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Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 233-238 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Chemical science |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Abstract
Two new dihydroxy-xanthone metabolites, agnestins A and B, were isolated from Paecilomyces variotii along with a number of related benzophenones and xanthones including monodictyphenone. The structures were elucidated by NMR analyses and X-ray crystallography. The agnestin (agn) biosynthetic gene cluster was identified and targeted gene disruptions of the PKS, Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase, and other oxido-reductase genes revealed new details of fungal xanthone biosynthesis. In particular, identification of a reductase responsible for in vivo anthraquinone to anthrol conversion confirms a previously postulated essential step in aromatic deoxygenation of anthraquinones, e.g. emodin to chrysophanol.
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In: Chemical science, Vol. 10, No. 1, 01.01.2019, p. 233-238.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterisation of the biosynthetic pathway to agnestins A and B reveals the reductive route to chrysophanol in fungi
AU - Szwalbe, Agnieszka J.
AU - Williams, Katherine
AU - Song, Zhongshu
AU - De Mattos-Shipley, Kate
AU - Vincent, Jason L.
AU - Bailey, Andrew M.
AU - Willis, Christine L.
AU - Cox, Russell J.
AU - Simpson, Thomas J.
N1 - Funding information: We thank BBSRC (BB/J006289/1 and Bristol Centre for Synthetic Biology BB/L01386X/1) and Syngenta for funding. LCMS were provided by EPSRC (EP/F066104/1) and DFG (INST 187/621). 500 MHz NMR (EP/L011999/1) was provided by EPSRC. P. variotii was a gi? from Syngenta and was sequenced at The Genome Analysis Centre (Norwich, UK) under contract to Syngenta through Genome Enterprises Ltd.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - Two new dihydroxy-xanthone metabolites, agnestins A and B, were isolated from Paecilomyces variotii along with a number of related benzophenones and xanthones including monodictyphenone. The structures were elucidated by NMR analyses and X-ray crystallography. The agnestin (agn) biosynthetic gene cluster was identified and targeted gene disruptions of the PKS, Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase, and other oxido-reductase genes revealed new details of fungal xanthone biosynthesis. In particular, identification of a reductase responsible for in vivo anthraquinone to anthrol conversion confirms a previously postulated essential step in aromatic deoxygenation of anthraquinones, e.g. emodin to chrysophanol.
AB - Two new dihydroxy-xanthone metabolites, agnestins A and B, were isolated from Paecilomyces variotii along with a number of related benzophenones and xanthones including monodictyphenone. The structures were elucidated by NMR analyses and X-ray crystallography. The agnestin (agn) biosynthetic gene cluster was identified and targeted gene disruptions of the PKS, Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase, and other oxido-reductase genes revealed new details of fungal xanthone biosynthesis. In particular, identification of a reductase responsible for in vivo anthraquinone to anthrol conversion confirms a previously postulated essential step in aromatic deoxygenation of anthraquinones, e.g. emodin to chrysophanol.
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U2 - 10.1039/C8SC03778G
DO - 10.1039/C8SC03778G
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VL - 10
SP - 233
EP - 238
JO - Chemical science
JF - Chemical science
SN - 2041-6520
IS - 1
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