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ArticleNature communications2023

O-methyltransferase-like enzyme catalyzed diazo installation in polyketide biosynthesis.

Yuchun Zhao, Xiangyang Liu, Zhihong Xiao, Jie Zhou, Xingyu Song, Xiaozheng Wang, Lijun Hu, Ying Wang, Peng Sun, Wenning Wang and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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15 authors.

Yuchun Zhao *State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200030, Shanghai, P. R. China.
Xiangyang Liu *State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200030, Shanghai, P. R. China.
Zhihong XiaoState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200030, Shanghai, P. R. China.
Jie ZhouState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200030, Shanghai, P. R. China.
Xingyu SongMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, 200438, Shanghai, China.
Xiaozheng WangState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200030, Shanghai, P. R. China.
Lijun HuGuangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Center for Bioactive Natural Molecules and Innovative Drugs Research, Jinan University, 510632, Guangzhou, P. R. China.
Ying WangGuangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Center for Bioactive Natural Molecules and Innovative Drugs Research, Jinan University, 510632, Guangzhou, P. R. China.
Peng SunSchool of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, 325 Guo-He Road, 200433, Shanghai, P. R. China.
Wenning WangMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, 200438, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8712-0536
Xinyi HeState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200030, Shanghai, P. R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2336-7222
Shuangjun LinState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200030, Shanghai, P. R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9406-9233
Zixin DengState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200030, Shanghai, P. R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0724-3390
Lifeng PanState Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200032, Shanghai, China.
Ming JiangState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200030, Shanghai, P. R. China. jiangming9722@sjtu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9437-0632

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diazo compounds are rare natural products possessing various biological activities. Kinamycin and lomaiviticin, two diazo natural products featured by the diazobenzofluorene core, exhibit exceptional potency as chemotherapeutic agents. Despite the extensive studies on their biosynthetic gene clusters and the assembly of their polyketide scaffolds, the formation of the characteristic diazo group remains elusive. L-Glutamylhydrazine was recently shown to be the hydrazine donor in kinamycin biosynthesis, however, the mechanism for the installation of the hydrazine group onto the kinamycin scaffold is still unclear. Here we describe an O-methyltransferase-like protein, AlpH, which is responsible for the hydrazine incorporation in kinamycin biosynthesis. AlpH catalyses a unique SAM-independent coupling of L-glutamylhydrazine and polyketide intermediate via a rare Mannich reaction in polyketide biosynthesis. Our discovery expands the catalytic diversity of O-methyltransferase-like enzymes and lays a strong foundation for the discovery and development of novel diazo natural products through genome mining and synthetic biology.

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Biological ProductsPolyketidesCatalysisMethyltransferasesSecondary MetabolismBiological ProductsMethyltransferasesPolyketides

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