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ArticleNature communications2022

A fungal NRPS-PKS enzyme catalyses the formation of the flavonoid naringenin.

Hongjiao Zhang, Zixin Li, Shuang Zhou, Shu-Ming Li, Huomiao Ran, Zili Song, Tao Yu, Wen-Bing Yin

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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 30 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Hongjiao Zhang *State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Zixin Li *State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Shuang ZhouState Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Shu-Ming LiInstitut für Pharmazeutische Biologie und Biotechnologie, Fachbereich Pharmazie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, 35037, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4583-2655
Huomiao RanState Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Zili SongState Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Tao YuCenter for Synthetic Biochemistry, CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes for Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1048-4315
Wen-Bing YinState Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China. yinwb@im.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-9184-3198
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNAcademy of State Administration of Grain · CNPhilipps University of Marburg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biosynthesis of the flavonoid naringenin in plants and bacteria is commonly catalysed by a type III polyketide synthase (PKS) using one p-coumaroyl-CoA and three malonyl-CoA molecules as substrates. Here, we report a fungal non-ribosomal peptide synthetase -polyketide synthase (NRPS-PKS) hybrid FnsA for the naringenin formation. Feeding experiments with isotope-labelled precursors demonstrate that FnsA accepts not only p-coumaric acid (p-CA), but also p-hydroxybenzoic acid (p-HBA) as starter units, with three or four malonyl-CoA molecules for elongation, respectively. In vitro assays and MS/MS analysis prove that both p-CA and p-HBA are firstly activated by the adenylation domain of FnsA. Phylogenetic analysis reveals that the PKS portion of FnsA shares high sequence homology with type I PKSs. Refactoring the biosynthetic pathway in yeast with the involvement of fnsA provides an alternative approach for the production of flavonoids such as isorhamnetin and acacetin.

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FlavonoidsPolyketide SynthasesCatalysisFlavanonesMalonyl Coenzyme APeptide SynthasesPhylogenyTandem Mass SpectrometryFlavanonesFlavonoidsMalonyl Coenzyme Anaringeninnon-ribosomal peptide synthasePeptide SynthasesPolyketide Synthases

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