Elucidation of the Streptoazine Biosynthetic Pathway in Streptomyces aurantiacus Reveals the Presence of a Promiscuous Prenyltransferase/Cyclase

J Nat Prod. 2021 Dec 24;84(12):3100-3109. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c00844. Epub 2021 Nov 30.

Abstract

Heterologous expression of a three-gene cluster from Streptomyces aurantiacus coding for a cyclodipeptide synthase, a prenyltransferase, and a methyltransferase led to the elucidation of the biosynthetic steps of streptoazine C (2). In vivo biotransformation experiments proved the high flexibility of the prenyltransferase SasB toward tryptophan-containing cyclodipeptides for regular C-3-prenylation. Furthermore, their corresponding dehydrogenated derivatives prepared by using cyclodipeptide oxidases were also used for prenylation. This study provides an enzyme with high substrate promiscuity from a less explored group of prenyltransferases for potential use to generate prenylated derivatives.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biosynthetic Pathways
  • Dimethylallyltranstransferase / genetics
  • Dimethylallyltranstransferase / metabolism*
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Multigene Family
  • Streptomyces / chemistry*
  • Streptomyces / genetics
  • Tryptophan / metabolism

Substances

  • Tryptophan
  • Dimethylallyltranstransferase

Supplementary concepts

  • Streptomyces aurantiacus