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La biosíntesis del ácido nodulispórico A: estudios precursores

Kevin M Byrne¹, Scott K Smith, John G Ondeyka

¹Merck Research Laboratories, P.O. Box 2000, Rahway, New Jersey 07065-0900, USA. kevin_byrne@merck.com

Journal of the American Chemical Society

|June 13, 2002

Resumen

El ácido nodulispórico Una biosíntesis en el hongo Nodulisporium implica la vía del ácido mevalónico. Contrariamente a las expectativas, el triptófano no es un precursor directo; en su lugar, el ácido antranilico y la ribosa se incorporan a este indol-diterpeno.

Área de la Ciencia:

Biosíntesis de Productos Naturales de Productos Naturales
La micología de la micología.
Química orgánica es la química orgánica.

Sus antecedentes:

El ácido nodulispórico A (NAA) es un indol-diterpeno producto natural del hongo Nodulisporium.
La NAA está estructuralmente relacionada con los metabolitos de la paspalina.
La biosíntesis propuesta incluye la vía del acetato/ácido mevalónico y la condensación del pirofosfato de geranilgeranil (GGPP) con triptófano.

Objetivo del estudio:

Para dilucidar la vía biosintética del ácido nodulispórico A (NAA).
Investigar el papel del ácido mevalónico y los precursores del triptófano en la formación de NAA.
Para identificar nuevos precursores para la biosíntesis de indol-diterpeno.

Principales métodos:

Utilizó un procedimiento de células lavadas con un cultivo mutante de Nodulisporium (MF6244).
Los precursores etiquetados incorporados son: 2-(13) C-acetato, 2-(13) C-mevalonolactona, (14) C- y (13) C-triptófano, (14) C-, (13) C-, y (15) N-ácido antranilico, y (14) C- y (13) C-ribosa.
Se analizaron los patrones de incorporación para determinar las rutas biosintéticas.

Principales resultados:

Confirmado patrón clásico de ácido mevalónico para el lado este de NAA.
Se observaron tres isoprenilaciones adicionales que forman las regiones occidental y meridional.
No se encontró ninguna incorporación de triptófano etiquetado, lo que contradice las hipótesis anteriores.
Se ha demostrado la incorporación significativa de ácido antranílico y ribosa en NAA.

Conclusiones:

Se presentó una nueva vía para la biosíntesis del ácido nodulispórico A.
Se estableció que la biosíntesis de NAA se desvía de la condensación de triptófano propuesta.
Identificó ácido antranilico y ribosa como precursores clave en un modelo biosintético revisado.

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