Characterization of the Oxazinomycin Biosynthetic Pathway Revealing the Key Role of a Nonheme Iron-Dependent Mono-oxygenase

J Am Chem Soc. 2022 Jun 22;144(24):10968-10977. doi: 10.1021/jacs.2c04080. Epub 2022 Jun 10.

Abstract

Oxazinomycin is a C-nucleoside natural product with antibacterial and antitumor activities. In addition to the characteristic C-glycosidic linkage shared with other C-nucleosides, oxazinomycin also features a structurally unusual 1,3-oxazine moiety, the biosynthesis of which had previously been unknown. Herein, complete in vitro reconstitution of the oxazinomycin biosynthetic pathway is described. Construction of the C-glycosidic bond between ribose 5-phosphate and an oxygen-labile pyridine heterocycle is catalyzed by the C-glycosidase OzmB and involves formation of an enzyme-substrate Schiff base intermediate. The DUF4243 family protein OzmD is shown to catalyze oxygen insertion and rearrangement of the pyridine C-nucleoside intermediate to generate the 1,3-oxazine moiety along with the elimination of cyanide. Spectroscopic analysis and mutagenesis studies indicate that OzmD is a novel nonheme iron-dependent enzyme in which the catalytic iron center is likely coordinated by four histidine residues. These results provide the first example of 1,3-oxazine biosynthesis catalyzed by an unprecedented iron-dependent mono-oxygenase.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Biosynthetic Pathways
  • Iron* / chemistry
  • Nucleosides / metabolism
  • Oxazines
  • Oxygen / chemistry
  • Oxygenases* / metabolism
  • Pyridines
  • Uridine / analogs & derivatives

Substances

  • Nucleosides
  • Oxazines
  • Pyridines
  • minimycin
  • Iron
  • Oxygenases
  • Oxygen
  • Uridine