Metabolic Engineering-Based Rapid Characterization of a Sesquiterpene Cyclase and the Skeletons of Fusariumdiene and Fusagramineol from Fusarium graminearum

Org Lett. 2018 Mar 16;20(6):1626-1629. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b00366. Epub 2018 Mar 7.

Abstract

The potential power of sesquiterpene synthase FgJ03939 from Fusarium graminearum was fully exploited in a farnesyl diphosphate-overexpressing Saccharomyces cerevisiae chassis to produce the novel sesquiterpenes fusariumdiene (1), epi-fusagramineol (2), and fusagramineol (3) with 5/7 bicyclic and 5/6/3 tricyclic ring systems, respectively, as well as five known sesquiterpenes (4-8). The structure of the unusual skeletons was characterized, and an absolute configuration was proposed. A mechanism for the biosynthesis of 1-8 was also proposed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbon-Carbon Lyases
  • Fusarium / chemistry*
  • Metabolic Engineering
  • Molecular Structure
  • Polyisoprenyl Phosphates
  • Sesquiterpenes

Substances

  • Polyisoprenyl Phosphates
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Carbon-Carbon Lyases
  • trichodiene synthetase