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type |
Journal Article |
authors |
Hirose Y, Watanabe K, Minami A, Nakamura T, Oguri H, Oikawa H. |
title |
Involvement of common intermediate 3-hydroxy-L-kynurenine in chromophore biosynthesis of quinomycin family antibiotics. |
journal |
J Antibiot (Tokyo) |
Activity |
swb1 |
Family |
swb1 |
sel |
selected |
ui |
21102595 |
year |
(2011) |
volume |
64 |
number |
1 |
pages |
117-122 |
| |
abstract |
Quinomycin antibiotics, represented by echinomycin, are an important class of antitumor antibiotics. We have recently succeeded in identification of biosynthetic gene clusters of echinomycin and SW-163D, and have achieved heterologous production of echinomycin in Escherichia coli. In addition, we have engineered echinomycin non-ribosomal peptide synthetase to generate echinomycin derivatives. However, the biosynthetic pathways of intercalative chromophores quinoxaline-2-carboxylic acid (QXC) and 3-hydroxyquinaldic acid (HQA), which are important for biological activity, were not fully elucidated. Here, we report experiments involving incorporation of a putative advanced precursor, (2S, 3R)-[6′-2H]-3-hydroxy-L-kynurenine, and functional analysis of the enzymes Swb1 and Swb2 responsible for late-stage biosynthesis of HQA. On the basis of these experimental results, we propose biosynthetic pathways for both QXC and HQA through the common intermediate 3-hydroxy-L-kynurenine. |
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