Volume 39, Issue 7 pp. 1871-1877
Concise Report

Enzymatic Synthesis of a Diastereomer of Neoabyssomicin Derivative Using the Diels-Alderase AbyU

Wenjuan Ding

Wenjuan Ding

CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510301 China

College of Oceanology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049 China

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Changbiao Chi

Changbiao Chi

State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191 China

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Xiaoyi Wei

Xiaoyi Wei

Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510650 China

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Changli Sun

Changli Sun

CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510301 China

Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), No. 1119, Haibin Rd., Nansha District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510301 China

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Jiajia Tu

Jiajia Tu

CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510301 China

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Ming Ma

Ming Ma

State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191 China

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Qinglian Li

Corresponding Author

Qinglian Li

CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510301 China

Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), No. 1119, Haibin Rd., Nansha District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510301 China

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Jianhua Ju

Corresponding Author

Jianhua Ju

CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510301 China

College of Oceanology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049 China

Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), No. 1119, Haibin Rd., Nansha District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510301 China

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First published: 09 March 2021
Citations: 3

Main observation and conclusion

The enzyme AbyU catalyses a Diels-Alder (DA) reaction during abyssomicin C biosynthesis. In this study, AbyU is shown to convert the native substrate of another Diels-Alderase (DAase), AbmU, to a new abyssomicin derivative, abyssomicin 7. Abyssomicin 7 is a diastereomer of the AbmU-derived, abyssomicin 6. Using structural analyses and site-directed mutagenesis, we unveil the molecular basis for production of abyssomicin 7, instead of abyssomicin 6, within the AbyU active site.image

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