Biomedicine, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China. hmge@nju.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-0468-808X
Nanjing University · CNChina Pharmaceutical University · CNNanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CNToyama Prefectural University · JPUniversity of Auckland · NZ

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Macrocyclization is an important process that affords morphed scaffold in biosynthesis of bioactive natural products. Nature has adapted diverse biosynthetic strategies to form macrocycles. In this work, we report the identification and characterization of a small enzyme AvmM that can catalyze the construction of a 16-membered macrocyclic ring in the biosynthesis of alchivemycin A (1). We show through in vivo gene deletion, in vitro biochemical assay and isotope labelling experiments that AvmM catalyzes tandem dehydration and Michael-type addition to generate the core scaffold of 1. Mechanistic studies by crystallography, DFT calculations and MD simulations of AvmM reveal that the reactions are achieved with assistance from the special tenuazonic acid like moiety of substrate. Our results thus uncover an uncharacterized macrocyclization strategy in natural product biosynthesis.

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Biological ProductsDehydrationCatalysisCyclizationHumansMacrolidesalchivemycin ABiological ProductsMacrolides

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