Flavoenzyme-catalyzed atropo-selective N,C-bipyrrole homocoupling in marinopyrrole biosynthesis

J Am Chem Soc. 2012 Aug 1;134(30):12434-7. doi: 10.1021/ja305670f. Epub 2012 Jul 18.

Abstract

Axially chiral biaryl compounds are frequently encountered in nature where they exhibit diverse biological properties. Many are biphenols that have C-C or C-O linkages installed by cytochrome P450 oxygenases that control the regio- and stereoselectivity of the intermolecular coupling reaction. In contrast, bipyrrole-coupling enzymology has not been observed. Marinopyrroles, produced by a marine-derived streptomycete, are the first 1,3'-bipyrrole natural products. On the basis of marinopyrrole's unusual bipyrrole structure, we explored its atropo-selective biosynthesis in Streptomyces sp. CNQ-418 in order to elucidate the N,C-bipyrrole homocoupling enzymology. Through a series of genetic experiments involving the discovery and heterologous expression of marinopyrrole biosynthesis genes, we report that two flavin-dependent halogenases catalyze the unprecedented homocoupling reaction.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Catalysis
  • Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide / analogs & derivatives*
  • Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide / metabolism
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Multigene Family
  • Oxidoreductases / genetics
  • Oxidoreductases / metabolism*
  • Pyrroles / chemistry
  • Pyrroles / metabolism*
  • Streptomyces / chemistry
  • Streptomyces / enzymology*
  • Streptomyces / genetics

Substances

  • Pyrroles
  • Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide
  • 1,5-dihydro-FAD
  • Oxidoreductases