Discovery of a Single Monooxygenase that Catalyzes Carbamate Formation and Ring Contraction in the Biosynthesis of the Legonmycins

Sheng Huang; Jioji Tabudravu; Somayah S. Elsayed; Jeanne Travert; Doe Peace; Ming Him Tong; Kwaku Kyeremeh; Sharon M. Kelly; Laurent  Trembleau; Rainer  Ebel; Marcel Jaspars; Yi  Yu; Hai Deng

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Discovery of a Single Monooxygenase that Catalyzes Carbamate Formation and Ring Contraction in the Biosynthesis of the Legonmycins

Sheng Huang, Jioji Tabudravu, Somayah S. Elsayed, Jeanne Travert, Doe Peace, Ming Him Tong, Kwaku Kyeremeh, Sharon M. Kelly, Laurent Trembleau, Rainer Ebel, Marcel Jaspars, Yi Yu^* (Corresponding Author), Hai Deng^* (Corresponding Author)

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Abstract

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are a group of natural products with important biological activities. The discovery and characterization of the multifunctional FAD‐dependent enzyme LgnC is now described. The enzyme is shown to convert indolizidine intermediates into pyrrolizidines through an unusual ring expansion/contraction mechanism, and catalyze the biosynthesis of new bacterial PAs, the so‐called legonmycins. By genome‐driven analysis, heterologous expression, and gene inactivation, the legonmycins were also shown to originate from non‐ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs). The biosynthetic origin of bacterial PAs has thus been disclosed for the first time.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	12697-12701
Number of pages	5
Journal	Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Volume	54
Issue number	43
Early online date	17 Jul 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201502902
Publication status	Published - 19 Oct 2015

Keywords

biosynthesis
legonmycins
multifunctional enzymes
non-ribosomal peptide synthetases
pyrrolizidine alkaloids

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Huang, S., Tabudravu, J., Elsayed, S. S., Travert, J., Peace, D., Tong, M. H., Kyeremeh, K., Kelly, S. M., Trembleau, L., Ebel, R., Jaspars, M., Yu, Y., & Deng, H. (2015). Discovery of a Single Monooxygenase that Catalyzes Carbamate Formation and Ring Contraction in the Biosynthesis of the Legonmycins. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 54(43), 12697-12701. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201502902

Huang, S, Tabudravu, J, Elsayed, SS, Travert, J, Peace, D, Tong, MH, Kyeremeh, K, Kelly, SM, Trembleau, L , Ebel, R , Jaspars, M, Yu, Y & Deng, H 2015, 'Discovery of a Single Monooxygenase that Catalyzes Carbamate Formation and Ring Contraction in the Biosynthesis of the Legonmycins', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 54, no. 43, pp. 12697-12701. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201502902

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