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A Customizable Approach for the Enzymatic Production and Purification of Diterpenoid Natural Products
Published on: October 4, 2019
Discovery of prescopranone, a key intermediate in scopranone biosynthesis
Ayumu Demachi1, Satoshi Ohte1,2, Ryuji Uchida3
1Department of Microbial Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kitasato University, 5-9-1 Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8641, Japan.
Abstract:
A key intermediate in scopranone biosynthesis, prescopranone, accumulated in the mycelium of Streptomyces avermitilis SUKA carrying the biosynthetic gene cluster for scopranone lacking the sprT encoding the monooxygenase. The structure of prescopranone was elucidated by NMR and other spectral data. Prescopranone consists of a 2-pyranone ring with two atypical scoop-like moieties (1-ethyl-1-propenyl and 2-ethylbutyl groups), which was deduced as a product of the modular polyketide syntheses encoded by sprA, sprB, and sprC. Prescopranone inhibited bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-induced alkaline phosphatase activity in a BMP receptor mutant cell line.
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