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Chem Biol ; 19(9): 1116-25, 2012 Sep 21.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22999880

ABSTRACT

Phenazine-type metabolites arise from either phenazine-1-carboxylic acid (PCA) or phenazine-1,6-dicarboxylic acid (PDC). Although the biosynthesis of PCA has been studied extensively, PDC assembly remains unclear. Esmeraldins and saphenamycin, the PDC originated products, are antimicrobial and antitumor metabolites isolated from Streptomyces antibioticus Tü 2706. Herein, the esmeraldin biosynthetic gene cluster was identified on a dispensable giant plasmid. Twenty-four putative esm genes were characterized by bioinformatics, mutagenesis, genetic complementation, and functional protein expressions. Unlike enzymes involved in PCA biosynthesis, EsmA1 and EsmA2 together decisively promoted the PDC yield. The resulting PDC underwent a series of conversions to give 6-acetylphenazine-1-carboxylic acid, saphenic acid, and saphenamycin through a unique one-carbon extension by EsmB1-B5, a keto reduction by EsmC, and an esterification by EsmD1-D3, the atypical polyketide sythases, respectively. Two transcriptional regulators, EsmT1 and EsmT2, are required for esmeraldin production.


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Biosynthetic Pathways/genetics , Dicarboxylic Acids/metabolism , Multigene Family/genetics , Phenazines/metabolism , Plasmids/genetics , Cloning, Molecular , Dicarboxylic Acids/chemistry , Escherichia coli/genetics , Escherichia coli/metabolism , Genetic Complementation Test , Molecular Sequence Data , Mutation/genetics , Phenazines/chemistry , Polyketide Synthases/genetics , Polyketide Synthases/metabolism , Streptomyces antibioticus/enzymology , Streptomyces antibioticus/genetics , Streptomyces antibioticus/metabolism
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