A Natural Dihydropyridazinone Scaffold Generated from a Unique Substrate for a Hydrazine-Forming Enzyme

J Am Chem Soc. 2022 Jul 20;144(28):12954-12960. doi: 10.1021/jacs.2c05269. Epub 2022 Jun 30.

Abstract

Nitrogen-nitrogen bond-containing functional groups are rare, but they are found in a considerably wide class of natural products. Recent clarifications of the biosynthetic routes for such functional groups shed light onto overlooked biosynthetic genes distributed across the bacterial kingdom, highlighting the presence of yet-to-be identified natural products with peculiar functional groups. Here, the genome-mining approach targeting a unique hydrazine-forming gene led to the discovery of actinopyridazinones A (1) and B (2), the first natural products with dihydropyridazinone rings. The structure of actinopyridazinone A was unambiguously established by total synthesis. Biosynthetic studies unveiled the structural diversity of natural hydrazines derived from this family of N-N bond-forming enzymes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biological Products* / chemistry
  • Hydrazines / chemistry
  • Multigene Family*
  • Nitrogen

Substances

  • Biological Products
  • Hydrazines
  • hydrazine
  • Nitrogen