La vía biosintética para la epipolitio-dioxopiperazina acetilanotina en Aspergillus terreus fue revelada por el análisis de deleción basado en el genoma
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From a Natural Product to Its Biosynthetic Gene Cluster: A Demonstration Using Polyketomycin from Streptomyces diastatochromogenes Tü6028
Published on: January 13, 2017
Chun-Jun Guo1, Hsu-Hua Yeh, Yi-Ming Chiang
1Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|April 17, 2013
Resumen
Los investigadores identificaron nueve genes en el Aspergillus terreus responsables de la producción de acetylaranotina, un metabolito de los hongos. Este descubrimiento ayuda a comprender y potencialmente aumentar la producción de estos valiosos compuestos.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La bioquímica es la bioquímica.
- La micología de la micología.
- Química de Productos Naturales Química de Productos Naturales
Sus antecedentes:
- Las epipolitiodioxopiperazinas (ETP) son metabolitos secundarios de hongos derivados de las diketopiperazinas.
- La acetillaranotina es un ETP caracterizado por un anillo único de dihidroxepina.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para identificar los genes involucrados en la biosíntesis de la acetylaranotina en el Aspergillus terreus.
- Para facilitar el aumento de la producción y la ingeniería de la acetillaranotina y compuestos relacionados.
Principales métodos:
- La deleción genética dirigida en el Aspergillus terreus.
- Análisis químico de cepas de tipo silvestre y mutantes.
Principales resultados:
- Se identificó un grupo de nueve genes, incluido el gen ataP, como esencial para la biosíntesis de acetilaranotina.
- Se aislaron diecisiete productos naturales de la vía, de los cuales nueve no habían sido reportados previamente.
- Se propuso una vía biosintética para la acetilaranotina.
Conclusiones:
- El grupo de genes identificado es crucial para la producción de acetillaranotina.
- Esta investigación proporciona una base para la ingeniería metabólica de las ETP.
- Se obtuvieron nuevos conocimientos sobre la biosíntesis de productos naturales de hongos.
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