Genome Mining and Metabolomics Uncover a Rare d-Capreomycidine Containing Natural Product and Its Biosynthetic Gene Cluster

ACS Chem Biol. 2020 Nov 20;15(11):3013-3020. doi: 10.1021/acschembio.0c00663. Epub 2020 Nov 5.

Abstract

We report the metabolomics-driven genome mining of a new cyclic-guanidino incorporating non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) gene cluster and full structure elucidation of its associated hexapeptide product, faulknamycin. Structural studies unveiled that this natural product contained the previously unknown (R,S)-stereoisomer of capreomycidine, d-capreomycidine. Furthermore, heterologous expression of the identified gene cluster successfully reproduces faulknamycin production without an observed homologue of VioD, the pyridoxal phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzyme found in all previous l-capreomycidine biosynthesis. An alternative NRPS-dependent pathway for d-capreomycidine biosynthesis is proposed.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Arginine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Arginine / genetics
  • Arginine / metabolism
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Biosynthetic Pathways
  • Genomics
  • Metabolomics
  • Multigene Family*
  • Peptide Synthases / genetics
  • Peptide Synthases / metabolism
  • Streptomyces / genetics*
  • Streptomyces / metabolism

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • capreomycidine
  • Arginine
  • Peptide Synthases
  • non-ribosomal peptide synthase