Novel Biosynthetic Route to the Isoquinoline Scaffold
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Abstract
Isoquinoline alkaloids are a large class of natural products with a broad range of biological activities, including antimicrobial, antitumor, antileukemic and anti-inflammatory properties. Although mostly found in plants, isoquinolines can also be found in the extracts of bacterial and fungal cultures. Regardless of the origin, most of the reported biosynthetic routes for isoquinolines use tyrosine as a main biosynthetic precursor. Here, we report the identification of a new biosynthetic pathway for production of isoquinolinequinone alkaloid mansouramycin D in Streptomyces albus Del14. Using feeding, mass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, we demonstrate that tryptophan serves instead of tyrosine as a main mansouramycin biosynthetic precursor. The biosynthetic genes were identified in the chromosome of the strain by using gene inactivation and heterologous expression. Insights into the biosynthesis of mansouramycins are also presented.
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