Amino-group carrier-protein-mediated secondary metabolite biosynthesis in Streptomyces

Fumihito Hasebe, Kenichi Matsuda, Taro Shiraishi, Yushi Futamura, Takeshi Nakano, Takeo Tomita, Ken Ishigami, Hikari Taka, Reiko Mineki, Tsutomu Fujimura, Hiroyuki Osada, Tomohisa Kuzuyama, Makoto Nishiyama*

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Abstract

Amino-group carrier proteins (AmCPs) mediate the biosynthesis of lysine and arginine in some bacteria and archaea. Here we demonstrate that an uncharacterized AmCP-mediated biosynthetic system functions to biosynthesize the previously uncharacterized and nonproteinogenic amino acid (2S,6R)-diamino-(5R,7)-dihydroxy-heptanoic acid (DADH) in Streptomyces sp. SANK 60404. DADH is incorporated into a novel peptide metabolite, vazabitide A, featuring an azabicyclo-ring structure, by nonribosomal peptide synthetases and successive modification enzymes in this bacterium. As the AmCP-mediated machinery for DADH biosynthesis is widely distributed in bacteria, further analysis of uncharacterized AmCP-containing gene clusters will lead to the discovery of novel bioactive compounds and novel biosynthetic enzymes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)967-972
Number of pages6
JournalNature Chemical Biology
Volume12
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016 Nov 1
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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