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Elucidation of pseurotin biosynthetic pathway points to trans-acting C-methyltransferase: Generation of chemical diversity
Tsunematsu, Yuta,Fukutomi, Manami,Saruwatari, Takayoshi,Noguchi, Hiroshi,Hotta, Kinya,Tang, Yi,Watanabe, Kenji
supporting information, p. 8475 - 8479 (2014/08/18)
Pseurotins comprise a family of structurally related Aspergillal natural products having interesting bioactivity. However, little is known about the biosynthetic steps involved in the formation of their complex chemical features. Systematic deletion of the pseurotin biosynthetic genes in A. fumigatus and invivo and invitro characterization of the tailoring enzymes to determine the biosynthetic intermediates, and the gene products responsible for the formation of each intermediate, are described. Thus, the main biosynthetic steps leading to the formation of pseurotinA from the predominant precursor, azaspirene, were elucidated. The study revealed the combinatorial nature of the biosynthesis of the pseurotin family of compounds and the intermediates. Most interestingly, we report the first identification of an epoxidase C-methyltransferase bifunctional fusion protein PsoF which appears to methylate the nascent polyketide backbone carbon atom in trans. A maze: Pseurotins are a family of structurally related bioactive natural products from Aspergilli. Through genetic and biochemical studies, the biosynthetic pathway for the formation of azaspirene, synerazol, and pseurotin A/D have been elucidated, and reveal the combinatorial nature of their biosyntheses. PsoF was identified as bifunctional epoxidase methyltransferase enzyme, thus providing the first example of a trans-acting polyketide C-methyltransferase.
Total syntheses of natural pseurotins A and F2 and azaspirene
Aoki, Shin-Ya,Oi, Takahiro,Shimizu, Kazuya,Shiraki, Ryota,Takao, Ken-Ichi,Tadano, Kin-Ichi
, p. 161 - 166 (2007/10/03)
Total syntheses of natural pseurotins A (1) and F2 (8-O-demethylpseurotin A) (2) and structurally related azaspirene (3), each possessing a novel heterospirocyclic system, i.e., 1-oxa-7-azaspiro[4.4]non-2-ene-4,6-dione skeleton, have been accom
Asymmetric total synthesis of pseurotin A
Hayashi, Yujiro,Shoji, Mitsuru,Yamaguchi, Shinpei,Mukaiyama, Takasuke,Yamaguchi, Junichiro,Kakeya, Hideaki,Osada, Hiroyuki
, p. 2287 - 2290 (2007/10/03)
(Matrix presented) The asymmetric total syntheses of pseurotin A and 8-O-demethylpseurotin A have been accomplished. Key reactions are a NaH-promoted intramolecular cyclization of an alkynylamide to form a γ-lactam, an aldol reaction of a benzylidene-subs